Blue Like Jazz: The Movie
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Blue Like Jazz: The Movie is an upcoming film based on Donald Miller's semi-autobiographical
book of the same name
. Ben Pearson is the cinematographer
for the film as well as one of the co-writers of the screenplay
. Steve Taylor
pitched the film to investor
s for four years until two investors, one from Seattle and one from Los Angeles
, agreed to sign on for $250,000 each. The day before pre-production
, the Los Angeles investor backed out and the film was scratched. When Donald Miller posted on his personal blog
that the film was to be cancelled, however, two readers from Tennessee
announced that they would raise the remaining required funds by way of the Kickstarter
website. According to Yancey Strickler, one of the founders of Kickstarter, only six films have ever fundraised more than $100,000 through the website as of May 2011. Taylor didn't believe that this fundraising effort would work, so he agreed to personally call
and thank every donator of more than $10 if they met the target goal of $125,000. By October of 2010, $345,992 had been donated through the website towards the film. Considering so much money had been raised through Kickstarter, the backer from Seattle matched that amount and contributed even more. Taylor was able to shoot the film for $750,000 and have an extra $500,000 left for post-production
. By May of 2011, Taylor had personally called and thanked half of the 3,300 people who donated more than $10 through Kickstarter. Blue Like Jazz: The Movie was the most successful Kickstarter fundraiser in 2010.
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
book of the same name
Blue Like Jazz
Blue Like Jazz is the second book by Donald Miller. This semi-autobiographical work, subtitled "Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality," is a collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author's growing understanding of the nature of God and Jesus, and the need and...
. Ben Pearson is the cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
for the film as well as one of the co-writers of the screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
. Steve Taylor
Steve Taylor
Roland Stephen Taylor , is an American Christian singer, songwriter, record producer and film director.-Early life:Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in Brawley, California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a Baptist minister. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to...
pitched the film to investor
Investor
An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc...
s for four years until two investors, one from Seattle and one from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, agreed to sign on for $250,000 each. The day before pre-production
Pre-production
Pre-production or In Production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.- In film :...
, the Los Angeles investor backed out and the film was scratched. When Donald Miller posted on his personal blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
that the film was to be cancelled, however, two readers from Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
announced that they would raise the remaining required funds by way of the Kickstarter
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors, ranging from indie film and music to journalism, solar energy technology and food-related projects.-Model:...
website. According to Yancey Strickler, one of the founders of Kickstarter, only six films have ever fundraised more than $100,000 through the website as of May 2011. Taylor didn't believe that this fundraising effort would work, so he agreed to personally call
Telephone call
A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the calling party and the called party.-Information transmission:A telephone call may carry ordinary voice transmission using a telephone, data transmission when the calling party and called party are using modems, or facsimile...
and thank every donator of more than $10 if they met the target goal of $125,000. By October of 2010, $345,992 had been donated through the website towards the film. Considering so much money had been raised through Kickstarter, the backer from Seattle matched that amount and contributed even more. Taylor was able to shoot the film for $750,000 and have an extra $500,000 left for post-production
Post-production
Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...
. By May of 2011, Taylor had personally called and thanked half of the 3,300 people who donated more than $10 through Kickstarter. Blue Like Jazz: The Movie was the most successful Kickstarter fundraiser in 2010.