London,
(ANI):
It
has
emerged
that
a
Lord
of
the
Rings
fan
has
spent
all
her
life
savings
to
film
a
prequel
to
the
blockbuster
trilogy.
Kate
Madison,
31,
filmed,
produced
and
starred
in
her
hour-long
film,
'Born
of
Hope",
which
took
six
years
to
make
with
a
volunteer
cast
and
crew
of
more
than
400.
She
spent
8,000
pounds
on
the
project
and
raised
17,000
pounds
by
posting
a
trailer
on
YouTube.
The
final
cut
has
been
viewed
by
more
than
half
a
million
people
since
it
was
launched
online
in
December,
and
now
Madison
is
hoping
to
pitch
it
to
Hollywood
distributors.
The
film
was
shot
in
Epping
Forest,
Essex,
and
West
Stow,
Suffolk,
and
the
cast
and
crew
camped
in
tents
on
set
to
keeps
costs
down.
The
amateur
actress,
from
Cambridge,
who
plays
the
forest
ranger
Elgarain,
described
the
project
as
a
labour
of
love.
She
said
that
she
was
inspired
by
two
paragraphs
written
by
J.R.R.
Tolkien
in
the
appendices
of
the
original
'The
Lord
of
the
Rings" book.
“I
invested
my
own
money
after
the
Lord
of
the
Rings
films
blew
my
mind.
I
was
desperate
to
have
a
go
at
making
an
epic
myself," Times
Online
quoted
her
as
saying.
“As
we
went
along,
the
project
snowballed
and
there
were
moments
when
I
wondered
what
the
hell
I
was
doing.
But
now
it"s
all
done
it"s
an
amazing
feeling.
“We
have
created
a
film
on
a
tiny
budget
which
comes
complete
with
battle
scenes,
orcs
and
even
a
giant
hill
troll,"
she
added.