Fan Films
Middle Earth Marvel: Born Of Hope a Fan Film
By Patrick Oliver February 13, 2010 - 14:40
Writer(s): Alex K Aldridge,
Starring: Christopher Dane, Beth Aynsley, Kate Madison, Danny George, Iain Marshall, Andrew McDonald, Luke Johnston
Directed by: Kate Madison
Running Time: 64 mins
Release Date: December 2009
Sometimes dreams come true.
Kate Madison a Cambridge actress spotted a Lord of The Rings competition that challenged talented filmakers to produce a five minute movie. Kate Madison spent £8,000 of her own money (she worked as a temp to pay for living expenses), raised a further £17,000 after the trailer was shown. And had a 400 strong crew of technical people and actors who all helped to make the hour-long film which was shot in Epping Forest, Essex, and Stow, in Suffolk.
Using a few short paragraphs in a Tolkien book as inspiration, she shot a story about future king; Aragorn.
Speaking to the Daily telegraph, a British broadsheet newspaper, she said;
"Aragorn is an extremely important person in Lord
of the Rings. But we don't know much about him except he is a ranger
and becomes king. People wanted to know where he came from and what his
people were like before he becomes king. "I used a couple of
paragraphs in the appendices and we followed a timeline Tolkien had
written at the back of the book so we had certain facts to follow, but
the rest we had to make up.”
In an amazing testiment to her and her fellow crew members five-year committment to getting the film finished, more than 500,000 people have now seen the full film since it was first posted on YouTube.
