Press Kit 2016

Press Kit
2016
THE CIDE
Press Kit 2016
V.4.3 English
TECHNICAL DATA
- ORIGINAL NAME: THE CIDE
- FORMAT: 2K
- LENGTH: 22 MINUTES
CAST
Kevin Grace: Marco Rossetti
Detective Minardi: Andrea Sartoretti
Leonard Rivera: Giulio Cristini
Verity Rotmork: Margherita Laterza
Eva Sillic: Chiara Mastalli
Gustav Keller: Niccolò Senni
Astrid Klari: Claudia Salvatore
Robert Fabris: Antonio Covatta
Dimitar Novikov: Fabrizio Bordignon
Fabien Doroshenko: Federico Palmieri
CREW
Director: Lorenzo Corvino
A production of:
Kahuna Film / Videns Pictures / Prontimotoreazione
Created by: Daniele Zed Berretta
Written by: Cristiano Malacrino
Executive Producers:
Francesco Bruschettini and Francesco Cimpanelli
Produced by:
F. Cimpanelli and F. Bruschettini (Kahuna Film)
D. Zed Berretta, C. Malacrino, S. Nitrato Izzo, F. Bottacchiari,
L. Saponetta and D. Capaccetti (Videns Pictures)
A. De Riso (PMA)
VFX: Lorenzo Saponetta and Daniele Zed Berretta
Photography: Emanuele Zarlenga
Editing: Mario Marrone
Sound Design and Original Music: Francesco Catitti
Costumer: Marina Roberti
Concept Art and Matte Painting: Paolo Luciani
Coordinator: Daniele Bellucci A.P.A.I.
Assistant Director: Tiziano Grasso
Produced in collaboration with:
D-Vision Italia, Frame by Frame, Filotecnica
Base on the Graphic Novel The Cide
THE STORY
2077 - World borders are disbanded, creating social and ethnic
heterogeneous conglomerates.
In the East Block of a distant city, a relentless series of homicides breaks the silence. Only one person seems to be linked to
the trail of dead bodies. His name is Kevin Grace, an anonymous crime news photo reporter.
Suddenly his nights are haunted by vivid nightmares, where
snap-shots are showing the faces of victims in unreal scenarios. Victims that are going to be found dead by suicide the day
after.
Shortly Kevin understands that those deaths are not suicides,
but homicides. The only clues to the answer are inside his dream state. Kevin, helped by his best friend Leonard and his
enig- matic soul mate Verity, decides to start his own inves- tigation instead of embracing madness.
However, the walk through the trail of blood brings him into
unexpected troubles, forcing him to sneak past the radar of
Detective Minardi, the long arm of the law, and JB Magenia,
the most dreadful criminal of the East Block.
The silent and filthy suburbs once called home are soon changed into a theater of death, where the line between dreams
and reality is barely perceptible.
With no safe place to go and nobody to trust, Kevin walks on
the razor’s edge.
He knows that only one piece of the puzzle can save him: the
CIDE letters.
THE SERIE
Inspired by the most recent and famous Hollywood graphic
novels, like the ones of Zack Snyder and Frank Miller, in combination with the well known Japanese Manga and with the
goal of creating an in- novative visual experience, the TV show
is based on the Comic 2.0 of the same name.
Starting with the classic noir plot, in a sequence of inspired
and original twists and dramatic turns of events, it will explore
the obscure alleys of the East Block and the mournful soul of
the main character.
PRODUCTION MEMOS
The Cide is the result of the union of various professionists
coming from different artistic fields.
Comics, Cinema, Special Effects, Music. Starting from the
Graphic Novel designed in the 2007 by Daniele Berretta and
Cristiano Malacrino, we realized this first episode of the serie
relying on the collaboration of different organizations that are
betting with us on the activity: D-Vision Italia for the technical
material, Frame by Frame for the post-production and counting on the high level support of Daniele Bellucci (Coordinator
of several movies and TV shows and president of the A.P.A.I.
organization) that made possible the creation of a professional
and high quality work infrastructure.
The cast is commercial and full of young talents, but leaves
free some key roles that are going to be developed in the next
episodes. Essential is the role of the VFX (approximately 93%
of the scenes) realized by Videns Pictures that is also the associate producer of the project. Thanks to this union of intentions it was possible to reduce drastically the realization costs,
allowing the production value to reach a 1 : 5 proportion.
