Hope
Science Fiction Short
Written & Directed by
Frank Anderson
Cinematography by Azariah Oldacre
Produced by Sheena Wiley and Greg Jackson
Guts and Style Films
Run-time: 7 minutes
Filmed: July-August 2014; Released: Mar 2016
Tag Line
Second chances begin with sacrifice
Log Line
With the world ablaze, a lone survivor must preserve all life before meeting his fate.
Synopsis
Hope follows Dr. Jacob Thorn's final act to ensure humanity's future after all life is wiped out by an asteroid impact. High above Earth, in a space station built solely for this task, Thorn has to cope with unimaginable loss as he carries out his mission.
Trailer
Full Film
Behind the scenes
Cast
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Troy Halverson as The central character, the only man to predict the end of the world and spent his entire fortune building the Hope station in an effort to reseed life on Earth. |
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Amor Owens as Thorn's fianceé has stood by him as his reputation as one of the most brilliant men on the planet has all but disappeared. Will she go with him on Hope? |
Events
100,000 YouTube views50,000 YouTube views
Screening at Get Connected
Released
ADR at AIA
Trailer screening, The Plaza Theatre
Trailer released
Reshoot Kennesaw Mtn Sunset sc
Filming Kennesaw Mtn Sunset sc
Filming at AIA
Filming at AIA
Rehearsal
Cast; pre-production meeting
Connections
In November 2014 Amor Owens performed in a scene for Mr Lockjaw, playing our crime scene news reporter.
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Other Space Martyrs
Hindsight: 480 seconds
is an interesting comparison story. It also features global disaster seen through the eyes of a man approaching his solitary oblivion. It ends poignantly with a line that would have felt at home in the Hope script:
But instead of the oceans, and all life, boiling away, Earth makes a new batch of the primordial soup. Linear versus cyclical stories.
Thorn's solitary martyrdom allows life to survive Armageddon rather like another spaceship movie, Vacuity, which also is a bottle story of a man facing fatal choices. I love it's tagline:
That stoicism puts Thorn in the same spiritual camp as Major Tom. Space Oddity would feel right at home in the sound track to Hope.
