A Feature Length Documentary

 We’re currently hard at work shooting our next feature length documentary “It All Stops Here”. The film will follow a woman named Tara as she embarks on a journey through the remote wilderness of Alaska. Along the way, she’ll reveal a dark and shocking story about her past, and her incredible journey to recovery. Mental health through a connection to nature will be a dominate theme. Her triumph in the face of complete hopelessness will leave you feeling teary eyed and inspired. We feel this story is especially important to share given the decline in mental health following the events of 2020.

The heavy subject matter in this film demands a whole new level of storytelling and production quality. While this true story is a documentary by genre, the shooting style and story telling elements will be more reminiscent of a cinematic narrative. As Outmersive is a small but growing collective, it’s become necessary for us to raise funds to ensure we do this story justice. 

If you’d like to help us bring Tara’s story to light, here are a few options:

Tara’s story is heavy. It will bring tears to your eyes, yet leave you feeling inspired. If you’ve seen the movie “Wild“, let’s just say that Tara’s story has double the shock value, but with an ending that’s more heart warming and will bring a smile to your face.  Unlike our previous films, the storyboard planning for this has been substantial. In the wild of Alaska we have no idea what adventures await us. However Tara’s backstory is known, and to tell it properly will involve a fair amount of shooting within city limits. At this point, our planning deck is over 100 pages long and growing. We’re continually developing plans for everything from set design to lighting diagrams, and for the first time we’ll also be leveraging actors (non speaking roles) for re-enactments. These will be carefully integrated into the film to immerse you into the world Tara grew up in.  

To help enhance the story, each shot of It All Stops Here  will be carefully and artfully composed. The goal is to make it a cinematic masterpiece, so to help achieve this we recently upgraded to a set of cameras capable of 16 bit color which will produce a superior vibrant cinematic image. In addition to the technology upgrades, we’ve grown our talent pool as well. Our friend Chris Abbey from Explore More Films  will be joining us for the 11 day shoot in Alaska. He’ll be focused on time lapses, telephoto shots, and aerial drone shots. Also joining us will be long time Outmersiver Emma Massick who will be capturing the sounds of nature as our primary field recordist. Our good friend and honorary Outmersiver Matt Favero will be joining us as a photographer and wildlife cinematographer, and of course directors Chris Smead and Gordy Gurley will be the primary cinematographers.

2020 has been compared to a dumpster fire, a train wreck, and a million other terrible things. Our films won’t cure Covid 19. They won’t solve political issues, and they won’t put out wildfires. But there’s one thing It All Stops Here CAN do. We believe it will offer hope to anyone struggling with misery, depression and mental illness. From the start, Tara was destined to fail. There were countless valid reasons she should have given up. But without spoiling the movie, we’ll just say that she’s living proof that it’s possible to succeed even when all the cards are stacked against you. All of us at Outmersive are fueled by the opportunity to share her story and offer hope to anyone struggling in the face of adversity. Even if it only helps one person, it will be well worth it.