stellar - the prologue filmbook

8/11/2019 STELLAR - The Prologue Filmbook

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In this book a documented journey of a dream touching ground with reality. An epic story about love, lightand darkness translated into a fantasy lm. Watch the lmmakers as they make their rst steps towardsthe realization of STELLAR, from the initial crowdfunding campaign to the shooting of the rst scenes.

The entire production process displayed, showing a remarkable dedicated, talented cast & crew on a boldmission. Take a rst look behind the STELLAR scenes and enjoy the beautiful pictures, stills and artwork.


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No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying,recording, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher.No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the informationcontained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in thepreparation of this book, the publisher and author assume noresponsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumedfor damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

All rights reserved 2014

Action Reaction Productions,Hilversum - The Netherlands

Credits:

RED Frames Pieter VerburgFlex Frames Navid TansazStoryboard Artist Michiel ReijndersSet Photographer Henk van Rijssen Maarten de Boer Bram Oosterhuis Gabie van Pinxteren-Ba kker Mark VerheulDesigned by Justin HeylWords Manon Plokker & Justin Heyl


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SPONSORS

Corstiaan SmorenburgEmile Boudeling

Vincent WijnbergenArjen Kleiss

AnoniemDani Stauder

P. van WoerdenAnnet van Manen

Sabrina SmitFranois Mostard

Wim LigterAnoniem

Wilma VermeulenHenriette DriesenDennis von BerghDirk Gunther Mohr

AnoniemSonny van de WeteringWillem van Dinteren

Peter KuipersJ. NeuteboomIman de Vries

Mariska SchooneveldMichel CarpayYaron Mesika

Ronald van der SpekMarieke Niestadt

N HeemskerkNiki van SantenPhilip LamersElaine FleurD.A. Vons

hans groenendijkMichel VolwaterStan van MierloJeroen SeegersE. Neuteboom

Louis Pool

Dedicated to the rst sponsors who believed in our dreams andsupported our crowdfunding campaign, thank you for your trust!


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A dream will get you started, but a team will make it happen. We are truly blessed by the creative, talented, dedicated people we get to call our c

We had a hard time nding the right actors for the STELLAR movie, the casting was a difcult process. We couldnt believe it when our LOTUS waHarry van Rijthoven was just perfect playing the priest, we were so happy with our collaboration. Each and every member of the funeral scene wYou all translated our story into esh and blood, and you all did a tremendous great job!


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An ancient innocent

godlike couple is torn

apart when evil

infiltrates the heart of

the man, the woman is

forced to leave and must

find her way back to

save the world and

defeat the power

of darkness.-logline

We, the Heyl Brothers, have already successfully created lms in many genres. However,weve always felt a desire to create a brutal, masculine Viking action movie. An epic talewith a deeper layer underneath. Weve invited Manon Polare to accompany us on thisjourney, together weve developed a thrilling fantasy tale with strong USPs listed below.

1. Joined forces by connecting the movie to an international album release 2. Use of new post-production techniques HDR and EDI 3. Commercial Crowdfunding, a new developed

crowdfunding concept, connecting business toart in a mutual benecial way.

4. The fantasy genre is not commonly used in the Dutch industry and from a

global perspective the story and genre are universal. 5. On a personal level this movie is a new, exciting challenge and were

condent on fullling this dream together with our talented, trustworthyAction Reaction Productions crew.

Were creating a short epic fantasy movie, the story is told by a voice overof one of the characters. Stellar is a fairytale about the origin of mankindand a erce battle between the opposing forces of good and evil. Stunningmusic will accompany the cinematographic art. Stellar is a cross-over project and connected to an internationalalbum release of the band Stellar, created by Manon Polare and Joshua Petit. Theyve written a special song tofeature the movie, and parts of the movie will be integrated in the video accompanying the album release.So, well be creating a short movie and a music video simultaneously.

Be ready for Vikings, nature, mystical inuences, slow-motion, re, water, magic and mindblowing costumes, masks& make-up. Its going to be EPIC!

