Jesse Thomas

Sydney

A$2,050

of $2,000 targetyrs ago

Successful on 9th Jan 2013 at 12:00AM.

Pitch:

Why should you invest in this project? Why are we worth your hard earned dollars? These are good questions and indeed many will read this and decide their investments are better made elsewhere, and that's fine, but a few of you will understand what it means to be an artist and to have passion for a project but to be held back by lack of money.

This film was not made to make money, nor will it; this film was made to learn from the experience and to expand the portfolios and possibilities of everyone involved. We are halfway there, we have all learnt a hell of a lot. Now with your help we can achieve the second part by releasing a completed, polished film to festivals around the world.

This is not a charity, you are not just helping us. You are investing in the future of Australian film and we all want to watch good films.

The Project:

A Coin-cidence is a short film about fate, people who need to start taking risks in their life, and the good that sometimes emerges amongst all the crap. It began as student film at the International Film School Sydney but has since grown into a collaboration of creatives throughout Sydney.

Script development started in late 2011 and the script went through 8 drafts before pre-production began in February. The school provided us with great equipment and a small budget as well as access to fellow students and industry consultants. The base crew was assembled and casting began in late Feb. A diverse cast of 15 Characters was put together and our Art Director Phil Kolotas worked on realising the unique visual aesthetic we were trying to create for the film.

The five day production period began in early April. We shot on location across Sydney including: The Rocks, Erskineville, Enmore and Kilara. Each location was carefully picked to fit into the unique world of the film. The Make-up department had the time consuming job of making every character look pale. This allowed us to bring up the saturation in post and bring a lot of vibrance and colour into the environment. We shot on a Panasonic AF100 and blessed with good weather our cinematographer Mark Sims achieved stunning results.

Post production has been a long and collaborative process but has now been put on hold as we have gone as far as we can without further funding. The editing process is complete and the sound design is in the making. Our incredible visual effects team have worked wonders by replacing the strategically placed green screens with images and footage more suited to the world of the the film. Our two talented composers Haydn Walker and Jonathan Zwartz have written an amazing score which is just waiting to be recorded. We just need a colour grade and the final DVD's to distribute the film to festivals. Some of the money we raise here will go towards festival entry fees which are always very high.

Plot:

The story is set in a slightly whimsical world full of colour and interesting characters. Jimmy plans his day in detail every morning, he works at a coin shop and every day at the same time he watches the same beautiful girl, Clare, as she walks past his shop. On this fateful day, she enters the shop and orders a coin to be picked up in an hour. Jimmy is promptly sent across town to deliver a coin. His objective becomes to return in time to give Clare her coin. Having not planned for this journey he is subjected to the powers of fate and coincidence which do everything to slow him down. With no fault of his he looses his bike, fails to deliver the coin and misses Clare, he even looses his job over the debacle. In the end Jimmy realises that one can not plan for everything, and that he should just go and talk to Clare.

The Team:

Jesse Thomas (Writer/Director): Jesse is a German born Kiwi who has come to Sydney to pursue his study and career in film. He currently studies at IFSS and this is the fourth and biggest short film he has directed in Sydney. He has been the driving force behind the project since script development and can't wait to see the film screened at Festivals. His plans for the future are to continue working out of Sydney as a director with his next short film, 'The Brothers in the Bathroom' already in production.

Mark Sims (Director of Photography): Mark is also a student at IFSS he has a bachelor of communication and 3 films under his belt as a cinematographer. He has been instrumental in producing a beautiful professional looking film. His passion for film making extends over various fields and he plans to keep creating as long as he breathes.

Phillip Kolotas (Production Designer): Phillip graduated from the Design Centre Enmore in 2010 with an Advanced Diploma in Live Production, Theatre and Events. He has done a variety of work as a Set and Production designer on films and stage plays including 'Four and Twenty Black Birds' and 'The Day the Galaxy Inevitably Exploded and Died'. His eye for detail and unique style has made the film world visually rich and engrossing. He is currently working on a project in the area of animation.

Haydn Walker (Composer): Haydn is a highly sought after award winning film and television composer. His recent accomplishments are wins in the coveted APRA Screen Composer's awards two years in a row for Best Theme for a Television Show and Best Music for Advertising respectively. His compositional achievements are bound to give this film a whole new experiential dimension.

Jonathan Zwartz (Composer): Jonathan is a well known in the improvised music scene in Australia, and recently completed a graduate certificate in screen composition at AFTRS.

He is shortly releasing his second studio album 'The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air', featuring Barney McAll, Phil Slater, Hamish Stuart, James Greening, Julien Wilson, Steve Magnusson, Richard Maegraith and Fabian Hevia.His musical talents have influenced the score beautifully giving it a phenomenal blend of Jazz and Orchestral elements.

Adam Dear (Actor): Adam plays the main character Jimmy in the film. He has been performing since he was nine years old. He started out in street theatre and has become more involved in stage and film productions through his experience as an actor, singer and dancer. He moved from Perth to Sydney in early 2011 to further his development as a performing artist and has been involved in a number of films including the 2012 feature '1500 Steps'.

For more information or to see the film in working progress please email Jesse directly. [email protected]

Many many thanks. You will be sent a personalised thank you card to remind you how awesome you are. And a free download link to the film once it's complete.

1 chosen

Est. delivery is Mar 13

Huge thank you. As well as a personalised card you will receive an A4 poster of the film art. You will also receive a free download link to the film once it is completed.

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Thanks a million. Aswell as a personalised card you will receive an A3 Poster of the film art. A DVD copy of the film. And a special thank you credit in the film.

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Thanks a billion. You will receive the same as above. As well as a collectable coin from the film. A bag of Haribo candy.

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Est. delivery is Apr 13

Insane thank you. As well as the above you will receive a signed CD or Vinyl of Jonathan Zwartz's (one of our composers) latest jazz album 'The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air'

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WOW thank you is too weak a word. As well as the above you will receive an Executive Producer credit which entitles you attend all related events and festivals with the director, including the score recording session held in Sydney.

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Est. delivery is Apr 13