OUR FILM
Please help us raise £2,000 to help us create a short documentary film about a funeral celebrant, as we seek to combat the macabre and reductive stereotypes around persons working in the funeral industry.Meet the crew!
We are a joyful team of five students in their final year studying Film and Television Production, and the only team this year creating a documentary film.
Read below to learn about what we are most excited to explore in our film, When It's Over.
- Ada Collett - Director Ada is most excited to answer the questions she didn't know she had. What seemed to be a fairly straightforward subject initially, she is learning is just the tip of the iceberg.
- Katie Rose Abegglen - Producer Katie Rose is keen to better understand how working with grieving persons effects one's outlook on life.
- Emily Bance - Director of Photography Emily is most excited about learning about alternative options after people pass, and how she can best capture and reflect this through cinematography.
- Mackenzie Scott - Sound Engineer Mackenzie wants to explore alternative funerals in the film, particularly how they differ from traditional ceremonies.
- Shreyas Raghavan - Editor
OUR "why"
Our film was inspired by a question: What kind of a person devotes their life to death?
The crew of When It’s Over hope to create a beautiful and interesting documentary project this year, and answer this question. It is no secret that it is hard to talk about the end of life, especially the plans we make for our loved ones. How do we honour the lives of the people that mean the most to us? This a question that our subject strives to answer every day. A funeral celebrant is not a mortician, or even a funeral director. They have taken on the unique duty of sharing the stories of the dead in an untraditional way – a way that reflects the life of that person.
In this film, we want to tell the celebrant’s story and explore what it is like to live a life working so closely with death.The work is hard, spending your days writing eulogies and getting to know people you will never get to meet through the memories of the people they loved. To be a funeral celebrant you must have a passion for life and a heart to withstand sorrow.
Who is this person? Our film intends to share their story with the world.
Help us share the stories, not of the dead, but of the people who celebrate their lives.
Help us shed light on a profession we will all turn to for help, when it's over.
We are looking to raise 2,000 pounds to create this important film.
Please consider donating to our project, because we can’t do it without you.
Where will the money go?
As we are a student production, our goal may seem like a lot - but we are determined to take care of our crew and create a professional film. We can't do this without your support.
Please note some of our estimated key costs, listed below.
- Location Fees: 300.00
- Parking, Tolls and Gas: 53.00
- Meals for crew and cast: 352.00
- Public Transportation: 121.00
- Set Dressings and Props: 150.00
- Technology minutia (including batteries, an external hard drive, and many other small items needed to make the tech run): 117.00
Rewards
- 10.00 Pound Donation
- Receive regular newsletter updates (via email) from the Producer! Updates will include behind-the-scenes pictures, fun facts about the research, and shout-outs!
- For this special contribution, the production team will list your name in the credits of our film to note your contribution.
- Receive a digital copy of the film upon it's release! Your kind donation will allow us to create a quality project, and you have the right to own it!
- At this amount, the crew will also send you a personalised thank-you video. Your contribution at this level can not be understated!
- At this significant amount, the production team would be honoured to send you pressed flowers from the set of our film.
- At this amount, your donation is significant and cherished by the crew, and we hope to honour it by offering special allocation of your name in the credits of the film.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STORY!
Follow our Instagram for updates, behind-the-scenes looks at the production & more!
@whenitsover_documentary
Feel free to reach out to our email with any queries about the film.
documentarywhenitsover@gmail.com
Help us succeed!
We have one more heartfelt request—if you can, please help spread the word about this fundraiser.
Whether it's by sharing the link through email, talking about it with friends and family, or posting on your social media, every bit of support means the world to us.
Your help could make all the difference in reaching our goal, and we are so deeply grateful for any effort you can put into sharing this cause.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a part of this production!
