A group of film students based in Auckland Park and Melville took an abandoned post office, and turned it into a bank robbery movie scene.
A third-year film production student at AFDA, Lindsay Dowling, said the 12-minutes movie called Courage is a graduation production, and it will be screened at Cinema Noveau, in Rosebank in November 2015.
She said part of the film took place at corner of 7th Street and 4th Avenue before moving to the Post Office building at the corner of Lothbury and Sunbury avenues in Melville.
“We had a rough time finding a bank to let us shoot the movie. So we decided to take on this abandoned post office, clean it up and transformed it into a location we needed,” explained Dowling.
The story line is about deadly gangsters, robbing a local bank; a cowardly street beggar finds the courage to rescue and developed a crush on a bank teller.
“The shooting of the movie began on 12 September and ended on 16 September. The lesson is that homeless people can sometimes help resolve crimes taking place in our neighbourhoods. Here we see a homeless man helping police in identifying bank robbers,” said Dowling.
Dowling encouraged other creative film students to spread social issues awareness, using their creativity – including selling their own talents and turning them into a business, if possible.
Related articles
Outdoor movies captivate at Brightwater
