If our memories make us who we are, then what happens when we change them?
Logline: A musician struggling with divorce and inability to see his daughter, meets a woman who introduces him to a world of memory recall and manipulation.
Synopsis:
Nick, a musician working a dead end job, struggles to cope with an impending divorce and inability to interact with their young daughter. He meets Rachel, a smooth talking, pool shark who takes Nick to a place called The Parlor where drugs provide the intense re-experience of memories. Sid, a self-proclaimed healer and mastermind behind the illegal therapy, also offers the opportunity to manipulate a memory. From what begins as a harmless recollection exercise, Nick must soon make sense of disturbing discoveries.
Description: This project is for a potential feature film called REMINISCE. In the meantime, the story is available as a novel and available via Amazon and Smashwords outlets.
I'm grateful for the many individuals involved in the creation of this teaser from pre to post-production...most especially Bret Kalmbach and Jerrod Saba (Apairus Company) whose creative insights and continued participation in this project has been extremely valuable and very much appreciated.
Complete CREDITS for the teaser:
Production: Diane M. Dresback (Writer & Director), Jon Bonnell & Michelle Notrica (Producers), Bret Kalmbach (Directory of Photography), Jarrod Wilson (Gaffer), Sergio Galvan, Travis Quegan & Jake Koeing (Grips), Alex Quitugua (Location Sound), Benjamin Bates (Set Designer), Michael Notrica (Production Assistant), Devon Dresback (Creative Consultant), Salpie (Makeup & Hair), Matthew Saba (Tattoo Design Artist), Mark Greenawalt (Tattoo Makeup), Robert Boccelli (Set Photographer)
Post-Production: Jerrod Saba (Editor), Bret Kalmbach (Color Editor), "Tango vs Tangle" (freeplaymusic.com)
Cast (alphabetical) : Bivás Biswas (Drug Provider), Brooklynn Ray (Young Girl), Colleen Hartnett (Woman Voice Over), Cyreena Prado (Parlor User), Drue Crookston (Man Running), Holly Dell (Parlor User), Jason Golladay (Friend), Jen Bauer (Woman in Church), Jerrod Saba (Slapped Man), Joshua Gonzalez (Smoker), Kane Black (Parlor User), Leeann Dearing (Fiancé), Luke Johnson (Parlor User), Maria Magdalena (Woman in Park), Matthew Dearing (Boyfriend), Pat Kaye (Parlor User), Ricardo Andres (Parlor User), Seth Gandrud (Man Voice Over), Steve Dorssom (Parlor User), Steve Furedy (Father), Steve Wargo (Man with Gun), Tonia Robinson (Parlor User)
Special Thanks: Arizona Reptile - Jon Brophy, Jarrod Wilson, Kris Hansen Torrey, SWAT HD, The Ice House - Peter Conley, The Pork Shop, Trenton Kennedy