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Summary
Gone Fishing is a short, family drama that follows the story of Ethan and Chloe, an estranged father and daughter, examining the ways that they must deal with their feelings of anger and bitterness surrounding their past failings.
This story is an intimate telling of this tender moment in their lives and its truthful and unashamed nature is refreshing and intriguing in its honesty. Families and relationships are messy, but 'Gone Fishing' causes us to examine both the values and challenges and the harmonious ways they work together. It's that connection and relationship with each other that makes us human.
Our goal with this project is to tell an engaging and thought-provoking story in a visual and cinematic way. That's where you come in. For the moment, Ethan and Chloe's story lives within the pages of our script and to make it a reality, we need your help.
Any donations that you provide will go towards:
- Hiring cast
- Locations and Transport
- Equipment Hire
- Catering costs for both cast and crew
- Art Department for sets, props, and costumes
- Publicity and film festival entry costs
With your help, this story can become a tangible film.
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Character Bios
Chloe
A 25 year-old woman, she has long brown hair, and brown eyes like her father, Ethan. She has a successful career working in recruitment and is well-dressed, whilst still remaining practical. She and Ethan were close during her childhood, but drifted away as she grew older and their interests changed.
Gone Fishing tells her story of reuniting with her father after 4 years of being apart and over the course of the film, Chloe struggles with whether she can trust him after all this time. She must learn to overcome her feelings of anger towards him, striving to learn the truth about what went wrong between them.
Ethan
A 52-year-old ex-carpenter, he has slightly greying brown hair and brown eyes, like his daughter Chloe. He enjoys the outdoors and living a quiet life, he spends most of his time fishing on the lake behind his cottage. As his only child, Ethan cares deeply about Chloe and wants to reconnect with her after the 4 years they have been estranged.
Ethan’s attitude in Gone Fishing is wary and edged with bitterness, and whilst he shows affection towards Chloe, these emotions taint it. Over the course of the film, Ethan must try to determine whether he can trust her and if they have a chance at rebuilding their relationship.
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Visual Style
The backdrop and locations for the film are such an integral part of the story and we, as a team, have spent a long while trying to gauge the tone and style that we want to get across in the finished project. We even sent some of the team up to the Brecon Beacons to get some images for inspiration.
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A few of our favourites have been saved to our Indiegogo Gallery, so why don't you check them out?
The two key locations for the film are the lake, and Ethan's cottage, below is a concept drawing from our incredibly talented Production Designer to give you an idea of what our ideal cottage would look like. We're currently looking at a few locations in South Wales that we think will really fit with our vision. Be sure to watch out for updates both on this page and our social media accounts as we continue our location searches!
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Below are a few of the costumes ideas that we've drawn up to give you a rough idea of what Chloe and Ethan will look like.
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Meet the Team
Gone Fishing is the creation of a highly talented team of final year students from the University of South Wales. Here's a little bit about each of our core members and what their roles are on the film.
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Jodie Edmunds - Producer
Having studied Media and Film for the past 7 years, Jodie is hugely passionate about the industry and has amassed a lot of knowledge from working on a large number of small-scale projects. Her determination and no-nonsense attitude have helped her to lead the team from the start and help keep everyone on target and working as hard as possible.
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Lauren Brown - Writer/Co-Producer
Although joining the team later to help with the early stages of writing, Lauren has since become heavily involved in the script's construction, fully shaping Chloe and Ethan's story. She has also been using her experience as a Producer, working on small-scale projects and commercial event videography to work closely with Jodie to organise all aspects of the film.
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Benjamin Linehan - Co-Director
Benjamin has been studying Film for about 6 years and has worked on many short films within that time. His training in both directing and cinematography and his work on three films made by the 'It's My Shout' Scheme, run in conjugation with the BBC, have provided him with the knowledge and know-how to correctly work in a professional environment. His nomination for 'Best Camera Trainee' at the 'It's My Shout' awards are a credit to his knowledge and skills.
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Chris Deakin - Co-Director
Having studied film for over 5 years, Chris has worked on a wide range of projects: from creating promotional videos for local businesses to educational videos for the armed police forces shown around the country -F.A.K.E (Firearms and Knife Education). This latest project 'Gone Fishing' is very personal to him and will be his biggest film to date.
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James Clarke - Director of Photography
James is hugely passionate about this project as well as cinematography, and aspires to expand both his knowledge and experience. He has worked on many projects, both short films and commercial pieces. His work with cameras and photography have given him a keen eye for film and creating visual beauty, a skill which will be an asset to this project.
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Liv Cheung - Art Director/Sound Recordist
Liv has worked on many projects within art departments, in roles such as prop maker, set designer, decorator as well as storyboarding, and is eager to undertake the design work for 'Gone Fishing'. Having found a love for filmmaking she decided to study it at university, specialising in Sound and Production, as well as making many films in her time there.
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Tom Large - Editor/Graphic Designer
Tom's experience and passion for post production has seen him working for large companies including Gorilla Post Production and BBC Wales, as well as smaller independent production companies such as REACH and FunClamp. He has had production training from the National Film and Television School and is in the process of becoming an AVID accredited editor.
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Poster Designs
Here's a look at some of our teaser poster designs. These aren't the ones we'll be offering as perks, you'll get a new set made from our stills taken during Production. These are here as a guideline to the standard you can expect and to give you a further look into the style of the film.
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What We Need & What You Get
In order to make this film a reality, we need your help to buy and hire the key items that we need. Our producers have been working tirelessly to draw up schedules and budgets that will allow us to produce this film that we're all so passionate about.
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We have also been conducting detailed research to get quotes and approximate costs for everything we'll need and our predicted costs are currently as shown.
- Cast - £1000
- Locations & Transport - £1200
- Equipment - £1800
- Catering - £1000
- Art Department - £200
- Publicity and Campaign Fees - £300
If there's one thing we've learnt, its that filmmaking is expensive, and as much as we're trying to beg, borrow, and steal the kit and facilities that we need; there's some things you just can't scrimp on.
Any donations you can give will be a massive help, and in order to show our appreciation we've got a load of great perks on offer. There's everything from social media shoutouts, to set visits, poster downloads, exclusive Behind the Scenes content, annotated script copies, downloadable copies of the finished film and even Associate and Executive Producer credits. So what are you waiting for? They're all listed on the side of the page, check them out and see what takes your fancy!
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