Kiwi filmmakers are making their own web and TV shows
Kiwi filmmakers are making their own web and TV shows – on their terms
There are currently
four, very diverse, web series (including an indie TV
sitcom) seeking crowdfunding support in New Zealand. If the
projects reach their funding goals the shows will be
produced.
Anyone can help make these shows become a
reality; it’s the democratisation of financing and of
filmmaking and broadcasting; these days audiences can choose
the entertainment they want to see being made by pledging
funding to projects.
Check out the campaigns below –
and pledge your support.
The shows currently open for
funding support are:
AFK – THE WEB
SERIES
AFK is a web series following the
adventures of six gamers trapped inside their characters'
bodies in the world of an online RPG (that’s role playing
game for us non-gamers).
This web series is going to be
EPIC judging by the promo videos. A pilot has been made
(available only to pledgers on the campaign), but for now
you can watch the other promo videos. The cast and crew are
hugely experienced and skilled.
It’s fun, fresh,
interesting with high production values and a stellar cast
– this is a winner folks, even for non-gamers. (Move over
Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings!)
The creators are
looking for funding to make the web series – they’ve
tried before and unbelievably didn’t hit their target.
They SO deserve your support. This web series will be a must
watch and put New Zealand on the map for web series – not
just Hobbiton!
Director/Writer Peter Haynes says the
funding will go towards the making of a six-part series,
with all the cast from the pilot returning, as well as some
new faces. He’s hoping to shoot in Jan / Feb and have a
complete series ready around the middle of the year.
(BTW
– AFK stands for Away From the Keyboard - used in online
gaming, when someone is not moving they are assumed to
beafk.)
Give them your love here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pghaynes/afk-gaming-web-series
LOVELY
LITTLE LOSERS – a vlogseries
Lovely Little
Losers is a sequel to the hugely popular Nothing Much To Do
– a vlogseries based on William Shakespeare's 'Much Ado
About Nothing' which has received positive (if not
positively glowing) world-wide attention in the web series
adaptations space amongst its Millennial audience.
Lovely
Little Losers' is a vlogseries inspired by Shakespeare’s
‘Love’s Labour’s but it won’t be a direct adaptation
in the way that ‘Nothing Much To Do’ was.
The
creators are four young women aged between 17 and 21 who
love filmmaking – and have hit the soft spot amongst their
audience who are now loyal fans (the NMTD trailer has raked
in nearly 50k views alone).
Lovely Little Losers has
already reached its funding target – and more. But still,
they deserve your support because they rock. They deserve to
get paid.
Check them out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/274696546/lovely-little-losers
B-RABBIT
– an indie TV sitcom
B-Rabbit is a proposed
sitcom about immigrating to New Zealand and the life you
desperately tried to leave behind.
It will be shot in
Nelson, using the talents of locals – a very experienced
cast and crew.
B-Rabbit are looking for funding to make a
pilot for their TV show – from there they’ll be
approaching broadcasters and distributors for backing to
make a season (and more!) for our TV screens.
Our TV
screens need more refreshing, local talent – so they need
your support to make this pilot happen.
Support them
here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/b-rabbit/b-rabbit-tv-comedy-pilot
A
LONG WAY FROM BROADWAY – a musical webseries
A
Long Way From Broadway is a short form narrative web series,
telling the story of a small town New Zealand musical
theatre society.
The Christchurch creators are looking
for funding to make the pilot web series. Then they can take
on the world – and prove to NZ on Air and potential
investors that they have what it takes to produce an
original musical theatre web series for the internet, in
Christchurch…where they know there is a wealth of talent
for this genre.
Kick up your heels and support them
here:
https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/2747-help-us-make-a-pilot-for-our-musical-web-series
Other New Zealand web series are available at www.WebSeriesChannel.co.nz.
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