When there is no history, it's hard to face the truth about the past
Scattered is the graduation project of MetFilm School students Joshua Bregman (writer-director) and Victoria Naumova (producer). We are both big fans of science-fiction genre and it's been our on-going dream to shoot a sci-fi film.
The Story
After a 15 year wait, Conal is going to meet his father for the first time. His father Keith is the world's most notorious criminal, convicted of a crime which changed history itself. Convinced of his father’s innocence, Conal needs Keith's help to set the record straight. But his quest for justice takes an unexpected turn and Conal soon finds himself confronted with the unimaginable.
This atmospheric film is the first ever screen-adaptation of the work of award-winning sci-fi author Ken MacLeod. Scattered examines society’s relationship with its past through a son’s relationship with his father, and challenges our established ideas of destruction and terrorism through a crime that is as surprising as it is all-consuming. As all great sci-fi should, Scattered offers a vision of the future that illuminates the present.
What We Need
As we are students about to graduate, we are investing our savings into this production. We want the production values to be through the roof and every penny of our budget will be visible on screen. Your support and investment will help us fill in the gaps to see this project through to completion, and once it's done, send it to festivals.
Specifically, your money will go to:
- Camera: in order to create the visual world of the future we intend to shoot on Arri Alexa, which captures light the way no other camera does.
- Production Design: we are creating a magnificent world of tomorrow
- Costume Design - some edgy costumes of the future
- Locations - our main location is a cafe, and it has to be good!
- Transportation Costs - crew and cast travelling to locations and vans for equipment
- Visual Effects and Post-production
- Catering: good atmosphere on set is essential for making a good movie... In other words, the crew need to eat!
If you're a fan of Ken MacLeod, love sci-fi, or care about great story-telling in films as much as we do, this is a project for you.
In return we promise to finish the film and show it to everyone invloved.
You can also select a variety of perks on the right side to become a part of this filmmaking process.
Who we are
Joshua is a director with ten years of experience making TV shows for networks including MTV and Nickelodeon. He has directed several of his own short films.
Victoria is an MBA graduate with a range of producer credits, including documentaries, web-series and talkshows, and has previously directed several short films.
Line Producer -
Sabina Smitham Production Assistant -
Alex Colthart
DOP -
Matthias Pilz
Editor - Jason Rayment
Casting Director - Suzy Bragg
Concept Artists - Magno Scavone, Anthony Hutchings
Storyboard Artist - Ira Tsochantari
3rd AD - Ernesto Velez
Production Designer - Petr Svoboda
Visual Effects Artists - Kew Zee, Paul Martin
Sound Designer - James Evans
Composer - James Wilkie
Costume Designer - Grace Nicholas
Stills Photography - Nicci Gelnar
Make Up Artist & Hair Stylist - Mailis Enger
Other Ways You Can Help
There are many other ways you can help us make this project happen:
Spread the word around: tell your friends, share our campaign on facebook and re-tweet and post to your blogs.
Be an extra: we are looking for 7 extras to be part of the film in a scene that will take 2 days of filming (7 hours each) on the 3rd and 4th of September. It'll be fun, we promise.
