The Documentary: “VICTORIA”

WHO WE ARE

We are a group of media workers in Los Angeles seeking opportunities to produce films, TV programs and promotional events. We are a minority and people with disabilities. In general we are definied as: "a person whose rights and opportunities are treated as less important than those of other people in the same society". But, we don't see each other that way, rather we are a very optimistic group. We are a non profit production group seeking opportunities to make movies, TV programs and promotional events in the Los Angeles area.

Generation x Management is a media management company that produces movies, TV programs and promotional events. At GXM we want to find out where job opportunities are and how our group can get to them. For these reasons Generation x Management was created to provide us with our own permanent employment opportunities in media and promotions.  

THE REALITY OF PRODUCING A DOCUMENTARY TODAY - THE DISTIBUTION MODEL

We are interested in cracking the new code of indie distribution. Our documentary will be made as a feature length movie to be release on all media. But expressly for the internet and high schools all around the Country. WE WANT ARTISTS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE COMMERCIAL THINGS AND GET PAID FOR IT, without having to depend on the usual variety of distribution outlets, who retain the majority of any revenue our movie makes.

This is where you come in.

We are looking for fans of NOIR.  Documentary enthusiasts who appreciate intense fire dialogue based on the life of Victoria Soto and plot twists rendered in high some contrast black and white flashbacks. "VICTORIA" is no throwback relic, it's A DOCUMENTARY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES who like their pulp married to existentialism. Who worship at the altars of Wilder. 

 PICTURE SYNOPSIS: “VICTORIA”

An original Screenplay by Rafael Quesquen

The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut has bequeathed many heartbreaking images.  One we can't get out of our heads is the story of Victoria Soto.  For this reason we decided to make a documentary about her life and accomplishments for educational purposes.

Victoria Soto, 27, was killed on Dec. 14 when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and opened fire.  Reports indicate that when the assault began, she hid her students in cabinets, in closets, in a bathroom. Then, she alone stood exposed to meet the mad gunman. When he arrived, she told him that her students had gone to gym class. He shot her to death and then moved on. Her students, apparently, survived.

"You have," said John Harkins, mayor of Soto's hometown of Stratford, Conn., "a teacher who cared more about her students than herself."

Oh, it brings tears to our eyes just to think about it.

Such bravery.

Victoria Soto was not the only educator at that school to show it. Principal Dawn Hochsprung died while lunging at the armed assailant. School psychologist Mary Sherlach was not fleeing for safety when she was shot; she was running toward her killer. Behavioral therapist Rachel D'Avino died while shielding one of the students. So did teacher Anne Marie Murphy.

The bravery was not limited to those who were slain. Throughout the school, teachers and other staff members showed extreme courage in the face of horror.

Such bravery, yes. But such devotion too.

Only 27, with so much to live for, Victoria Soto responded the way a parent would.

As anyone with a son or daughter understands, a parent responds to danger by protecting the brood at all costs. Thankfully, most of us never have our courage tested to that extent, but few of us doubt that, if the time came, we would give our lives for our kids and that we would do so without hesitation.

This is the nature of parenting, a vital ingredient in the survival of the species. We do it without thinking. We do it instinctively.

It also is the nature of absolute love. Not all parents have it. But most do.

As Victoria Soto and Sandy Hook School so tragically demonstrated, most teachers have it too. 

 WHY DO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS PROJECT?

The idea for this film project was born when we first learned that California's had passed, the right to work for all in the state. As time went by, we also learned more & more about the inequalities thatexists for minorities and people with disabilities in working in media.

Generation x Management and Pantera Films decide to produce a movie. Pantera Films is "THE ONE" and only company willing to employ minorities to make a film. There is no other media company that specifically employs minorities and people with disabilities in media in Los Angeles. This step makes Pantera Films and Generation x Management as companies with a competitive advantage over any others production companies in the area.

Pantera Films will produce a feature length motion picture written by Rafael Quesquen and Kaye Dyal, to be produced by Rafael Quesquen and H. Kaye Dyal and non profit funding source, Kickstarter will allow us to make the documentary.

Pantera Films Pantera Films wishes to secure an immediate funding commitment subject to the review and approval of all contracts and film production elements; including script, producers, director, line producer, budget, schedule, bond company, locations, and key cast. Upon review, Pantera Films would issue a Letter of Commitment to provide the 100% funding for the production. The investor will receive a 100% tax credit as provided for by the tax codes of our 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation.

Risk and Challanges

What happens if the money isn’t raised in time?

If our goal isn’t met before the deadline, no money changes hands and no movie is made. We want to avoid this scenario at all costs... we want to avoid this risk... we want to work in media... create our own jobs in a permanet basis! Understanding a movie is also a business and it needs to make money is the first step to completing a projrct.

What is the definition of a successful Documentary Production?

’We are not experts, but we assume a successful production involves making your documentary seen by a educational institutions and then some, or having a lot of people see it. So the question really is, how does one do that? The question also is, what is so difficult about it? How can big production companies get their way with their films and why can’t it be replicated at the Indie level?

We are not saying we know the answer right now, but I definitely have some strong feelings. The short answer is as short and as simple as “money.”

There is a longer answer too. I don’t know that I’m right, but here’s what I think happens in the “industry.”

a) Somebody likes the idea of a film, enough to fund it
b) Pre-Production is funded, and probably involves securing financing for production, post production and marketing.
c) Production is financed
d) Post production is financed
e) If the movie is not a complete bomb, marketing is financed
f) People go watch it, because the airwaves have been filled with ads about the film

We hope with this presentation we have demostrated our knowledge of production and answer all the basic questions to get funding.