Zim author launches campaign to raise money to make movie
A Zimbabwean author based in South Africa is appealing to well wishers to help him fund an ambitious movie project based on his script “Extortion.”
Amos Chinodakufa, founder of Chinoz Productions, has been a writer since his pre-teen years in his home city of Masvingo in Zimbabwe.
He currently has 5 published full length novels to his name and has now decided to say goodbye to writing books and hello to the Hollywood film industry. His simple explanation for this decision was that “It’s no secret, people don’t like to read anymore.”
Chinodakufa is now running a campaign on Indiegogo (an international crowdfunding website) and is targeting $9000 to fund his movie. (Watch Below)
He blames all the cat videos on YouTube and Marvel’s Avengers Superhero movies for destroying our appetite for a good read. But it’s true isn’t it, we just don’t have time for books anymore. “Hence it’s become pretty obvious now that if you have a story to tell, you’ve gotta tell it in High Definition, not text,” he said.
Amos set about creating a storyline for the 1st movie that would launch his career.
“I wanted to make an awesome superhero movie” he explained, “but when I drafted the budget I dropped that idea in like 2 seconds. Would have needed at least $100 million just for the costumes alone. So I came up with something even better instead; Extortion.”
Extortion is about two young computer hackers who make a living off credit card fraud. But one day one of their victims manages to track them down and shows up at their doorstep, with a gun in his waist. They plead with him to give them a few days to pay back the money but he grants them only an hour to do so.
Not only that, he wants 10 times what they stole and he wants it in bitcoins. They have no choice but to do as he pleases or else face jail time, or even worse, a bullet.
So they quickly start infiltrating various online systems while at the same time also having to deal with the drama of suspicious wives, pregnant girlfriends who are not sure who the father is, nosy neighbours calling in police, an angry brother ready to beat up whoever impregnated his sister, and many other complications, all within that one hour.
Amos will write, direct and produce the film and the money raised from the Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign will be used, among other things, to get the best production design and film crew, to market and advertise the movie after it’s made, to do casting for high quality actors, and also to compose/acquire the best music for the film.
“These studios don’t buy junk, believe me.” He said, “ I’m going to make something beautiful. Hollywood can get away with mediocrity, but first-timers like me cannot. Yes, life is not fair.”
To see the crowdfunding campaign and contribute to help make this dream a reality, please click here. There are plenty of awesome rewards for backers as well, so you get something for your generosity. Nehanda Radio
You can get in touch with Amos on email: [email protected]
