Company Description
Hayseed is a feature film to be produced by American Bravado, a Brooklyn-based independent production company. We are a tight union of creative and business minds, developing, writing, and producing original material—all in house. It's common practice in indie filmmaking (i.e. without a Studio) to create a new LLC for every film with its own tax ID and bank account. Investors would not be investing in American Bravado, but only this one film, Hayseed.
In 5 years, our aim is to exploit Hayseed across various domestic, international, and ancillary markets to generate a profit for its investors. Upon its success, we intend to continue producing new films and offer investors—new and old—opportunities. To be clear, as an investor in this feature film, Hayseed, you will be entitled to proceeds from Hayseed and Hayseed only and not future projects made by American Bravado. Given the limited operating history of this company, it is impossible to project future proceeds, if any.
Perks
Invest $1,000+ for Receive a special thanks in the credit crawl at the end of the film.
$10,000+ Receive a unique screen print poster designed by the amazing Jacob Phillips. Display it in your home. Tell your friends you are responsible for making this film happen!
$50,000+ Become an associate producer, receive a screen credit, and an invite to our festival premiere! Also, you will receive a unique screen print poster designed by the amazing Jacob Phillips.
$100,000+ Become an executive producer, receive a screen credit, and an invite to our festival premiere! Also, you will receive a unique screen print poster designed by the amazing Jacob Phillips.
Invest $1,000+ for Receive a special thanks in the credit crawl at the end of the film.
$10,000+ Receive a unique screen print poster designed by the amazing Jacob Phillips. Display it in your home. Tell your friends you are responsible for making this film happen!
$50,000+ Become an associate producer, receive a screen credit, and an invite to our festival premiere! Also, you will receive a unique screen print poster designed by the amazing Jacob Phillips.
$100,000+ Become an executive producer, receive a screen credit, and an invite to our festival premiere! Also, you will receive a unique screen print poster designed by the amazing Jacob Phillips.
Key Deal Facts
We're a team of multi Emmy, Addy, and Webby-winning producers w/ films on Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix.
We've been gifted over $150k in gear and in-kind services.
Hayseed was in the top 4% of the 13,175 scripts submitted this years' Austin Film Festival.
And, our script was a finalist at the 2020 Rhode Island International Film Festival.
We are participating in the investors' risk by taking equity in lieu of our full-day rates.
We have relationships with distributors and sales agents, so we'll find a good home for our film.
Use of Proceeds
$120,000
80% for Production, including "Above The Line" (i.e., Cast), production costs (crew, equipment, locations, etc.), and post-post-production (editing the film). 13.5% for Digital Advertising. 6.5% for Wefunder intermediary fees.
$500,000
60% for Production, including "Above The Line" (i.e., Cast), production costs (crew, equipment, locations, etc.) and post-production (editing and color). More funds means a famous cast, dolly shots, and great music licensing options! Plus 33.5% for Advanced Digital Advertising (entirely in-house) will really open up distribution deals. 6.5% for Wefunder intermediary fees.
Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Travis Burgess
Writer / Director
Travis co-produced The Preppie Connection, which was released in theaters by IFC Films and streamed on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. He also traveled to Angola to produce the documentary, Death Metal Angola. It played at +60 festivals around the world.
Michael Brown
Producer
Michael is an award-winning commercial director and producer with clients such as Merrell, Hush Puppies, Hersey's, PepsiCo. His films have been an official selection at RiverRun, Other Worlds, Lighthouse, and GenreBlast Film Festivals.
Daniel Martinez
Director of Photography
Daniel is a cinematographer specializing in commercial, non-profit documentary, and narrative film production. He has worked on campaigns for Under Armour, Merrell, Hush Puppies, McCormick Gourmet, Kwikset, and Sagamore Distillery.
Jacob Cleeves
Camera Operator
Jacob is a Michigan-based gold-winning American Advertising Awards cinematographer. His client list ranges from Merrell and Hush Puppies to Stryker and high-action sports like IMSA, Michelin Tires, the Ferrari Challenge, and SRO Motorsports.
Patrick Lewtschanyn
Consulting Producer
Patrick is the owner of Loose Cannon, a full-service production company. His work has been nominated for multiple Emmys. He has worked with Red Bull, Porsche, Kellogs, AT&T, Kraft, Corona Light, Asus, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Amber Timm
Marketing Strategist
Amber is a Marketing Strategist based out of Grand Rapids, MI. She's worked in marketing, across multiple industries, with nationally recognized brands such as Meijer, Merrell, and Chaco.
Jason Rezvan
Music Supervisor
Jason is the VP of Ads for the boutique independent music publisher, Spirit Music Group. He handles creative licensing for a catalog of over 75K songs, working with agencies to creatively source music for brands as Apple, Google, Walmart, and Ford.
Kyle Jurassic
Talent "Trooper Gellis"
Kyle is an actor based in NYC. In his professional theater career, he has toured all of North America and performed in 100+ theaters in productions including Rock of Ages, The Buddy Holly Story, Million Dollar Quartet, Grease, Spamalot, and Avenue Q.
