Noa/Rice Digital Presents: "It Happened One Night"

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Distributed Producer

"A distracted father, A discouraged son, One transforming night"

"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" is a heartwarming tale of redemption. Devastated by the news that his parents are splitting up, Eric finds solace in the Christmas pageant he is partaking in at church. But when his dad refuses to come watch the play because Eric's mother will be there, Eric does his best to remind his father what this one night really means.

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Here it is... the third and hopefully final dramafest concept...

MORE INFO TO COME​
 
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Interesting idea- like the poster. So I take it that Broken Shaddows is on hold ...

At least you have two projects you can come back to later if you want.

Good luck on this latest endeavor!
 
Yeah, Broken Shadows is on hold for now... I think Larry's thinking of expanding that to a feature as well! Man... so many feature ideas... now to get a good short! LOL! Thanks guys!
 
HAHA!!! I KNEW IT!!!

I told you that there would be a THIRD concept! Just like Horrorfest!

Good for you, man! Is Larry still on as your writer?

I'll be watching!

Ted
 
I think the third time is really the charm in this case. The Christmas theme is a brilliant choice if you can pull it off without being too maudlin. I hope this involves snow :)
 
Thanks Ted and Mark, and yeah, I really think this will be terrific :) And yes Ted, Larry's still on as writer! We were tossing some ideas around yesterday, and I think we have a great concept!
 
I haven't confirmed it with him yet... I did mention yesterday to him that there would be a change in our dramafest project. I've got a perfect role for him, so I hope he's still on board! No reason to think he won't be :)
 
That's excellent! I am glad that you still have Larry.

I like the idea of a Christmas story but I would like to toss in a word of caution... at least from my point of view. AFTER the holidays, people may not be readily excited about seeing a Christmas story.

That is JUST a thought that went through my head.

But I think that there is a platform here.

Ted
 
Wow. That was a big announcement! Best of luck to you on the 3rd (and final) Drama Fest entry, Brandon. I am sure it will be very nice.

Jason
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
That's excellent! I am glad that you still have Larry.
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We'll see if the sentiment holds once the script is done :huh: :grin:

I like the idea of a Christmas story but I would like to toss in a word of caution... at least from my point of view. AFTER the holidays, people may not be readily excited about seeing a Christmas story.
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I thought of that too, but it's not a movie about Christmas, but a movie set during Christmas. I think that distinction makes it still workable (I hope anyway). Plus the fact that there will be just the one (I hope) Christmas themed film and not 60+ :)

Brandon Rice said:
Yeah, Broken Shadows is on hold for now... I think Larry's thinking of expanding that to a feature as well! Man... so many feature ideas... now to get a good short! LOL! Thanks guys!
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Well the story for Broken Shadows originally was a feature idea. Since we are going in this direction now, I will put it back in the drawer for a while and hopefully write the feature sometime in the next year.

If anyone's interested, here is the basic story idea behind the original feature version of Broken Shadows...

The idea for this story began when I had the thought of a guy going on a road trip, stopping off for lunch in a quaint town, liking the town so much that he decides to stay on a couple days and look around. Then several years later we find he is still there, is a prominent citizen in the town (perhaps running for public office) and he has no recollection of his former life. If you asked him he would say he was born here, grew up here, and will probably die here.

From there I built a backstory for him. As a child it was just him and his father, no other family. When he was five and preparing to start school (a potentially traumatic time for a child) his father disappears, leaves and never returns. The boy is bounced around from foster home to foster home until he is old enough to go out on his own. Flash-forward several years, he is doing well and is engaged to be married. Because he doesn't have any family of his own he agrees to get married in his fiancee's home town and plans a road trip to drive there for the ceremony.

Along the way he stops off for lunch, falls in love with the place, decides to stay on a few days and then several years later is still there. Now he is running for mayor of the town. A few days before the election he has to take a business trip to another state and decides to drive there. Along the way he stops off for lunch, likes the town, decides to stay on for a few days, etc, etc.

In one of these towns he crosses paths with his fiancee who has been looking for him all these years. She happened to see some news report that had his picture and she came to find him. Of course, he doesn't remember her and she fights to convince him of their relationship and win him back.

So, the idea is that everytime something major is about to take place in his life (e.g. marriage, political election, etc) he "disappears" just like his dad did when he was entering school.

When she finds him she sees he is now engaged to another woman. Once she figures out he really doesn't remember who she is or anything about their life from before, she decides to be the bigger person and let him have his new life.

Not long after she arrives home, however, he shows up. Something she said or did triggered something, and joined with her willingness to release him causes him to remember and he rushes back to her arms and they live happily ever after (or something like that :) )

Ok, back to IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
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Thanks for all that Larry! I am sure everyone enjoys the inside look on that storyline :)

Larry R said:
I thought of that too, but it's not a movie about Christmas, but a movie set during Christmas. I think that distinction makes it still workable (I hope anyway). Plus the fact that there will be just the one (I hope) Christmas themed film and not 60+ :)
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Agreed... I think it's better to say it's set during Christmastime. The plot and drama goes much deeper than just the time of year... More to come soon :)
 
Larry... that is quite a story! Yep. Definitely feature written all over that! We're you thinking of pulling a segment out of that for dramafest or trying to encompass all of that in 6 minutes???

And Brandon/Larry... I see about the "Christmas" theme. I get it. Cool. Didn't mean to sound negative or anything. I just love that this site exists to bounce ideas and feedback. I was just throwing out a thought that came to my mind.

Good luck with #3!

Looking forward to more....

Ted

BTW - Brandon, I love the "time of year" thread you started in Cafe ala DVX.
 
Thanks Ted! Yeah, I didn't take the comment as a negative... in fact, as Larry mentioned, he and I had discussed that very same issue that you mentioned :) Thanks!
 
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