{"id":612,"date":"2016-07-08T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/?p=612"},"modified":"2016-07-08T23:24:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T23:24:16","slug":"kickstart-me-gone-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"KickStart Me! &#8211; Gone Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re reading this, congratulations! You&#8217;ve made it to Friday! And despite all the recent commotion that has been going on in the States throughout the past 24hrs, we hope you all are able to find some sort of grounding and find a way to enjoy the upcoming weekend!<\/p>\n<p>However, today I&#8217;ve decided to feature a project that seeks to shed light on other abusive happenings, of sorts, that goes on behind the scene, usually outside of public eye. \u00a0Instead of trying to briefly summarize it here, let&#8217;s jump into today&#8217;s &#8220;KickStart Me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>Abusive relationships have unfortunately become a very common thing this day in age, but at the same time, has begun to be brought to light &#8211; to bring awareness to the issue. This is exactly what today&#8217;s featured project seeks to do, to truly bring more awareness to the quite commonly issue of abusive relationships, that especially youth, are more and more commonly &#8211; finding themselves stuck in during this day in age.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1934519704\/gone-dark\/widget\/video.html\" height=\"270\" width=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gone Dark is a short film which warns about abusive relationships and online predators. Created by the actress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3893863\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Nansi Nsue<\/a>, and the creative director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charleshjoslain.com\/\">Charles H Joslain<\/a>, Gone Dark seeks to bring awareness to these issues by sharing personal various stories from many individuals \u00a0who have been stuck in these sort of relationships.<\/p>\n<p>.The current funding goal for &#8220;Gone Dark&#8221; is $4,670. With the film yet to be fully produced, many of the funds will go directly to the films production, however the biggest chunk of funds will be used towards promoting and advertising the film via the short film festival circuit.<\/p>\n<p>The team behind the project has already begun their own KickStarter campaign and has been traveling to various locations to meet with civilians as well as foreigners to introduce the project. The campaign will be coming to a close on August 1st, so until then, the team will be hard at work spreading the word about the Kickstarter Project.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Finally, please KEEP IN MIND the main reason for this campaign &amp; project: the stronger the following we create online, the likelier we are to achieve TRUE visibility; that is\u00a0<b>getting \u2018Gone Dark\u2019 projected in middle schools\/high schools as an educational effort<\/b>\u00a0to warn teenagers of the dangers of online predators and abusive relationships.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The team has also put together a list of rewards for those who decide to pledge specific amounts to the project. You can check out some of the featured rewards, below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Rewards<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Pledge\u00a0\u00a310\u00a0or moreABOUT\u00a0$13 USD<\/h2>\n<h3>Get a copy of the film<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be eternally grateful, you&#8217;ll get a shout out on our social media + Your name will appear on the credits as a Backer.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get Digital copy of film.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Pledge\u00a0\u00a325\u00a0or moreABOUT\u00a0$33 USD<\/h2>\n<h3>Help us pick a Prop<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be eternally grateful,\u00a0you&#8217;ll get a shout out on our social media &amp; Your name will appear on the credits as a Backer.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll use an item of your choice as a PROP in the film (within reason of course!).<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get Digital copy of film.<\/p>\n<p><a role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1934519704\/gone-dark?ref=category_newest#\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Pledge\u00a0\u00a375\u00a0or moreABOUT\u00a0$100 USD<\/h2>\n<h3>Enjoy the Behind-the-scenes and Q&amp;A<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be eternally grateful, you&#8217;ll get a shout out on our social media &amp; Your name will appear on the credits as a Backer.<br \/>\nA desktop wallpaper will be sent to you + You\u2019ll have access to the bloopers, behind-the-scenes footage, Q&amp;A with director \/ actors.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get Digital copy of film.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Pledge\u00a0\u00a3100\u00a0or moreABOUT\u00a0$133 USD<\/h2>\n<h3>Become a Producer<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be eternally grateful, you&#8217;ll get a shout out on our social media &amp; your name will appear on the credits as a Producer.<br \/>\nA desktop wallpaper will be sent to you + the POSTER signed by the team. You\u2019ll have access to the bloopers, behind-the-scenes footage, Q&amp;A with director \/ actors.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get Digital copy of film.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Pledge\u00a0\u00a3250\u00a0or moreABOUT\u00a0$334 USD<\/h2>\n<h3>Come to the Premiere<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be eternally grateful,\u00a0you&#8217;ll get a shout out on our social media &amp; Your name will appear on the credits as a Producer.<br \/>\nA desktop wallpaper will be sent to you + the POSTER signed by the team. You\u2019ll have access to the bloopers, behind-the-scenes footage, Q&amp;A with director \/ actors.<br \/>\nBe a SUPPORTING ACTOR in the movie or simply visit the set.<br \/>\nAn invitation to the Premiere of the film!<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get Digital OR hard copy of film depending on your preference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>You can learn more about the Gone Dark project, as well as help support the project by visiting their official KickStarter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1934519704\/gone-dark?ref=category_newest\">Page<\/a>\u00a0and Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gonedarkshort\/?notif_t=page_fan&amp;notif_id=1467366081791962\">Page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>Well everyone, that&#8217;s going to do it for &#8220;KickStart Me&#8217;s!&#8221; for the week. I&#8217;ll be back on next week with some brand new projects to share with you all. Until then, take care, stay safe&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And we&#8217;ll see you all soon! ~<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! If you&#8217;re reading this, congratulations! You&#8217;ve made it to Friday! And despite all the recent commotion that has been going on in the States throughout the past 24hrs, we hope you all are able to find some sort of grounding and find a way to enjoy the upcoming weekend! However, today I&#8217;ve decided<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevirtualcavern.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}