Hench - Post Production Support
A$2,020
of $1,500 targetyrs ago
Successful on 16th Oct 2015 at 10:43PM.
With the Tropfest deadline looming, a half written script and James overseas, we collectively thought it would be a mad, but irresistible idea to bite the bullet and shoot Hench. So we did! We ventured into the forest for a weekend, enduring the weather, leeches and mud in the middle of no- where. Luckily, we managed to convince an excellent cast and crew that this was a really good/fun idea and to come along for the ride, and we shot something that we are all really happy with.
So what is Hench about? Hench follows a pair of charismatic, but very ordinary Henchmen. Despite living in a world of Super Heroes and Villains they are caught up in the same domestic problems as the rest of us. These men are never humanised in films, always seen but never heard. Hench aims to give them a voice. Whether they have anything worth saying with it or not is still up for debate.
FROM THE WRITER: Hench started as an image for me, two oafish mates carrying a coffin through the woods. I couldn’t help but wonder who these men were and how they had found themselves in this position. I realised they were the help, the muscle, and that I had seen their kind on screen again and again and yet knew so little about them. What we might learn if we’d listen? I love films that take me to a world far from everyday life but tell a story that is instantly recognisable and relatable. It is my hope that Hench takes audience members to this world.
So what is Hench about? Hench follows a pair of charismatic, but very ordinary Henchmen. Despite living in a world of Super Heroes and Villains they are caught up in the same domestic problems as the rest of us. These men are never humanised in films, always seen but never heard. Hench aims to give them a voice. Whether they have anything worth saying with it or not is still up for debate.
FROM THE WRITER: Hench started as an image for me, two oafish mates carrying a coffin through the woods. I couldn’t help but wonder who these men were and how they had found themselves in this position. I realised they were the help, the muscle, and that I had seen their kind on screen again and again and yet knew so little about them. What we might learn if we’d listen? I love films that take me to a world far from everyday life but tell a story that is instantly recognisable and relatable. It is my hope that Hench takes audience members to this world.
Cast
Ben O'Toole
Ben O’Toole graduated from WAAPA in 2011. In 2013, Ben made his onscreen debut as a regular character in the hugely popular series LOVE CHILD for the Nine Network alongside Jessica Marais, Jonathan LaPaglia and Ella Scott Lynch. Ben’s feature film debut was in Russell Crowe’s award-winning directorial debut THE WATER DIVINER, shot on location in Australia and Turkey. He featured in the Network 7/Shine mini-series PETER ALLEN: NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR and will be seen in the third series of LOVE CHILD, as well as Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE, in which he stars alongside Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn.
Travis Jeffery
Travis Jeffery graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2012. Since graduating, Travis has worked on DEVILS PLAYGROUND, ANZAC GIRLS, and was featured in Angelina Jolie's UNBROKEN (2014), and Channel 9's GALLIPOLI. He will be seen in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (2017) and SPIN OUT directed by Tim Ferguson, and will begin shooting the WOLF CREEK miniseries in November 2015. In 2015, Travis was a finalist for the Heath Ledger Scholarship.
Ben O’Toole graduated from WAAPA in 2011. In 2013, Ben made his onscreen debut as a regular character in the hugely popular series LOVE CHILD for the Nine Network alongside Jessica Marais, Jonathan LaPaglia and Ella Scott Lynch. Ben’s feature film debut was in Russell Crowe’s award-winning directorial debut THE WATER DIVINER, shot on location in Australia and Turkey. He featured in the Network 7/Shine mini-series PETER ALLEN: NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR and will be seen in the third series of LOVE CHILD, as well as Mel Gibson’s HACKSAW RIDGE, in which he stars alongside Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn.
Travis Jeffery
Travis Jeffery graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2012. Since graduating, Travis has worked on DEVILS PLAYGROUND, ANZAC GIRLS, and was featured in Angelina Jolie's UNBROKEN (2014), and Channel 9's GALLIPOLI. He will be seen in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (2017) and SPIN OUT directed by Tim Ferguson, and will begin shooting the WOLF CREEK miniseries in November 2015. In 2015, Travis was a finalist for the Heath Ledger Scholarship.
How The Funds Will Be Used
We put all our pennies together to get the film shot… but to bring it all to life as we imagined we need a little bit extra for post-production. This includes sound, VFX, music and colour grading. We aren’t asking for a lot but it’ll get us across the line!
The Challenges
The shoot may be a wrap but the film is far from over, our challenge now is making Hench the best it can be through the post-production process.
Stormtroopers
Safety in numbers! Making the main man in black look good. Thank you! You will receive a private link to view the final film upon it's completion.
10 chosen
Est. delivery is Jan 16
The Agents
Things are getting serious. Thanks to your generous donation, you will receive a private link to the film upon it's completion, a PDF of the shooting script, as well as the option to have our Henchmen (Travis Jeffrey and Ben O'Toole) record you a voicemail message in character!
12 chosen / 3 available
Est. delivery is Jan 16
Dr Evil's Henchmen
The most privileged (and fashionable) Henchmen of them all! On completion of the film, we will send you a private link to the film for your viewing pleasure, a PDF of the shooting script, your own voicemail message from our Henchmen (Travis Jeffrey and Ben O'Toole) as well as one limited-edition bottle of "Coffin Bay" (ginger) beer as seen in the film!
6 chosen / 6 available
Est. delivery is Jan 16