About the Project

“The Golden Triangles” is a set of pilot episodes of four short films based on stories written to entertain children in the 8 to 12 year age group. The four episodes will form the basis of what will be a first series of episodes all linked with a common theme and characters.

Subsequent episodes will be funded by the sales of the first four and will allow you to participate in the way the characters and series develops.

These short films will be available via an app and delivered directly to a tablet device, mobile telephone or computer. They will be available either individually or as a series.

These first four films are based on stories written specifically for us to entertain and inform children written by a writer with over thirty years of experience in communicating through the written media with children. This is the first time any of his works have been put into the film media. When you read his bio below I hope you will want to see his work in film.

We have commissioned a number of scripts from Francois and we will select from these the four which will form the 3:1 project.. There to be a cast of 4 or 5 actors each with a defined personality who will act in all four episodes. They will change occupation depending on the script in question, but will be a diverse group of people reflecting today’s Australia, but they will be recognisable from one episode to the next. The intention is in the longer term to allow the audience to start to influence t the development of the characters and their behaviors along the lines that parents see as important to be passed to their children.

The messages in the scripts vary and an example is one of an arrogant boy showing off to his friends by attempting to prove how much smarter he is than those around him. The dialogue shows the need to respect those around you and suffice it to say the arrogant one is not as smart as he thinks he is.

Another story illustrates that winning a game through your own efforts is far more rewarding than cheating or getting inside help.

The short films will present these always relevant issues in a fresh and entertaining way.

The stories have serious messages tailored in an entertaining way for children. Again in the longer term the intention is for the audience (the parents) to direct the topics to be covered.

The team is excited about this collaboration, the uniqueness of the material and the potential for the audience to interact directly with the characters in the future episodes. We hope you will also see the potential in this project.

What are We Wanting to Achieve and Why?

Our Goal is the make this set of four films as a pilot set of shows for a 10 episodes series. We want to provide cost effective entertaining shows for children in the 8 to 12 year age group directly onto their tablet or home computer. Entertainment for this age group needs to have parental acceptance and the stories will also have a message that the parents will both like and also be entertaining for them.

We also want to develop an entertaining interactive series which will allow the audience (and the parents) to be involved in future episodes by either changing the way the characters develop and suggesting messages or themes that they feel as parents they want their children to be exposed to.

Our Writer

Francois Fontaine

He grew up in a family of teachers before becoming a teacher himself.

He completed his National Service with the Alliance Francaise in Melbourne (1978-1980) assisting the director, teaching French as a foreign language and organizing cultural events. He was then appointed as Director of the Alliance Francaise of Perth and went on to the Alliance Francaise of Singapore as Deputy Director (1986-1992).

He returned to France in 1992, the same year he was knighted in the Order of the Palmes Academiques and resumed his initial career as a primary school teacher in the Paris area until he retired form teaching in 2007.

Francois has written dozens of plays and many textbooks that are currently being used in France, he has written a selection of plays for us to adapt into short films.

We need to raise $7,000 to secure $28,000.

This project is part of the 3:1 funding, if we raise $7,000 then Screenwest will contribute the balance as part of their 3:1 incentive funding project. This is being done through the Pozible website. If we raise $7,000 we will be eligible to receive the $21,000 to give a total of $28,000

We need your help to meet this target and we need to meet this target by Jan 16th, We would like you to invest in us and we need to raise this money as quickly as possible to secure the 3:1 support.

If we raise the $7,000 but do not do so in the timeframe to secure the 3:1 funding then we will proceed with the project but only make 2 episodes.

Why Should you Become one of our Supporters?

We know that we are effectively competing with others for your pledges. But we don’t want you to see it this way. We want you to support us because we have a unique project which has been well thought through and has the support of skilled people to ensure its success.

Visit our website

anamorphicaproductions.com

Will have some sample scripts uploaded in the coming weeks.

We have rewards for your support. The rewards will be delivered some straight away others as the project commences. We plan to complete filming in March 2013 and those rewards ties to the filming will be delivered at that time.

How Do I Pledge?

Click the Support button on the right of the screen that says support the project. It will take you to the pledge page and you can select the amount you want to pledge. This will also set out the rewards that match your pledge. Please then follow the payment process.

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We also have the support of:

LOUISE ALSTON

Louise Alston a graduate of the Australian Film and Television School and a successful Director of two Australian feature Films, and two television series. Louise will consult to the project and be credited as an Executive Producer.

Louise Alston is a filmmaker living in Sydney, Australia. She has directed two feature films.

Her first film, rom com All My Friends are Leaving Brisbane (2007) won audience awards at the Natfilm festival Copenhagen and at the London Australian Film Festival and was nominated for an AFI for best adapted screenplay.

Jucy (2010) is a womantic comedy inspired by the real life friendship of the two lead actors. It world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2010. It won the Iteen award at the International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul Korea and was released in Australia and the USA in late 2011.

JUSTIN EVE

Justin Eve has agreed to assist the team in achieving the project’s objectives, budgets and deliverables. Justin is the people’s choice winner of the 40 under 40 awards which recognises outstanding entrepreneurs and business executives in WA. Justin is a partner in PwC’s Risk and Controls Solutions Division.