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Mother & Wild

A feature film about a mother and daughter who try to reconnect after being apart for two years.

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Mother & Wild

Mother & Wild

Mother & Wild

Mother & Wild

Mother & Wild

A feature film about a mother and daughter who try to reconnect after being apart for two years.

A feature film about a mother and daughter who try to reconnect after being apart for two years.

A feature film about a mother and daughter who try to reconnect after being apart for two years.

A feature film about a mother and daughter who try to reconnect after being apart for two years.

Mark Forbes
Mark Forbes
Mark Forbes
Mark Forbes
1 Campaign |
London, United Kingdom
$2,463 USD $2,463 USD 42 backers
33% of $7,390 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Mother & Wild is a drama about a strained relationship between a Mother & Daughter. Rita goes to see her daughter, Saffron, after a two year absence. But Saffron isn't necessary wanting to willingly see her estranged Mother.

What's the story about?

Mother and Wild is a feature film about a Mother visiting her daughter, after a two year absence. Rita tries to reconnect with her estranged daughter - Saffron who is recovering from cancer.    

Saffron is puzzled by her Mother’s lack of understanding, but Rita seems compelled to care and turn a new leaf for her daughter. Rita has never fully recovered from the death of her husband as she has prolonged bouts of social anxiety syndrome.  Rita ends up getting advice from a therapist and her best friend, Suzy who both tell her to take a trip out of London.  After several heated exchanges they both take an unexpected trip down to the south coast of Dungeness in Kent.

  • My name is Mark Forbes, I have made ten short films and one documentary.  My first short film `Hobgoblin` screened at the Raindance Film festival in London.  `Those Radio Times` and a documentary `Nights of Burlesque`, have been shown at The Surrey Film Festival and the  Portobello film festival in London. 
  • IMDB. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4361982/ 
  • Please see my website: https://greatwhitesharkproductions.weebly.com/
  • WE CAN’T DO THIS ALONE! Mother & Wild won't get made without the aid of a talented cast and crew. Most of what we raise will pay for their wages and keep them fed! Their talent is incredibly valuable, and we want to make sure that they are taken care of and that the shoot is worth their time, energy, and talent.  We want to continue filming as there is real chemistry between us all.  We have shot the first six scenes from my script and now require a budget to finish what we have started.

  • We have already filmed a day's worth from the script, but Mother & Wild won't be able to continue without the generous contributions from people like you. I want to return the favour by offering a wide variety of perks for your help! 

Equipment - What do we have to make a feature?

All of the necessary film equipment I built my myself.  I am shooting the entire film using a Panasonic Lumix GH5 4K camera with a Panasonic 12-35 Leica lens, Sigma 18-35mm lens and the Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Lens. The GH5 is the best camera that I have ever used for filmmaking! To put it simply, the making of this film would not be possible without Panasonic's GH5 camera! 

The Post-production equipment is also accounted for by our lovely editor, Charlie who is using his own set-up and we are extremely lucky to have him on board!

Where I really need help is:

  • In order to make this feature, I need £6000 to pay our actors, crew, location fees (London & Dungeness), food and the editing for this film.
  • Perks such as digital link for the finished film, Music from local artists in the Dungeness, Kent, Film Premieres, Producer credits and much more!
  • You would be backing a strong female character film as I don't believe there are many  strong roles for women in film these days.   Even after the #MeToo movement,  nothing has changed much. 
  • Mother and Wild is a human story about the aftermath of when someone close to you who gets cancer, and how families deal with it. 

Risks & Challenges

I know it won't be easy try to raise funds for an independent feature film which doesn't feature zombies, explosions or sex & drugs, but I believe in the story.   I think the London scenes will be easier to film, whereas the Dungeness scenes will be more challenging with the weather and getting permission to film in some of the local areas.  I would also like to work with the local people in the community. 

Other Ways You Can Help

If you are unable to contribute, that doesn't mean you can't help:

What are we spending the money on?

