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Director David Barker on his new short film 'Creating Fortune'...

"Creating Fortune is a parody: driven by the pure delight in sending ourselves up, poking fun at the ways in which maniacal zeal can manifest itself in the creative process. It asks who’s going to be there when your delusion becomes sentient? Reflecting the often demoralising and humorous process of filmmaking, this short story imagines the possible consequences of taking your work too seriously. It’s a film about filmmaking; about Hollywood stereotypes; about the passionate artist undone; about satisfying the urge to commit violence against powerful studio executives; and about an action-hero whose character drew the short straw. I wanted to make a schizophrenic short film that simply had a good time with the medium; using all the tools of the cinema that I love. A story that moved from genre to genre, that threw in a Deus ex machina for the hell of it, and that stretched the canvas a little. But mainly, it is about wanting to take the audience on an unexpected ride…and in a few different directions."

Writer/Director & Producer :: David Barker
Producer :: Michelle Sahayan
Director of Photography :: Tony Luu
Editor :: Mark Bennett
Original Music :: Ran/Run
Sound Design :: Pete Jones
Production Designer :: Michelle Sotheren
Script Editor & Co-Producer :: Emma Jensen
VFX Supervisor :: Jeff Gaunt
Digital Film Colourist :: Adrian Hauser
Creature FX :: Jason Baird – JMB FX

Starring
Genevieve Hegney as Jennifer Mannon
Matthew Moore as Edward Towl
Rohan Nicol as Ray Fortune
and
Chris Pappworth as Wolfie