Post Apocalyptic: Day 18 (So You Know)

Title: Follow My Voice

Story and Screenplay: David G

Director: Max
Assistant Director: David C

Theme: In the bleakest of world the most valuable commodity is hope.

Log Line: Billy Quinn races against demons from his past and present to rescue the last shred of hope in his bleak world.
Origins: So, Max and I were introduced by Dave C who has been a mentor to both of us over the years. He connected us because while I write films I don't know the first thing about making them and while Max makes films he's never had a "writer" at his disposal. Max read my screenplay, "Welcome to Plum Corp." and said to me, "Wow! You are really really funny. But... how about writing something dark depressing and creepy?" As always my response was, "If you'll make it, I'll write it." So I dug deep into the crazy, drawing upon imagery from the Dark Tower, Mad Max and The Stand to create a world and a story that I thought was interesting. So... here's what we ended up with:
The World: The world ended, something catastrophic happened to kill most people and basically kill all life on the planet. Humans survived. They banded together into communities but as resources became scarce, fighting broke out and civilization fell again. This was compounded by an evil group of religious fanatics bent on punishing all women for original sin. So when the story begins the world ended about 15 years ago, there are no known women left, there is no sustainable food and resources are extremely scarce.
The Hero: I think Mad Max is a brilliant heroic archetype. He really isn't trying to be a hero, he just is a man with basic morals in a world that lacks morality. Our hero, Billy, is similar to Max but he's a little less action hero. Billy isn't a super-skilled fighter nor does he have tons of weapons or the ability to make deadly and explosive booby traps. The good news is... neither do his enemies.

The Villains: Again I took my cue from Mad Max. One hero vs. a group of villains. Our hero is against 12 crazed men who are all vicious and armed. The Jesus Man and his Apostles represent my own spin on Mad Max's leather wearing, mohawk having, nut-jobs with motorcycles.

Schedule: It's still rough, but here is what we have talked about.

Production Meeting - ASAP

Auditions - October or September if we can get moving right away

Filming - October/November (Before snow but after leaves are off the trees)

If you are interested in helping out with the filming, auditioning or just learning more... let me know and I'll keep you posted.