MAYA MARIE FILMS
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ScatterBrain
Written and Directed by Maya Marie Long
RT: 10 minutes
Tagline: Did you see that?
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Logline: After enduring twisted experiments on his mind, a troubled man hunts for the existence of aliens, putting his life at risk in order to prove he is not crazy.
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Description: Colin, a schizophrenic young man, is convinced he no longer has the same brain he once had and believes aliens have abducted him. His gruesome obsession has tested the relationships of his friends causing them to slowly drift away, afraid he has lost his mind and will soon hurt them. Out of determination to prove his friends wrong and that aliens exist, his paranoia leads him down a dark path of investigation leading to revelations about the true nature of human relationships.
Synopsis: A disturbing tale about a young man named Colin who experiences otherworldly experiments and deals with the overbearing consequences that his life might lead to. Colin wakes up and is convinced he underwent heavy space experiments where aliens took his brain and conducted numerous tests on him. Soon after, when trying to convince his friends of what happened to him that night, they take him to go see a shrink. Later, Colin is diagnosed with schizophrenia after confiding with the medical professional and his friends about the disturbing interaction with aliens. They don't believe him. Colin's friends try to reach out numerous times but are greeted with silence. After neglecting his friends for a month, they walk into a disturbing scene of scattered papers, sacrificed animals, and unknown materials all over Colin's home, soon deciding they can't help him. Colin's friends are disturbed and worried; they have no idea how to help, and after leaving in fear they contact a help hotline. Tapping into the call, Secret Services listen in on a suspicious call, marking Colin as not only being a threat but also knowing something they want to keep hidden. Colin researches every single alien conspiracy he can find, all recorded sightings, anything to help his search for evidence that he isn't the only one who has suffered. After finding a group that meets twice a week, finds people whom all share the same experience as him. The group only leads him down an even bigger rabbit hole as he dedicates every hour of the day to alien research. Secret Services will have followed Colin's every move keeping him in line by secretly sabotaging research within his home. After searching for answers that lead to knowing where Colin will have built a communications machine that allows him to finally reach extraterrestrial contact as his final act. Both Colin’s friends and the secret service will have rushed to find Colin after being missing from his home. Both groups will rush in time to witness colin reach his goal, finding alien life and proving to his friends he was not crazy after all. Unfortunately, Colin will last be seen being beamed up into a lawless space.
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Directors Statement: Scatterbrain was a turning point for my career as a filmmaker. The story is inspired by the social climate we are currently facing. Today's world is overloaded with news and its whiplash-like reporting from all media outlets. The effects of media in today's age have created a mass spread of paranoia that affects all ages in society. You turn on the news and there is always something new to be afraid of. The world feels so overbearing sometimes that all we can do is just completely shut down and panic. Besides the physical reaction, we might have to bear with overwhelming news, emotionally sometimes we feel like we are in control so we convince ourselves of little white lies. Another big inspiration for my film is my father. He has been a musician for thirty years and has been in a band for twenty-five years. A few years ago I made a music video for them for a new single that was about aliens living among humans trying to understand what it feels like to be human. It's a song about confusion and dread for the human lifestyle. I shot the music video in black and white, creating heavy noir lighting. Although a fun project at the time, what I really wanted was to make that experience feel real. After listening to the song over and over, the idea for Scatterbrain was born.
