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One family's fight      for an ocean hanging by a thread

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A FILM BY PLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL AND NOW NOW MEDIA
IN ASSOCIATION WITH  OCEAN CONSERVATION NAMIBIA

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THE STORY
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The
Story

 

Cutting the Line follows husband and wife team, Naude and Katja Dreyer, and their three children Dylan, Nina and Barely, as they embark on a mission to rescue seals entangled in deadly plastic pollution along the Namibian coastline. As the seals grow bigger, the debris cuts deeper into their bodies, causing painful wounds that often lead to an agonizing death.

 

What begins as a few spur-of-the-moment rescues quickly evolves into Ocean Conservation Namibia, a unique environmental organisation that finds itself pitted against this mounting global crisis.

 

Cutting the Line powerfully reveals the truth behind our disposable culture and serves as an inspirational clarion call to find solutions to the tragic consequences of plastic, before its too late.

 

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THE LOCATION
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The Look
& Location

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The indigenous San people first named Namibia’s Skeleton Coast “The land God made in anger”. At a glance the name seems apt. It is a harsh, unforgiving environment, forged from boiling desert and freezing ocean. But it also possesses a stark beauty and is teeming with life, especially the nutrient-rich ocean.

 

This environment forms an integral backdrop to the story and is explored through establishing shots, cutaways and locked-off shots. This visual contrast is ued to draw out the aesthetic of the film, with washed out hues juxtaposed against a rich color palette that echoes the underlying themes of abundance and scarcity, hope and despair, life and death.

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How We
Tell the Story

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A run-and-gun documentary style, supplemented by first person POV footage is utilized to capture the intensity of the action. This is guided by sit-down interviews and candid vignettes as we follow the Dreyer family and gain insight into their unique organisation and compelling personal story to structure the narrative thread.

 

Establishing shots, cutaways and locked off shots are wrapped around this to give the story context and depth.

THE STYLE
THE CREW
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The Crew

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A film by 

Plastic Oceans International and Now Now Media

In association with Ocean Conservation Namibia

Producer

Julie Andersen 

Executive Producer

William Pfeiffer

Director of Photography

Alan van Gysen

Story by 

Brett Shaw and Will Bendix

Edited by

Brett Shaw 

Original music by

Sagarias Tsam

Sound Engineer

Tim Pringle/Origin Audio

Written and directed by

Will Bendix 

THE ISSUE
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The Issue

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Plastic pollution is a global crisis that recognizes no borders and shows no mercy. It's impacting every community worldwide, invading our water, land and air; injuring and killing millions of animals each year and impacting human health. Cutting the Line makes a powerful statement against a disposable culture that threatens our existence, while making clear that individuals and communities can indeed make a difference.

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CONTACT
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Contact Us

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Funding and Distribution

Julie Andersen

Cat Hellmann

film@plasticoceans.org

Production

Alan van Gysen

alan@nownow.media

Now Now Media

www.nownow.media

Plastic Oceans

www.plasticoceans.org

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