First conversation I had at the Rhode Island International Film Festival
“Hey you a filmmaker?”
” What’s the film about?”
..I gulped. 50Kisses is not an easy film to summarise. ..and I was talking to the Rhode Island Film Commissionaire. But 20 minutes later he got the idea. ..and loved it.
So here I am now five days later. ..and I’ve answered the same question over 20 times. I’m getting better at it. ..well shorter. 🙂
So here’s the pitch.
“50 Kisses ..It’s a unique feature film ..you know crowd funding? This is crowd sourced. Started with nearly 2000 scripts.. 180 film crews ..over 2000 people involved ..down to 25 short films in a 90 minute feature. Romantic, thriller, sad ..and zombie. It’s got everything.
It was organised by the London Screenwriters festival. The biggest in the world… to give screenwriters the chance to get a script filmed. Each had to write a 2 page script ..with a kiss ..and set on Valentine Day. Then the best 50 were chosen and any filmmaker could sign up to make them. One screenwriter got her script filmed 9 times.
Then the best 25 films were chosen for the feature. ..and it works really well ..and is a Guinness world record holder for most number of script credits.”
I’m going to stop writing. I have to go to see a film now.
