James' Dream Fund

This is the relaunch for my camera fund campaign. 

This campaign is necessary  for me to get back into the professional film circuit and further support myself and wife. 

Film has long been a passion and creative pursuit of mine and a long standing dream, God has gifted me with a great talent and I want to use it,  however the cost of upgrading my current equipment has long since been out of reach.  For my original gear I spent months working and saving in order to purchase outdated cameras, sound, and lights to film with and made them last as long as possible, but in today's market and industry that is not really an option anymore. We are entering a new era of video and film with resolutions and qualities unheard of even 6 years ago, and I need to be able to have equipment that is on par with the compition and market. 

With the fall upon us and the season of indie festivals and contests is here, and I would love to be able to pursue those outlets as well as starting to shoot film professionally once more.

You can help!

In order to do this I need a serious upgrade and some new workflow options.  Below is the list of items I am looking to purchase with the funding raised. 




Blackmagic Design URSA Camera $4605.35

The Two Batteries  $179.95 x2

The Battery Charger $180.00 + $13.33 shipping 

The Battery Plate (For using batteries on the camera)  $95.00

Set of Cinema Lenses for the Camera  $2,595.00

The Cbox for using SSD instead of Expensive Cfast 2.0 cards as memory $499.95

SSD For Camera Memory $176.99 x2

A heavy duty tripod for this heavy camera $159.69

A case for the sensitive camera $105.97

Grand total: $8969.00

While this seems like a fairly large amount, if everyone only donates just a bit we could reach this goal in no time! 

If 100 people each donated only $90 each we could hit the goal!

If 1000 people donated only $9 we could make the goal!

Please consider sharing this post and donating! You will be helping my dreams come true!


With any additional funds that may come in, I will put them towards a few extra things to help with increasing the quality of sound I can record and produce with the following kit:

Field recorder, Mic, and Cables 449.97

Wind muff for the shotgun Mic $39

Handheld Boom Pole $39.95

Clapper board! $29.95

With any funds past this point I will put them towards a project I have an idea for. I put together a microdocumentary recently and there was interest in doing something in higher quality and a bit longer. I will expand on my original idea with higher production value!


Thank You so much for visiting this page! Together we can help make dreams come true! Please consider donating so that I can get to the next stage of my Career and Life. 


If you are interested in seeing some of my work Here are a couple links:

Sand - An Aquarium Microdoc

Question Of Content (Humor)

The videos below are much older and produced over 3 years ago none the less, I am quite proud of them:

Alistair Hennessey - Live Performance Mashup


The Suit - Live Performance Mashup