Short Summary
Welcome back to Dead Air, a fun horror comedy that mixes Gremlins & Critters together with Twilight Zone’s A Nightmare at 20,000 feet & Josie and the Pussycats.
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Check out our teaser trailer here!
What has happened since the last crowdfunding?
We tasted our first Comic Con experience at SciFi Wales back at the start of September,
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We moved on from this and have just finished a successful 6 day shoot at Black Hangar Studios in Hampshire and are now looking to complete the film. We want to get it out to festivals and hopefully on the runway to a feature length adventure.
But in order to do that, we need your help!
The crowdfunding for this project was always a 2 phase affair. With the film shot and in the can we now need to raise funds for post production.
WELCOME ON BOARD NEW CREW
To assist with the Dead Air post production, we've brought on some amazing crew!
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DIRK MAGGS - SOUND CONSULTANT (www.dirkmaggs.com)
Dirk Maggs comes to Dead Air with a plethora of experience behind him. Working on some of the biggest audio dramas ever, including X-Files with David Duchovny, many Neil Gaiman adaptations including Neverwhere with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman and the 40th anniversary of Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. We welcome Dirk on board with open arms, and hand him the drumsticks to help orchestrate our sound design.
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LIAM HARRIS - ANIMATION (https://liamh.co.uk/)
Liam Harris, director of the award winning 'Perched' comes to Dead Air to design our opening credits. The credit sequence will tell a story in itself, so we are super excited to have such a talent on board.
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DUGG DAYNES - MINIATURES (https://www.facebook.com/Dugg-174904759249793/)
Creating our Crampton Airlines is Dugg Daynes. He will construct a 6ft miniature Boeing 737, to fly through the air in our continued homage to the practical effects that we grew up with.
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RICHARD OAKES - EDITOR/GRADE/VISUAL EFFECTS (http://www.darkfablemedia.co.uk/)
The master behind the edit will be Richard Oakes, whose work with Patrick Ryder on In Flight as well as his work on Homeless Ashes with Marc Zammit will bring his visual storytelling skills to Dead Air.
What We Need & What You Get
All of these exciting new artists have been assembled, along with those already on board to be able to do the following:
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(Photography by Scott Chalmers http://www.scottchalmers.co.uk/about.html)
Edit, grade and sfx - while the film incorporates practical Fx and puppetry we do need to finish off the film with a touch of sfx magic to tidy up the edges.
Miniatures - our plane in flight needs to be conceived and shot as a miniature. None of this cgi plane malarky!
Music - in order to pay our musicians, not only our composer, but our artists who are helping bring the film to life
Cut scene - we need to shoot one final scene for Dead Air to be complete. This involves an ice cream - in the middle of November!
Voice actors - while our creatures don’t talk, they do have a language and that language needs to be recorded to bring our ‘Daves’ to life.
Hollywood Genre Icon - However, this is where a BIG but comes in, if we don’t hit our post production goal, we will not have our Hollywood genre star on board.
Festivals - while getting the film in the can and getting it edited is great, if no one sees it it’s all for nought. A festival run will hopefully get us in front of people that’ll want to see it and hopefully want to help us make it bigger and more feature film like!
We have some new perks on offer including
DVD/Bluray of Film
Props from the film
The Singer (Charlie Bond) special make up face in a frame.
Postcards signed by the cast
Badges!
Limited Edition Dead Air Bottle Openers/Fridge Magnets!
Plus some old favourites inc
Tshirts
Mugs
Posters
Music
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Who Was In It Again?
THE CAST
We have an amazing cast playing the characters in our film. The one actor we can't reveal (at least not until we are fully funded!) is a Hollywood Genre Legend! They've been in such classics as... shhhhhh... we can't tell you! Not yet anyway!
Here's a little bit more about each
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STACY HART - THE DRUMMER
Stacy was the star of our award winning short film 'Selfie', previous to which she also appeared in a number of feature films, including the Universal Pictures film 'Get Real', 'Things to do before you're 30' and the Danny Boyle film 'The Beach'.
CHARLIE BOND - THE SINGER
Charlie has had some great roles over the last couple of years in films like 'Vendetta', 'The Fall of the Essex Boys' and 'Strippers Vs Werewolves'. She has also had success with her stage performance as Lucy Westenra in 'Dracula' at the Leicester Square Theatre, London.
KATE DAVIES-SPEAK - THE BASSIST
Kate had a great start to the year with her #ShowreelShareDay Twitter frenzy causing a storm in January this year. She also stars in the feature film 'Escape from Cannibal Farm', with other features currently in post-production, such as recently lensed 'The Barge People'.
JOHANNA STANTON - THE GUITARIST
Johanna is an award winning actress, having starred in a number of films including 'Nightmare Box', 'Grave Tales' and the TV Movie 'Compulsion' alongside Ray Winstone. Johanna will be seen later this year in the Geoff Harmer directed short film 'Smile' as well as the feature film 'Injustice'.
