Our Story
Two tech geeks go on a quest for the ultimate piece of technology in a Lord of the Rings for the Google Generation. Visit the Latitude website for more information
Max and Percy, the unlikely heroes in our story, are tech geeks through and through. As best friends since school they spend all of their spare time, and much of their work time, involved in a modern day treasure hunting game called Geocaching, in which participants use GPS to hide and seek containers that are hidden across the globe.
Percy is an awkward IT man, he works in a computer store, and thinks he knows everything, with character traits based on a Windows PC. Max is a hipster-geek-apple-fanboy who worships everything Apple do and has many of the characteristics of the brand he models his life by. He claims to be a blogger but really he is on the dole.
Their best friend, Linux, died in a mysterious geocaching incident and the guys discover why when they are visited by an enigmatic ‘technological God’ (whose character is modelled on Steve Jobs). He tells them about a piece of dangerously powerful technology that was created in the early 1980s. This piece of technology is so powerful, and dangerous, that he had to hide it from the human race back in 1983.
The problem is, that since that time, a few other ‘evil’ companies (modelled on Google, Facebook etc), with their hearts set on technological domination and power, have rediscovered the secret and want to find it so that they can use it to take over the world. As the chosen ones, Max and Percy must stop them by going on a modern day treasure hunt- that spans two continents- to find a series of hidden objects that will unlock the code to the greatest piece of technology the world has ever known.
The Impact
There are over 1.5 million active geocaches with over 5 million members at the geocaching.com community that recorded over 4.5 million logins in the last 30 days. Its a popular and fascinating hobby that is just crying out for a film.
The aim is to make the film available for free online and to use new emerging methods of distribution. We'll also hide the film in a series of geocaches so that enthusiasts can recreate and engage in the film in innovative and new ways.
What We Need & What You Get
* We need this money to cover getting our 2 actors out to California, the equipment hire, travel costs, accommodation for the actors and their other filmmaking costs. Anything you donate will go towards these costs so even if we don't reach the intended target the rest will be funded by ourselves, that's how passionate we are about this project!!
* All the money gets put into the film, the crew are not getting paid and are funding their own travel costs to California. Lots of media professionals are also kindly donating their time to make this happen.
* We are currently in talks with some major companies in regards to sponsorship of the film (Mini/BMW for example have agreed to support the project as an Associate Producer - Level 8 Opposite - in exchange for some video work for their website
* We are also looking for in-kind support of that will help us to make this happen, so are looking for companies who would be interested in product placement in the film (it might be of particular interest to technology companies and gps comapnies for example). Anything they offer will go towards production, be it money, props, locations or items to use within the film. If you are interested in something along those lines then please feel free to contact us at pete@latitudethemovie.com
* We have a list of perks on the right hand side as a little thank you for making the project happen
* For the bigger investors we will also help you to make a film project happen (our team has a range of expertise in producing videos for a number of high profile charities, companies and organisations). So this could be an effective way to make something happen for you. If you are interested in this please select level 7 and level 8 and we will contact you about moving forward with this or alternatively email pete@latitudethemovie.com for more details
Other Ways You Can Help
Spread the word! Tell your friends, colleagues and family, see if any of them are interested in Geocaching (or just loaded!) and if so throw them our way! This is a great opportunity to get yourself a film credit and to help some young artists to make their dream happen.
We have our Website, Twitter and Facebook pages if you want any more info on our project. If you wish to contact us then please do so at pete@Latitudethemovie.com.
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