The MSc class in Digital Feature Film Production is an extraordinarily dedicated bunch of people, all with different skills, experience and ambitions. The one thing that unites us all is our passion for filmmaking and desire to be part of the future of the film industry. As part of our course we need to produce, shoot, edit and post-produce two feature films ready for film festivals and hopefully international distribution. We have two incredible projects to work on, but we need some help from you to make them happen.
 
Poison Pen is a romantic comedy that deals with love, vanity and deception. Written by the acclaimed international best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl books, Eoin Colfer, it's the story of a has-been literary master, PC Molloy, who is blackmailed into working for a tabloid gossip magazine. Cultures clash and sparks fly as the cerebral Molloy reluctantly becomes the celebrity interviewer for vain celebrities. Will Molloy be seduced by the trappings of fame or will he just be seduced April Devereux, the fiery editor of Poison Pen?
 
Light of Day is a hilarious mocumentary set against the backdrop of low-budget horror filmmaking. Written by Filmbase graduate, Chris Brennan, Light of Day follows the doomed crew of First Bite is The Deepest - a cheap vampire flick as they struggle to make their film. With an inept director, world-weary producer, meddlesome writer, star with a peanut allergy and the worst product placement deals in history there’s more horror behind the scenes than in the film. The only hope their film will ever see the light of day rests in the hands of Michael and Sarah, the only two sane people on the production.

 
 Both these films are being made as part of the Filmbase MSc Digital Feature Film Production course. Practical production is a cornerstone of this Masters course and the two films being made this year will challenge the crew in very different ways. The goal is to produce two industry-standard feature films capable of propelling everyone involved into careers in feature filmmaking. We are all talented, ambitious, creative and incredibly hard-working and we’re eager to grasp the opportunities these scripts provide us to produce two polished, professional and entertaining films.
 
Previous films produced by Filmbase through the MSc programme (Keys to the City, How To Be Happy) have sold out festival screenings worldwide and are securing distribution – so we know it can be done and we’re excited about doing it ourselves.

 
We have a lot of the resources we need in place to help us produce the films, but we need donations to help us raise our budgets to cover things like additional equipment, catering, cast expenses, transport, locations, props, set design… all vital parts of the filmmaking process. We are all committed to delivering two highly individual and entertaining films and we hope you can help us.
 
If you are interested in our project, please take a look at our rewards to the right. We have great rewards for anyone wishing to help us out and we will be adding more to that list as the campaign goes on. Even the minimum donation of €10 will help us a lot. If you're based in Dublin, don't forget to look at our events calendar on social media platforms as we will be hosting many great fundraising events over the next few weeks.

Thanks!
 
If you'd like to support our project but would prefer to help us out in other ways, please contact Alan Fitzpatrick at Filmbase (masters@filmbase.ie).

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