Nature Of The Beast - Debut shortfilm

ABOUT THE SHORTFILM:

Monica is a young woman who don´t take life that seriously. She is a gamer, who are also a streamer and on this particular day she get a new inappropriate comment. She tries to forget about it, but due to her environment, she starts to second guess everything. What if she could turn something negative into something good?

WORD FROM THE WRITER/DIRECTOR:

Hi there! My name is Ayelén. I am a actor, writer, director and mental health advocate who have written scripts for a few years. But none of my scripts have seen the light of dawn, yet. I am taking script courses via Cinematrix in Stockholm and have learned the principles of script writing. I feel ready to start sharing my art.

During the COVID-outbreak my personal life took a turn and I became very depressed. I found new ways to self-harm, and in 2022 I finally got therapy that saved my life. During this time I found myself in a position where I was bragging about my self-harm and no one would ask me " how are you, really?"

And this is what gave me the idea to " The Nature Of The Beast".

Other than mental health, I have a big passion for equality and womens/childrens rights, so this script was written due to personal experiences and with a question I have asked myself:

Do people understand the power of words we have in our private conversations? Can a single conversation or joke with another human being take us on another course at life?

Investing in "Nature Of The Beast " means contributing to a powerful film that shines light on how we speak about controversial subjects and hopefully, it will lead to people asking them selfies questions about what are their own opinion and what are influenced from society. The movie also aims to raise awareness about grooming and sexual consent.

Supporting this project means backing authentic storytelling that can resonate deeply with audiences.

BUDGET & HIRING GOALS

My goal is to raise 100k. Around 50% of the budget will go to cast and crew. It’s really important to me that people get paid, due to the low payment we already have as cultural-workers here in Sweden.

These are ballpark numbers, I have a much more detailed budget in the making, but it gives you a good and transparent idea of how I intend to invest cash donations:

47,500 SEK - Cast & Crew (includes, hair, make up , camera, sound, and so on)

15,000 SEK - Equipment and Rentals

12,000 SEK - Post Production

7,000 SEK - Locations and Production Design

6,000 SEK - Food

6,000 SEK - Apply for film festivals

TEAM

This will be updated as the team is coming together.

AYELÉN - Director and writer

Ayelén has worked in the film industry since 2018, starting as makeup and hair artist, casting and co-producent for the short film I want to see Gällivare burn before working on other several short projects such as How does it feel to be alive. She have also worked with music videos and stepping into the role of acting and writing since then.

Born in Piteå, Sweden and moved around in Sweden as well as spending one year abroad in Amarillo, Texas, Ayelén has been around the art of acting since high school. She trained in theater at Culture-school in Luleå, later at Kulturamas Art Educations in Acting. She went to Gloss International Academy for her certificate in makeup and hair and are doing both makeup and acting since June 2023.

Aside from work, she is a daydreamer that always want to make other people feel more brave about embracing helping themselves and promote personal growth as a part of being alive.

THANK YOU

Thank you so much for taking the time to explore my shortfilm! I greatly appreciate any donation you can make to the cause, no matter how big or small. Please feel free to share this with others <3

If you want to connect, you are more than welcome to inbox me on instagram orTiktok !

Hope you have a lovley day! <3