The multiethnic setting and the undefined place represented
by the city of Novagrad (where the events of our protagonists
take place), wink to any possible co-production for the development of the entire serie.
PRODUCTION MEMOS
The entire serie will have 7-10 episodes (depending on the final
format that is not yet defined). The sketch for the next episodes
and the theme for a possible second season, plus various ideas
and spin-off are already written.
The result of all this is an innovative and engaging mix that
makes The Cide a charming, unique for its kind, strongly international product, where the know - how of expert professionists joins the enthusiasm of a young production, making possible a low cost result that mantains high standards of quality.
THE COMIC 2.0
Conceived in the year 2007 and translated in four
different languages, The Cide has been released
on the web in the late 2008, rapidly collecting the
approval of medias, like online newspapers and
public TV channels (Corriere della sera, L’espresso,
GQ, Rai 4), that promptly emphasized the project
with articles and interviews.
In the late 2009, with the victory of an American
Design Award, The Cide became internationally
known and reached 40.000 readers.
To this day, by virtue of its uncommon graphic
identity, The Cide is identified as an unique web
experience, bringing together the opinions of users
and critics.
Thanks to the digital animations, its distinct
interactive elements (the user can browse through the
pages like in a real comic), a characteristic texture
and use of colors, the project distinguished itself
for his unique image process and visual identity
THE CHARACTERS
Kevin Grace / Marco Rossetti
Insecure, submissive and vaguely inquiring.
Kevin acts like somebody
that doesn’t want to be acknowledged as
troublemaker or either bring
any kind of attention to himself.
Used to live on his own and at the mercy
of events, he still keeps a stable
emotional balance.
He’s aloof from everything and everybody,
except Verity and Leonard,
his only beloved ones.
Ispettore Minardi / Andrea Sartoretti
A blunt and rude way of being. Minardi
is aware of being unsociable
and doesn’t do anything to hide it.
He tends to correct whoever does
mistakes or tries to contradict him.
He’s bright and always speaks in a
direct way. Minardi is a laconic character
that always studies carefully
the circumstances with a restless and
attempt gaze.
Leonard Rivera / Giulio Cristini
Kevin’s best friend. He’s extroverted
and arrogant with
everybody. Leonard uses vulgarity
to help his defusing
attitude and self-confidence.
He’s inclined to underrate
everything and everybody,
as well as relationships with
extremely dangerous people.
Verity Rotmork / Margherita Laterza
Kevin’s flame. Verity has a very
firm nature and, from time
to time, can be very passionate.
She has a quite and suggestive
persona. Her movements are so
distinctive to the point of feeling
exceedingly studied.
The impenetrable darkness of her
past, an intense and sharp tone
of voice, joined with the ability of
spearing the soul of her interlocutors
are among Verity’s distinctive traits.
Eva Sillic / Chiara Mastalli
A cheerful and simple girl,
Eva works in the same editorial
office as Kevin. She promptly
transmits the idea of of being
easy and natural.
It’s not the objective beauty that
makes every individual aware of
Eva’s presence, but the self-confidence
and the inner energies shining
behind her smiles.
Gustav Keller / Niccolò Senni
Gustav is a committed reporter,
able to go beyond any limit for the
sake of truth. His curiosity and
willing to know clearly influence his
movements and language. If it doesn’t
fit with the goals, it doesn’t need
Gustav’s attention. He’s always anxious
to go straight to the point.
Astrid Klari / Claudia Salvatore
Quite and analytical, she has a
direct and sharp gaze. She is
not interested in the power of
seduction, limiting herself to the
mere study of human beings
(possibly dead) and items to
understand their hidden
history. She has a pragmatic
way of being and very harsh
body and verbal language.
Robert Fabris / Antonio Covatta
The chief of “24/7”. He’s good-nature
and pragmatic at the same time.
Rob is one of the few characters
that looks like conducting a normal
life. The only arbitrary agreement
that he did in his life was to accept
money from a secret backer and
achieve his dream: be the boss of a
newsroom. The price of his dream?
Hire a guy called Kevin Grace and
give him a pliable job with the
minimum salary.
Dimitar Novikov / Fabrizio Bordignon
His aspect fully shows his personality.
Contrary to Fabien he has a quiet
and analytical behaviour. Dimitar
observes every situation in cold
blood and he’s inclined to reduce
every effort to the smallest.
