Pitch CampaignGrand Opening
The permit was the least of it
by Longview Story Co. · Launched Aug 20, 2026
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About this title
Synopsis
The building was cheap because the street is dead, and the street is dead because the buildings are cheap, and Vince Ferrante has spent eleven months and every dollar he could borrow on the conviction that somebody has to go first. The ribbon is at eleven on Saturday. The mayor is coming, which was Vince's idea and has become Vince's problem. As of Thursday afternoon the sign reads GRAND OPENIN, the walk-in is running at fifty-one degrees, and his brother-in-law the contractor has stopped answering a telephone that Vince pays for.
Who this is about
Vince Ferrante has sunk eleven months and every borrowed dollar into a restaurant on a dead street, on the theory that somebody has to go first.
What goes wrong
The health inspector, the sign company, his brother-in-law the contractor and the mayor's office each have one small problem, and the ribbon is at eleven on Saturday.
What's at stake
He has borrowed from three people who all know each other and speak regularly.
Why it keeps going
Each episode one problem is solved by the creation of a slightly larger one.
Takeaway
A man will move heaven and earth rather than admit he should have opened on a Tuesday.
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Story, in the creator's words
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Where your money goes
Your money goes straight to the creator to turn this pitch into a trailer. A pitch today is a poster and a logline. What the money buys is the first piece of film anyone will see.
Nothing is collected until two things are true
This campaign has to raise $300, which is 60% of its ask, and reach 50 backers. Whichever of the two happens later is the one that counts. Money without backers is one person, and backers without money is a crowd that cannot fund the thing, so a Pitch campaign needs both.
Released in stages, against delivered work
Scripts and reference sheets locked
30%Rough cut delivered
30%Pitch delivered
40%The creator has 30 days from the day this campaign closes to deliver. No part of the money is released for the campaign simply closing.