Smoke and Roses, is a Drama/Romance short film about a young man called Raymond who falls in love with terminally ill english teacher, Nikolina. The story follows Raymond who starts to struggle with balancing his past lifestyle with what he believes is his future.
What We Need & What You Get
We need to raise £6000 in order to make sure we can make this film to the best of our ability, with £2,000 already raised we are confident to raise the rest with your help!
Your contributions will tackling expenses such as Equipment Hire, Locations, Cast and Crew expenses whilst shooting this exciting project! A percentage will help with the submission of our film into Film Festivals.
To say thank you for your contributions there are a list of perks we offering!
This includes a copy of the film, Original artwork and soundtracks created exclusively for the film, as well as shout out on our social media pages and feature on new section called 'DMND in the dirt' found on the production company's website.
The Impact
Your contribution will help bring change more diversity in British film as well raising more awareness of Brain Cancer, a factor that one of our characters suffers from.
Not only does your contribution help fund a film, it provides an opportunity for several young people who are passionate about filmmaking. To make sure we are playing our part, we will also be offering minor roles to potential filmmakers who may be interested in going into a career but have never had an opportunity being on a professional set. This is because we believe that when you can it is always good to give back to the community you have come from.
The Team
Director
Dijian Eccles is a mixture of music and film, working with many leading professionals in the industry, he has developed his own style of storytelling through Music Promo's has had experience from the smallest all the way through biggest productions.
Producer
Tony Longe, a freelance Producer has led many projects in the entertainment industry, this includes producing content for Film, TV, Commercial and Music Videos. Working in the industry has given him a large network of highly skilled freelancers and content producers. Currently studying Digital Film Production at Ravensbourne, whilst managing a range of Directors.
Director of Photography
Joseph Nkadi an upcoming cinematographer, who spent the last three years Gaffering on a wide range of sets has become fairly known for deeply understanding the use of light. His ability to create spectacular shots has given him the opportunity to lead the visual side of this film, we look forward to seeing his great hands at work!
1st AD
Christopher Chuky is a passionate film director and writer. His performing arts background has given him both the understanding as an actor and director. Chuky uses this to his advantage as he is able understand and apply himself to any project and still provide a great service.
Gaffer
Ola Aworentan, a talented cinematographer who has recently been awarded with a Warner Brother's Scholarship will be using his expertise to work as a Gaffer on the film. Ola has worked on a range of short films to commercials and music videos in the past is aspiring to shoot a feature film by the end of next year.
Risks & Challenges
Studying Digital Film Production at Ravensbourne University I have have the privilege to meet some other great filmmakers. These people will support this production and I am very happy we will be able to contribute to a project that will hopefully have an influence on the society we live in.
We do face a lot of problems seeing as we will be shooting the film over the course of three days, however through our strategic planning we aim to make sure every scene is perfect however aim to make sure we stay on track with schedule.
Although your help would be very much appreciated, if we aren't able to make the remaining budget through this campaign, we will still put our all into creating this film as we still need a film to graduate.
Other Ways You Can Help
We understand that you may not be able to contribute with money, however you can still help.
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We deeply appreciate you reading this campaign and hope you enjoy the end product!