Film Fans Organize Online, Take Tinseltown to Task Under Leadership of SciFi Filmmaker

LOS ANGELES, CA, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
A group of international movie-goers announced today that they are backing
filmmaker
Jessica Mae Stover's fundraising project around her original motion picture,
'Artemis Eternal,' and are inviting other film fans to do the same. On the
official
site for the project, visitors can explore an interactive map of the movie's
development, track progress and impact production by contributing funds of $1
or more. By relying on contributors to promote the website, reach out to
local press and even create press releases such as this one, Stover has cut out
themiddleman, and allied with the audience to break ground on a new formula for
film
finance, production and exhibition. This film is being produced by Stover
Electric productions.

So far, via the web, the audience has independently raised 40k of the 100k
of
the total production budget. Names of these contributors to the film, dubbed
"Wingmen," appear in the film's credits and on the website along with a link to
their blog or online social profile. Patrons of the film also become a part of
the story by working together in a variety of ways on ancillary projects,
such as creating a 'The Story So Far' video chronicling the advancement of the
project and philosophy behind what they call, "a renaissance in film." The
2-minute video, which can be found on the official site and YouTube,
pictures worldwide supporters of the film telling the story of the venture
to move the film forward intercut with Stover's own sound bytes.

Stover cut her teeth inside the Time Warner conglomerate at a high-profile
level and
garnered recognition with a show on AOL that had a monthly viewership of five
million. "Looking back," she says, "shadowing studio directors at such a young
age, being a guest of major productions, learning how to create communities from
the pioneers at AOL and working inside the machine in the studio and media
conglomerate system in both traditional and new media is what prepared me to
do this after I turned away from that track. It's been a long journey."

Fundraising is nothing new to the web, but no one has yet to apply a
communal funding model to a quality fiction film -- something that Stover has
been out discussing with the student press, "The fact that a handful of
filmmakers are attempting to find a new business model via the Internet should
signal to you that there is a problem and a need to be filled in terms of
the way we consume story and media. But the promise of the Internet as a
great leveler is false. It's more difficult than ever to get your message out
there. Collectively our team is here to take the hardest hits and knock some
doors down because we have the ability to do it. Get involved in what we are
doing, have some fun being a part of our story and learn from our journey so
that you can do what you do better."

The overall project for 'Artemis Eternal' began over a year ago and is noted
for its advanced presentation, professional packaging and the involvement of
high-profile crew members, such as a noted computer artist, Greg Martin. Stover
herself is known for delivering independent, quality content via the web, past
shows and her books, something that has earned her a valuable following.

"The Artemis Eternal website represents us in every way possible.
Thematically it
represents the content of the film, emotionally it represents the teamwork
aspect, historically and business-wise it evolves other case studies and
technically and professionally it shows the level at which we are operating.
Simplified, the story of the film is about questioning what society expects of
you and what we accept as normal. Everything we're doing around the film fits
and
explores that theme."

Filming is scheduled to begin in May.

ABOUT THE ARTEMIS ETERNAL PROJECT:

'Artemis Eternal', a short, scifi-fantasy film currently in preproduction,
is a
professionally-led, community-funded, cross-platform project supported by an
audience of patron Wingmen who proudly back quality filmmaking and artists
free from Hollywood politics, and accept the challenge to create a better
professional model for film production, distribution and exhibition.

Visit www.artemiseternal.com to view more and become involved in the
project.

This release was written and paid for by the Wingmen of 'Artemis Eternal.'

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