ICARUS FILM
ICARUS is going to be a 12 minutes drama set in London, England.
A story about a workaholic illustrator who must reassess his priorities in order to make his peace with his lifelong condition - multiple sclerosis. He has no idea how challenging it is going to be. - Multiple Sclerosis.
Our protagonist, Ludwig, checks in hospital’s emergency department with an unbearable pain in his right shoulder. After many tests, he finds out that he has Multiple Sclerosis. Horrified with what future may bring he decides to keep that news to himself and to carry on his work. He has no idea how challenging it is going to be.
WHAT WE NEED&WHAT YOU GET
- We will need £3,500 in order to make our film as realistic as possible and bring the story and our characters alive. This includes: renting the locations, furnishing & decorating our sets and costumes. Apart from that, we will also need to rent specific camera equipment and lights in order to make our film compelling both visually and artistically.
- Apart from these, we need to feed our cast and crew during those long working hours on set and in front of the camera and also be able to transport them from one location to another, so part of our budget is dedicated to catering, as well as transportation.
- As a 'Thank You' to you for all the generous contributions, we are offering some amazing perks in return such as digital and physical copies of the film, exclusive behind the scenes material, signed movie posters, original art work straight from the set and executive producer credit together with sponsor banners.
- Even if we won't reach our goal, any contribution will bring the production a step closer to make this short film happen and we are sure that we would still be able to create a compelling narrative to tell Ludwig's stimulating story.
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OUR AIM
The film stands to show that while it's important to have a true passion and to fight for dreams and career one should not build their identity and a meaning of life on it as it can be fragile. With Ludwig’s story we want to broaden the awareness of Multiple Sclerosis that affects more than 100,000 people in the UK, and support those who still struggle with accepting their lifelong condition and who are afraid of being stigmatized.
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
We understand that sometimes it's not easy to contribute, but it doesn't mean that you can't help us in reaching our target and making Icarus a success.
You can help us spead a word about our campign by sharing a link on your Facebook or with your family and friends. This way, we will get more people interested in the project. It would mean a lot to us.
VISUAL REFERENCES
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MEET THE CREW
Director/Producer: Magdalena Zielińska
She begun her career back in Poland where she worked as an Assistant to Production Manager on many Feature Films and Assistant Director on Television Series. As a former professional dancer, she is focused on improvisation and embodying a story through movement, time and space, which in her opinion is the very essence of cinema in some respects. Final year Film&Television student at University of the Arts London.
Assistant Producer: Jakub Pięta
Poland born Producer and Production Manager currently living in Barcelona. His work is being driven by a fascination and interest in history, unique stories and people that surround him. Hence the reason why his involvement in film mostly includes dramas and documentaries. Graduated from University of the Arts London, with a degree in Film and Television, where he developed production and organization skills that benefit every project he takes on as a Producer. Being on a film set is where he feels most at home, taking on any challenge.
Director of Photography: Mateusz Kanownik
Director of photography raised in Poland living and working in London. He is a graduate cinematographer of the Academy of Film and Television in Warsaw and current student at the Ravensbourne. With a massive background in extreme sports cinematography (more than 120 productions published worldwide) in the middle of 2015, he became a freelancer cinematographer working on numerous, diverse film projects around Europe. Films and photography are his biggest passions. He devoted his mind and heart to it.
His showreel: https://vimeo.com/208901097
Art Department: Maria Evtimova
Originally from Bulgaria, Mariya graduated from University of the Arts London in 2016. She worked on multiple short films and feature films as a production designer, art director, set dresser and prop maker. One of her most resent films is 'Solis' starring Steven Ogg.
Production Manager: Julia Konstantinova
Born in Bulgaria, currently residing in London. Before coming to London, Julia completed a one year course in Psychology in York University Toronto. Julia’s interest in film surfaced with her passion in writing. She also became fascinated to work with people from the creative industry to pursue a moving image and was involved in filming sets in Toronto, Miami, Bulgaria and London. Julia has mostly taken on roles in the pre-production process of film such as Producing and Production Manager.
