Creators of video comedy about depression seek funding
An LA-based Australian screen production team is crowdsourcing a comedy about depression scheduled to be filmed over six days next month.
Although it will be filmed on US soil, the web series of six five-minute episodes will be the creation of an entirely Australian cast and crew.
The series’s director and producer is Luke Eve, owner of production company More Sauce. It is written by Australian playwright Adam Grossetti.
It features Logie award-winning actress Claire van der Boom and Henry Nixon, of Packed to the Rafters, who worked together on Stephen Spielberg’s Emmy award-winning miniseries The Pacific.
Australian musicians Lenka, Joel Sarakula and Darron Henlon, and Henlon’s American collaborator Shelley Short, have produced music for the series.
As they attempt to raise $10,000 by August 22 in a crowd-sourcing campaign through Kickstarter, the cast and crew are currently working for free or deferred payments. They have so far raised $350 and have 28 days to go.
Eve said : “Making it a comedy means the material is easy to access and it won’t feel preachy. It’s going to be light-hearted, funny and hopeful! And if that gets men talking about their feelings, all the better.”
