SEEKING COLLABORATORS AND CONTENT – FUNDING AVAILABLE
Misery Loves Co., a production company, is currently seeking to increase its output by offering full or partial funding for original, short-form, stand-alone content suitable for YouTube, IG, TickTock, etc. as well as festival recognition.
As a published writer and actor with well-over 100 IMDB credits, I am also seeking to collaborate on such content where possible.
All accepted projects will be promoted by a social media manager.
Ideally, content should be provocative/timely/humorous.
However, open to work of any tone that has the potential to go viral or be festival-worthy.
Will consider any genre: narrative, reality, documentary, animation, etc.
.All proposals for funding only must be ready-to-shoot, with a
– completed script
– detailed budget of $5K or less (preference will be given to lower budgets)
– crew/equipment in place (once funding is provided)
Must send sample(s) of previous work.
Send proposals (and any NDAs you deem necessary) to [email protected]
Richard Tanner
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849689/
https://richardtanner.net
https://m.facebook.com/richardtannerofficial/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6poCE8T6DMwg7XKQdsqldw
Misery Loves Co. – YouTube
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