Aaron Biebert, director, creator of @AbillionLivesFilm, has reached his funding goal to begin production on his new film “You Dont Know Nicotine”.
VapeSling LLC is among early funding Backers for this project.
JG of VapeSling LLC: met Aaron when I attended @abillionLivesFilm premiere. A true Warrior.
Being backers to the film, we can bring you a final update video sent by Aaron to share.
Anyone interested in the Truth about nicotine, such as smokers, concerned non-smokers, vapers, and their concerned family members should view this documentary. In fact, the globe can be educated, as much negativity surrounds the drug.
Video Update for You Dont Know Nicotine film
Aaron’s messages:
Thanks
to passionate people around the world who chose to back our new
nicotine movie, we’re proud to announce that we have reached our first
stretch goal!!
We’re now able to make the movie even better with more interviews and a
publicist to help get our message into the mainstream. Cheers!
With less than three hours left, now is the time to
make your final adjustments. Once the deadline hits, everything freezes
in time as a permanent record of our campaign…including your
pledge. We’ll begin fulfilling some reward levels tomorrow.
If you forgot to join us or wanted to upgrade to get your name in the
movie credits, there is still time, although some reward levels are
nearly full.
We have a staff meeting later to adjust our budget & logistics
The team will send out messages via Kickstarter to collect information needed for rewards
Heikki
(our web leader) will make final changes to our supporter page, showing
the world who made this movie happen with $14+ reward pledges
We’ll
invite Kickstarter backers into a closed Facebook group to provide a
more personalized communication experience with the team & I
Ok, that’s it for this update. Back to work. This is about to get interesting… Cheers! Aaron
Previous Message from Aaron:
With about 13 hours to go, we are almost to our goal of 1000 backers!
I wanted to write you quick to thank you for your support. It’s been a
long 30 days. Your pledge has been an amazing encouragement and helped
us reach the public too. We’re off to a great start! I’m so excited for
this project.
Here’s a document we’ll update with new links to download shareable video files, graphics, & pictures.
We’d love to have you use them however you think would help. You’re part of the team now.
That includes the video. Feel free to upload it to your own channel/page.
With 13 hours left, that could help get us over the goal.
It was a caring community of passionate leaders from around the world
that brought A Billion Lives (our last movie) to over 4,000,000
people.
To make an even bigger impact this time, we’ll need your help.
Welcome to Launch Week!
We’ll
reach out to the press all week and we’d like them to see what an epic
community we have behind this. To help fuel the energy and make this the
#1 most popular “Film & Video” Kickstarter project, please quickly
pick an initial level (they start at $5) so you can get updates and
encourage the new community.
If we don’t reach the goal, you
won’t get charged. Also, you can upgrade later if you decide. Please
note some reward levels only have limited quantities.
Here we go!
We’re excited to announce that You Don’t Know Nicotine is
fiscally sponsored by The Film Collaborative, a California 501(c)3
organization based in Los Angeles. This means your donations to this
project through the Kickstarter campaign are tax-deductible in the U.S.
& countries with reciprocal tax laws. Regardless of where you live,
we would be honored to have your help as we make a powerful film for a
global audience.
Nicotine is a very complicated molecule. Historically, it was mainly
found in harmful cigarette smoke. In recent years, the use of clean
nicotine without smoke has been growing due to changes in technology.
Many are using nicotine to quit smoking. Despite a historic drop in teen
smoking rates, nicotine use by young people is on the rise. Many do not
understand the actual risks.
With all the media hype surrounding
nicotine, it’s time to end the harmful misinformation and educate the
public on what nicotine is, isn’t, and what should be done with it.
We will answer three big questions during this 75-minute eye-opening journey:
How does nicotine actually affect developing brains?
Are there any benefits to adults who use nicotine without smoking?
Who’s covering up the truth about nicotine, and why?
We will chase down as many experts (willing & unwilling) as
our budget allows. It’s time to get answers from all sides of this
debate.
If you’re curious, here’s the trailer for our last award-winning documentary:
The team is fired up to get going on this. All it takes is $50,000 to
secure the base. We’ll use these initial Kickstarter funds to pay for
necessary travel for interviews, crew time, and equipment needed to get
started.
Stretching beyond this goal will lead to substantial
benefits for the strength and ability of the film to break through to
the general public. We hope to see it get picked up by broadcast
networks like A Billion Lives did, as well as major film distribution
channels like Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/HBO/etc.
In order to maximize
it’s potential, we’ll use additional funds to create an even better
movie and drive additional publicity for our call to truth.
We’ll keep adding stretch goals until we’re the #1 most funded
documentary project on Kickstarter and we’re able to market this film
widely to the public like other blockbuster documentaries. Let us know
if you have any ideas for stretch goal perks you’d like to see. We’ll
add them as support grows!
If we can reach this goal in the coming weeks, we’ll be on track to finish the movie this year. Here’s our expected timeline:
February 2019 – Filming begins
March 2019 – Initial digital perks delivered
July 2019 – Primary filming finished
September 2019 – Final draft completed
February 2020 – World premiere at a key film festival
April 2020 – Massive Milwaukee premiere & worldwide theater events to follow
We plan to get it out to the public as quickly, intelligently, and widely as possible.
To the right (or tab above on mobile), we have a variety of special
rewards for our backers. These include limited edition shirts, special
coffee mugs, movie premiere experiences, and much more.
Just like our filmmaking, we plan to make sure each reward is carried
out with craft and awesomeness. Below are several concept designs of
what the final coffee mug and shirt may look like.
Are you a designer? We’ll be taking design submissions and feedback
during the campaign. After you make your pledge, check out our Facebook page to join the discussion.
Our team has
won awards on four continents and shown movies in the theaters of more
than ten different countries. This will be our third feature-length
movie project.
Follow behind the scenes with the Third Line Films team (in association with Attention Era) on Facebook & Twitter.
You can connect with the new #YouDontKnowNicotine community here:
For all levels over
$250, please provide your mailing address. In accordance with IRS
regulations, The Film Collaborative (TFC) issues tax receipts for all
donations of $250 and over. Kickstarter and credit card processing fees
are deducted before TFC receives the funds. TFC issues tax receipts on
the amount they receive.
Thanks again for your support! We’re excited for this new movie!
Risks and challenges
We think the time for this documentary is now, and we are committed
to making the most impactful film we can, as quickly as possible. That
said, documentary filmmaking is an art, not an exact science, and there
could be some bumps along the way.
If production obstacles cause delays, that could mean that we get the
film out to you, our backers, later than anticipated. But, based on our
experience creating 900+ productions and the strong team we have put
together, we are confident that we can make a great film by the end of
2019.
The biggest factor in hitting our goals will be funding.
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