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| producer = Nicholas Ashe Bateman, David A. Ross, Z. Scott Schaefer, Lawrence Inglee
| producer = Nicholas Ashe Bateman, David A. Ross, Z. Scott Schaefer, Lawrence Inglee
| writer = Nicholas Ashe Bateman
| writer = Nicholas Ashe Bateman
| starring = Jordan Monaghan, Nicholas Ashe Bateman, Edmond Cofie, Christine Kellogg-Darrin, Josh Clark, Yasamin Keshtkar
| starring =
| music = [[Aaron Boudreaux]]
| music = [[Aaron Boudreaux]]
| cinematography = [[David A. Ross]]
| cinematography = [[David A. Ross]]
| editing = Nicholas Ashe Bateman
| editing = Nicholas Ashe Bateman
| studio =
| studio = [[Maere Studios]]
| distributor = [[Gravitas Ventures]]
| distributor = [[Gravitas Ventures]]
| released = {{Film date|2020|5|22|[[Chattanooga Film Festival]]|ref1=<ref>[https://screenanarchy.com/2020/05/chattanooga-2020-review-the-wanting-mare.html Review], Screen Anarchy, May 22, 2020.</ref>|2021|2|5|United States}}
| released = {{Film date|2020|5|22|[[Chattanooga Film Festival]]|ref1=<ref>{{cite web | last=Mack | first=Andrew | title=Chattanooga 2020 Review: THE WANTING MARE, A Fantastical and Haunting Fable | website=ScreenAnarchy | date=May 22, 2020 | url=https://screenanarchy.com/2020/05/chattanooga-2020-review-the-wanting-mare.html}}</ref>|2021|2|5|United States}}
| runtime = 89 minutes<ref>[https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2021-02-12/the-wanting-mare/ Review], ''[[Austin Chronicle]]''. February 12, 2021.</ref>
| runtime = 89 minutes<ref>{{cite web | title=Movie Review: The Wanting Mare | website=The Austin Chronicle | date=Feb 12, 2021 | url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2021-02-12/the-wanting-mare/}}</ref>
| country = United States
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'''''The Wanting Mare''''' is a 2020 [[fantasy]] [[science fiction]] film written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman.
'''''The Wanting Mare''''' is a 2020 [[science fiction]] [[fantasy]] film written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman.


==Plot==
==Plot==
In a [[post-apocalypse|post-apocalyptic]] realm called Anmaere, an annual drive ships wild horses from a rundown city called Whithren to another, far-off city, Levithen. Many denizens of Whithren hope to board the boat with the horses and travel to Levithen, which they believe holds a more promising future for them.
In a [[high fantasy]] world called Anmaere, north of the city of Whithren, wild horses run through the moorlands and up the coast. These horses are the city’s most valuable export and, as a result, are hunted, trapped, sold, and shipped across the sea once a year. For those in Whithren, this trade passage creates lucrative and exciting possibilities: the chance to escape their constantly sweltering city and escape to the Western continent of Levithen, or simply to begin again.

Meanwhile, in a small house just north of the city, a young woman dies in childbirth. Her last words are an attempt to tell her daughter of the life she’ll have and her inheritance of a recurring dream that must be kept secret – for it contains the memories of another age long before us, one where magic and myth were alive in the world.

That daughter now left behind is Moira. She grows alone in Whithren, without anyone to explain her dream, her unique difference, or her place in the world. As a result, she resolves to leave Whithren at all costs, and employs the help of Lawrence, a wounded young man engaged in the criminal enterprise of stealing tickets.

