So, in May of 2001 I wrote a screenplay called Redemption to address my personal concerns. The story synopsis is as follows: in a moment of weakness, a deeply religious scientist becomes a vampire in a failed attempt to save his family. Now forever in the grips of evil, he spends eternity seeking redemption by ridding the world of all vampires... including himself.
Out of the fourteen or so screenplays I've written, this has always been my wife's favorite. That surprised me because, for me, it didn't seem that special, so I put it away and have worked on numerous screenplays since (The Box, Graverobbers Wanted adaptation, Severed). However, when I started putting together my plans for Sonlight Pictures, a Christian film company, Redemption, a horror flick, was always one of the four films that I included in the initial projects (Severed [action], The Flu [comedy], The Adventures of Gabby Wells [children]).My film nut daughter, who's a big fan of Severed, asked about Redemption, so we dusted off the five year old screenplay and gave it a spin, sitting in our movie room and read the script aloud. To both of our surprises the script was very good. I mean, really, really good. Sure, it needs some work, but it rocks... and I don't say that lightly as I am my own, harshest critic. My daughter liked is so much that she was pretty adamant that Redemption should be the first Sonlight Picture, not Severed, as was planned.
She may be right. So, my To Do List has changed a bit. I'll finish the current re-write I'm doing with Severed, then clean up Redemption a bit to see if I can make the script any better.
In any event, rediscovering something I had written so long ago was a lot of fun. It was like reading something I didn't even write and finding it very enjoyable... kinda like discovering you're good at something by accident.
I guess I should trust my wife's judgement more now... great, she'll just love that. :)
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When I get done with the re-write, I'll send you a copy.
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