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Yet another movie about gun violence in post production.
https://news.usc.edu/91552/usc-filmmaker-takes-his-shot-at-the-consequences-of-gun-violence/USC filmmaker takes his shot at consequences of gun violence
The film is about gun violence in America. Well, actually it is about three people whose lives are turned upside down by gun violence. I wanted to make a movie that touches people and, by doing this, contribute to the conversation about gun violence. By using a dramatic, suspenseful story, we want to get more people to talk about what it really means to get shot. Thirty people a day are killed by guns in this country and daily over 150 end up in emergency rooms. None of us want this.
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The viewer experiences what that feels like during the first hour of the movie. In the medical profession, it’s known as the ‘golden hour’ and if you survive it, depending on the extent of damage, you generally live. But what is your life going to be like after that? That’s the second part of our film. So in the movie, we go through this golden hour with the character that Noah Wyle plays. And we also share the experience with his estranged wife, played by Sharon Leal of Dreamgirls, so we get to know what happens when you are close to someone who gets shot. For both of them, their world is changed forever.
At the same time, we’re telling the story of a bullied 16-year-old youth who lives in a disadvantaged neighborhood where guns often times are both more accessible and more employed. This person unwittingly becomes the perpetrator of the gun violence. We’re telling those two stories at the same time, in a multiscreen form.
The film is about gun violence in America. Well, actually it is about three people whose lives are turned upside down by gun violence. I wanted to make a movie that touches people and, by doing this, contribute to the conversation about gun violence. By using a dramatic, suspenseful story, we want to get more people to talk about what it really means to get shot. Thirty people a day are killed by guns in this country and daily over 150 end up in emergency rooms. None of us want this.
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The viewer experiences what that feels like during the first hour of the movie. In the medical profession, it’s known as the ‘golden hour’ and if you survive it, depending on the extent of damage, you generally live. But what is your life going to be like after that? That’s the second part of our film. So in the movie, we go through this golden hour with the character that Noah Wyle plays. And we also share the experience with his estranged wife, played by Sharon Leal of Dreamgirls, so we get to know what happens when you are close to someone who gets shot. For both of them, their world is changed forever.
At the same time, we’re telling the story of a bullied 16-year-old youth who lives in a disadvantaged neighborhood where guns often times are both more accessible and more employed. This person unwittingly becomes the perpetrator of the gun violence. We’re telling those two stories at the same time, in a multiscreen form.
This looks like a very interesting, and riveting, project. The first hour is filmed in real time. During the seven minutes it takes for the ambulance to arrive the camera never cuts or leaves the victim. Then it follows the victim for the full 'golden hour', the hour that if survived means a likely life saved. The remainder addresses the life changed forever.
I'm looking forward to the conversation this sparks.