15-year old orphaned girl

Yesterday the policemen took us to another village up the mountain called “Second Village”. We met a family with a beautiful old deaf grandma and her granddaughter who has lost both her parents. How cool would it be if there were college students inspired enough to go out and seek these kids out to help them with whatever needs they might have. Really, this is our hope.  — http://kck.st/9aS1y8

Synergy and the documentary.

I went and picked up David last night from the airport, his plane arrived around 1 am, and then we immediately headed to my house where he’s crashing for a few nights and launched our kickstarter. Went to bed around 3am and got up at 8am this morning to get Abby some breakfast.

Today we made some huge steps in documentary planning. We have decided to attempt to take two of the kids (instead of only one) we have found and develop their stories.

I really enjoy working with David, the word that comes to mind is synergy. He is a great leader and really allows people to take a part in his vision of seeing orphans and poor kids have a better life in China.

Tomorrow is a “befriend the government” day. We need official letters from a few government departments to show to the villages where these kids live so they can come to camp. It’s all about grace in these situations.

You guys, we have the coolest kickstarter thing going on right now, please join it if you like what we are doing!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rogergreenlee/roger-makes-a-documentary-in-china-bring-me-hope

KICKSTARTER!!

I’m pleased to announce there is now an easy way for you to get involved in the documentary project I am working on.

Find out more here:

http://kck.st/9aS1y8

thanks, Roger

Kickstarter Submission…

Well, I have just submitted the Kickstarter proposal. Hopefully it will go through. I am excited about the chance to have my friends and family get directly involved with this project on a creative level. Here is what I submitted with them (They will review it and then get back to me):

Category

Film/Video

Funding Goal

$2,000.00

Project Description

I am a filmmaker currently working with a California based organization called Bring Me Hope. I have been hired by them to produce a feature-length documentary in China about the work they do there with orphans. The documentary will follow two Chinese college students as they find a kid in need and work to change their life. I have been thinking it would be great to give my friends and family a chance to get involved with the project on a creative level and Kickstarter gives me the chance to make that work.

The idea is that the music and artwork for the documentary will be funded through Kickstarter. This means we will be working with artists and musicians in America and China that have a heart for the subject of the documentary and I want to creatively inspire them through Kickstarter funding.

Project Rewards

Any amount would be greatly appreciated and receive our deepest gratitude, but there are three specific rewards listed below. The rewards are very simple:

$10 or more gets you a custom Youtube video from me and the artists in China during production saying, “Thanks!”

$20 or more gets you a DVD of the documentary when it is released next January.

$50 or more gets you the above DVD plus a credit in the Kickstarter section of the credits at the end of the documentary.

THANKS!

Budgeting a doc…

One of the challenges of any film is the budget and a documentary is no different. Our budget is around $15,000 which by anyone’s standard is inexpensive, especially considering that includes equipment purchases. One good thing about a documentary is that the “subjects” should not be paid, this keeps it “real”.

For this documentary we are adding an additional $2000 budget after the initial shooting is done to add a section where we will be able to use that $2000 to change the kids life that we meet. To do this I hope to use the services of kickstarter.com and I am in the process of submitting them my proposal and hopefully that will go through and all of you will have a chance to participate in the project.