STATUS: IN PRE-PRODUCTION

GENRE: drama

THE PITCH: TBA

TAGLINE: When you lose everything and have nothing else to live for, family is everything.

LOGLINE: After shared tragedies, John reunites with his estranged son Sterling to reveal some long-lost family secrets.

TONE: A serious drama.

NOTES:

• A full short story, hopefully with an edited festival runtime of around 18 minutes.

• A minimalist story but expanded to include as many flashbacks as possible to add variety to the one main cafe location. Two lead cast members, three supporting cast. Two crew members. A four day shoot total.

• Henry Carter's first opportunity to play a villain - although when not simply insane, the best "bad guys" in film believe what they are doing is justified, so this "broken" character is allowed to explore his humanity albeit coming to an immoral and distorted conclusion.

WHAT DID WE LEARN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, CRAIG?

• Even though Shannon Shaw now refuses to make his movies "just to make a movie" just because he CAN, having instead preferring to make stories that showcase his signature style of filmmaking and utilizing the limited time & resources available to him, this particular minimalist story proved to have far too much potential (and relatively inexpensive coming in at less than $4000 budget) to pass up.

CAST

HENRY CARTER as "JOHN"

"STERLING"

CHARLOTTE (JOHN'S 3rd WIFE)

WAITER

DRUG DEALER

GAZING INTO THE ABYSS

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