The Fall meets Krull within a 30 minute running time. A classic fairytale aboutthe origin of mankind and a erce battle between the opposing forces of good andevil. Duality displayed in an earthlike arena in another dimension. The storys fullof ancient symbolism and wisdom, these topics always intrigued me and triggeredmy imagination as a lmmaker. Together with Manon Polare we combined severalaspects of these fascinating topics into a fairytale with a classic three-act structureand a clear narrative.

A story can be told in a million ways, but above all we value authenticity. Ourauthentic approach denes our work, its the Heyl Brothers signature. One of ourstandards included the use of new techniques in digital workow, some of whichwe developed. Techniques that serve the storytelling by adding an extra dimen-sion to the scene. The techniques used in this movie will be a display of 7 years ofresearch, testing and developing. This will be the ultimate showcase of our talentsand our bridge to a full feature lm. Were now surrounded by an amazing talentedteam, which we formed throughout the years. We are nally gathering somebudget, which gives us the opportunity to expand our horizon like never before.The time is ripe to reap what weve so eagerly sowed:

Lets make the most awesome epic short ever...

Justin Heyl

This was the initial STELLAR pitch for our crowdfunding campaign.


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The Heyl Brothers (Justin Heyl & Jol Heyl) are two talented award winning lmmakers who decided tokeep it in the family when they teamed up as a producing/directing duo. Both graduated at the prestigious

Utrecht school of arts, they are ready to seriously kick some ass. They seem to hold the ingredients forcinematographic gold. Its no surprise theyve won an award for every single release since they started in2010. With their unique talent and cutting edge technical approach their names will soon be established

worldwide. More about the Heyl Brothers on www.actionreaction.nl

Early in life Manon developed a strong interest in m usic and dance, as a young girl shestarted writing songs to express her thoughts and emotions. Like a diary she kept themfor herself, secretly dreaming of becoming a singer one day. When she heard aboutauditions for a local theatre play at the age of 16 she decided to give it a try... and gotherself a part! The play turned out to be a success as they performed at festivals acrossthe country. Manon didnt stay un-n oticed, a producer saw her perform and asked herfor his pop project, they recorded 2 singles and a video. The following years sheworked on several projects, exploring different styles of music to keep developing herself.In 1999 she decided to take a rest from it all and started travelling, while discovering newplaces she fell in love with Mexico and got herself a job as a piano-bar singer and dancer in a small diner-show. Singing anddancing every day gave her the condence she n eeded to make the next steps. After living in the sun for a year she decided toget her songs out there and moved back to Holland. While working as a M.C/Vocalist in clubs she m et a couple of producerswho wanted to work with her and within a year she signed her rst publishing-deal. After releasing a few dance records,including the major hit single The beat goes on, she wanted more and felt ready to work on her own songs and discover herown style. A friend told her about the Tiestos search for talent contest and encouraged her to send him a tape. Esmaye won!Out of hundreds of contestants they chose her for her exceptional voice and qualities as a songwriter and offered her arecord-deal. She released her debut single Easy and soon after that the worlds most famous DJ asked her to accompany himon his Just Be tour. Together they performed at prestigious festivals throughout Europe. After the tour she totally committedherself to her own career. She wrote and released her debut album Elements in Me alongside two beautiful videos in17 countries worldwide. Now shes back in the studio working on her 2nd album & writing for several EDM collaborations.

Joshua Petit is an upcoming composer/producer with a big feel for epicness.Leaving a magical touch on every production, Joshua is denitely set forgreatness. With an already impressive contribution to the Dutch movie sceneand his own sounddesign company, Stellar seemed a logical step on his path

towards the stars.

We work with an amazing loyal crew, theyve all shown their dedication over the past three years and weve all created manyamazing productions! An exact crew list will follow.

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Heres a nice view on thecrowdfunding, technique


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It has been quite the journey so far, but we are just getting started. If realizing this rst prologue taught us anything,its that by hard work you can achieve your dreams and magic will happen. These rst scenes show a dedication andtalent which we believe will get the movie nished. The future looks exciting and promising and we cant wait to startshooting again.

We are so grateful to all the people involved in this project, without you all of this simply wouldnt exist!

Lets nish it!!!

Much Love,

Heyl Brothers & Manon Polare

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