Although his couldn’t-give-a-damn
attitude he considers people measuring
their value as if they were mere objects.
Fabien Doroshenko / Federico Palmieri
JB’s hound dog. He is deceitful
and bully. Fabien is meek with the
strong, but loves to humiliate the
weak. Attentive when he moves, gets
betrayed by his own body language,
that clearly shows nervousness
and latent violence. Violence that
comes out every time he stumbles
on harmless people.
JB Magenia
The boss of the Mob in the East Block. Behind his mysterious grim
and friendly manners, JB hides his cruel and bloody nature. In spite
of his dark reputation he has a personality. Distinguished by extravagant
tastes, JB loves to be surrounded by people and bizarre items. He
ascended the chain of command with slyness and always covering his
real intentions. In cold blood plotter, JB is able to naturally change his
smile into a mask of death.
Dottor Stanford
Stanford is a man capable of transmitting a crushing presence. He is a
very steady person and in spite of his lack of loquacity, Stanford has
a linear and refined word stock. He is able to move with gracefulness
and calmness and to look through the soul of all his interlocutors.
Padre Donovan
Humble, elegant and quite. Donovan loves to show his loquacity colored
by a peculiar noble language. Thanks to his oratorical skills, Donovan
managed to build a solid non violent leader position that guides
followers using the skills of a clever talker.
ABOUT US
Kahuna Film s.r.l., is a young production company active in Rome
and Milan, born in January 2013 by the initiative of the two charter members: Francesco Bruschettini and Francesco Cimpanelli that
after attending to the three years of formation at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Roma, decided to bring to life a
new young and dynamic reality that answers their needs of artistic
expression.
Furthermore the two business partners trained working on several
national and international sets (low budget products, industrial movies and TV shows), learning their job directly on the field.
This allowed them to learn both the solid foundations of the old professionists and the enthusiasm of the new realities. In few words,
Kahuna Film represents the balance between quality and costs optimization. When is about the TV world and new formats, Kahuna
Film is always on the frontline. Furthermore they can count on the
experience gathered in the executive productions of TV Commercials, Music Videos and Documentaries.
The company started its path producing several short movies that
obtained great success in the most relevant Italian and International
festivals. They reached the Cannes Film Festival 2015 (Short Film
Corner) with two products: “Il fascino di chiamarsi Giulia” of Samuel Leon Alfani and “Monde Ayahuasca” of Federico Cianferoni
and Pietro Carbajal.
They are currently developing two movies and an innovative Web
Serie that is the result of a mix between a Sit Com and the new digital
formats.
Summing up, inside the dusty and old world of the audiovisual Italian productions, the company stands strong bringing solid results to
the constant request of new products, mantaining professionalism
and experience that don’t endanger the costs.
ABOUT US
Videns Pictures is a company that offers production and
post-production services, conceived with the intent of unifying
different sets of backgrounds specialized in the communication field.
Videns Pictures is able of mixing the creative and productive
process together, unifying the idea, the concept and the creation of the story board with the post-production.
Daniele Zed Berretta and Cristiano Malacrino establish
Videns Pictures together with their friends and collegues Lorenzo
Saponetta (Videns Studios), Daniele Capaccetti and Fabrizio Bottacchiari. Shortly after they realize the first 2.0 Comic called The Cide,
created by an idea of Berretta and Malacrino, and carried on by the
entire team. The Cide gains a lot of success on the Internet, winning the American Design Award that allows the young company
to work for various national and international artists and partners.
In the year 2012, Silvia Nitrato Izzo joins Videns Pictures with the
role of coordinator. Thanks to her, Videns Pictures contacts several
production companies and realise the pilot of The Cide, the Serie.
Videns Pictures collaborates regularly with Paolo Luciani, artist with
great experience and professionalism, that for The Cide project
takes care of the post-production and VFX.
Technical partners:
• ProntiMotoreAzione
• D-Vision Italia
• Frame By Frame
CONTACTS
Francesco Bruschettini (Kahuna Film):
bruschettini@kahunafilm.it
Francesco Cimpanelli (Kahuna Film):
cimpanelli@kahunafilm.it
Cristiano Malacrino (Videns Pictures):
c.malacrino@videns-pictures.com
Daniele Zed Berretta (Videns Pictures):
d.berretta@videns-pictures.com
Videns Pictures Staff
info@videns-pictures.com
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