After seeing your atHAC film, I am deeply interested in what you have cooking next! The story seems nice, but don't let attention spans get to your creativity. If you feel you need to start cutting things out (that are important to the story) to fit the average YouTube viewer, I urge you not to! Please, let your mind go crazy and put out a darn good film. Not saying to make a 20+ minute film or anything for the heck of it, just keep it in accordance to the pacing of the film. Good luck!

Gentry, yeah I mean if I feel something is important to the plot or even the characters, I will not cut it out. I had to sit myself down when writing the story and ask myself "What kind of film do I want?". I knew what I wanted story/message wise...but the presentation. I figured I would try to get the best of both worlds by having it open in chaos to hook the audience, to give them questions...then answer them as the plot plays out. Meanwhile, hopefully, they connect to the characters. Thus when it makes a full circle, the situation is not only interesting, but now we care what happens! I decided I wanted to get to the point as quickly as possible, but I also don't want the viewer to be completely confused...though I intend open interpretation. Thank for the encouragement!

Rio, I think what I said came off stronger than what I meant! Haha. Yeah, my writing won't be awkwardly avoiding men at all cost or something like that. I mean, not all female characters are driven by the subject of men. I mean even some male characters can't stop thinking about girls! It depends on the story.

Nevertheless, it is sometimes an almost subconscious decision in Hollywood these days, or even in the community, to have the one girl character focusing, at least part of the time, on a guy. Be it a lover or a brother. Somewhere they are dependent. Again not always and even I am generalizing the preexisting generalization, but it is common. It is also uncommon to have a female lead unless it's a romance or she is somehow in a fantasized situation. Again. Not always. It's just the way it is a lot of the time.

For this film, I do not attend on shoving men or starting yet enough gender war. The point is equality. When writing the story I was not thinking of the women as women, but people. Individuals. A character with wants, needs and faults. A person. Much like how I would write any male character. Most of mine personally are troubled and flawed. Confused. Of course the plots call for it. Why shouldn't the same standard, at least in my writing, be held for women? I get what you were saying and I agree! I just felt the need to express myself.  Thank you for your encouragement!

P.S. I am just as guilty making the lady character more like a plot point in my films. For example, my THAC film. It just happens that way...because society. Lol.

Into the darkness once more. I walk into the unknown. To a far better life than I've ever known.

Thank you Holding. It is my favorite area haha. Thank you for the kind words.

As for the script, a small update. One revision has been made that flushes out the lore and characters a bit more...and is now pushing 19 pages! Yay!

Into the darkness once more. I walk into the unknown. To a far better life than I've ever known.

Hey guys! Thanks again for the support, I'm really feeling the love!

A quick update. One, the third revision of the script has been completed. It is now 22 pages long. I expect to revise it a couple of more times. I am actually working on it with a good writer friend of mine who has helped out a lot with pointing me in the right direction to flush out the characters/plot more...maybe that's why it keeps getting longer lol.

Two, here is an early peak at the "cast" of Hatred

Three, the film's title most likely will be changed, and will be announced closer to the release for reasons of my own. *que mysterious music*

Four, I am going to begin designing the sets. And when I say sets I mean set as I am only able to do one at a time haha! So pictures and more...coming your way!

Five - In the last two revisions, I've added a boat load of micro-characters that are very important to the plot. I totally will need voice actors for them.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Love? Hatred? Continue to feel free to share!

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Into the darkness once more. I walk into the unknown. To a far better life than I've ever known.

HoldingOurOwn,

An interesting but good question. My "costume design" has been generally gloomy for my more serious pieces to sort of match the tone of the film. I tend to do so specifically as far as what the character's job is in the story.

The first one, to the far left, is Sonya. She's a very professional, discounted, psychiatrist type who is cold. There is a flare to her, however, hint the green tie and fancy vest.

To her right, Liam, is her assistant. I won't disclose much on him, but he's very sure of himself and the job he has been given. Not that Sonya isn't, but there is a difference we will see in the film. Clearly he is also very professional.

Fia, to Liam's right, is the main character and the center of the overall story. She is a rebellious type, with the leather jacket. Again, there is more to her...and I liked how the black leather jacket covered her light shirt underneath.

And then there's the lady all the way to the right. That's all I will disclose on her, for SPOILERS. 

Of course I was working with what I had. More color could be added...but because it could doesn't mean it should. But I hope that sheds a little light on why I have my choices the way they are.

Into the darkness once more. I walk into the unknown. To a far better life than I've ever known.

Haha, not to worry. Hatred has a couple of funny moments. Keep in mind that the title Hatred is now just a working title. The new will be announce closer to the release date. I also plan on a short trailer to introduce the title in a cryptic way. (I mean the trailer is not just for the title of course, I'm just saying).

Anywho, it takes itself just about as seriously as A Most Curious Button did. I've learned in the past, especially when dealing with Lego, these things can't take themselves too seriously...at least not all the time. I really like having fun with the medium which I plan on doing with a lot of the complicated animation sequences in this one.

Into the darkness once more. I walk into the unknown. To a far better life than I've ever known.

Haha thank you. This morning I decided to be productive and design all the characters. There are 17 total. Three leads, one supporting, 4 minor and 9 ensemble. Here's a first look picture of them...not good quality, took it on my phone.

I changed the design of Liam's face, the man to the middle girl's (Fia's) right.

Into the darkness once more. I walk into the unknown. To a far better life than I've ever known.

I think Scypax meant the guy who now has a beard.

Following this thread intently.  I love the development.  Maybe you can start a tumblr page to document your progress in pictures!