Chapter 403 2009

Synopsis:

A delusional pirate meets three recently deceased strangers in Saint Peter's waiting room. Recounting their last memories, they uncover the pirate's possible responsibility for their coincidental deaths.

Comments:

This film was created for The University of South Carolina's Spring 2009 GotFilm? contest, our fifth entry in two years. This contest allowed entrants one week to make a short film that included a specific character, line of dialogue, location, and object (in this case: a kind-hearted pirate, "now is not the time to be making keys," the campus health center, and a poorly buttoned shirt). Filmed and edited over the course of a weekend, this film showed the most mature use of cheap special effects and filming techniques thus far, costing less than $20 to make. Unfortunately, after the successful overdubbing in Music of the Spheres, Alex opted to attempt recording voice-overs for the entire film; with a much more involved screenplay and cast, this proved to be a large undertaking that still shows seams in the final film. Due to a poor advertising campaign, the contest runners were unable to secure any other interested filmmakers and never screened nor awarded the film, despite previous promises.