Bringing The Greatest Escape story to the screen is undoubtedly an ambitious task. After spending a lot of time researching our options how we are going to create 1867 London streets and the Limbo scene, we believe working with VFX TEAM we'll be able to create the world in which our film is set.
One of the main issues we’ll be coming across is capturing a wide 2-3,000 audience members. On our short film Budget that would be next to impossible so we would have 40 extras in the first rows (ORANGE). This will allow the Visual Effects Team to introduce a green screen (GREEN) to compliment the live action audience; And finally completing the shot together with crowd simulations in the back rows (PURPLE). This would give the illusion of a full audience of 2-3,000 in the theatre.
THE KICKSTARTER: The Greatest Escape is an ambitious short script and we want to do it the justice it deserves. A huge CAST with period costume set in the VICTORIAN ERA, remembered for many things and we want to capture it all on big screen from COSTUME, ARCHITECTURE to MUSIC.
KICKSTARTER allows YOU to financially support artists of all kinds and in turn receive cool Rewards. The money pledged goes directly to helping us complete our film.
Here's the tough part - We do not receive any of the pledged funds unless we are fully funded by our end DATE. Every contribution counts and will help us share an incredible project with you.
As young people, we don't have the money to fund it ourselves, but we're pulling all the stops so we can bring the budget as low as possible while still making a great piece of art.
WHERE YOUR MONEY WILL GO?
The money raised here on KICKSTARTER will be spent on all three phases of production from pre-production, principal photography to post-production. Making a short film like ‘The Greatest Escape’, the work it takes to put together the short production is not easy as there is a lot of planning and pre-visualising before pre-production. Furthermore, sound design, colour grading, VFX and music production will demand an enormous amount of man hours. Also the creative team to ensure post-production is handled well and that our finishing product is exactly as we envisioned. We hope to finish the editing process and post-production by the end of June 2014, but in order to do so, we need all the help we can get!
Here is a breakdown of where the money raised will be spent:
- Principal Cast - Travel/Living Expenses
- The Art Department – Props, Paints, Set Construction & Dressing Location
- Costume Design/Hire
- Make-Up & Hair
- Equipment - Camera, Lights, Sound Kit
- Transportation – Crew Travel Expenses
- Location Expenses
- VFX
- DVD/Blu-Ray
- Legal Costs – Production Insurance
- Festival Submission Fees
This Kickstarter campaign is our way of asking for people to help us make our most ambitious short film or to be a part of making something original, unique and fresh.
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