This begins a series of events that echo over the next thirty-five years of their life, the life of a child found screaming on the rocks, and through the alleys and coasts of Whithren…a city hidden in the fog, wanting in heat, now beginning again. <ref>https://www.slashfilm.com/the-wanting-mare-trailer-new/</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Jordan Monaghan]] - young Moira
*Jordan Monaghan - Moira
* Ashleigh Nutt - young Moira
*[[Christine Kellogg-Darrin]] - old Moira
*[[Christine Kellogg-Darrin]] - old Moira
*Nicholas Ashe Bateman - young Lawrence
*Nicholas Ashe Bateman - young Lawrence
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==Development==
==Development==
''The Wanting Mare'' is Bateman's first feature-length film; he did not attend film school, had no visual effects training, and worked independently on the film's development, part of which was funded through a campaign on the crowdsourcing website [[Indiegogo]].<ref name="variety">{{cite web |date=Feb 5, 2021 |title='The Wanting Mare' Review: A Visually Transporting Fable |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-wanting-mare-review-1234902355 |website=Variety}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Alix |date=2022-02-02 |title=The Wanting Mare: An Interview with Writer-Director Nicholas Ashe Bateman |url=https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-news/film-interviews/the-wanting-mare-an-interview-with-writer-director-nicholas-ashe-bateman/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Film Obsessive |language=en-US}}</ref> Bateman credits the earliest inspirations of the film to be Emily Bronte's ''<nowiki/>'Wuthering Heights'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eye For Film: Interview with Nicholas Ashe Bateman about The Wanting Mare |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2020-05-24-interview-with-nicholas-ashe-bateman-about-the-wanting-mare-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=www.eyeforfilm.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Ashe Bateman: "The only real piece of advice that I imagine I can have for anyone is to continue and continue at all costs" |url=https://www.clapperltd.co.uk/home/nicholas-ashe-bateman-the-only-real-piece-of-advice-that-i-imagine-i-can-have-for-anyone-is-to-continue-and-continue-at-all-costs |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=CLAPPER |language=en-US}}</ref>
''The Wanting Mare'' is Bateman's first feature-length film; he did not attend film school and worked independently on the film's development, part of which was funded through a campaign on the crowdsourcing website [[Indiegogo]].<ref name=variety/> [[Shane Carruth]] was involved with executive production for a time, but he removed his name from the project in 2020 after accusations of abuse against him were made public.<ref>https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-wanting-mare-review-1234902355/</ref>


The film took over five years to make, and has over 500 visual effects shots<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-03-16 |title=VFX Voice - The Wanting Mare and the Dream that Became Reality |url=https://www.vfxvoice.com/the-wanting-mare-and-the-dream-that-became-a-reality/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=VFX Voice Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=the wanting mare making of - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=the+wanting+mare+making+of&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1071US1071&oq=the+wanting+mare+making+of&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg7MgYIARBFGEAyCggCEAAYgAQYogQyCggDEAAYgAQYogQyCggEEAAYgAQYogQyCggFEAAYgAQYogTSAQg0NTU3ajBqNKgCALACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=www.google.com}}</ref>. Cinematographer David A. Ross used a Sony A7SII with Anamorphic lenses<ref>{{Cite web |title=This Filmmaker Made a Fantasy Epic With No Major Studio Support {{!}} No Film School |url=https://nofilmschool.com/2020/05/wanting-mare-fantasy-universe |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=nofilmschool.com |language=en}}</ref>. Bateman shot much of the film in a [[storage unit]] in [[Paterson, New Jersey]];<ref>{{cite web |last=Patches |first=Matt |date=May 19, 2020 |title=This futuristic fantasy was almost entirely shot in a storage unit |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/19/21263688/the-wanting-mare-trailer-shane-carruth-nicholas-ashe-bateman |website=Polygon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Feldberg |first=Isaac |date=Aug 24, 2020 |title=Nine Film Festival Favorites That Deserve a Home - Festivals & Awards |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/distributors-buy-these-film-festival-favorites |website=rogerebert.com}}</ref> while other shots were filmed along the coast of the northeastern United States and in [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=Jan 20, 2021 |title=This indie film with more than 500 VFX shots took more than 5 years to make |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2021/01/20/this-indie-film-with-more-than-500-vfx-shots-took-more-than-5-years-to-make/ |website=befores & afters}}</ref>
The movie was made over the course of five years with a limited crew. While there were parts of the film shot in Baltimore and Nova Scotia, the movie was largely filmed on green screen in Paterson, New Jersey, utilizing minimal practical elements and digital sets made over the five-year stretch by Bateman, producer/gaffer Z. Scott Schaefer, producer/Director of Photography David A. Ross, Production Designer/ Co-Producer Cassandra Louise Baker, and co-producer Ger Condez <ref>https://beforesandafters.com/2021/01/20/this-indie-film-with-more-than-500-vfx-shots-took-more-than-5-years-to-make/</ref>.

