About the Project

Power the Kid is a short film produced by Brisbane-based production company Andravida Media, in conjunction with QPIX and Screen Queensland.

Written by actor/writer Julian Curtis, Power the Kid tells the story of Callum,a little boy who retreats to the world of comic books, to escape the confronting reality of his home life.

Dealing with the theme of domestic violence, Power the Kid’s message is to empower victims of domestic violence to both stand up for themselves and to seek help against their abusers, so that they may regain control of their lives and stop being victims.

Synopsis

To escape the confronting reality of his home life, eight year-old Callum retreats to the world of comic books. Stepping forward as his favorite comic book hero, Power the Kid, and together with his older sister Jane, Callum withdraws to his imagination and away from the source of their family’s torment.

Can Callum find the courage to banish his evil arch-nemesis from their lives once and for all?

This is a provocative yet captivating story in the vein of David and Goliath, which proves that sometimes the bravest people amongst us, are the one’s we’d least expect.

What Do We Need The Money For?

We have been afforded a modest budget which has allowed us to cover the bare essential pre to post production costs, without any of our talented crew being paid for their invaluable time and dedication to the project:

· Workcover/Insurances

· Wardrobe

· Props/Set Design

· Catering

· Transfer of movie files to physical mediums

· Equipment: Camera, Lighting, Sound, Grips

We are looking to raise approximately $2,000.00 so that we may:

1. Allocate some funding towards our 2013-2014 marketing campaigns to submit Power the Kid into international film festivals.

2. Fund our post-production process, which will be very VFX heavy, given the nature of the comic book realm/real world crossovers in the film.

Who Are We?

The talented individuals who are key to our film’s success are as follows:

· Benjamin Robert Hetherington (Producer) - www.andravidamedia.com

· Alex Barnes (Director) - www.silverscreenpictures.com.au

· Julian Curtis (Writer) - www.julianjcurtis.com

· Richard Bell (Director of Photography) - www.richardcbell.com

· Derryn Watts (Editor) - http://derryn.com/

· Georgina Greenhill (Production Designer) - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339066/

· Tim Baker (VFX Artist/Animator) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4_0dfaeEQ

Who Are Our Stars?

Julian Mineo – Callum/Power the Kid

Julian made his screen debut at only 5 years of age being cast as the lead role of ‘Hugo’ in The Slap; a tv series which won the prestigious Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series of 2012.

With this success, he went on to appear in numerous tv shows such as Neighbours, Beaconsfield, Winners and Losers, and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. He has also appeared in several national commercials.

Julian hopes to grow up and be a part-time actor, full-time fireman, and a sometimes scientist.

Zoe Tuckwell-Smith – Miss Thompson

Zoe Tuckwell-Smith grew up partly in Australia and partly in Asia. From a young age she enjoyed climbing coconut trees and making friends with the locals so is now fluent in Indonesian. Zoe was accepted into NIDA straight out of high school and graduated three years later.

Zoe’s professional career began with a guest television role and numerous theatre roles where she developed both her skills on both camera and on stage. Some of Zoe’s recent film credits include Gone (Working Title) directed by Ringan Ledwidge, Cactus directed by Jasmin Yuen Carrucan, and the lead role of ‘Anja’ in the Australian film Primal, which has screened in festivals internationally including ‘Fright Fest’ in the UK.

Zoe’s television credits include Home and Away and All Saints, which were produced by the Seven Network. Zoe is currently working on the Seven Network drama series Winners and Losers being shot in Melbourne.

Natasha Baynham – Jane/Dark Raven

In the past year, Natasha has acted inHarvest Rain’s production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, Queensland Musical Theatre’s production of ‘Oliver!’, as well as a few short films. She studies singing, acting, and dancing, and hopes to pursue a career in the performing arts.

Daniel Green – Grahame/Insidious

Daniel Green's thirst for acting and filmmaking is almost unquenchable. A graduate of TheActors Workshop, he works earnestly to sharpen his craft with each and every project. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

Daniel hasjust returned from acting inhis feature film debut, ‘TheSummit’.

Kelly Maree Joyce – Louisa

Kelly has trained at Southbank Institute of Technology andThe Actor’s Workshop, andcontinues to hone her craft. She has worked on numerous short films, feature films, andstage plays.

This year, Kelly co-founded ‘Kranky Kat Productions’ with her husband, andhas produced two award-winning short films.

Jamie Buurveld – Police Officer

Jamie Buurveld was born in Canberra and moved to Brisbane atage 4. He completed an IT Degree atAustralian Catholic University in 2000 and hasworked in IT ever since. Jamie’s passion for the world of Arts and Creative Media hasfueled his move into acting.

What Makes Power the Kid Cool?

Well for one, who doesn’t love superheroes? Power the Kidhas two of them: Power the Kid and Dark Raven, not to mention their evil arch-nemesis Insidious.

What’s going to be fun to see in Power the Kid is how we manage to manipulate the cross-over between reality and Callum’s comic book imagination. Our talented animator and VFX artist Tim Baker is already hard at work, in conjunction with our director Alex Barnes and DOP Richard Bell, at creating the look and feel of the comic book world, and the cross-over reality between that world and real life.

All support to make Power the Kid the success we know it will be is greatly appreciated.

Rewards

· $20 - Acknowledgment of donation on Facebook page.

· $50 - DVD of Power the Kid and acknowledgment of donation on Facebook page.

· $100 - DVD Power the Kid, acknowledgment of donation on Facebook, and special thanks credit at end of film.

· $200 - DVD Power the Kid, acknowledgment of donation on Facebook, special thanks credit at end of film, and e-mailed movie poster.

· $300 - DVD Power the Kid, acknowledgment of donation on Facebook, special thanks credit at end of film, and printed movie poster.

· $700 - DVD Power the Kid, acknowledgment of donation on Facebook, special thanks credit at end of film, printed movie poster, and Associate Producer credit.

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