Project Detail

The Day I Tried to Live

Synopsis

A space pod crashes from the sky and a body washes up on an Oceanic shore line; one man the survivor.

So begins a journey of discovery. The sea is hostile, the place a paradise and the people strange. Far from ordinary he has experienced many things in his time here understanding happiness, woes, alienation.

Unfortunately he did not come alone. Ghosts of past, fears, 'Shadowmen' haunt his every step. A tangible hope and search to find another of his kind turns to desperation as the fading sun quickly descends.

As the sunsets the man had lived a lifetime in a day.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Richard Chance, Jonathan Chance
Producer
Richard Chance, Jonathan Chance
Editor
John Chance
Screenwriter
Original story by Richard Chance and Jonathan Chance Screenplay by Jonathan Chance
Director of Photography
Richard Chance
Sound
John Chance
Composer
Chance Brothers
Principal cast
John Chance, Michael Himsworth, Chris Nicholls, Craig Gardener, Jim Mulcahy

Production Status

Production Company

Chance Encounters Productions

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