The Kaden Project
The Kaden Project is a charity film project of mine to help raise awareness of how important it is to give kids opportunities to explore their own interests in life. It could be anything like being part of a sports team, being creative with arts and crafts, and even leaning to play a musical instrument.
Unfortunately, some families simply can’t afford these opportunities for their kids, and this is where Variety New Zealand comes into it, to help kids have the childhood they deserve. Variety have set up the Have A Go Scholarship, where families can apply and get financial assistance so their kids can have a go at something they are interested in.
Kaden was one of the kids who received a Have A Go Scholarship with Variety. He is very passionate about music and wanted to learn the guitar. Variety was going to provide him with guitar lessons for a year and a rented guitar, but I wanted to take this one step further with Kaden. The idea was to fly Kaden to Wellington for a weekend, and surprise him with a few additional opportunities in addition to the scholarship.
I was fortunate enough to get Barnaby Weir from the New Zealand bands, The Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties on board for the project, and we began to make a plan. The plan went without a hitch, and it was a day of surprise, excitement and inspiration for not just Kaden, but all of us.
I want to thank all involved who helped make this film a reality - I’m sure we can all agree it was totally worth the effort!
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Produced by Mark Gee - http://theartofnight.com
Thanks to
Variety New Zealand - https://www.variety.org.nz/
Matrix Digital - http://matrixdigital.co.nz/
Nikon New Zealand - http://www.nikon.co.nz/en_NZ
The Rockshop Wellington - https://www.rockshop.co.nz/
The Blackseeds - http://www.theblackseeds.com/
Fly My Pretties - http://www.flymypretties.com/
Wellington International Airport - https://www.wellingtonairport.co.nz/
Barnaby Weir
Kaden and Natasha
Blair Macdonald
Blair Quax
Jodi Mitchell
Katie Mccarthy-Burke
Michael Potton
Mark Papalii