Filmmaker and St Johns College teacher Jose Sunny said the Oorjjam project started out as a labor of love but has grown to be a serious artistic pursuit.

“We did not do this project for monetary benefits, we are a bunch of movie enthusiasts who just want to do what we are passionate about,” he said.

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“Once it was done we thought that YouTube was a platform that would allow the film to reach as many people as possible.

“We would now like to send it to film festivals, the responses we’ve received so far for the film have been encouraging.

“Our first film, which was basically a film exercise was sent to festivals and it got us a lot of recognition, so we’re hoping to expand upon that for this film.”

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Mr Sunny said Oorjjam is a twenty minute film about energy.

“The movie is an interpretation of an Einstein theory that states energy can not be created nor destroyed it can only be transformed from one form to another,” he said.

“The idea is the film becomes a journey through energy and we have used a few characters to describe the journey.

“We use words to communicate, words are energy and they can destroy people, they can elevate people, the film is trying to say that energy can not be stopped so it asks the question-while it is there with us what are we going to do with it, what is a good way to use it?”

Giving the movie a professional look was one of the main goals the Dubbo film maker hoped to achieve with the Oorjjam project.

“I am happy with the results, we wanted to get a cinematic look which is hard to do when you have no budget,” Mr Sunny said.

“To get those shots we used a gimbal and a film software, that allowed us to get the highest quality results possible.

“We used a couple of drone shots and one or two things from stock footage, but the majority of the film was shot using a smart phone.

“Post-production was very important, we spent a lot of time on editing, sound design, colour grading to achieve a cinematic look. None of the people that worked on the film are professionals so what we have achieved with a zero budget is very pleasing.”

See the film here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGB_WfZavQk&ab_channel=unclebun