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The Wreckamovie Platform -team is looking for your ideas and comments. Join and show your support for Wreckamovie Platform.  Untitled DystopiaI am currently in preproduction on a short filmed under the working title of 'Untitled Dystopia' which I've been commissioned to make for a film festival later in the year. The short revolves around the character of 'Ajax' an out of work artist in her twenties. Things get very strange when Ajax receives a talking head called Henry in the post. The two social outcasts get into an existential discussion of unemployment, coming of age and the possibility that all of her problems are of her own creation. Ajax is try to finish a painting she has been working on for a long time but unable to put on the final touches, As Henry berates her for the bleakness of her work and outlook on life. AJAX: Well life is a bit bleak Henry
She then goes to see her friend Morgan who tries to put all her problems down to the fact she cant keep a steady job which leads to a series of flashbacks to some of the bizarre problematic jobs Ajax has had in the past, including being mistaken for a hostage negotiator and having to work in a call centre in which the computer system has delusions of overthrowing world leaders… She is finally forced to go home and confront the painting and take responsibility for her life before it tears into her psyche and rips her world apart, which is looking more and more like a probable outcome. The film is set against the backdrop of a retro-futuristic or 'Steam Punk' setting similar to that of 'The Golden Compass' wherein the technology of the start of the 20th Century are combined with that of the 21st century, where Zeppelins still fly and typewriters connect to the internet. I've always been interested in using the internet to help enhance my productions, my very first project had title graphics made by an online collaborator, so I would be very interested in seeing how 'Wreck A Movie' can help my project, 
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I'm about to start a rewrite of the script, and whilst I don't want to make that public, I would like to have maybe 5 people who I don't know to give feedback.
I'd also like help from the community of the steam punk aspects of the film. what kind of things people would like to see and what can work as part of the story and what would just be cool to see in the background?
and graphics, I've got a title card but people have told me they find the colours a bit horrible, which is the point with the film so i'd like peoples input there, maybe some graphic-y tasks when we move into production.
Pre Production and development are great times to start to build a community. Are there parts of the design or character development or scene development that you could put out to the community as a challenge. Then you could start from people you know and perhaps fans from your last film asking them to help you think and grow your concept. I would give both thought and graphical tasks, location finding and other things. There is no need to give up your whole film to the community but some parts also might lend themselves to a crowd source or brain storm. Have a look at what it will take to do your film and let us know if there are elements that you would be willing to get the community involved with.
I like it. I'm really drawn to steampunk... the way it employs the optimism following the industrial revolution, with the new optimism. It is like an aesthetic with built in commentary
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