The Pod People
Seattle, Washington | Film Short
Horror, Sci-Fi
THEY'RE ALREADY HERE: Our vision for "The Pod People," is to ride the line between campy B-movie aesthetic and truly grotesque body horror gore. By combining the two, we aim to create an unsettling tone that permeates throughout the film-- where the audience is simultaneously excited and repulsed.
The Pod People
Seattle, Washington | Film Short
Horror, Sci-Fi
1 Campaigns | Washington, United States
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THEY'RE ALREADY HERE: Our vision for "The Pod People," is to ride the line between campy B-movie aesthetic and truly grotesque body horror gore. By combining the two, we aim to create an unsettling tone that permeates throughout the film-- where the audience is simultaneously excited and repulsed.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
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After a night out, Charlie develops a hideous cyst growing out of his sternum, slowly spreading its roots throughout his body. Ignoring it, Charlie continues to drink.
With apathy turning to negligence, Charlie's lack of self care begins to consume his life in a new and ensnaring way.
The first two acts indulge in the campiness of the genre-- rapid cuts, macro images of the grotesque, dramatic dynamic camera moves, all accentuating the insidious growing horror of the mysterious biological horror. The final act takes a step back, and looks at the action from a detatched and removed perepective. The control is ripped from the character, and the audience, now forced to be passive spectators to the events unfolding.
Our actions define our personality, our habits dictate our lives. Certain outcomes and tragedies seem out of our control – but often that ignores the conscious choice an individual makes every day to contribute and give strength to the behaviors that inevitably cause one’s downfall.
In this story, Charlie chooses to over indulge in a narcotic that numbs him to the world, and actively denies any problem he has. His downfall is that he created an identity that exists in the mundane, and he lost his previous personality to his own self-destructive behaviors. Charlie’s identity is over-written by his own choices and vices.
The real tragedy is not the loss of identity, but in this case, that no one is able to tell the difference.
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Red Five Productions has been cutting their teeth producing comedic shorts and sketches (including full-blown green screen Star Wars parodies) and Comedy-horror films for the past several years-- as well as moonlighting by creating ultra low-budget corportate videos.
Recently, Red Five has moved on to something far scarier than any horror film--emotional vulnerability. In the past two years, Red Five Productions has shifted to making serious films that drop all pretnese of irony and exploring themes such as identity, addiction, and avarice -- all while taking strides to create inclusive opportunities for under represented communities both on and off the camera.
Ways to help us out without a finacial contribution:
1. Follow and share our campaign:
-Sharing this page to your network helps us widen our reach and find more people to connect with!
2. Follow us on Instagram:
-Follow us on instagram @Redfivefilms to recieve the most up to date annoucnements regarding our film and the latest news on any future projects!
3. Keep liking our stuff:
-The more engagment we have, the wider our reach, the more relevant our content will be!
Our Offcial Poster:
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera and Lenses
Costs $800
Black Magic Ursa Mini Pro Zeiss CP 2 Lenses Circular Polarizer BPM Filters Wireless Follow Focus
Lighting/Grip Gear
Costs $800
Arri Fresnels kit, Dana Dolly, C-Stands, Spotlights, Fog Machine
Crew
Costs $1,000
Showing our Crew some love-- their efforts are appreciated and respected.
Catering
Costs $200
We want to be able to provide quality food for a crew members. We'll give them more than pizza.
SFX Makeup
Costs $200
-Spirit Gum, -Synthetic Pus, -Silicone based molds -fake finger nails -Ben Nye Fake Blood
Props and Wardrobe
Costs $500
The props for our set designer: Including beer bottles, giant mirrors and neon lights.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
Cast:
Charlie/Pod Person: Joe Ptasnik
Olivia: Aarin Wright
David:/Pod Person: Matthew Rush
Written and Directed by:
Steven Chappell and Brian Glinski
Crew
Producer: Justin Robert Vinall
Associate Producer: Aarin Wright
Assistant Director: Robert Bojorquez
Director of Photography: Brian Glinski
Gaffer: Matthew Rush
First Assistant Camera: Cody Micheals
Second Assistant Camera: Emma Craft
Script Supervisor: Morgan Willie
Sound Mixer: Valdemar Hauget
Production Designer: Lela Wulsin
SFX Designer: Kris Karoll
SFX Makeup Artist: Kim
Grip: Sean Mittealsteadt
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
After a night out, Charlie develops a hideous cyst growing out of his sternum, slowly spreading its roots throughout his body. Ignoring it, Charlie continues to drink.
