Sam And Jess (Short Film)

Project 2012-12-27 20:13:11 +1300

YUS!! we reached out initial $5500 (minimum) which is covering the funding of the production and post production of Sam and Jess (Short film)... BUT we would be humbled by more...

We'ld love to fund: 

1/ More time for Colour grading (i.e. giving the picture some makeup!)

2/ Professional Mix/mastering (i.e. giving the sound better foundation and makeover!)

3/ A Designer for our Titles and Poster (i.e. the movies wedding invitations!)

4/ A little extra to help us maybe send it off to festivals etc... (i.e. postage for the invitations!)

So if you can, would, want to please do join the other awesome 33 Pledgers and add to our total...

we love you already for just simply reading this!  :-)

This will be Nina's second short as a writer/director. We’ve got an amazing cast and crew on board but in order for us to light it, shoot it, hear it and feel it…  we need help from all you lovely people.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS - go on! click on their links below... for a surprise: 

Deluxe Cafe, Wellington - Amazing Coffee! 

Timothy Blackman - Beautiful Music

Ortega Restaurant, Wellington - Delicious food and wine!

And to Tamara Jones for all the wonderful photography she's done for us... hire this women!!!

Synopsis

Neighbours, Sam and Jess, are both aware of each other’s existence but incapable of expressing their feelings and actually meeting... until one day, a touch of fate gives them a helping hand.

The Story

Sam and Jess is a short film that catches a glimpse in the lives of two lonely souls, trying to live, love and be happy. It’s an observation piece where the characters personalities will resonate through their surroundings. The idea is to view the characters from their point of view, so we come to experience the world as they do. We all have our moments where we retreat within ourselves sometimes it’s by choice, sometimes it’s all we know, and sometimes it’s because we’re lost. These moments could last a mere second or even a lifetime. It’s something we can all relate to but have different ways of expressing and dealing with them.

Help Us

The $5,500 will cover: shooting, feeding the crew, hiring equipment, props etc and in post production – Editing, Colour Grading, Sound Design/ Mix /Mastering. A lot of the crew are/have already given their time and energy for free but that can only go so far and a lot of them are professional, so we really want to be able to cover their basic costs. Please pledge away and help us get this film on to the big screen. (And share this around to YOUR friends too, they may be able to help us out too!) And if we surpass our total, we will use the extra funds to pay even more crew, with better rates too! So Pledge away!!

Thanks and stayed tuned for updates!     Nina (Director) and Dan (Producer)

CREW:

NINA KATUNGI – Writer / Director I graduated in 2004 at the University of Arts London (LCC) with a BA in Film/Video. My debut as a writer/director was for my Graduation short "Desde el Alma" (From the Soul) about a Cuban man and his love for music. Since then I've focused on Screenwriting and have written two shorts, including "Sam and Jess" and two features, which have yet to be produced. I'm also in the midst of adapting my other short "Banana Muffin" into a 30minstelevision show (i'd like to say it's a cross between family guy and lost). I have worked as a script reader and written film reviews. As well as Writing/Directing, I hope to get involved in Script Development.
Q.What people may not know about me: I created the saying "off the roof..."

DANIEL LYNCH – Producer / Editor Graduaing in 2000 from Fine Arts Dept. at Uni Canterbury with a BFA in Film, Dan have worked in a variety of different shows from Children’s Animation, through to running his own production compnay and working onfeature films incl. Avatar (2009). More recently Dan has been Assistant Directing on shows such as the Make My Movie competition winner, How To Meet Girls From A Distance (2012) and the Film Commisions first feature released through the low-budget Escalator scheme, Existence (2011). With over 10 years experience editing, Dan also brings a wealth of knowledge, skill and experience to our little production.
Q.What People may not know about me: I have a black belt in Eido (Japanese Sword fighting) and I Salsa dance ☺

ROSE PETTERSON – Production Designer Rose graduated from the Otago School of Art in 2006 with a Sculpture major, and has since been working in the theatre and film industry in a variety of costume and set design roles including Production Designer, Art Director, Props Master and Sculptor. Rose has worked on a variety of films incl: Blankets (2012) – dir. Louise Leitch (Fresh Shorts Funded), Gold (2012) – dir. Rose Petterson, Paper Hats (2012) – dir. Jonathan Guy, The Light Harvester (2012) – dir. Jason Howden (Fresh Shorts Funded), Sticks & Stones (2012) – dir. Rose Petterson & Nikki Parlane, Feature Film: Good For Nothing (2012)– dir. Mike Wallis (principal photography 2008) & The Hobbit (2012) – directed by Peter Jackson

KIRK PFLAUM– Director of Photography Kirk is a talented up n' coming DP with a sharp eye and immense talent. He's worked on six feature length films, a dozen shorts, a few TVCs and a number of Television shows not to mention countless music and corporate videos in the role of DP, Operator or Camera Assistant. Recent Credits incl: well too many to write here... just check out his website instead!

JOEL ANSCOMBE-SMITH – Sound Recordist / Designer Joel is a location sound recordist and sound editor based in Wellington, New Zealand. The bulk of his work having been sound recording, boom operating and sound editing on feature films, short films and documentaries. – he’s have been recording and editing since I was a wee lad, and professionally for the last 6 years. He’s particularly fond of documentary and short film and has also composed music and sound design for films, exhibition, oral histories and theater. Recent credits incl: Emperor (feature Film) EPK Park Road Post, The Hobbit – Main/Second units (Sir Peter Jackson),, Tin Tin (Steven Spielburg / Sir Peter Jackson), Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Devils Rock (Paul Campion)

GABRIEL ABREU – 1st Assistant Director Gabriel started helping in small roles such as Unit Assistant, where he had the chance to learn from really talented people. Then he combined his passion for martial arts and cinema, coordinating and choreographing the fights in another short film, Zora's Quest. He then decided to finally write and direct his own short film, New Recruits. It was not an easy adventure, but they pulled through and he still considers New Recruits his personal "Apocalypse Now", hopefully it will also be a great film. Selected credits: Weekend graffiti (Short Film). Unit Assistant, Zora's Quest (Short Film). Fight Choreographer, Construct 13 (Short Film). Fight Choreographer/Stunt double, Creator's Cut (Short Film) -1st Assistant Director, New Recruits (Short Film) Director.
Q.What People may not know about me: I'm a closed comedic genius.

EMMA LODGE – Costume Emma studied fashion at Massey and then went on to work at Global Fabrics where she met costume people. Since then she’s been working in the industry for approximately 5 years. She was the costume designer for a NZ documentary " How to spot a Cult " and a costume assistant on the "Hobbit".
Q.What People may not know about me: I still work at Global Fabrics, and I also sew clothes for a boutique label Papercup - sold at Swonderful in Wellington.

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