This initially goes to New Zealand media for a New Zealand event. It is also of interest to literati and aspiring film-makers.
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Kia Ora, [NZ media]
I lead a group that has made a 96 minute movie over the last 11 years. Wildly ambitious for a no-budget indie and amazing that we have completed it. We have hired a cinema to do a screening
https://www.academycinemas.co.nz/movie/brave-love
It appears out of nowhere because we have been buried in animated backgrounds and kiwi ingenuity VFX for years. Now shock! it is complete. Tell the media? Get it reviewed? I'm giving it a go here! There are 4 big ideas of interest.
(1) Climate Change narrative drama movie. The mainstream is not meeting this challenge so we have stepped up.
(2) Katherine Mansfield sources. This is the one and only single narrative movie based on the writing of classic NZ author Katherine Mansfield.
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https://iafilm.co.nz/shell.aspx?tint=2&areaDir=Public&subdir=1.%20Movies&file=2.Brave%20Love%20Adaptation.html
(3) The imaginary city of Lagado from Gulliver's Travels as the location. 300 years after Gulliver visited, Lagado has struck oil and the ruling class of eccentric professors has the money to realise their mad schemes.
(4) Kiwi ingenuity makes a mock epic with improvised green screen studios. Imaginary world building with computer art was taking too long, so we did some of it with miniature sets made of meccano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DtMnMPCKc
Surprise discovery! “Brave Love” relates to "Megalopolis" which does Ancient Rome retold in the present-ish day. We do Ancient Lagado retold in the present-ish day. We both include classic literature and quotes from Shakespeare. Francis Ford Coppola sold his vineyard to finance "Megalopolis". John Calder sold his daughter's bicycle to finance "Brave Love".
Ngā mihi
John Calder
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