Sunday, August 30, 2015

Midnight Radio treatment

The year is 2246. Humanity has invested more into space exploration. There are crews who fly on several year long tours, sent out to explore and research findings determined to be worth investigation beyond simple probe research.

The crew of the ship Pilgrim has been out for five years, searching for bizarre frequencies found in an unexplored region of space, collecting as much data as possible. Their enlistment ends in one week, at which point they will enter cryo-sleep and begin their two year trip home.

After the unexpected suicide of the primary communications officer, maintenance crew member Darren Briggs is commanded to monitor frequency scanners for the next week. Around midnight, Darren picks up a frequency which sends him into a series of bizarre visions defined by trauma and insecurity.

Following Darren throughout his visions are a collective of ghastly musicians and a film crew who all act as though they are directing and scoring his visions.

He sees images of his mother and father's death, as though it were by his own hands. He sees images of his wife slowly slipping away from him. His life, his passions, his desires, are all presented to him and then stripped from him.

As the visions progress, the film introduces more and more musical elements, until by the end of the film it has turned into a complete musical.

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