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Welcome to the An Endgame website and production journal. Here you will find information about our short film, behind the scenes information, and shared stories from people affected by Parkinson's disease.

What is the short about?
An Endgame is a fictitious short film about two brothers with Parkinson's disease and their heartbreaking journey coming to terms with their illness.

A Nonprofit project?
The short film is aimed at raising awareness of and research funding for Parkinson's disease. An Endgame has partnered with the Wilkins Parkinson's Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of Parkinson's Disease, creating an alliance between existing Parkinson's related nonprofits, and funding research. The WPF has generously agreed to sponsor our project making An Endgame a participating member of Wilkins Parkinson's Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.

Donate!
Donations can be made at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/aend or by clicking the yellow donate button in the sidebar to the right of the page!

If you are making a donation in someone's name, tell us on the donation page, and we would love to publish that on our site along with any words of encouragement or thoughts about that person you'd like to share. If you have Parkinson's yourself, we would appreciate if you shared some of your own personal experiences, musings, or even difficulties living with PD for us to put up on the site. My hope is that people will visit our People of Parkinson's page and weigh-in with their support and other memories of loved ones.

Please e-mail us at anendgame@gmail.com with pictures too for us to put with the dedication and People of Parkinson's posts!

You can also donate to the film if you just like short-form entertainment and have not had any experience with Parkinson's at all!

If you aren't in a position to donate, that's ok too! It would be great if you could tell a friend or two about the project and directed them here to our web site at www.anendgame.blogspot.com. If you happen to be friends with Bill Gates, heck we'd even prefer it!

For updates on the project and new journal posts, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or feel free to send us an e-mail at anendgame@gmail.com. 

April is Parkinson's Awareness Month!

Dear family and friends,

I know it’s been a little while, but April is national Parkinson's Awareness Month, and to help spread awareness for PD and raise money for An Endgame, we have three very exciting recent developments that I wanted to share.

First, this past weekend, David, Mayon and I had planned a pretty run of the mill camera test at Arctek Studios; however, we had so many people that were excited about our project and wanted to help out that we were actually able to have a very small shoot day.

Previously, Mayon and I had discussed cutting together a mood reel, a short edit made up of clips and music from existing films to showcase the visual and emotional tone of the pitched project. Since we had the crew, we decided we could shoot a short "mood scene" rather than cut together a mood reel.

We hope that the more content we can produce will be a reward to our donors thus far and would also be a more accurate correlation to the bittersweet emotions we are aiming to show in An Endgame than cutting something from pre-existing material.

I'll be writing a full post on the shoot day and the short soon, but we decided not do a scene from An Endgame to avoid being repetitive, so I wrote an entirely new short scene that again centers on two brothers and the difficult decision they make for each other. The week before our shoot date, we had a casting secession and cast two great actors, Peter Wittrock and Chris Gann, from a pool of about a hundred and fifty actors.

That scene is currently in post-production being edited, color corrected, and mixed, and we hope to have it finished in the next few weeks (stay tuned for a what is post-production post soon!) to share with our donors and to use as a promotional piece. You can see a short preview (that is not color timed, or sound mixed) of the scene, For the Ones We Love, here.

We'd love to hear what you think either in the comments on the youtube page, our Facebook wall or simply e-mail us as at anendgame@gmail.com.

Second, in honor of Parkinson's awareness month, a donor who wishes to remain anonymous has generously offered to match all donations up to a thousand dollars for the month of April. That means every donation between now until the end of April will be worth double!

Donations can be made at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/aend or by clicking the yellow donate button in the sidebar to the right of the page!

Finally, to literally sweeten the pot, for every ten dollars donated during this month, you will be entered into a drawing for six Magnolia Bakery cupcakes. Last year Magnolia Bakery teamed with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for a special MJFF cupcake. I ate several (for philanthropic purposes only!). While the Michael J Fox Foundation cupcakes are only until April 8th (and you should definitely get some), the winner will be able to chose from any of their pre-existing flavors and famous buttercream frosting to be deliver to their home!

I am blown away by all of your willingness to donate your hard earned money to our project, to friends willing to offer their time and professional services to make a small camera test into a full shoot day, and to all of you who have written and called with words of support or taken the time to re-post or forward an email to help spread our message. I am truly humbled and grateful for your support.

Don't tell anyone, but I hope it's you that win the cupcakes!

Cory
April 4, 2015

Donor List

Wow! I've been blown away by the generosity of my family, friends, and even acquaintances that I've only met once or twice.

Personal dedications are denoted by the [*] symbol and can be read on our Dedications page.

Donor List:

Amandalynn Thomas in honor of Mary and Robin Line
Grace L. Cunningham (had to keep the L. in there Grace!)

