Facebook Funeral
A project in Brenchley, UK by Adam Preston000days
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What if the person who spoke at your funeral only knew you from Facebook?
Backers: 53
Average Pledge Per Backer: £357
Funded: £18,902 of £18,500
Dates: Jun 17th -> Jul 26th (40 days)
Project By: Adam Preston
Backers: 53
Average Pledge Per Backer: £357
Funded: £18,902 of £18,500
Dates: Jun 17th -> Jul 26th (40 days)
Project By: Adam Preston
£18,902
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 26 @ 17:02 -0400 GMT
102%
of goal
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Latest News
We've done it! 
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has supported my Kickstarter campaign. I’m incredibly excited about making this film and am hugely grateful for the kindness and generosity of both friends and strangers which has led to this dream becoming a reality. I... (Read More)
Just £360 needed with 30 hours to run!
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Will Facebook Funeral make it! Surely someone will step in and save this great project from the horror of ‘so near but yet so far!’ Please share the link and tell your friends how close we are! (Read More)
£17,361 raised, 56 Hours to go, £1,139 to raise. Help!
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Just 56 hours to run and the Facebook Funeral campaign is still short by over £1000. Will we make it or will the £17,361 pledged vanish down a sinkhole at the stroke of 10 PM on Saturday evening? It’s the £17,361 question! Please give your... (Read More)
With 3 Full Days Go The Nerves Are Jangling!
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
With the weekend looming Facebook Funeral has achieved an astonishing £17,356 in pledges but that total must reach £18,500 by Saturday at 10.00 PM or the whole pot vanishes. Please send the link to your friends! (Read More)
A Gnat's Tit or a Hair's Breadth - take your pick!
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
After a staggering day Facebook Funeral can now boast £17,179 in pledges which means that we are within a gnat’s tit of victory! If you know anyone who loves movies, loves being on the winning team, loves comedy, or likes to get a buzz from being... (Read More)
Success is breathing down Facebook Funeral's neck!
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
With just 5 days to run Facebook Funeral has raised £12,000 which means we’re going to make it! So the only question is: are you going to become part of this little cinematic gem or are you going to have your nose pressed up against the jewellers... (Read More)
Facebook Funeral is a Kickstarter Staff Pick!
July 10th - via: kickstarter.com
With just eight days to go Facebook Funeral has been selected as a ‘staff pick’ by the Kickstarter team. Please remember to send the link to the Facebook Funeral Kickstarter page to your... (Read More)
Wow!
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
A huge wedge of quant old English pounds has been pledged to Facebook Funeral. With a current total just shy of £7000 and 21 days to go there's a whiff of success on the breeze (Read More)
See what the BBC said about the work of screenwriter Adam Preston!
June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
“We really enjoyed the script and, as you’d expect from Adam’s writing, the dialogue is sparky and funny and there’s a real sense of comic timing (something which is sadly lacking from many scripts we look at!)” Beth Pattinson, Development... (Read More)
Read what comedian David Whitney said about the script for Facebook Funeral
June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
“I really enjoyed the script. Well worth checking out – very very funny” David Whitney is a successful stand up comic who has appeared at all the major UK comedy clubs (Read More)
A quick 'Thank You' to the Kickstarter team
June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter run a great service that is enabling amazing dreams to become realities every day. Throughout the process of setting up my project I have been sending in an endless series of irritating queries and cries for 'help!' to the Kickstarter... (Read More)
Maybe its not the best timing to try and single handedly run a kickstarter campaign when you have a brand new baby but at the same time I believe babies bring good luck!
June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Adam Preston with new daughter Audrey aged 1 day (Read More)
Facebook Funeral - an authentic Kickstarter campaign you can believe in!
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Facebook Funeral is not being made by a production company and there is no budget for slick graphics for the Kickstarter campaign and no staff being told to hit their social media and write loads of updates. It’s just me, Adam Preston, but I have... (Read More)
Facebook Funeral has shot past the £1000 mark!
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Could this be the tipping point for this timely and biting satire about the pervasive influence of social media? Hop on board and get a huge buzz and great rewards. (Read More)
Watch the Facebook Funeral Kickstarter video - shot in an English country graveyard
June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
The video for the Facebook Funeral Kickstarter campaign was shot in the stunning atmospheric and, yes, somewhat funereal setting of the cemetery of All Saints' Church Brenchley in Kent - with the full cooperation of the Reverend Campbell Paget! (Read More)
Ifs and Buts
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
There's a lot of ifs and buts in any enterprise. IF you raise the funding, IF you make a great short film, IF it wins awards, IF it gets massive on-line viewing figures...then you will get to make your first feature. BUT you might not raise the... (Read More)
Dont take my word Facebook Funeral is a great script - read this quote!
June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
"Honestly I have read quite a few scripts recently and this is the only one that I can remember actually exciting me. It's bloody brilliant!!! Funny, dark and relevant. I really think it's excellent... Great idea, very funny." Luke McQueen, Comedian,... (Read More)
WE'RE OFF TO A ROARING START!
June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
The Facebook Funeral campaign has hit the ground running with a whopping £500 contribution from the producer of the film 'The Last King of Scotland' for which Forest Whitaker won the Oscar for best actor. Why is she backing Facebook Funeral? Because... (Read More)
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