  Check out our Budget breakdown below:

 

  • Cast

     

Tessa Wood plays Rita

Tessa Wood grew up in East Yorkshire before coming to London to train at Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Having expected to go down the classical theatre route, her early career took an unexpected turn, and she found herself spending two glorious years in The Rocky Horror Show – first at the old The King’s Road Theatre, and then transferring to The Comedy Theatre (now the Pinter) in the West End. She played Boy George’s Mum for Mark Ronson International opposite Diane Kruger, Pearl in Love of Words opposite Charles Dance, and was a bolshie social worker in Michael Caton Jones’s first film – The Sanitorium which went on to win several awards. Tessa has almost completed filming a wonderful lead role in An English Haunting for Charlie Steeds at Dark Temple Entertainment.  This will have global DVD release at the end of 2019. She is excited to be involved with Mother & Wild, and looks forward to continuing work on it over the summer. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4455827/

 

Alice offley plays Saffron

Alice is a passionate and sensitive actor with a love of drama and comedy.She has experience on screen and stage, and she works as a professional musician in her spare time.acting at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television. The role of Saffron appealed to Alice as the character walks the line of very strong and conflicting emotions! Simultaneously weak while strong and vulnerable yet wild. She also loves how Mother & Wild as a script exhibits female strength within all of the characters and situations.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6054196/

 

Corinne Delacour plays Judith

Corinne is a versatile French actress with credits in theatre, films and commercials. She has a great knowledge of Shakespeare work and performed in “A Midsummer Night’ s Dream”, “Macbeth” and “Much Ado About Nothing”. She was, recently, Valentina, in “Stars in the Morning Sky” performing in London.  She is also an established French/English Voice- Over artist with credits dubbing movies and commercials.  Corinne trained at Drama Studio London, London.

"Judith is a mother character who cares about people and try to bring them together. Mother and Wild is a moving story between mother & daughter”  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6124428/

 

Lesley Molony plays Suzy

Lesley trained at Guildford school of Acting and have broad experience in Plays ,West end Musicals, Regional Theatre, Fringe, Television ,Film and role play. She is also a Nurse and Midwife and can play medical roles realistically. After a five year break she returned to Acting and am enjoying the challenge. She enjoys new writing /plays and keep up to date at workshops with leading casting directors at The Actors Guild and Casting Workshops.  Lesley is an experienced stage and film actress who loves new writing and independent films .shortly to be doing a comedy for Manchester fringe .

Mother and Wild is a real journey for the protagonists and spans years of intriguing family dynamics and friendships some volatile ,combined with wonderful locations of interest steeped in history.

She plays Joy, a therapist trying to unravel some truths and it is a part she identifies with as she is a former midwife and health visitor.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8078093/

Kimberley Adams plays Joy

Kimberley graduated from The Academy of Creative Training in 2012. She had spent many years as a singer/songwriter before re training as an actress. Her theatre credits include `An Experiment With an Air Pump`, `How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found`, `Cranford` (adapted by Frank McCabe), `Beside the Kitchen Table` and `Our Mutual Friend` (adapted by Frank McCabe). But her true love is for screen acting where her skills as a versatile character actress have earned her roles in award winning films including a nomination for Best Actress for her lead role in `Parallel City’. Kimberley grew up in Northern Ireland, but now lives on the South Coast with her Husband, 2 children and their rescue dog, Betsy.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6105987/?ref_=tt_ov...

 

Film Crew

Matthew Bohun - Director of Photography

Matt is the Director of Photography for this project. His passion is to create mood and atmosphere, which accentuates the story's central themes through its cinematography. Matt is a Welsh, studied film at The University of York two years ago and I now operate in the film industry as a lighting technician here in London. He often works as a spark on big projects and as a gaffer on smaller scale ones. Creatively manipulating light to provoke emotions and create an aesthetically pleasing and cinematic image is what I work for. Having the opportunity to step up as a Director of Photography for `Mother & Wild` is something that he is thoroughly excited for and he can't wait to see the end result. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9937613/

 

 

Joe Connelly - Sound Recordist

Joe finished final year of BA degree in filmmaking at Met Film, graduating in Summer 2015 after taking year out to get shooting work experience before rejoining to do final year in 2014.  He is a mature student - 65 years but still very active and looking for second career to keep active and challenged.  Wide experience of project management and administration in prior professional services career for 40 years but looking for new challenges.   Joe has done sound recording role on around 30 short films to date outside of Met Film degree projects.

 

 

Vanessa Dade - Wardrobe

Vanessa has a degree in 3D design from Brighton University where she won the Best of British award in 2010. She also won an Ethical innovation award in 2011.  She started up her own fashion label in the creation of an up cycled leather concept stocked in Liberty store in Regent street, London. She has a passion for restoring and collecting Vintage clothes especially the 1930s era and creating jewellery from found antique objects.  Vanessa admires the foreign film cinema scene rather than Hollywood.

