STORY

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In a race to find his wife’s attacker, James Freegard finds himself in an interrogation room with Detective Mason collecting his powerful statement of what occurred the night of the attack. In his statement, James immediately called the local authorities for help, but only to find out that the Police have been recently defunded and resources are limited.

Disappointed, frustrated, and most of all fearful, James took matters into his own hands to find the suspect on the loose. He searches aggressively around town and into dark sketchy alley ways, but as he finally manages to track down the suspect, the suspect escapes once more. 

As the hunt continues for the suspect, James learns that not only does he need to find the suspect to bring justice, but time is also his enemy, as his wife is in the hospital fighting for her life. Eventually, after a long night of searching, James finds the suspect at a local liquor store and chases him down the back alley way where a fight ensues. As they grapple on the ground, the suspect’s gun drops on the floor, and James manages to grab the gun and shoot the suspect down. After realizing what James has done, he calls for help immediately. 

After James finishes his statement, now Detective Mason has to decide whether James’ actions was an act of self-defense or attempted manslaughter. Meanwhile, James has no knowledge that the suspect survived and as Mason is near closing the case, he uncovers a dark secret, and now he’s in the race to catch the suspect before he gets away.

 

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FILMMAKERS

**Crew and Talent will be updated as we fill in the spots**

Director, Writer, and Producer

J.D. Yambao is an ambitious and skilled photographer and filmmaker. He has been creating amazing visual arts for more than a decade. He studied in Hollywood, CA to fine tune his craft, graduating top of his class and creating shorts stories along the way, he received his B.A. in Film Production with Summa Cum Laude, and since then he has worked in the Entertainment Industry.

He has worked with of the top professionals in the Music Video industry, Television, Feature Film, and recently worked in the Marketing Team for The Walt Disney Channel. He now pursued the American Dream and started his own company; Tessellate Studios, and wants to debut his first feature film with; THE EYES NEVER LIES.

Director of Photography

Luke Im is a compelling visionary when it comes to his Cinematography work. He specializes in Narrative Storytelling such as Short Stories and TV Series, Commercial, Music Video, and Documentary and has nearly a decade of experience in the Film Industry.  With an outstanding resume under his belt, he still considers himself a student of light and shadow and is constantly in Art Museums improving his craft by studying other artist around the world.   

On top of that, one project he worked on; “That Moment” received an Award for the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards 2016 for “Official Selection” and the Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2016 for “Award of Recognition.” Now he is ready to tackle his first full length feature film with; THE EYES NEVER LIE. 

Check out more of his amazing work at Lukeimfilm.com

Music Composer

Jaimie Pangan (stage/artist name) is a violinist and a music composer for film, TV and games based in Los Angeles, California. Originally hailing from the Philippines, she loves experimenting string sounds with electronic elements and creates hybrid ambient textures that blend with cinematic drama.
Prior to pursuing music, Jaimie worked at IBM Philippines as an Information Technology Specialist and has obtained a patent for an AI hit song generator their team developed with IBM Japan and Singapore. After 3 years of working in the tech industry, she pursued music through the Master of Music in Screen Scoring program at the University of Southern California. Some of her musical achievements include being nominated for the Hollywood and Music Media Awards under the Contemporary Classical and Best Rom-Com Song category, and was featured in major publications such as Inquirer.net, The Manila Times and When In Manila. In 2020, she was invited to be a voting member of the Recording Academy, and in 2021, she became a GRAMMYs NEXT alumni. Her music can be heard on different platforms such as Netflix, Amazon and various Academy Award Qualifying film festivals. She also assisted in the music department of productions under Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, etc. In her spare time, she loves to study Japanese 日本語, watch films, read a good book, dye her hair, craft non-alcoholic drinks, play Genshin Impact/Pokémon/Honkai Star Rail and eat Korean/Japanese food.

Check out more of her amazing work at jaimiepmusic.com

WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT YOU GET

“It takes a whole village to create a film.”

Many of us actually don’t realize the amount of team collaboration a film needs, until we watch the end credits of a film. That list of creators in that film goes on for a good few minutes and that’s where we need your help, to raise enough budget for our talents and crew for this film, that will be worthy of your contributions, great or small!

The Break Down ($400,000)

Preproduction – 15%

• Storyboarding (preplan the shots before going into production)
• Location Scouting
• Casting
• Crew
• Music (find the tone of the film before going into production)
• Production Design
  • Wardrobe fitting
  • Production Set Building
  • Props
• Stunt Coordinating
• Camera Testing
• Lodging
• Travel Expenses

Production (Principal Shooting) – 40%

• Talent
• Crew
• Camera Equipment Rental
• Production Cars Fees
• Production Design
  • ​Wardrobe
  • Props
  • Set Designs
• Lighting Equipment Rental
• Production Insurance
• Location Permits
• Filming Permits
• Location Fees
• Food, Drinks, and Crafty
• Lodging
• Travel Expenses
• Porta Potty Rental

Post Production – 17%

• Editor
• Music Composer
  • ​Music Recording
  • Music Mastering
• Sound Design
  • Foley
  • Sound Effects
  • Dialogue Editor
• Sound Mixer
  • ​Mastering
• Colorist
• Lodging
• Travel Expenses

Marketing – 13%

• Trailer and Teaser 
• Posters
• Campaigns
  • Billboards
  • Buses

Film Festivals – 2%

• Festivals Fees
• Lodging
• Travel Expenses

Contingency – 10%

• Unexpected Expenses
• Reshoots
• Overtime

Insurance – 3%

• Production Insurance

**Please see the perks section for your contribution!**

 

THE IMPACT

I want to make films for CINEMA for the moviegoers and not for STREAMING SERVICES​! As much we all love to be at the comfort of our own home when we watch films, myself however, and millions of others (probably like yourself), grew up and fell in love for films in the theaters! I want to bring that excitement back and create a film worthy for you and your loves ones to enjoy 2 hours of your time, out from everyone’s crazy schedule while having some popcorn and drinks!

On top of that, to bring back the good old days where we create and shoot as much as possible in camera, rather than relying everything on CGI. Time and time again, the audience response so much better when shot in camera. A few examples; TOP GUN: MAVERICK, ANYTHING CHRISTOPHER NOLAN SHOOTS, and DENIS VILLENEUVE’s earlier films. Plus, it’s just more fun to shoot practically rather than shoot behind a green screen and just imagine what the background would be like after Post Production is done. 

The IMPACT will give us creators to be creative and push ourselves and one another during this project to deliver something really worth talking about amongst your friends and family after viewing it once or twice because that’s how awesome we want this to be. To have you watch it a second time in theater and just fall in love again with CINEMA. 

 

RISKS AND CHALLENGES

The Film Industry is a difficult and extremely risky business and funding is one of the biggest challenge we have to face first. Even some of our favorite Directors, Producers, Writers, and Creators that you’ve heard of have experience the lack of funding at some point in time. In addition, these creators also have failed on their projects and lost millions of dollars a few times as well.

Another challenge is marketing and distribution; to get this film viewed in the big screen and have you, as the audience watch it in this overly saturated industry while hundreds of other films being release each year that is also fighting for your seats in their big screen. 

And the only way to overcome this challenge is with your help and your word of mouth! Let’s market the heck out of this project! Because wouldn’t it be cool to see a movie you help create in the big screen!

 

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP

We understand sometimes money is short and you’re unable to donate your hard earn money. You can still help by just sharing this to everyone else you know and getting this out to as much people we can. 

From $1 or even just hitting that share button can really be a HUGE contribution to this project. We truly appreciate for taking the time to check this project out and we hope to see you on the big screen soon!