• Feature film Fortune Cookies from new writer/director Brenda Lee to be produced in conjunction with a unique 16-week educational programme for secondary school students in Northamptonshire
• Reelscape’s short film The Caterpillar and Fly will premiere at the event. Supported by the likes of Kodak and Movietech, the film was also produced as an educational project with school pupils and professionals.
• The film is using an unusual fundraising method giving the public the opportunity to purchase vouchers to get up close and personal with the production
Reelscape Films’ first feature film Fortune Cookies will launch on Thursday 15th December 2011 at 7pm at Northampton Academy, one of the participating secondary schools in the educational programme accompanying the film. This follows on from the London launch last month at the EDF Energy London Eye 4D cinema.
Fortune Cookies, a heart-warming, cross-cultural family comedy, will be shot in the East Midlands and London in 2012. It will be accompanied by an educational scheme where young people will have a real impact on the production of a commercial movie whilst also aiming to increase their engagement with themes of Learning, Literacy and Livelihoods.
A quirky British comedy, Fortune Cookies centres around the heart of a Chinese family who are obsessed with Les Dennis’ TV gameshow Fame To Fortune. All except eldest daughter Susan Lee who would like to escape her eccentric, yet traditional family life for West End stage. As Mr Lee has been rather bad at paying his bills, the family are at risk of losing their beloved takeaway and livelihood to local loan sharks. When they get a chance to appear on Fame To Fortune to win enough money to easily cover their debts, they believe their problems are over until Susan reveals the show recording clashes with her stage debut. Family vs Ambition. Love vs Duty. Chekhov vs Chicken Feet?
The cast currently attached are Elaine Tan (Starter For Ten), David Yip (Chinese Detective), Pik Sen Lim (The Ruby In The Smoke), Ozzie Yue (Act of Grace) and Les Dennis (Ricky Gervais’ Extras) amongst others.
Company director Becky Adams will announce details of the social enterprise model, partner opportunities and details of the film itself at the launch. The Fortune Cookies model was inspired by the success of The Caterpillar and Fly, a short film made where young people from Southfield School, Kettering, worked as Producers alongside Adams to produce a drama for film festivals. The social model for Caterpillar involving youth and education was born from Adams’ desire to add value to the production process itself. With the support of our funders such as Carrier Media, Kodak and Deluxe, the production achieved dramatic results, changing the way Media is taught in the school and with many students now pursuing film production as a career. Adams states, “The value of working with young people in this way is clear and I believe film’s multi-disciplined nature means it can also be highly effective for non-film-related educational themes.”
At the event, on 15 December, Reelscape Films will highlight the offers available through a crowd-funding campaign where the public are able to purchase vouchers for experiences or exclusive offers related to the Fortune Cookies, which will help fund the film itself as well as our educational programme, and allow the public to be part of this truly unique production. The offers could include signed props, set visits, sponsorship of our literacy workshops and specially-made fortune cookies. Attendees will be able to buy vouchers on the night. Further details of the vouchers can be found at www.fortunecookiesmovie.co.uk
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