Jesse Dana has been shooting and producing a documentary about men living in, and then returning from, San Quinten Prison for the last 5 or 6 years. They have finally finished with filming and they are heading into post. To fund the post, and raise awareness for the film the filmmakers have turned to Kickstarter.

Kickstarter is an incredible development for film makers and in fxphd’s Background Fundamentals we explore this funding opportunity. Plus, in this week’s fxguide RC podcast we also talk with Jesse about the incredible journey over the last 5 years navigating an avalanche of changing camera tech and budget levels to maintain a consistent look and feel for the film.

Below is a short piece about the film Life After Life.

The Kickstarter campaign can be found here.

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