Now that we have our Monster Kitten line up, meet the boys
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JAMES HAMER-MORTON - THE CO-PILOT
James has starred in a number of recent feature films, all of which are getting released in the near future including Liam Regan's festival hit 'My Bloody Banjo', Andrew Harmer's 'The Fitzroy' and Chris Gallagher's 'Dead Love'.
DAN PALMER - THE MANAGER
We have Dan Palmer on board as The Manager of Monster Kitten. Dan is an actor and writer, best known for starring in 'Stalled', 'Freak Out' and 'Small Town Folk'. He also had a role in 'My Bloody Banjo' alongside James Hamer-Morton.
DAVID SCHAAL - THE PILOT
Most will remember David as Terry Cartwright (Jay's Dad) in 'The Inbetweeners', but he has done so much more! David has had roles in classic TV Shows like 'The Office', 'The IT Crowd', 'Grange Hill' and 'Lead Balloon'. He most recently appeared on our screens in the TV comedy pilot 'We The Jury'.
David will be appearing on the big screen later this year, alongside James Hamer-Morton in the Dresden Pictures film 'The Fitzroy'. David was in complete control of our plane.
HOLLYWOOD GENRE LEGEND - ?
We have a Hollywood Genre Legend all lined up to take part in our film. We can't reveal who they are just yet, we can only reveal their name once we are fully funded. But Boy, you are going to be so excited when you find out who they are! They have been in some of the most successful films of all time, working with some of the greatest Directors of our time. Again... we can't reveal their name unless we are fully funded!
Who The Heck Made This?
THE FILMMAKERS
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GEOFF HARMER - DIRECTOR
As a director Geoff has worked for the past 20+ years creating a range of exciting projects, including the festival hit 'Selfie' which has had more than 45 official selections, won 8 awards and twice been nominated for Best British Film. As well as the feature film 'Addict', he has worked on and developed numerous shorts including 'Smile', 'Treble Clef' & 'Karen's Room'.
Geoff is also the Submissions Director for the Exit 6 Film Festival.
PETER HEARN - WRITER
As a filmmaker, Peter wrote and directed the award winning horror 'Scrawl' which starred Daisy Ridley (Star Wars The Force Awakens) as well as working on and producing various shorts and features over the past 20 years. 'Dead Air' is Peter's second collaboration after 'Smile', which he co-wrote with Director Geoff Harmer.
Peter also lectures in Filmmaking, teaching the next generation about the pitfalls of making movies.
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TOM ALLEN - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Tom's DoP expertise shot the festival hit Selfie as well as Harmer's Smile. He also worked on the mini-series Back to Young (2013), Glove Compartment (2015), Lion's Den (2016) and Treble Clef (TBA).
ANDREW JAMES SPOONER - PUPPET COORDINATOR
Originally starting out on Muppet Treasure Island for the Jim Henson Company and Walt Disney pictures, Andrew has worked on many films and TV shows as a puppeteer. Other works include, Muppet's Most Wanted, The Furchester Hotel and 101 Dalmations.
Andrew was our Puppet Co-ordinator ensuring our little monsters were under control at all times. He was ably assisted by Tony Lymboura, Alice Amesbury and Nicola Buckmaster as our fantastic puppeteers!
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LYDIA SMITH/ANNA HENDERSON/SASHA FUSINI/ANNIE PUGH - PUPPET CREATORS
The little creatures in Dead Air were designed and built by 4 talented individuals from the Wimbledon College of Arts. Lydia Smith, Anna Henderson, Sasha Fusini and Annie Pugh worked hard to bring our creatures to life.
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ALEX GENN-BASH (www.alexgennbash.com)
Alex created more puppets for the Dead Air shoot. Alex is a multi talented puppet builder as well as being a filmmaker/photographer/artist in his own right.
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DAN HALL - SCORE (https://www.facebook.com/DHComposer/about)
Dan Hall has collaborated numerous times with director Geoff Harmer as well as writer Peter Hearn, creating scores for Motto (2015), Scrawl (2015), Angel of Saigon (2016), Smile (2017) and King of the Spacemen (2017).
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ERICA NOCKALLS - ADDITIONAL MUSIC (www.ericanockalls.com/)
Erica Nockalls is an English violinist, vocalist, songwriter and visual artist. She is best known as the violinist in The Wonder Stuff, as one half of the acoustic duo Miles Hunt And Erica Nockalls, and as live fiddle player for The Proclaimers. Nockalls is lead vocalist, violinist and guitarist in her art-rock band, Erica Nockalls. We are honoured and privileged to have Erica involved, her sound is crucial to the look and feel of the film.
NEIL JEPSON - STORYBOARDS
Here is another look at Neil's amazing storyboards
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Risks & Challenges
