Rotide is a short film project that yields a strange dedication to film culture, a mixture of black film film and the current culture of cyber punk, Rotide raises a story within the universe of the paranormal and science fiction.

Rotide is a non-profit project that we want to carry out in Caracas Venezuela, a country with a complicated economic, social and cultural situation. Reasons that motivate us more to carry out this project. Seeking to contribute works that subtly open the perspectives of how we perceive reality, motivating reflection, and awakening the curiosity of the particular.

Rotide is a short film with a tendency to video art, poetic, with a particular handling of visual language, contribution to the diverse field of contemporary art.

Rotide is a project that we want to build beyond the limits of the conventional economy, that's why we bet on #BlockChain, a system that we are part of as creators, consumers, and passionate promoters of the #Steemit network.

About us?

Daniel Carrillo @ramadigital , writer, Director and producer, cameraman and photographer of the project. I have a degree in Film Direction but I specialized in the area of postproduction n cinematography, with an assembly list of 5 feature films, the coordination of postproduction projects and the direction of several short film and video art projects.

Luisana Castillo @luisanacastillo @hijosdepacha, Degree in Film Direction, producer and coordinator of several television series.

Alejandro León Film, advertising and television producer with long experience.

ROTIDE

The Shortfilm

Extended synopsis

A woman walks fearfully down a narrow alley. Open a heavy and worn door, enter a dark place, there is only one room dimly lit by the light of a bulb, the cold inside is perceived. The light bulb illuminates a character who orders filmstrips on a table, is the EDITOR, - he wears a black sweater with a hood that covers his entire head, breaking the hood leaves several metal spikes, all his clothes are very dirty and worn, as if he were hundreds of years old, like the gloves he has in his dirty hands, he has 2 red light bulbs like little eyes. He approaches fearfully, tells him that he has come to take away an experience that he would not have lived, that he would not want to remember, the man points to a room at the end of a hallway, a light bulb comes on and the sound of a device starts inside the room, the woman walks fearfully, enters and a machine finishes winding a reel of film, the woman takes it doubtful and takes it to the man of the moviola. The man takes the roll and places it in the moviola, searches the tape and makes a cut in a segment. In a flash back the woman is pointed by a gun and looks in terror. The man of the moviola removes a piece of the tape and joins the remaining tips, takes the piece that I remove and places it in a box on the side. The countenance of the woman is another, her face is serious, she seeks to remember what she forgot, but she doesn't pay much attention, she turns and leaves, walks down the hall with perceptible security.

A boy of about 16 years enters the editor's room, the young man tells him that he does not want to waste time in youth, that he wants to be an adult now, the editor points to the room at the end of the hall, the machine stops rolling the reel of film and the boy takes it. He delivers it to the editor, he mounts it on the mobile and cuts a fragment, a flash forward shows the young man at different times. The editor joins the remaining tips, the young man is no longer the same, now he is a 37-year-old man who walks down the hall.

A man in his 70s enters the editor's room, tells him that he wants to have lived many more things, that he lost his life working, the editor points to the room. The man takes the reel from the machine. He gives the reel to the editor. The editor makes a cut in the film, takes the strips he had previously cut and sticks them to the roll. In a flash back the man looks at different times, a gun points him, the man looks in terror. In the editor's room the man reacts, a tear rolls down his cheek, he turns and leaves.A woman enters the editor's room and closes the door. The image slows down until it is observed that it is a film that has stopped spinning, hands disassemble the roll and it ends.

Characters

-The Editor: a kind of technological shaman, who changes the history of people like who edits the sequences within a 35mm film.

For its appearance it seems to be thousands of years old, although contrary to the wear of its clothes, its style is modern, very worn black sweater with hood, with holes where metal spikes come out, and instead of eyes, two red bulbs, nothing More looks from his face.

It does not manifest any emotion, nor does it speak. He is hunched over his shoulder, just as his hands seem to suffer from arthritis due to the bent shape of the fingers, despite that, he deftly handles the film tapes on the moviola.

In a not too remote past, he was a film editor who fell into a curse, selling his soul to edit people's lives.

Actor: Pablo Lucero, 26-year-old man, light brown skin, thin 1.50m tall.

Locker room

The editor will have a hoodie cooked for production, of very worn fabric, broken and patched, ash black.

-Lucia: Attractive 30-year-old woman with white skin, tall and thin, wears an elegant black office dress and collected hair. Initially she walks insecure, distrustful. After visiting the Editor, your walk is safe.

In the past he was a victim of rape. That's why visit the Editor.

Actress: Daniela Martín Centeno, 25 year old woman, blonde, white skin, thin.

-Jorge1: 16 year old, white and thin, with black suit and tie. His attitude is exaggerated seriousness, almost moody.

