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Kauai, the movie script

Video documentary of the research and writing of the script for Kauai, the movie.

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Kauai, the movie script

Kauai, the movie script

Kauai, the movie script

Kauai, the movie script

Kauai, the movie script

Video documentary of the research and writing of the script for Kauai, the movie.

Video documentary of the research and writing of the script for Kauai, the movie.

Video documentary of the research and writing of the script for Kauai, the movie.

Video documentary of the research and writing of the script for Kauai, the movie.

John Jensen
John Jensen
John Jensen
John Jensen
1 Campaign |
Hanalei, United States
$510 USD 13 backers
17% of $3,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Choose your Perk

Signed orginal art postcard

$10 USD
5 out of 50 of claimed

Kauaithemovie.com T-shirt

$50 USD
4 out of 14 of claimed

Film Crew T-shirt

$100 USD
2 out of 15 of claimed

Copy of DVD and the rest

$200 USD
0 out of 10 of claimed

Associate Producer

$500 USD
0 out of 2 of claimed

Our Story

My name is John Jensen.  I am an artist who has worked in almost every medium. I've been working in video for about two years.   While on vacation, camping on the Hawai'ian island of Kauai in 2010 I started working on a script for a feature length dramatic film.  The film is a romantic quest movie which highlights  hula culture. I have worked out most of the story points, but I need to be in Kauai to get language and culture of the people who live there represented truly.  As I research and write the script I will be talking to local people, and visiting locations, taking video and sound recordings to be edited  into a documentary of the process by which the script was developed.  This video will be published and used to promote the full length feature for which the script is written.

The Impact

I have the deepest respect for the Hawai'ian people and their culture.  It is with greatest humility I endeavor to give expression to the deep poetry and beauty of their art and lives.  If, as an outsider, I can represent the truth about life in Hawai'i without resorting to cliche or exaggeration in the context of an involving story I will feel I have done something to show my gratitude for the spirit of aloha I have always enjoyed when living there.  I hope I am not exaggerating when I say peoples everywhere would benefit from learning about this way of life.


What We Need & What You Get

This project is on shoestring!  I'll be camping in public campgrounds and cooking most of my meals on a portable propane  stove.  I'll be shooting 1080p HD video on a Nikon DSLR with a minimum of extra equipment.  I do need to rent a car to get around to talk to people and get from location to location,  I need to fly to get to Kauai, I need to eat, and I need to buy camping equipment.  I'm spending seven weeks researching this project and that is seven weeks I can't be working make ends meet. I need time to edit the video.  I've already spent hundreds of hours over the past year researching and writing the outline of the script, so that much is done and I'm ready to go. I have t-shirts, and art postcards ready to go and are available as perks for your contributions.  Copies of the DVD will be available after the documentary film is produced, the screening date is likely to be September.

Other Ways You Can Help

Please share this information with others.  If you have an interest in the Hawai'i and her people you may find this movie important.  The project and I need very much and will appreciate any links, contacts, or introductions to people living in Kauai who are involved in hula, music, arts, drama, or film.

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