Liberty No. 5 Pictures in Development (2)

So, a little update on the films slated to be shot in the near future. I'm trying to get better at making more realistic goals so I think I have a need to update this list based on some new 'value changes'. I am trying to really focus on the projects most important to me... the ones that I know if things get hard, I will trudge on regardless, because I care about them getting made that much. The shorts I have slated are not because I want to make them but because I need to make them. So, they are functional tests in reality. But they should also be good quality and fun to watch. In reality though, if I make one or five of them I don't really care... because what I really want is to seriously do this as a full-time job- so I really want to make feature films. Not to mention it is hard to say anything with any complexity in a five or even fifteen minute short subject. Really, in my opinion, I want to do 'world-building'. To create an entire universe to build on... with rules and boundaries and a rawness of its own to explore. This is what I was taught in my 'gifted' middle school... to brainstorm. To look in on the system from outside the box and critique it to make something new! I have always found it to be endlessly exciting on so many levels! So, here is my current list.

Short Subjects

"Death Do Us Part" -- Pre-Production Phase -- Jan 2011

"Lunch Date" -- Pre-Production Phase -- Apr 2011

"4 Corners" -- In Development -- June 2011

Features

"Punishment" -- In Development -- Nov 2011

"Transmission" -- In Development -- Apr 2013

"Transmission" is a sci-fi epic I have planned which will be like my Star Wars. There is little else to say about it except I know it will be very powerful and groundbreaking. This is because it is not only an artistically original concept, but it is a change in form for the viewer. At least that is my plan. It depends on how well I achieve these first films that will be the judge of my achieving the vision I desire. But, I know there are far greater forces at work in me that will ensure I succeed or fail, so my attention on the matter is very important, but sometimes, I can do nothing to change the course of such outcomes... as sometimes we are all victims of this fate, we must nevertheless, be faithful to our vision. True to our conviction 'til the end.

I suppose part of the reason I am including it on this list is that I want people to know that I intend to be mostly a creator of sci-fi and fantasy epic genre films... not really psychological-thrillers like "Punishment". But, psych-thrillers are a good genre for beginning filmmakers to make a break into the industry with. The sci-fi or fantasy genre is primarily what I dream of when I imagine deep stories that make a statement. I'm sure there will be times I may be limited in my opportunities to make what I desire, I may need to be adaptable in order to make work for myself, but since I am not a believer in making halfway-good movies or making them for the sake of making them, it may at times be difficult to achieve this. I just have to admit that most of the original stories I have that I really consider good are sci-fi or fantasy epics. To be more specific, I have about 5 or 6 good sci-fi-fantasies (at least one of them, hopefully, will be a trilogy) planned after "Transmission". Also, I am hoping to be a part of making C.S. Lewis' Sci-Fi Trilogy which I pretty much grew up on, even before I got into J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" mytho-fantasy series.

It is very ambitious for me to want this, I admit, but I want to ensure, that people know I am working towards this goal, so that one day I can give the world the greatest interpretation of those books to film possible. Something that we can all love as a great story... and a great adventure into the depths of space.