With apathy turning to negligence, Charlie's lack of self care begins to consume his life in a new and ensnaring way.
The first two acts indulge in the campiness of the genre-- rapid cuts, macro images of the grotesque, dramatic dynamic camera moves, all accentuating the insidious growing horror of the mysterious biological horror. The final act takes a step back, and looks at the action from a detatched and removed perepective. The control is ripped from the character, and the audience, now forced to be passive spectators to the events unfolding.
Our actions define our personality, our habits dictate our lives. Certain outcomes and tragedies seem out of our control – but often that ignores the conscious choice an individual makes every day to contribute and give strength to the behaviors that inevitably cause one’s downfall.
In this story, Charlie chooses to over indulge in a narcotic that numbs him to the world, and actively denies any problem he has. His downfall is that he created an identity that exists in the mundane, and he lost his previous personality to his own self-destructive behaviors. Charlie’s identity is over-written by his own choices and vices.
The real tragedy is not the loss of identity, but in this case, that no one is able to tell the difference.
Red Five Productions has been cutting their teeth producing comedic shorts and sketches (including full-blown green screen Star Wars parodies) and Comedy-horror films for the past several years-- as well as moonlighting by creating ultra low-budget corportate videos.
Recently, Red Five has moved on to something far scarier than any horror film--emotional vulnerability. In the past two years, Red Five Productions has shifted to making serious films that drop all pretnese of irony and exploring themes such as identity, addiction, and avarice -- all while taking strides to create inclusive opportunities for under represented communities both on and off the camera.
Ways to help us out without a finacial contribution:
1. Follow and share our campaign:
-Sharing this page to your network helps us widen our reach and find more people to connect with!
2. Follow us on Instagram:
-Follow us on instagram @Redfivefilms to recieve the most up to date annoucnements regarding our film and the latest news on any future projects!
3. Keep liking our stuff:
-The more engagment we have, the wider our reach, the more relevant our content will be!
Our Offcial Poster:
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera and Lenses
Costs $800
Black Magic Ursa Mini Pro Zeiss CP 2 Lenses Circular Polarizer BPM Filters Wireless Follow Focus
Lighting/Grip Gear
Costs $800
Arri Fresnels kit, Dana Dolly, C-Stands, Spotlights, Fog Machine
Crew
Costs $1,000
Showing our Crew some love-- their efforts are appreciated and respected.
Catering
Costs $200
We want to be able to provide quality food for a crew members. We'll give them more than pizza.
SFX Makeup
Costs $200
-Spirit Gum, -Synthetic Pus, -Silicone based molds -fake finger nails -Ben Nye Fake Blood
Props and Wardrobe
Costs $500
The props for our set designer: Including beer bottles, giant mirrors and neon lights.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Cast:
Charlie/Pod Person: Joe Ptasnik
Olivia: Aarin Wright
David:/Pod Person: Matthew Rush
Written and Directed by:
Steven Chappell and Brian Glinski
Crew
Producer: Justin Robert Vinall
Associate Producer: Aarin Wright
Assistant Director: Robert Bojorquez
Director of Photography: Brian Glinski
Gaffer: Matthew Rush
First Assistant Camera: Cody Micheals
Second Assistant Camera: Emma Craft
Script Supervisor: Morgan Willie
Sound Mixer: Valdemar Hauget
Production Designer: Lela Wulsin
SFX Designer: Kris Karoll
SFX Makeup Artist: Kim
Grip: Sean Mittealsteadt