Project D-01

D - Drama, 01 - first

Film title: Open your gate

Approx. lenght: 15 min.

Format: 3:2, MiniDv, Colour, PAL (resolution 720 x 480)

Shooting started:  August 2007

Comming out: April 2009

Localities: Kozakov, Mala Skala, Krkavka - Czech republic

Tasks: apply for at least one student or independant amateur film festival

(2009)

Budget: under 200 GBP (all the team and actors work for free)

Acting people: Asusso as Fabian (amateur)

                        Nugga as Fabian's girlfriend (amateur)

Dubbing:          Marc Day (voice over for Fabian)

Team leader:      Pietro

Supervisor:         Milos

2nd  Supervisor: Maria

Direction:            Pietro

Camera:               Milos / Tomm

Screenplay:          Pietro

Story:                   Pietro

Sound:                  Milos

Music:                   Milos

Dubbing:               Marc Day

Videoedit:              Pietro + Milos

Distribution:          Pietro / Milos / Tom

Total number of people working on this project: 6

Short description:

A young man named Fabian reaches 27 soon,  wants to die for many reasons. His life seems like complete disaster to him. After his girlfriend. His boss fired him from the work, his parents haven't talk to him a years. His friends never been as he wished. He is waiting on his favourite hill in the mountains for a sunset, when proper night comes. Near his car writing last letters (to his ex-girlfriend, ex-boss, friends, and finally to the parents). Last view into his lovely landscape, last intensive listening the birds around him, last deep aspiration and then closing eyes for a while.... and slowly sitting down to his car. The sky is already dark. He starts the engine and his last and dark drive is coming. The dark display, and his fatalistic monolog (voice from Marc Day) talking to himself during the going to kill himself in the car. He gets some flashbacks during the driving with echoes but it does not help him to stop his plan. At least expected moment comes the crash .... when he opens the eyes is everything so silent and slow. He is laying on the ground near the forrest by his crashed car and not able to move. Fabian is finally not dying as quickly as he expected. Waiting for his death is magicaly watching the sky and taking a bit more of monolog. Having time for exploring himself differently he sees things what he never has seen before. He has a thoughts which never had. At last he finds good ideas, good reasons to stay, but is too late, unwillingly closes his eyes and leaves our world.

This sad short movie is a dedication as Memorial to my close highschool classmate IVAN NIKL from Hradec Kralove, who commited suicide. The sunny, great man, excellent goalkeeper of football A team of same city who made same decision and left us forever. The main point of this short movie is to show how easly a young person can make a decision of his own life and end it without proper reason. A thousands of young people all around the world is needlessly killed by themself every year. Why? Mostly in real life, more than loosing the jobs or friends, loosing the living partner (as boyfriend or girlfriend) it is about loosing their patience, mental condition and strenght. Our short promts for NOT DOING IT. NOT KILLING YOURSELF. It is always a big sacrifice! This movie warns of the wasted human lives. It is never necessary and always hurts lots of people around. Please lets stop everybody even thinking about bussines like this as the way out.