Futures-Dawn
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Futures-Dawn is the story of Doctor Charles Jordan. In Charles’s youth he witnessed the death of Sarah, his first and only love. Since that day he has tried to find a way to save her. Now an old man, he has created a time machine. Using the machine he is able to transfer his mind into his younger body and save the woman he loves. An alien has followed him back and is determined to get Charles to build him a time machine in the past, so he can use it for his own dark purposes.
Futures-Dawn is a tale of love and loss. Set against the backdrop of a potential alien invasion.
The film Is directed/Co written by Me, Matthew W Reynolds
after having made a Black comedy, a couple of psychological thrillers and a war film, I wanted to take a shot at making a science fiction film. Scifi is my favourite genre. The starting point was figuring out what kind of story I wanted to tell. Lately I've been drawn to time travel. So I started planning a time travel story. Things Really started to fall in to place when I came up with the Stories Tragic hero, Charles.
I'm Aiming to create a short film that has action excitement and yet can break your heart. once The film is completed the hope is to enter it into festivals.
The Film stars
Brodie Masini As Doctor Charles Jordan.
Making his start in the Perth acting community in 2012 after deciding to postpone his studies in Engineering, Brodie has hit the ground running and already built up quite an impressive resume. He has appeared in several film projects including “The Silent City”, “The War That Changed Us” and “Revive”, which received the People’s Choice Award at the latest Tropfest Australia short film festival and was seen by thousands of viewers worldwide. He has also starred in local theatre productions to the likes of “Closer” as Dan, “The Wizard of Oz” as Tin Man, and David Williamson’s “A Conversation” as Mick Williams, for which he received a nomination for ‘Best Other Than Lead Male in a Play’ at the 2013 Independent Theatre Association Robert Finley Awards. Having worked with Matthew and Tegan before, he is very excited to be once again collaborating with them on this great project. The role of Charlie will prove to be challenging, but one which Brodie believes he can bring a lot of his past experiences into to portray the character as realistic as possible
Tegan M Gregory as Sarah.
Always having a love for the world of film, Tegan M. Gregory is passionate about acting and now being a part of that world. She has appeared in feature films such as “Zombie Ninjas Vs. TRG” which is soon to be released, and taken lead roles in various shorts: “Perchance To Dream” and “Turkish Delight” being personal favourites. For Futures-Dawn, Tegan hopes to bring her fun and vibrancy to the character of Sarah and help to create another fantastic film directed by Matt Reynolds. Most importantly, she is very much looking forward to rehearsing and filming laser-gun fight scenes with various movie themes on repeat (hopefully through some good quality speakers?).
Aaron Mcdougall as the evil Alien.
Aaron McDougall is a 26 year old actor out of Albany, WA. After a shooting a series of short films in Perth whilst living in Albany, including working with 'Future's Dawn's' director Matt Reynolds, he decided to make the move to Perth in late 2013. Since then he has had roles in all sorts of media formats and genres, from comedy improv, to dark non verbal experimental pieces, to action/adventure pilots. Besides acting, Aaron also performs at children's parties as superheroes, and is a semi professional musician.
Futures-Dawn is a tale of love and loss. Set against the backdrop of a potential alien invasion.
The film Is directed/Co written by Me, Matthew W Reynolds
after having made a Black comedy, a couple of psychological thrillers and a war film, I wanted to take a shot at making a science fiction film. Scifi is my favourite genre. The starting point was figuring out what kind of story I wanted to tell. Lately I've been drawn to time travel. So I started planning a time travel story. Things Really started to fall in to place when I came up with the Stories Tragic hero, Charles.
I'm Aiming to create a short film that has action excitement and yet can break your heart. once The film is completed the hope is to enter it into festivals.
The Film stars
Brodie Masini As Doctor Charles Jordan.
Making his start in the Perth acting community in 2012 after deciding to postpone his studies in Engineering, Brodie has hit the ground running and already built up quite an impressive resume. He has appeared in several film projects including “The Silent City”, “The War That Changed Us” and “Revive”, which received the People’s Choice Award at the latest Tropfest Australia short film festival and was seen by thousands of viewers worldwide. He has also starred in local theatre productions to the likes of “Closer” as Dan, “The Wizard of Oz” as Tin Man, and David Williamson’s “A Conversation” as Mick Williams, for which he received a nomination for ‘Best Other Than Lead Male in a Play’ at the 2013 Independent Theatre Association Robert Finley Awards. Having worked with Matthew and Tegan before, he is very excited to be once again collaborating with them on this great project. The role of Charlie will prove to be challenging, but one which Brodie believes he can bring a lot of his past experiences into to portray the character as realistic as possible
Tegan M Gregory as Sarah.
Always having a love for the world of film, Tegan M. Gregory is passionate about acting and now being a part of that world. She has appeared in feature films such as “Zombie Ninjas Vs. TRG” which is soon to be released, and taken lead roles in various shorts: “Perchance To Dream” and “Turkish Delight” being personal favourites. For Futures-Dawn, Tegan hopes to bring her fun and vibrancy to the character of Sarah and help to create another fantastic film directed by Matt Reynolds. Most importantly, she is very much looking forward to rehearsing and filming laser-gun fight scenes with various movie themes on repeat (hopefully through some good quality speakers?).
Aaron Mcdougall as the evil Alien.
Aaron McDougall is a 26 year old actor out of Albany, WA. After a shooting a series of short films in Perth whilst living in Albany, including working with 'Future's Dawn's' director Matt Reynolds, he decided to make the move to Perth in late 2013. Since then he has had roles in all sorts of media formats and genres, from comedy improv, to dark non verbal experimental pieces, to action/adventure pilots. Besides acting, Aaron also performs at children's parties as superheroes, and is a semi professional musician.
How The Funds Will Be Used
When Making any movie there are expenses and Scifi is particularly expensive.
All the money raised for the film will be going towards.
Make up for the Aliens.
Costumes.
Props
Catering
Location costs
Marketing
All the money raised for the film will be going towards.
Make up for the Aliens.
Costumes.
Props
Catering
Location costs
Marketing
The Challenges
The biggest challenge in this is going to be creating convincing Aliens. Luckily we have a good team working on the film With Herding Cats coming on board to help with film equipment. This means that rather then needing to raise money for gear we can put more money raised to create our Aliens. I've also cast a fantastic actor as our lead Alien.
Email extravaganza
Thanks you helped quench the thirst of a dehydrated crew member. As a thank you We will send you a thank you email
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The public shoutout
Wow thank you. You've helped keep the crew fed during the day. As a thank you the film will give you a public shoutout from the film's facebook page.
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The Set Video
Thanks so much. You've helped us get some much needed props for the parts of the film set in the present. As a thank you the cast will make a video thank you just for you.
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See the Movie
wow thank you. You've helped get costumes for our cast. As a thank you, we will get you a digital download of the film when its completed.
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Read the script.
That's so kind of you. You've helped us get some of the unique costumes we will need for our Aliens. As a thank you the cast and crew will send you a signed copy of the shooting script.
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Behind the Scenes
That's amazing of you. You've helped us create the future. As a thank you we will record some behind the scenes videos just for you.
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See your name in the film
that's so generous of you. you've helped create the aliens. as a Thank you we will give you a special thanks in the end credits of the film.
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A Night at the movies
You did it. You helped us get this movie made. As a Thank you Come out and see the film and meet the stars and the crew. at The film's Premiere. You must be in Western Australia to receive this.
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Be in the film
this is incredible of you. You've helped get the film into festivals. As a thank you We'd love for you to come to set and be part of the scenes set in the future.
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Est. delivery is Oct 14