"Based on a True Story" is a short-film fiction about a writer who comes up with a way of letting his literary work survive in a world where fictional writing is now forbidden.
The movie is, above all else, a character study where it’s explored the obsession of a man over his creation by putting on the table what he’s willing to do for it. By observing the situation he's in and by confronting him with other entities that are set in the same environment, ethical issues are immediately raised for interpretation.
Perspectivism, judgment, persistence and morality are the main themes of this project.
The short film is made in academic context, being the "Final Project" of this group of students over three years in the Cinema course of Beira Interior University. The movie will have approximately 20 minutes. When finished, it is the intention of the crew that the movie travels to National and International Festivals, initiating his journey to the public.
Rodagens de "O Caso do Espelho Quebrado" - Maria Moura, Gonçalo Nunes
About the author
MAIN CREW:
João Azevedo - Screenwriter | Director | Score Composer
This is the third short-film written and directed by João, being “Sílvio” and “A Show at the Twilight” his previous works. João worked already too as a score composer, fulfilling this position in his films and also in “Eikasia”, “Beyond This Side”, “Desalma” and “Code”. Beyond that, he worked too as Assistant Director and Editor.
Rodagens de "Um Espetáculo ao Crepúsculo" - João Azevedo, Jorge Santos
Maria Moura - Co-Producer | Sound Editor and Mixer
Maria studied in Soares dos Reis School of Arts and, since then, she has worked in several projects. She was Director in “The Case of the Broken Mirror” and Sound Editor and Mixer in “White Squares over Black Background”, sharing the authorship of the screenplays for both mentioned projects. Beyond that, she debuted has Producer in “Beyond This Side” last year. Maria has fulfilled the position of Sound Assistant in several other projects.
João Monteiro - Co-Producer | Editor
João fulfilled a Photography course and a Multimedia Technician in Nun’Alves Institute. Recently, he’s devoted his professional course to Cinematography, having occupied this position in short-films such as “Julian and Midnight” and “Code”. Furthermore, he worked already has Camera Man and Image Assistant in “The Case of the Broken Mirror”.
Gonçalo Nunes – Cinematographer
This will be the third movie as Cinematographer for Gonçalo Nunes, being his previous works “Beyond This Side” and “The Case of the Broken Mirror”. Gonçalo has in his Curriculum two screenplays with shared authorship: “The Case of the Broken Mirror” and “White Squares over Black Background”, having directed the last mentioned. In addition, he has already experience has Assistant Director and Image Assistant.
Lídia Neta - Production Designer
Lídia studied in Soares dos Reis School of Arts where she directed “Triuno”, a short-film awarded with the second place at the “8 e Meio” Festival. This will be her second work has Production Designer, having already served the position previously in “Rhythm 0”, where she assumed, in parallel, the position of Sound Editor and Mixer.
Rodagens de "Ritmo 0" - Lídia Neta, Mariana Teixeira
This project will also count on a competent, dedicated and familiar crew of assistants.
Budget and due dates
The value asked in this crowdfunding is just a partial number (55%) of the total budget necessary to make this project happen. The description below is an estimate of the investments made in each sector:
- Cachê - 200€
- Production Design - 250€
- Pre-Production - 190€
- Transports - 660€
- Stays - 220€
- Food - 220€
- Machinery and Electricity - 100€
Total - 1820€ + 10% unforeseen = (rounded) 2000€
The 1100€ that we intend to obtain with this crowdfunding will have to be totally collected until April 30th, 2018, being that around this time, the shooting may have already started.