Charlie Emseis - Editor

Charlie is a London-based film and video editor with credits on features, shorts, documentaries and commercials. What drives him is crafting engaging, entertaining and enlightening content to be enjoyed by different audiences and as his passion lies in working on compelling social dramas, he is a great fit to take the editing reins on Mother & Wild. Charlie is a proactive and tireless editor who would make a great addition to any production team. He is one of those rare editors who also naturally serve as an inspiring craftsman for the director. With a background in documentary filmmaking, Charlie exhibits strong interpersonal skills and a unique capacity for empathy. These qualities most notably translate in his ability to motivate a team to care about its project and be invested in the project’s success. Charlie is the go-to person for technical resolution and problem solving; He done an exceptional job in editing my multi award winning feature film ‘Sable Fable’ and repeated that same intensity editing ‘Sable Fable: Behind the Making of an Indie Film’.Charlie is incredibly excited to be a creative member of the Mother & Wild and looks forward to all of the coming adventures with the cast and crew!  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4802844/

 

 

Theo Baldauf - Production Assistant

Theo graduated in 2018 with a degree in computer science and music technology. Having had the opportunity to work in the post production sound department on the 2017 ‘Jumanji’ film, as well as his work on smaller projects, Theo has developed a deep appreciation of the differences and challenges that occur on small and large productions. Theo’s ambition is to develop his skills in post production sound.

Nigel Fields Producer

Nigel is passionate about film and works for a film company in London. He read earlier drafts of `Mother & Wild` and gave Mark valuable feedback, from which has been able to improve the script to great lengths. Non-film related interests include Kayaking and spending time with his wife in Dungeness.  

Mark Forbes - Writer-producer-director-camera operator

Mark has made ten short films and one documentary film.  His first ever-short film: ‘Hobgoblin` was screened at the Raindance Film festival of 2000.  After that, he started calling himself an indie filmmaker. He collaborated with his late stepfather, Norman Adams who wrote the scripts for his early short films: `Hobgoblin`, `Bath Night` and `Those Radio Times`. While he edited, produced and directed the films. Norman taught Mark a lot about the world of filmmaking and screenwriting. Mark has also taken a few classes at Raindance Ltd under the guidance of Elliot Grove and Dov S Siemens. He feels he has learned a lot over the years and it is now time to make his first feature film and he could not be more excited.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4361982/

 

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Big Thank you!

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Thank you on Mark's social media pages, thanking you for supporting Mother & Wild!
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Lets go digital (link 4 film)

Lets go digital (link 4 film)

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£30 GBP
Digital 4K Download of `Mother & Wild` once it has done a festival circuit, the film will be available to you to view.
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  • Link for film (When finished)
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Mother & Wild music soundtrack

Mother & Wild music soundtrack

Currency Conversion $62 USD $63 USD (1% off)
£50 GBP
You will get a private music tracks from local Dungeness artists This might be a SoundCloud link or direct MP3 download. Plus link for the film when finished.
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Photos from Mother & Wild

Photos from Mother & Wild

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£100 GBP
They will be production stills from filming Or maybe stills from the actual filming on location. All previous perks, A copy of film and music soundtrack.
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Special Thanks

Special Thanks

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Your name will appear in the Special Thanks credits at the end of the film.
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Film Premiere

Film Premiere

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£250 GBP
An invite to the premiere of the film, plus all of the rewards above. You will have a chance to meet some of our actors as well as crew members . Plus all previous perks
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Sponsorship

Sponsorship

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£350 GBP
Sponsorship - How would like your company's logo on our official film poster, in the film, and get two tickets to a private screening of Mother & Wild. You can have the legal right to embed our trailers, and other internet based content on your site in connection with us.
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Co-Producer

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£500 GBP
Co Producer credit in the films opening and closing credit sequences and on IMDB. All previous perks included.
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Producer

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£1,000 GBP
Producer will be a key player in helping us to make Mother & Wild. You will also get credit in the film’s credits sequences and on IMDB as a Producer. plus all previous perks included.
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Exec Producer

Exec Producer

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Executive Producer & Extra Perks: Become an executive producer, credited in the film and imdb. A film poster, downloadable film content, a link to the film, a DVD in advance before release date, six tickets to the premiere, merchandise from the film, and a signed copy of the screenplay.
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