What if fans didn’t just watch movies…

what if they helped make them?

Not in a corporate shareholder way.

But in a creative, grassroots, movie-lover way

PREY FOR MASON is a teen survival-thriller story about bullying, redemption, and what it really means to love your enemy.

But the way we’re making it is just as important as the story itself.

We’re funding the film one frame at a time.

Some frames will become collectors items.

When you support this campaign, you become part of the movie’s cast & crew community — and you’ll be invited to the largest cast & crew screening party ever attempted.

Why This Story?

The story begins with Lucas — an anxious, rule-following teenager who believes he should “love his enemies.”

That belief is tested when his tormentor Mason overdoses on a terrifying new drug and becomes something… else.

Lucas and his friends must survive the night — while Lucas wrestles with a deeper question:

How do you love someone who is trying to destroy you?

It’s a suspenseful PG-13 thriller designed to work for teen audiences and parents alike — thrilling, emotional, and grounded in real themes about bullying, faith, and redemption.

How This Project Started

Brandon Riley and I originally developed the script with screenwriter Kate M. McMahon, along with professional script doctors and actors.

We held a table read.

The cast loved it!

We shot a short version of the film to test the concept.

The cast & crew had a blast!

But like many indie productions, we ran out of time and money before filming the third act... 

THE REDEMPTION!

Here's the original teaser for "Pray v Prey," that's lacking an Act 3.

Instead of abandoning the project, we decided to turn that challenge into an opportunity.

Phase 1: Let Fans Help Shape Act 3

One of the most exciting parts of this project is our Act 3 Story Pitch Contest, that we hope to launch on March 23.

Fans will be able to submit ideas for the ending.

The best ideas will inspire our final shoot.

This lets the audience become creative collaborators — not just spectators.

Phase 2: Finish the Short Film

With your help, we’ll finish the short film and complete:

• the missing Act 3

• professional sound design and 5.1 mix

• festival submissions

Then we’ll host the first “World’s Largest Cast & Crew Screening Party.”

Everyone who owns frames in the film will be invited to watch it together online, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and actors.

Our goal:

up to 17,280 frame owners celebrating the movie together.

(Frame mockup: Watermark enlarged for clarity, and will not be this large in the final movie.)

Here’s where things get really interesting.

A typical 90 minute feature film contains roughly 129,000 frames.

We’re letting supporters own individual frames of the movie.

A movie is just 24 frames every second.

We’re inviting fans to help finance this film one frame at a time.

Each frame costs $5.99.

Frame owners receive:

• name on a frame

• invitation to the private online screening

• membership in the Discord community

• access to VIP perks, including theater screenings

This page is for early supporters before the Seed & Spark launch.

Your pledge helps us hit 30% momentum on the first day.

If every frame is claimed…

129,600 people will have helped make this movie.

That means when the film premieres, we’re not launching to zero.

We’ll host more “World’s Largest Cast & Crew Screening Parties.”

Everyone who owns frames in the film will be invited to watch the next Phase together online, with Q&A.

A party when we wrap shooting the feature, and a party when the movie's is finished.

Our goal:

up to 129,600 frame owners celebrating the movie together.

We’re launching to a community. #OwnAFrame

Why Now?

The movie industry is changing.

Audiences want to participate, not just consume.

Creator communities like Creator Camp are thriving.

Meanwhile, studios like Blumhouse have proven that smart, low-budget horror movies can outperform massive productions.

Blumhouse founder Jason Blum has even said he’s excited about films made for under $1 million.

Our goal is to prove that a fan-powered film model can work — and that a passionate community can help launch a new franchise.

The Big Vision

PREY FOR MASON is the first experiment.

If it works, we’ll create a collection of PG-13 genre movies — comedies, thrillers, action, and sci-fi — built with audiences from the very beginning. Plumb Tales is doing exactly this.

Not just fans.

Partners.

Join Us

When you support this campaign, you’re not just backing a movie.

You’re helping test a new way of making them.

So reserve a frame.

Join the cast & crew.

And help us bring PREY FOR MASON to life.

#OwnAFrame

-Thanks, Ian Max Eyre