Introducing Solar Urticaria
Screen mini-film series production
Solar Urticaria is a five-part dark comedy, set in Scotland and written by Annie Cook. A parkourist postman with a hero complex develops an unlikely alliance with a chronically ill woman - who he insensibly believes is a vampire - to take down a local suspected criminal.
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Crowdfunding will help us kickstart the pilot and cover the costs of the production. The pilot episode film 'Solar Urticaria - Chapter 1 Patman's Obsession' will be screened locally in Edinburgh and published in 2022. We aim to highlight chronic illness and local support available. Any monetary profit or proceeds beyond the budget will go directly to charity for supporting people living with chronic illness which is close to the heart of this project. If you would like to get involved directly in this project please contact with Annie.
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Themes
Chronic illness, chronic pain, allergy, relationships, grief, loss, depression, loneliness, social justice, community spirit, unlikely friendships, challenging assumptions, judgement, crime, dark-comedy, parkour, black comedy, psychology
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Characters
Patman, Grace, Jackie, Michael, Jess, Fred, Gareth, Martha
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Style & Artistic inspiration
Real-life experiences
Imagine After Life meets I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore meets What We Do in the Shadows
5 shorts (10-15 mins) designed to be watched alone or together to complete the story...
Solar Urticaria Production Team
We are currently in the pre-production phase which means further production team and cast are to be brought in- how exciting!
Annie Cook
Director, Writer & Co-Producer
Leading on creative direction of film project and project management...
Wendy Lap
Lead Producer
Leading on business side- securing funding, co-ordination and ensuring the project runs smoothly...
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Klara Willing
Assistant Director &Â Co-Producer
Leading on pre production & production logistics i.e scheduling, set management, health & safety & creative solutions
Loki Lau
Co-Producer
Leading on distribution logistics and post-production marketing
Vanashree Thapliyal
Casting & Project Assistant
Leading on equitable casting process and project support...
Hamish Cook
Audio Engineer, Musician, Music Producer and Film Editor
Leading on post-production-film editing, creative sound and music development...
JP Waksman
Music Composer and Music Producer
Leading on creative music creation and production...
Nicolas Stipo
Photographer
Leading on stills photography...
Support our production
Crowdfunding will begin in May
To produce this pilot film production we are looking to gather a total budget of £3,500 and if we're very lucky and work hard a sexier stretch budget of £4,200 which will help with distribution costs and colour grading. This budget will ensure we have quality sound equipment, props, costume, pay production crew a fee appropriate for the quality of work they produce and each cast member a fee for their time. The creative industries are tough and we want to create opportunities for people but also ensure people get at least paid for their time. We also want to highlight chronic illness and use this to promote local support available.
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Thank you rewards
In return for pledges there will be exciting thank you rewards including: ​
Personal training session in Edinburgh
One years subscription to Healthy-Post-Natal-Body (online personal training)
'Meet the team' personalised photography shoot in Edinburgh (headshots or character shots) with director, stills photographer & lead producer
French/Japanese/German language lessons via Zoom (we're an international bunch)
How to self-produce- story-telling-writing- filmmaking workshop via Zoom at the end of production (option to run in-person in Edinburgh)
Music
Physical gifts such as tote bags
Social media shout-outs
Executive producer credit
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