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We are raising £2500 to make our short film Take Me to the Sea. It follows the story of Meredith and her ageing father Otto in a story about accepting forthcoming loss. To make our vision come to life, we need your kind donations. Every donation is appreciated!

Who is making Take Me to the Sea?

We are a passionate team, each member of which is closely connected and shares their thoughts and ideas. Each department brings its own talents to make the projects we love into reality! We would like to make Take Me to the Sea something we are proud of, and a celebration of our 3 years at York.

We are looking forward to sharing the results of our creativity with you!

Discover more about our team and the stories behind the scenes on our instagram @takemetotheseafilm

Our story

OTTO (70s) is suffering from dementia and his daughter MEREDITH (40s) is planning on taking him on a trip to the seaside as it is somewhere they made many treasured memories. This plan is thrown into jeopardy when Otto’s health sharply declines forcing Meredith to sneak him out of the care home to fulfill the father's wish. While the plot centres around trying to help her father, the real story is Meredith’s need to accept that her father’s condition is not going to improve and that she can not continue to neglect her own happiness. While Meredith may never be prepared for the death of her father, she learns to enjoy the time she has left with him.

WHY THIS story?

Take Me to the Sea tells a personal story about loss, specifically the acceptance of forthcoming loss. It is a story driven by the high emotions of characters trying to find solace in moments of tragedy. Loss is something that so many have to deal with, and deal with differently, so Take Me to the Sea aims to provide a platform to question whether we are right to hold or should we be more willing to let go.

“Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Where will the money go?

• Special equipment- Take Me to the Sea aims for beautiful visuals (and sounds) to compliment the emotional journeys of the characters. This starts with locations, which need to be viable, flexible, and most importantly safe. To achieve this, we will have to hire extra equipment so we can get the shots we want without putting anyone at risk.
• Travel- We need your donations to take us to the sea! Traveling to location tells a more personal story.
• Design and props- It is important that every aspect of design, including set, costume, hair&makeup, creates characters that are true to life and lived-in environments which demonstrate the wealth of life experience they have acquired, evolving along with the characters emotional states.
• Locations- Your kind donations help us to secure amazing locations, which takes us halfway there already!
• Catering- We want our performers to feel comfortable, allowing them to give their best performance, not to mention the crew as well!
• Contingency- We understand that complications can arise, but with contingency money set aside we will be able to adapt to all eventualities.

Rewards

Any and all support is greatly appreciated - here are some incentives to show how much your contribution means to us! Please see them on the side.

Find us here

Instagram @takemetotheseafilm

Help us succeed!

• You do not need to give money to help us succeed! Please share this project with anyone you think would support us – on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, by email, telephone, in a chat over the fence or on your blog.
• In fact, share it with everyone you know as the more people who know about it, the more likely we are to succeed.
• And we know we said you do not need to give money to help us, but we'd love it if you did! Please sponsor us and help take us to the sea!