The Plan
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The Lost Farm is a micro-budget horror thriller, being produced by with a team highly experienced creatives and cast.
The changing landscape of Indie film has made it much harder to finance and distribute mid-budget indies.
So we are trying something new, raising the absolute minimum we need to make the film, keeping hte costs low, and sharing the rewards with everyone involved.
The sales and marketing strategy is to use our digital social media skills to build an audience throughout the film making process, and for the first release.
And only then, once we have a demonstatrable audience, market, and product, to approach more traditional routes to sales and distribution.
The script has been created to maximise audience engagement, whilst keeping expensive production elements to a minimum.
We have a small cast and we almost exclusively set in a single location -- the farm.
The script is both scary and intelligent allowing us to engage a wonderful calliber of actor -- see our awesome cast HERE.
We rarely see our monster, who, like the shark in Jaws, envolpes the world with a mysterious tension and dread, without being seen a lot. Thus reducing the need for time consuming and expensive effects. And when we do see him, he hides in shadows. We want this to feel real.
Why we can do it
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Innovative fundraising
This project is built from the ground up.
We are deeply rooted to the location and community where the film is set. So local businesses and individuals are keen to contribute cash and resources to a project that enlivens the community and supports development of the creative arts in the region.
Read about backing our project HERE
As well as direct support from generious backers and business, our friends at RK Giveaways are running raffles to help raise money from the general public. Not only does this give people an opportunity to support indie film, but gives them a chance to win instant prizes as well as a slice of the porfits if the film is a hit. See more about the raffle HERE.
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Story recap
During a charity hike through a remote, cell-signal-free wilderness, JULIE – is attacked by a stray dog.
The hikers attempt to reach a nearby farm which an old map indicates has a phone. But they find it abandoned. With night falling they decide to stay. However, as darkness descends, one by one, the hikers fall victim to the relentless bloodlust of a freakish humanoid.
The surviving few discover their assailant was once an ordinary man from the town he now terrorises. With all means of escape destroyed, everything seems lost, until the survivors find salvation through its most unlikely member.
Imbued with an unfamiliar strength, Julie recovers from her wounds to take on their adversary. Only for her friends to learn whatever turned their assailant into a mindless weapon, has also infected Julie.
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...And now she’s coming for them too.