TOUGH TIMES
by NeuGood Media
After losing his job, his wife, and a reason to exist; Guy, a former accountant for a scandalous corporation, faces his demons through a tape-recorded piano lesson left in his father’s will.
Description:
Tough Times is an indie drama about connecting with the people you thought you would never understand.
Set in 2012, amid the depression caused by the housing market crash and fraudulent companies such as Enron that caused millions to go unemployed.
After meeting with his father’s lawyer, Guy, a former accountant fired for fraudulent accounting, receives a collection of audiotapes marked as his father's will. He discovers the tapes come together to form a piano lesson his father recorded. Determined to play through the piano lesson and engage with the art form his estranged father seemed to care about more than anything, Guy not only comes to terms with his resentment towards his father but also finds a new outlook on himself.
This film highlights and challenges the stigma of following in your family’s footsteps. Some people never have the choice to pursue their own dreams, because their parents have it planned out for them. At the same time, some people do break free from this tradition and feel ostracized from those they love. Some succeed and realize breaking this stigma is possible. However, others fail and fall into a cycle of regret and second-guessing their life choices. It is essential to highlight that people might fail, but that does not mean that following their own passions was unjust.
Another essential point for this film is highlighting how people try to connect with their parents. Even those with the best relationships with their parents are bound to have something they cannot connect with. Guy could not have been more different than his late father. One of the goals of this film is to show that, even when you cannot see eye to eye on anything, if you care enough about someone, even death cannot keep you from understanding them.
What Does the Funding Go Towards:
- Paying our professional and crew reasonable rates
- Location fees
- Catering
- Post Production
- Distribution
- Paying our professional and crew reasonable rates
- Location fees
- Catering
- Post Production
- Distribution
Can we raise more than our goal?
We sure can! We have offered an excess amount of rewards in case people still want to receive these and help out! Any surplus funds will go directly into submitting to more festivals and improving the film’s promotion and outreach! This would also help cover travel expenses to for flights or hotels that the festival may not provide. The best part about making it into a festival is being able to go to the premiere to market the film! We also plan on using a small amount of any excess funds to go towards the score we have created. This would include access to a studio that would have the proper instrumental packs that would shape the score into our expectations (while helping make it a more original piece). If we reach beyond our goal where we simply cannot use the money to submit to more festivals, then we will store the remaining amount to help start pre-production for the next upcoming script I am writing!
We sure can! We have offered an excess amount of rewards in case people still want to receive these and help out! Any surplus funds will go directly into submitting to more festivals and improving the film’s promotion and outreach! This would also help cover travel expenses to for flights or hotels that the festival may not provide. The best part about making it into a festival is being able to go to the premiere to market the film! We also plan on using a small amount of any excess funds to go towards the score we have created. This would include access to a studio that would have the proper instrumental packs that would shape the score into our expectations (while helping make it a more original piece). If we reach beyond our goal where we simply cannot use the money to submit to more festivals, then we will store the remaining amount to help start pre-production for the next upcoming script I am writing!
Our top five donors will be offered a Blu-ray or DVD copy of the film once we have completed post-production.
Will the amount I pledge be public?
No. We’ll know the amount, but no one else will.
No. We’ll know the amount, but no one else will.
When will I receive my rewards?
Once the funds are transferred, we will start sending rewards right away. DVDs and Blu-rays will go out at a later date – most festivals won’t accept films that are available on disc, so we’ll wait until the end of our festival run to ship. You’ll still get yours before anyone else does, and we promise it will be worth the wait!
Once the funds are transferred, we will start sending rewards right away. DVDs and Blu-rays will go out at a later date – most festivals won’t accept films that are available on disc, so we’ll wait until the end of our festival run to ship. You’ll still get yours before anyone else does, and we promise it will be worth the wait!
Can I do anything else to help?
Yes! Please spread the word – email this page link to your friends and family! Make sure to share it when it goes public on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Talk it up and keep the buzz going. This campaign is all about the size and strength of the network we are creating together.
Yes! Please spread the word – email this page link to your friends and family! Make sure to share it when it goes public on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Talk it up and keep the buzz going. This campaign is all about the size and strength of the network we are creating together.