The film was largely shot on green-screen<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Failes |first=Ian |date=2021-01-20 |title=This indie film with more than 500 VFX shots took more than 5 years to make |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2021/01/20/this-indie-film-with-more-than-500-vfx-shots-took-more-than-5-years-to-make/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=befores & afters |language=en-US}}</ref> and composited in After Effects and Blender<ref name=":0" />. The film utilizes many digital matte paintings done by the director<ref name=":2" />.

During the five years of production, Bateman lived in the office space that was used to edit the film and create the visual effects<ref name=":1" />. During this time, the group of Bateman, David A. Ross, Z. Scott Schaefer, and Cassandra Louise Baker founded the visual effects company [[Maere Studios]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.maerestudios.com/about-us |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=MAERE STUDIOS |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=thefilmmakerspodcast |date=2022-03-08 |title=Masterclass on VFX; Directing, Mental Health, and the Making of The Wanting Mare with writer/director Nicholas Ashe Bateman |url=https://thefilmmakerspodcast.com/masterclass-on-vfx-mental-health-and-the-making-of-the-wanting-mare-with-writer-director-nicholas-ashe-bateman/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=The Filmmakers Podcast |language=en-GB}}</ref>.

[[Shane Carruth]] was involved as an executive producer for a time, but he removed his name from the project in 2020 after accusations of abuse against him were made public.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kohn |first=Eric |date=2020-05-22 |title=Shane Carruth Is Quitting Filmmaking and Using His Anger to Help a Young Director |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/shane-carruth-interview-quitting-filmmaking-the-wanting-mare-1202232967/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="variety" /> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Robert |date=2020-05-21 |title=Shane Carruth Discusses The World-Building In The New Indie Fable, 'The Wanting Mare' [Interview] |url=https://theplaylist.net/shane-carruth-wanting-mare-interview-20200521/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=The Playlist |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
In his [https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-wanting-mare-review-matrix-1234615127/ review], Eric Kohn of [[IndieWire|Indiewire]] called the film '''The Most Intriguing World-Building since '[[The Matrix]]''<nowiki/>'<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kohn |first=Eric |date=2021-02-05 |title=‘The Wanting Mare’ Review: The Most Intriguing Sci-Fi World-Building Since ‘The Matrix’ |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-wanting-mare-review-matrix-1234615127/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref>.
The film received positive reviews from ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''<ref>[https://www.wired.com/story/wanting-mare-is-most-visual-fantasy-recent-memory/ Review], ''Wired'', February 12, 2021</ref> and mixed reviews from ''[[IndieWire]]'',<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/the-wanting-mare-review-matrix-1234615127/ Review], ''IndieWire'', February 5, 2021</ref> ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'',<ref>[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wanting-mare-movie-review-2021 Review], ''RogerEbert.com'', February 5, 2021</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'',<ref name=variety>[https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-wanting-mare-review-1234902355 Review], ''Variety'', February 5, 2021</ref> and ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]''.<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/movies/22265256/the-wanting-mare-review Review], ''Polygon'', February 4, 2021.</ref>
[[File:TWM Moira Porch 001.jpg|thumb|700x700px|A behind-the-scenes still from the documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICAqTaizAW8&t 'Making The Wanting Mare']]]
[[Nerdist]] called it a [https://nerdist.com/article/the-wanting-mare-review/ ''<nowiki/>'dreamy, dazzling debut'']<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE WANTING MARE Is a Dreamy, Dazzling Fantasy Debut |url=https://nerdist.com/article/the-wanting-mare-review/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Nerdist |language=en-US}}</ref>' and [[Variety (magazine)|Variety's]] Mark Keizer said in his [https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-wanting-mare-review-1234902355/ review]: ''"the film’s one unmistakable thrill is knowing its expansive world is the brainchild of one person, a first-time director who dropped out of college, never went to film school and worked for more than five years to fulfill a vision."''

