in flanders fields

"I have built and run a software development company, until recently when I sold my controlling stake to an investment consortium. Disillusioned with Corporate life, I asked myself "What do I really want to do?"

I mean want to do rather than need to do. Like most people; I have always had an interest in Visual media, whether that be photos, film or paintings. When these are combined with other media such as sound and animation the results can be memorable. So I decided that I would make a short web movie. I looked around for short scripts but couldn't find anything that could be produced on a zero budget. I had a book of poetry that I would read at bedtime, and some of the poems I found beautiful." "The poem "In Flanders Fields" and the circumstances in which it was written moved me. I did some research amongst young people and was horrified to find that most didn't even know when the first world war occured yet alone had heard of the poem. It doesn't touch young people at all, especially as Hollywood is not interested in this period of History. Have you noticed the generation gap at the Rememberence Day parades?"

"So our objective with this web movie is to encourage new people to be acquainted with these times, and perhaps encourage them to find out more. Maybe they will understand the need for remberence parade days. We have received many (unsolicited) emails from people simply saying "Thank you" and I honestly haven't ever received such a genuine and positive response from anything I have done before, in the six years that I have been involved in "new" media. I would love to do this full time, but I haven't figured out how to make a living from it yet!".

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