Down the Line - A short documentary set on the North sea - can you help fund this to a full feature length film?

Down the Line Trailer from James Ewen on Vimeo.

This is a trailer for my graduation film at Edinburgh College of Art. The story concerns itself with the past, present and future of the fishing industry in Shetland as seen from the point of view of a father and his son working side-by-side on a trawler, at the mercy of the North Sea.

Short Summary

Down the Line is a short documentary set in and around the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It follows the story of David and his son Ross on their fishing boat the Mizpah.

The film's story concerns itself with the past, present and future of the Scottish fishing industry as seen from the point of view of a father and a son working side by side on a trawler, at the mercy of the North Sea.

The Production took place over the course of a week in March 2013. Which saw cameraman, Duncan Cowles and director James Ewen, travel far North to the Shetland Islands. While there, they were given the opportunity to accompany the crew of commercial fishing boat the Mizpha, skippered by David Robertson, for a three day trip. This saw them sail off from Lerwick, on the east of the Islands, into the North Sea. Soon after leaving they were forced to change course in order to head round the South of the island and into the Atlantic, due to adverse weather conditions.

Collaborating with James on this film are award winning production team, Sara Forbes and Stuart Condy of Arpeggio Pictures.

To see James' journey first hand, have a sneak peak at the behind the scenes photos please visit his online journal at http://cargocollective.com/jamesewen/Down-the-Line. 

What We Need & What You Get

We are using this campaign to help get the film out there for the world to see. Our hopes are to extend this story from it's short 10 minute form into a feature length project. We need your help to fund distribution and future screenings of the film. Each donation can help us do the following:

• Print DVD covers, posters and other promotional materials.
• Burn DVD's and blu-ray copies for distribution
• Cover the cost of festival and screening submissions
• Help fund the growth of the film into a full length feature project with people who want to share our journey. 

We will be updating our progress as we go. Keep checking back here for weekly updates and for breaking news on how the campaign is progressing.

Other Ways You Can Help

If you can't contribute any monetary donations, please don't worry. You can help us by supporting future screenings of the film at your cinema or venue or maybe you know someone who would be able to help distribute the film.

If you can provide any of the above or just want to ask further questions, drop us a line atarpeggiopictures@gmail.co or visit our website at www.arpeggiopictures.com

A massive THANK YOU for visiting our page and for your continued support.