Fundraisers
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Seed & Spark campaigns at Eck-Schoe are created for producing and launching particular films. Each campaign is mission-driven and focused on one film, with clear goals and transparent outcomes.
While Patreon supports our long-term mission of inclusive storytelling, Seed & Spark allows supporters to promote individual projects that need focused resources.
Together, they help us create books, films, and art that further the mission of promoting, and providing a creative platform for, neurodivergent voices.
Campaigns for Current Projects
Motion to Reconsider
She left him so that he could follow his dreams, unburdened by the responsibility she took to care for her autistic brother. When fate brings them back together years later, she will have to answer some difficult questions. Should she have given him a choice back then? Can she let her brother live the independent life she helped him prepare for? Should she give this romance a second chance?
Set in a summer clerkship at a law firm, Motion to Reconsider is a second chance romance that explores caregiving tension, questions about independence, and (as always in Love. Outside the Box) found family.
Rewind
Coming soon.
What Your Support Enables
Below are the budgets for the above projects. As you will see, we are investing our funds in the project. Members of the Eckstein-Schoemann family are not taking compensation for these films. Any funds raised go directly toward crew wages, insurance, post-production, accessibility, and the other items you see below.
We are reimbursed only for documented production expenses, including meals during filming. For more information about the project and what your support enables, visit the campaigns.
Motion to Reconsider Budget
10–15 minute short film | Love. Outside the Box film written and directed by Ava Eckstein-Schoemann
Total Budget: $10,000 (Scalable depending on stretch funding)
Eck-Schoe Contribution: $2,000
Campaign Goal: $8,000
| Category | Description | Amount |
| Cast | Lead cast | $500 |
| Crew | DP, Sound Mixer, Gaffer/Grip, Assistants | $5,000 |
| Production | Insurance, equipment, locations, meals | $2,200 |
| Post-Production | Editing, sound design/mix, color, music | $1,500 |
| Marketing & Distribution | Festival submissions, poster & digital assets | $300 |
| Contingency | Unforeseen expenses | $500 |
| TOTAL | $10,000 |
Rewind Budget
Rewind 5-minute short film | Written & Directed by David Eckstein-Schoemann
Estimated Budget: $7,800 (Scalable depending on stretch funding)
Eck-Schoe Contribution: $2,000
Campaign: $5,800
| Category | Description | Amount |
| Cast | Lead cast | $500 |
| Crew | DP, Sound Mixer, Gaffer, Assistants | $3,200 |
| Production | Insurance, equipment, locations, meals | $1,500 |
| Special Effects | Special effects for film | $1,000 |
| Post-Production | Editing, sound design/mix, color, music | $1,000 |
| Marketing & Distribution | Festival submissions & promotional assets | $300 |
| Contingency | Unforeseen expenses | $300 |
| TOTAL (Projected) | $7,800 |
Progress & Updates
We are about to launch our first campaigns. We will update this page and link to the campaigns as soon as we start them.
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