The film received a positive review from ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]],''<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Review: 'The Wanting Mare' Is the Most Visual Fantasy in Recent Memory | magazine=Wired | date=Feb 12, 2021 | url=https://www.wired.com/story/wanting-mare-is-most-visual-fantasy-recent-memory/}}</ref> [[Los Angeles Times|The Los Angeles Times]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=2021-02-04 |title=Review: Persistence is required in the mythic land of 'The Wanting Mare' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-02-04/review-persistence-is-required-in-the-mythic-land-of-the-wanting-mare |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>, [[RogerEbert.com]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-21 |title=Nine Film Festival Favorites That Deserve a Home {{!}} Festivals & Awards {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/distributors-buy-these-film-festival-favorites |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=www.rogerebert.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and mixed reviews from ''[[IndieWire]]'',<ref>{{cite web | title='The Wanting Mare' Review: Sci-Fi World is 'The Matrix' in Miniature | website=IndieWire | date=Feb 5, 2021 | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/the-wanting-mare-review-matrix-1234615127/ }}</ref> ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'',<ref>{{cite web | last=Hadadi | first=Roxana | title=The Wanting Mare movie review (2021) | website=rogerebert.com | date=Feb 5, 2021 | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wanting-mare-movie-review-2021}}</ref> and ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hassenger | first=Jesse | title=The Wanting Mare is a special-effects triumph for indie sci-fi | website=Polygon | date=Feb 4, 2021 | url=https://www.polygon.com/movies/22265256/the-wanting-mare-review}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt2267554}}
* {{IMDb title|tt2267554}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICAqTaizAW8 ''<nowiki/>'Making the Wanting Mare'']' a behind the scenes documentary on [[YouTube|Youtube]]


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Latest revision as of 08:10, 15 December 2024

The Wanting Mare
Film poster
Directed byNicholas Ashe Bateman
Written byNicholas Ashe Bateman
Produced byNicholas Ashe Bateman, David A. Ross, Z. Scott Schaefer, Lawrence Inglee
StarringJordan Monaghan, Nicholas Ashe Bateman, Edmond Cofie, Christine Kellogg-Darrin, Josh Clark, Yasamin Keshtkar
CinematographyDavid A. Ross
Edited byNicholas Ashe Bateman
Music byAaron Boudreaux
Production
company
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release dates
Running time
89 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Wanting Mare is a 2020 science fiction fantasy film written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman.

Plot

[edit]

In a post-apocalyptic realm called Anmaere, an annual drive ships wild horses from a rundown city called Whithren to another, far-off city, Levithen. Many denizens of Whithren hope to board the boat with the horses and travel to Levithen, which they believe holds a more promising future for them.

Cast

[edit]

Development

[edit]

The Wanting Mare is Bateman's first feature-length film; he did not attend film school, had no visual effects training, and worked independently on the film's development, part of which was funded through a campaign on the crowdsourcing website Indiegogo.[3] [4] Bateman credits the earliest inspirations of the film to be Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'[5][6]

The film took over five years to make, and has over 500 visual effects shots[7][8]. Cinematographer David A. Ross used a Sony A7SII with Anamorphic lenses[9]. Bateman shot much of the film in a storage unit in Paterson, New Jersey;[10][11] while other shots were filmed along the coast of the northeastern United States and in Nova Scotia, Canada.[12]

The film was largely shot on green-screen[13] and composited in After Effects and Blender[12]. The film utilizes many digital matte paintings done by the director[14].

During the five years of production, Bateman lived in the office space that was used to edit the film and create the visual effects[13]. During this time, the group of Bateman, David A. Ross, Z. Scott Schaefer, and Cassandra Louise Baker founded the visual effects company Maere Studios[15][14].

