Contact Details:

Info: nick.lean@oceanstormfilms.com
Tel: 07780 336829

Synopsis:

Carl Foster is a man committed to his work but a man who also knows he should give more time to his family. Taking a much needed break from the pressures of his professional life he embarks on a weekend vacation with his wife, daughter, and young son. But what begins as a pleasant, if somewhat conversationally strained journey, ends in a flurry of violent abuse, and spine-tingling terror as Carl, inadvisedly confronting a group of Carnival - type travellers, watches in desperation as the ones he loves are brutalised and humiliated in the dank, and grimy confines of an abandioned roadside diner. Will he be able to find a way for them all to escape, or are they destined to disappear without trace? Is everything quite as it seems or is the line between reality and fantasy blurred even for those who watch? Is Carl really the epitome of 'family man' that we have come to think of him as? Or is he something all-together more insipid and sinister? Whichever and whatever he is only time and the passage of cruel and tormented event will reveal. But rest assured -life, and death, is never as clearcut as they might seem to be.

Cast:

Subject to contract terms and availability:

Carl Foster - Wil Johnson
Maddie Foster - Angela Dixon
Chloe Foster - Frances Speedie
Lucas Foster - Callum Anderson
Dog - Jamie Foreman
Diggs - Jon Campling
Bones - Jill Greenacre
Mamon - Lucy Drive
Herschel - James Fisher
Old Timer - Eryl Lloyd Perry

Attached Crew:

About the Writer.....

A screenwiter learning and honing craft over 10 years and now just beginning to see the fruits of labour. Moving into producing and directing, but always seeking new, commercially driven concepts that entertain worldwide audiences with themes and characters that resonate with reality and credibility.

Hard Shoulder Poster - First Draft

Hard Shoulder Poster - First Draft

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Done & Dusted

Hi guys,

Been a long while since I updated this blog - due I must confess to being totally snowed under with prep work on HARD SHOULDER.

Well latest news is that we have officially wrapped on principle photography (Sept 1st - Sept 26th) and bar a few pick ups and a couple of days to reshoot - the movie is in the can.

Next up is the long process of edit, grade, sound, and score in preparation for a March 2010 delivery of the final cut of the movie.

There's a definite subconscious something going on with this film - a sort of homage if you will - to the great classics of the 80's like Duel, and The Hitcher, and also to more recent "classics" like Saw, The Devil's Rejects, Lost Highway, From Dusk Til Dawn, Dead End. I don't know how exactly but I genuinely feel this is the sort of movie that would float QT's boat. Let's hope he gets to see it............and has something good to say about it too!

I've been absolutely amazed at the quality of the raw footage - not so much in that I didn't think it possible, for my great friend Steven Priovolos, Cinematographer extraordinaire, was behind the lens - but that after struggling for 12 years to get my work read and produced to finally see my written words in a 3D world, with life and colour, and characters I had created walking, talking, and breathing - it's truly awesome. I still can't believe we've done that!

So as a taster of things to come I have included a couple of set stills and a screen grab or two from the original rushes. Enjoy!

So, back to "The Room" they call the edit suite - otherwise you guys will never see the finished product.

Thanks for hanging with me. More updates soon!

Nick
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1 comment:

pinga said...

Hey Nick,

At first glance thought those were artwork from your buddy (Steve?).

Set and costumes are great, really gritty but also kind of ethereal.

can't wait to see it now!


tom

9 November 2009 at 02:15

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