Intelligent Design: The Series
A project in Costa Mesa, CA by Jonathan Schiefer000days
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A 36 hour series about realistic science fiction and spies.
Backers: 73
Average Pledge Per Backer: $204
Funded: $14,888 of $33,000,000
Dates: Jul 4th -> Aug 18th (45 days)
Project By: Jonathan Schiefer
Backers: 73
Average Pledge Per Backer: $204
Funded: $14,888 of $33,000,000
Dates: Jul 4th -> Aug 18th (45 days)
Project By: Jonathan Schiefer
$14,888
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 18 @ 03:10 -0400 GMT
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Latest News
Jen Hood and Jon Schiefer 
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Lots of good stuff coming at you today. I just spoke with Jen Hood of Hoodzpah Branding and Design who designed the poster for Intelligent Design. We talked about how we came up with the idea and look of the poster, showing each iteration. Check... (Read More)
Phillip Matarrese and Jon Schiefer
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
One of my goals with Intelligent Design is to give everyone access to the tools they need to change the world. For me, as a filmmaker, that means sharing how I'm able to do what I do. I wrote about some of that with the "Satsuki Murashige and Jon... (Read More)
Behind-The-Scenes: Aria Song
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
The process of writing and then casting actors isn't easy. When it's done right, it's the as though I'm in a room with a person who up until then only existed in my imagination. When I write a character and then cast someone who is the gender and... (Read More)
IDShow Monologues: Stacy Wong
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
As if the Intelligence world wasn't morally flexible enough, this gets compounded by bringing in people from different enthicities and genders. The beauty of telling a story on a global scale then enables an exploration of cultural relativism, the... (Read More)
Lisa Yimm and Jon Schiefer
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
A lot of people know about production, or that stuff's easy to find. What's a little more opaque is post-production. Lisa Yimm knows her stuff. She'll be working on www.SciFiandSpies.com and here's a conversation on her background, and the... (Read More)
IDShow: BTS - Chris Barry
July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
As deeply as I dig into characters to write the story and direct actors, the actors I work with will probably end up knowing the character better than I do because I've got to know the whole cast and they only have to know their one role. This BTS... (Read More)
Beyond the Playlist: An Interview with Jon Schiefer
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's another interview I did for Hammond Chamberlain's show Beyond the Playlist for Intelligent Design. We get into why I make movies, and what motivated me to make ALGORITHM. Check it out:... (Read More)
Danielle Burgio and Jon Schiefer
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Danielle is an extraordinary talent and stunts are just the beginning of what she can do. We talked about that, about directing, having vision, what fear means and how to deal with it. Few things give me more confidence than having her onboard... (Read More)
IDShow: Monologues - Augustine Vanderbilt
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Life usually isn't like movies, with clear heroes and villains. There are people who do things that society calls evil but those people do those things for good reasons. In Intelligent Design, the main characters aren't heroes, the people opposing... (Read More)
Jon Schiefer on Current Geek
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
There are very few places online that collect more geeks than the podcast Current Geek. It's an interesting show that talks about the news, makes speculations about the future, and has guests on who are doing interesting things. Last Friday, they had... (Read More)
Maria Giese & Jon Schiefer
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Few people choose to stand up against radical opposition. Even fewer have the charisma and intelligence to make progress against that opposition. Maria Giese is one of those people. She has changed the conversation on equality in Hollywood! It's my... (Read More)
Behind-The-Scenes: Chandrika Ravi
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Trying to change the world for the better is scary. It seems huge, insurmountable; and that's to say nothing of the people actively trying to maintain the status quo. You pass so many people who have given up, who have accepted that the way things... (Read More)
Behind-The-Scenes: The DP and Jon Schiefer
July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
My main motivation behind making Intelligent Design is to give everyone access to reach the world. And one of the most powerful ways to reach the world is through good storytelling. I wanted to share what a DP and a director collaboration looks like.... (Read More)
Monogues: Kiran Singh
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The reason I'm making Intelligent Design is to give us all a Behind-The-Scenes look at the way the world works. So, I shot some BTS footage with the characters in The Pitch video. It's my pleasure to introduce to you, Kiran Singh, played by the... (Read More)
The Script for the Episode 001
July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
On Wednesday July 12, at 11:00am Pacific, the DP and I will be doing a live Q&A. Part of that will be us talking about the camera movement, angle, position, lenses, and color palette of the show, using the first episode to establish the look and... (Read More)
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