A team of filmmakers from Walthamstow and Leytonstone are hoping to raise £3,000 on Kickstarter to fund their latest fantasy drama film, Born Evil.

Born Evil follows Charlotte and Darren, two angels who have broken the rules. Fed up of allowing innocent people to die, they have escaped from heaven to take matters into their own hands. They now live in hiding, transferring lives from bad people to good.

They are pushed to the brink when determining the fate of Louise, a carer who abuses her patients. She is also pregnant and they must decide whether to save her child or her victim.

Charlotte and Darren are forced to realise that even when you have the best intentions at heart, you can still make terrible mistakes.

So far, the group have raised 40 per cent of the amount they need for their project, but will not receive any of this unless they hit their target by Saturday, October 1. They have a great deal of rewards on offer, such as the first and last draft of the script with development notes and an invite to an industry screening. People can Skype call the team or even join them on set and they're also looking for two more executive producers who will be fully credited on IMDB.

Writer Naomi Soneye-Thomas, who is from Walthamstow and is a current member of the Soho Theatre's Writers Lab, explains she was inspired by the feeling of injustice when someone dies young, as well as how life seems pretty unfair a lot of the time…

Why did you want to set it in Waltham Forest?

I was born and raised in Walthamstow and I really like the character that it has. When I write I like to imagine a specific place when I set the scene. For example, they work from a garage so I imagined some of the warehouses near Blackhorse Lane. I think I naturally picked Waltham Forest because it's the area of London I know best. I wanted the film to have an urban/gritty feel to it in spite of the characters being angels.

Has the team made any other films in the past?

Danny Chan, our director who is also from Walthamstow, directed his first short film last year, called He Who Has It All and it's a film about mental health. He also recently directed a music video for Tom Walker's song Fly Away With Me and was shortlisted for the ADCAN awards in 2015 for a commercial.

Assistant producer Peter Bates, from Leytonstone, has made a number of short films and has been funded by Film London. All of the actors involved are established.

How did the team meet?

Mostly through networking both online and offline. There are lots of filmmaking groups on Facebook, which I was initially a bit wary of using but I've found them to be useful.

How long have you been working on the film?

Over a year. It's quite a complicated idea to fit into eight pages and I like films with minimal dialogue, so I spent a long time drafting and redrafting. I think I went through about 15 drafts before I was happy with it, but then had no money to actually make the film and so spent several months saving up before I was ready to produce it.

Is this your day job?

No, I work at an arts venue on the box office as my day job. I'm using those wages to double the budget of the film.

When did your passion for film and storytelling begin?

I like storytelling in all forms and I go to the theatre several times a month too. Although I was passionate about it, I studied Law at the University of Liverpool and almost went down a completely different career path. I was applying to grad schemes and also trying to continue working on acting, but I felt like I needed to commit to one thing or the other. So after university, I joined the National Youth Theatre and did lots of filmmaking and writing courses at venues such as the Roundhouse, in Camden and the Soho Theatre.

What's next for you after this film?

I have another film script I'd like to develop after this, it's a thriller I wrote for a writing competition which ranked first in that round. I also took part in the Soho Theatre's Writers Lab this year and would like to continue developing the play that I wrote while there.

For more information, visit their Kickstarter campaign page here: http://bit.ly/bornevil

By Rachel Russell