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Rough Cuts: CT Marketplace Pitches
KINGSTON PARADISE MOVIE This is a funky off beat story set in Kingston, Jamaica that has already been shot in the HD format for a 90-minute ?ick. But it’s a ?ick with a purpose. It’s a story that follows a young man and woman, who’s destiny becomes intertwined when a stolen car causes them to re-evaluate their lives and de?ne their own paradise. Rocksy, a young taxi driver/part-time pimp, his best friend Malt and prostitute woman Rosie, de?ne their own paradise as they change their crazy lives when an ex pensive car is stolen is because the ?nd forces them to know themselves in an obvious way, in a beautiful cinematic journey that travels there and becomes redeemed in the chaos and complexity of their very ordinary, everyday lives. Target Market: It’s a drama that hopes to inspire and uplift a younger adult audience, particularly the marginalized inner-city youth of Kingston and the Caribbean. But of course it is for an older audience as well, within the Caribbean and beyond. Production Budget: US$160,000 this includes the ?rst rough cut. The project has three co-producing partners. We of course, didn’t have this to work with. We only had in CASH, US $32,000 and HUGE help ‘in kind’. The ?lm was shot in summer 2009. Post-Production Budget: After the ?rst rough cut in Jamaica, to professional post-produce, which would involve a 35mm ?lm transfer, for exhibition purposes for festivals, theatrical release, television, DVD’s and for international sales and distribution, we would need another US$250,000. Contacts: Mary Wells Director/Producer [email protected]
Volume 1 September - November 2010 www.creativeindustriesexchange.org
Mary Wells, Director - Kingston Paradise Mary Wells is an independent Director/ Writer and Producer currently based in Jamaica. Over the last twenty years her work has consisted mainly of documentaries and small dramas with children for the Caribbean region. A short documentary, Now Jimmy! was awarded ‘Outstanding Documentary from the Caribbean’ from the then Sheryl Lee Ralph Film & Music Festival, 1999 and was accepted in the prestigious ‘Toronto International Film Festival, 2002. She has also lived and worked on projects in the USA, Europe and in Southern Africa. She continues to do Film/TV production work of all kinds and the Kingston Paradise movie is her ?rst feature narrative ?lm. A PROPOSAL FOR A TELEVISION SERIES OF HALF-HOUR DRAMAS FROM THE CARIBBEAN REGION Growing up Caribbean proposes a series of 13 half-hour dramatic ?lms, produced on several Caribbean islands. The ?lms would depict a childhood story that illustrates life
CaribbeanTales is a Toronto-based multimedia company that brings together local, regional and international partners to showcase and promote Caribbean ?lm
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