SONIC (360G-Wellcome-206703_Z_17_Z)

£10,000

We intend to make a popular, mass-market science-fiction feature film called ‘Sonic’, about alien craft that invade Britain and use resonance and sonics to probe and experiment, and a profoundly deaf teenager who alone holds the key to understanding this alien technology and saving the world. Our movie will be relevant to everyone who enjoys exciting, original science fiction. We aim to make a sophisticated but accessible film that immerses hearing people in the deaf experience, portrays contemporary deaf life in a realistic, un-condescending way, and presents science and technology in a credible but spectacular manner. This movie can serve as a gateway to learning about the true, awesome capabilities of sonics and resonance. It can also put the modern deaf experience on screen, as part of a human story that’s larger than the condition itself. We want to change people’s perception of deafness, and excite and educate people about a field of science that is all around them but of which they might not be fully aware, as well as making a successful British feature film that’s both emotionally intimate and immensely cinematic.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 10000
Applicant Surname Park
Approval Committee Public Engagement Fund (Small Awards) Committee
Award Date 2017-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2016/17
Grant Programme: Title Public Engagement Fund Small
Internal ID 206703/Z/17/Z
Lead Applicant Ms Nira Park
Partnership Value 10000
Planned Dates: End Date 2018-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2017-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London