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THIRST

THIRST


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Nomination for best Sci-fi in Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival
*FIRST short film in Ireland to be made using Virtual Production*
Written by CONOR & JAMES HOOPER
Directed by MANOLO MARCENÓ
Cast: AARAN DONOGHUE, EVAN MURPHY, KYRA KRENITSKY

In a future where Ireland has not seen rain in generations. Skav, a desert wanderer, ekes out a existence scavenging the remains of civilization. Witnessing an Uisca Corp airship crashing into the ruins of ancient Galway, he thinks his fortunes have changed. But, he is not the only one attracted to the carcass of the downed ship. He quickly finds himself tangled in a conflict between a rebel and a bionic Uisca Corp enforcer.





What is A virtual production?

BoredApe.productions and MaMa Digital Arts used Virtual Production to produce THIRST, Ireland’s first independent Virtual Production short film. Virtual Production (VP) bridges the physical and virtual worlds to make the creative process more transparent. Combining game-engine technologies, virtual reality and current film making hardware, VP allows crews to see their scenes unfold as they are composed and captured live on set. Famously used by Disney’s Mandelorian, VP is the latest revolution in immersive storytelling technology.

Advantages

VP has a number of benefits and cost reductions over traditional pipelines:
Locations can be changed in a few clicks and edited in real time. This eliminates teardown, transport and setup between real world locations allowing more energy to be spent on performances and content creatio
Pre-visualisation to post-production, VP encourages iterative collaboration between department heads reducing uncertainty and budget creep The never before possible flexibility of VP empowers creativity, experimentation and improvisation at all stages of production.
The latest revolution in content creation, VP is changing the industry as we know it

Our services

The skills and expertise gained by BoredApe.productions and MaMa Digital Arts on THIRST allows VP to be used for pre-visualisation, pre-production planning, TV series, news broadcasts, films, and virtual conference events.

Previous Work

Take out

TAKEOUT

Written by THEODOR BOWYER & ROSS MACCONNUÍBH
Directed by MANOLO MARCENÓ
Starring: JOSEPH PALMER - EAVAN MURPHY - PIOTR MARKIEWICZ




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SIBLINGS

Official selection 2021 "shot by the Sea" festival
Written by THEODOR BOWYE
Directed by MANOLO MARCENÓ
Starring: AARAN DONOGHUE - RORY DONOGHUE - ANAIS RIZZO




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RANDOM ACTS (AXE) OF KINDNESS

48h challange 2020
Best Editing and best SFX winner
Written by THEODOR BOWYE
Directed by MANOLO MARCENÓ
SFX Ryan Mckenna
Starring: AARAN DONOGHUE - MICHAEL PATRICK BREEN - ANAIS RIZZO - THEODOR BOWYE





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DAUGHTER

MY ROODE REEL 2019 - result n.1 in Ireland
Written by THEODOR BOWYE
Directed by MANOLO MARCENÓ
Starring: AMBRE SHONEFF - MICHAEL PATRICK BREEN - EVAN MURPHY - THEODOR BOWYE




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THREAD: From the land of fairy dark forces try and lead a man to his doom.

synopsis:: We follow a man, Caspian, who is struggling with the weight of a recently deceased girlfriend, due to suicide. At night Caspian keeps having dreams that pull him further from reality and closer to the unknown place on the other side of the river. The call of the river and the other side manifests as a red thread which winds itself through the streets to find Caspian every time, he falls asleep. Slowly he starts to let himself be seduced by the call of the fast flowing, dark water. Eventually he lets himself be dragged into the world of fairy by this mysterious red thread. The thread leads him through the land of fairy into the arms of a sinister witch. After he accepts her food she takes everything from him. 






FUDGE: One man is given ultimate power. But what will he use it for?

synopsis:In a cell deep inside a high-security mental asylum, Josh is communing with the ethereal. Finally, it clicks, he has found the ultimate powers of mind. He opens the door to his cell using these new powers and proceeds into the asylum. He knows what he wants and has the power to achieve it. The only thing between him and his goal is his tormentors, the malicious employees of the asylum. Thus commences a rampage of blood and violence. But what did josh want? What was it all for?






The Last Meal Of Kenny Fitzwilliams: A loveable tourist wanders into a situation where he has to bite off more than he can chew. Kenny Fitzwilliams is about to find out that certain things about your ancestors are best left undisturbed.

synopsis:Kenny Fitzwilliam is a lovable, goofy American tourist. He is travelling through Ireland to find the home of his ancestors. As he arrives in the village of his ancestors he has a hilarious time adjusting to the Irish way of life. But something seems off, there is a sinister mood slowly setting in around the village. Not to mention the old lady that keeps screaming at him to leave. Things progressively get darker as he finds out who his ancestors were and why they left. It will turn out the idyllic Irish village wasn’t as nice as it first seemed as the secrets it holds are revealed.






Violins Baggett's Violins: An absurd romp, a battle between two extremists, or just some musicians hitting each other with bread, it's all a matter of perspective.

synopsis:A wild day, a beach, Mozart and Beethoven. We find our first violinist wandering along a beach happy as can be playing a lovely Mozart ditty. But wait what's this a rival violinist is coming in the opposite direction playing Beethoven. This cannot stand they face off with each other as they play their respective tunes louder and louder. Until this state of affairs cannot be tolerated any longer and they put their violins down. As the sun is setting like samurai of old they run at each other with their traditional french weapons, the baggett. There is a vicious fight which ends only when a more dastardly enemy appears…

What is Bored Ape?

BoredApe.productions produced Ireland’s first virtual production short film and is a growing resource of virtual production expertise. Life is storytelling, and we are focused on producing high-quality Feature Films, Television series and Shorts. BoredApe.produtions is a creatively led company established by Ryan Mckenna in 2021 to develop original projects with only the highest level of quality, for both the domestic and international markets. One thing we would never claim to do, is to do it alone. Our goal is to collaborate with the most creative and dynamic individuals within the industry, in Ireland and abroad, and create award winning original content.