Community Movie Project

FOURTEEN, FRETS & FAITH

Fourteen, Frets & Faith Label

‘Fourteen, Frets & Faith’ is an original short film about youth, currently being produced by Hervey Bay youth. Shot in high definition on a Sony XDCAM and using a range of new media for production, this film is a combination of real footage, movie special effects and 3D animation created in Blender. The 27 min short film will be two and a half years in the making to ensure that all aspects of the film are real learning experiences for the teenagers involved.

The main aim behind this Community Movie Project is to provide youth in a regional area with skills in film and new media as well as access to industry professionals. To date $50,000 has been raised in grants to bring top Australian film makers to the Bay.

They include:

Tim Bain – Writer for ‘Rove’ and an independent film maker.
Pearce Hoskinson – Artist in residence, 3D Animation
John Foreman – Australian Idol Musical Director
Troy Cassar-Daley – Singer Songwrite
Gary McDonald – Australian Film Composer
Mark Norfolk – Film Audio Engineering and Film Editing
Lance Birch – Firewave Design, Website Construction

Synopsis

‘Fourteen, Frets & Faith’
My Dog Ate My Homework Productions

James, brought up by his mother and grandmother, is an average teenage boy. Not an outsider, but not part of the in-crowd. He longs for an electric guitar that will allow him to both show the world he’s really a Rock God in waiting, and help him to impress Faith, a close friend and the girl of his dreams. When his much anticipated birthday arrives he finds himself in possession of a guitar, but it is obviously pre-used and appears to possess neither Rock God status, nor girl impressing power. Hiding his disappointment and embarrassment becomes his main goal in life, but the guitar begins to change him…

The guitar and the universe conspire in a series of events both live and animated, which help James to realise that he may not have got what he originally wanted, but he certainly got what he needed.