Dan Bryant

Maggie Byrne

Stephanie Leonard 

Toby Zhang

Nate Young
Joan Howard
Robert Myers
Michael Schub
Jackie and Chris Line in honor of Mary and Robin Line and Chris' brother Cory Line
Matthanna (Matt Hanna)
Sarah-Jane Parker
Meg Lyon
Remy Kauffmann
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Holmberg
Bianca SiravoVicki Meredith in honor of Mary and Robin Line
Linda & Ken Stewart in honor of our good friends Mary, Robin & Cory Line*
Rebecca Thomas in honor of  Mary and Robin Line*
David Zelski in honor of Mary and Robin Line
Carol and Geno Wood in honor of Robin Line*
Betsy Rivard in honor of Robin and Mary, and Judy Findlay*
Mary and Tony Amos in honor of Mary and Robin Line*
Helen Meadors in honor of Mary and Robin Line
Ronnie Parikh
Matthew Holmberg
Gregory Goldberg
Patrick Dolan
Patrick Cronin in honor of the Line Family
Julie and Everette Herring in honor of Mimi and Gunga Line*
Austin Tucker
Rick and Debbie Thomas in honor of Richard Thomas and Katherine Keller (father and grandmother)*
Robin and Mary Line in honor of Cory*
Archer Hannah in honor of Mary and Robin Line*
Leo Efstathiou*

I'm equally grateful for those of you who have passed word of our short to others (some of whom are among our donors!).

Total so far is:

$3629 which is 11.06% of our budget!

If you'd like donate please click here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/aend

Thank you all so much!

Dedications

We at An Endgame Film appreciate your donation and are proud to recognize those that you honor with them. If you had any issues making a personalized dedication, please e-mail us at anendgame@gmail.com, and we will include them here.

-- Linda and Ken Stewart:
We love you all and are honored to contribute to the making of this project!

-- Becky Thomas:
Mary and Robin, you have been a blessing to your children, your family and your friends, and have truly cared for others in need. Your lives reflect that and I have always respected you both for all your efforts as well as your determination to experience life to its fullest. I cherish all our family memories, and kudos to Cory for this terrific project. Love, Becky

-- Carol and Geno Wood in honor of Robin Line:
This is really from Geno who loved you like a brother!

-- Betsy Rivard:
To my dear friends Robin and Mary, and my friend Judy Findlay, from D.C., who also has Parkinson's.

-- Mary and Tony Amos in honor of Mary and Robin:

We love you and wish for the best for you in this fight.

-- Julie and Everette Herring in honor of Mimi and Gunga Line:
Love you Mom and Dad!

-- Rick and Debbie Thomas in honor of Richard Thomas and Katherine Keller (father and grandmother):
May this film for a worthy cause be a smashing success!

-- Mary and Robin Line in honor of Cory: 

In honor of Cory's 25th Homecoming Anniversary. He made our family complete!

-- Archer Hannah in honor of Mary and Robin Line:

No two people in this world have a bigger heart. You set the bar high for the support and love you give to family and friends.

-- Leo Efstathiou:

In honor of precious memories with precious people of my childhood

The Forward E-mail letter!

I just donated to An Endgame, and I thought the project might interest you too!

An Endgame is a fiction short film about two brothers with Parkinson's disease directed by Cory Line.

An Endgame is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization partnered with the Wilkin's Parkinson's Foundation, to spread awareness and raise donations for Parkinson's disease research by use of the to be made short film.

If you are interested in more information about the short film, non-profit organization, or details on how a film is made, please visit http://anendgame.blogspot.com/ or check them out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/anendgamemovie.

If you've already heard about the project and are interested in supporting them, the secure donation link is https://secure.qgiv.com/for/aend.

Thanks and have a great day!

Shot on Red

Image quality and filmic atmosphere are very important to the feeling of this short film. For that reason, we will be shooting An Endgame on the Red.

Our Director of Photography has his own Red Epic, and I am thrilled to be working with him to make this short film look great.

The Red cameras have been great for bringing studio quality cameras to independent filmmaking.

Steven Soderberg (Director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven) stated that the Red is "the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded on board a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the Red team did it—and they won't tell me—but I know this: Red is going to change everything." (Please excuse me for not changing the pronouns here.)

David Fincher (Director of Se7en, Fight Club) and his Director of Photography, Jeff Cronenweth, shot The Social Network and Girl with the Dragon Tatoo with Red cameras (both were nominated for the Academy Award in Cinematography and look amazing).

Other standout's shot with Red cameras are Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, Neill Blomkamp's District 9, Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, and The Amazing Spider-man.

All this information, but what it boils down to is that this short will look amazing (working in tandem with our lighting team as the camera is only half of the picture, pun intended) and of "studio" quality. This will give us the best chance of impressing people to pass on the completed short film via internet, which will simultaneously help spread awareness and raise donations, and it will also give us a better chance of achieving a lasting impression on the festival circuit.

For more information and a list of films and TV shot on Red, head to their website at Red.com.

A Helping Hand

We've gotten a number of notes from people saying that they know someone who might be interested in our project, but that they don't feel comfortable asking them directly. Could we reach out to them with more information?

We welcome such letters, and we would be happy to reach out to anyone and everyone who might be interested in supporting us!

Shoot us an e-mail at anendgame@gmail.com with their information and we'll do the rest!

Thanks,
Cory