Shane Carruth was involved as an executive producer for a time, but he removed his name from the project in 2020 after accusations of abuse against him were made public.[16][3] [17]

Reception

[edit]

In his review, Eric Kohn of Indiewire called the film 'The Most Intriguing World-Building since 'The Matrix'[18].

A behind-the-scenes still from the documentary 'Making The Wanting Mare'

Nerdist called it a 'dreamy, dazzling debut[19]' and Variety's Mark Keizer said in his review: "the film’s one unmistakable thrill is knowing its expansive world is the brainchild of one person, a first-time director who dropped out of college, never went to film school and worked for more than five years to fulfill a vision."

The film received a positive review from Wired,[20] The Los Angeles Times[21], RogerEbert.com[22] and mixed reviews from IndieWire,[23] RogerEbert.com,[24] and Polygon.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Mack, Andrew (May 22, 2020). "Chattanooga 2020 Review: THE WANTING MARE, A Fantastical and Haunting Fable". ScreenAnarchy.
  2. ^ "Movie Review: The Wanting Mare". The Austin Chronicle. Feb 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "'The Wanting Mare' Review: A Visually Transporting Fable". Variety. Feb 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Turner, Alix (2022-02-02). "The Wanting Mare: An Interview with Writer-Director Nicholas Ashe Bateman". Film Obsessive. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  5. ^ "Eye For Film: Interview with Nicholas Ashe Bateman about The Wanting Mare". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  6. ^ "Nicholas Ashe Bateman: "The only real piece of advice that I imagine I can have for anyone is to continue and continue at all costs"". CLAPPER. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  7. ^ admin (2021-03-16). "VFX Voice - The Wanting Mare and the Dream that Became Reality". VFX Voice Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  8. ^ "the wanting mare making of - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  9. ^ "This Filmmaker Made a Fantasy Epic With No Major Studio Support | No Film School". nofilmschool.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  10. ^ Patches, Matt (May 19, 2020). "This futuristic fantasy was almost entirely shot in a storage unit". Polygon.
  11. ^ Feldberg, Isaac (Aug 24, 2020). "Nine Film Festival Favorites That Deserve a Home - Festivals & Awards". rogerebert.com.
  12. ^ a b "This indie film with more than 500 VFX shots took more than 5 years to make". befores & afters. Jan 20, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Failes, Ian (2021-01-20). "This indie film with more than 500 VFX shots took more than 5 years to make". befores & afters. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  14. ^ a b thefilmmakerspodcast (2022-03-08). "Masterclass on VFX; Directing, Mental Health, and the Making of The Wanting Mare with writer/director Nicholas Ashe Bateman". The Filmmakers Podcast. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  15. ^ "About Us". MAERE STUDIOS. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  16. ^ Kohn, Eric (2020-05-22). "Shane Carruth Is Quitting Filmmaking and Using His Anger to Help a Young Director". IndieWire. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  17. ^ Daniels, Robert (2020-05-21). "Shane Carruth Discusses The World-Building In The New Indie Fable, 'The Wanting Mare' [Interview]". The Playlist. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  18. ^ Kohn, Eric (2021-02-05). "'The Wanting Mare' Review: The Most Intriguing Sci-Fi World-Building Since 'The Matrix'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  19. ^ "THE WANTING MARE Is a Dreamy, Dazzling Fantasy Debut". Nerdist. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  20. ^ "Review: 'The Wanting Mare' Is the Most Visual Fantasy in Recent Memory". Wired. Feb 12, 2021.
  21. ^ Murray, Noel (2021-02-04). "Review: Persistence is required in the mythic land of 'The Wanting Mare'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  22. ^ "Nine Film Festival Favorites That Deserve a Home | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  23. ^ "'The Wanting Mare' Review: Sci-Fi World is 'The Matrix' in Miniature". IndieWire. Feb 5, 2021.
  24. ^ Hadadi, Roxana (Feb 5, 2021). "The Wanting Mare movie review (2021)". rogerebert.com.
  25. ^ Hassenger, Jesse (Feb 4, 2021). "The Wanting Mare is a special-effects triumph for indie sci-fi". Polygon.
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