In the past his father abandoned him very young, his mother had to support him and his younger sister, he worked from a young age to help his mother.

Actor: Emiliano López, 12, white skin, black hair, thin, son of the actor who represents Jorge2.

Jorge2: 45-year-old man, white and with many gray hairs. His attitude is astonished, almost innocent.

Actor: Farabundo López Siviria, 45-year-old man, white skin, long gray hair, thin.

-Mr. Manuel: 68 year old man, little white hair on his head, robust build, skin

Wrinkled, wears suit, especially and scarf, it is distinguished that he has money.

It comes from a large but humble family, I work from a very young age, became a merchant

to expand your business and make a great fortune. All his life work so far that

He retired. He longs for having enjoyed her youth instead of working at work.

Actor: 60-year-old man, white, gray hair, robust build.

Actor: Francisco Villarroel, 68 year old, robust build, skin Wrinkled.

Locker room

The characters of Lucia, Jorge and Manuel will wear elegant, dark clothes, it could be something old. Coats, scarves, dark-colored jackets.

Director's approach

The film project "Rotide", is proposed as a short film influenced by science fiction, contemporary Latin American literature of the magical realism type, and the culture of Cyberpunk and digital undergraund.

In "Rotide", the Editor, the central character in the story that the other characters that come to him orbit, the Editor does not change the demon condemned to serve as an intermediary of time for all eternity; instead, three characters pass through the transformation they are looking for, and after entering with a request based on the timeline of their lives, they leave with a different story and attitude towards the world, not necessarily better.

Photography approach:

The photography approach is limited by the space where the filming takes place, in this case within the editing room where the moviola is located, the necessary thing for this space is: Two Kino Flo 4Bank, and the pedestals for the lights, and several ND and blue diffuser filters. It tends to the cold color temperature.

From the main camera, a 35mm lens is needed at least, to follow the actions through a close-up of the characters, and close-ups of the face of the characters who talk and transmit their emotions; as well as the close-up of the Editor's face that with only red eyes, does not convey any emotion, but waiting for that action highlights that he does not respond, and details of his hands manipulating the film and the moviola.

It will be complemented with a GoPro camera, which occupy small spaces, and give a wide spectrum of the image for its large aperture lens, very convenient to the surveillance camera aesthetics that goes the aesthetics of post futuristic industrial zone.

Between scenes there will be transitions of detailed drawings of the moviola, from the hands of the Editor moving knobs, and other details of the old machinery of the assembly hall.

Art direction

The Editor's house is developed in Bolívar Film's film studios, specifically in the old post-production room, where the old 35 mm moviola is located. Since space is not allowed to intervene, the walls will be aged in postproduction. The quantity of film rolls will be used for the decoration. The moviola machine, as well as the other machines work, will be handled by the editor in a real way.

The influence of this short film is from the Cyberpunk culture and Science Fiction. Between the futuristic robotic and the worn out of the post-war urban culture.

What we have?

Initially the location where we are going to make it, the post-production room of Bolívar Films, heritage of Venezuelan cinema, an invaluable opportunity to record in space. The second and that came for the first is the idea, we made a story where we took full advantage of the resources we had and did not require other unattainable for us. The project is built to be produced in three days, which makes its realization more accessible.

The third and also invaluable is the human resource, ready to carry out its work for the commitment to art, that is, for free.

What do we need?

Of course despite having all of the above, many more things are necessary to make a production that meets the demands of a film project. Mainly a financial source that allows us to invest in the production logistics of three days of filming with a team of 10 people. Specifically:

-To cover the cost of transfer of the whole team and the actors (150 $)

-To cover the cost of food and hydration for the technical and artistic team ($ 400)

-Cover rental lights and filter kit. 2 lights Kin flo 4bank. ($ 500)

-Cover the rental of the camera for three days of recording. ($ 300)

-Cover the rental of the audio equipment of the three days of recording. ($ 300)

We want to carry out this project between December 9 and 15 of this year, because or if we would not have to do it by January 2020, and the situation in Venezuela is constantly irregular, so we should carry out this project as soon as possible.

Rotide is a project that we want to build beyond the limits of the conventional economy, that's why we bet on #BlockChain, a system that we are part of as creators, consumers, and passionate promoters of the #Steemit network.

That is why we want to ask the #steemit community for Rotide construction support, and the best way to support is to be part.

How?

The main way, of course, is to donate to this crowdfunding project.

Another way promoting this project to be sponsored.

We are open to a sponsorship agreement, where it will be established from the placement in the credits, the assembly of the logo of a company or the image of a cryptocurrency.

We are open to any other way to participate, let us know.

Thank you for the people of @fundation for establishing this very useful platform for the realization of all types of dreams.

And thank you all for stopping to get to the story of how this is born and this project called ROTIDE is built!

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