Rabbit In Your Headlights

It's been a little while since I have posted anything on here due to the fact that I have purposefully tried to narrow down the amount of ideas I am working on at any one time. This last week though I have seen myself get drawn into an idea, which involves zombies. I am not a massive fan of zombie films in general but as always I always like to feel I can contribute something different to a specific genre. With this film I have decided to look at the zombie world from the perspective of someone with a young family who has a decent job and loves life getting infected. The film will deal with the gradual process of coming to terms with the impending nature of his plight and reflect on enjoying life while you have it. The idea took inspiration from non-zombie films such as: Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Schnabel 2007) and Room in Rome (Medem 2010). Both these films deal with reflection on what you have lost and gaining something positive from your losses, which is what Rabbit Caught in the Headlights is also about. This film has potential to be shot fairly soon as it is set in the UK and won't rely too heavily on a massive budget as story is the focus. I feel as though I am getting more and more inclined to write stuff about England as I grow as a screenwriter and develop. Here is a short synopsis, hope people like it:

Ryan lives in Devon with his wife Arlandria and three children. Ryan works as an estate agent but has always had ambitions to be an actor. Ryan and Arlandria have a massive fight and Ryan drives away in his car for a couple of hours when he runs over a man in the country rain. He gets out of his car to check on the man only to be bitten by the man, who has no skin on his face. Ryan goes back to his house and reconciles with his wife but decides not to tell her about himself getting bitten. The next day Ryan goes to work where he meets a new girl called Natalie. Zombies break into the office and make their way through the people as Ryan and Natalie escape into Ryan's car. They travel across the county as Ryan reflects on opportunities lost, memories in his life and sees future visions of himself killing people. Ryan and Alice reach Arlandria and the children amongst a swarm of zombies. Natalie tells Ryan that it's time that she goes now and sacrifices herself so that Ryan can say goodbye to his wife before he turns into a fully fledged zombie.

OTIS is well on it's way with an improved step outline and with script writing about to commence. I am extremely excited about the way it has moved forward. If anyone wants to read the improved step outline for Otis or the full synopsis for Rabbit in your Headlights then drop me a line.

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