A mother must win
OddFX
They only get one childhood
It shouldn't be this
A mother living in a women’s shelter, battling a physically abusive husband and a broken support system, enlists the help of a special FX film crew to defend against his attacks and save her children.
logline
synopsis
Cady Langton, a fiercely protective mother and talented camerawoman, finds herself at a crisis point when her abusive husband’s attacks send her and her children, Prism and Parker, fleeing in fear to a women’s shelter.
Determined to give her children a safe childhood, but low on resources, Cady grabs the only helping hands she can find; the guys at a special FX film company. Can she get them to step out of their imaginary world to help her in her very real world?
two worlds
Cady and her children must navigate two unique and contrasting worlds.
The world of a domestic violence shelter, where women face the chilling reality of homicidal violence...
shelter
…not only from their abusers but from the abusers targeting the other women, and…
OddFX, a funky all-male special FX shop where Cady takes a job to fulfill shelter work requirements.
OddFX is a world of vivid imagination, where violence is carefully crafted as an illusion, in sharp contrast to the harsh, real-world brutality endured by women seeking refuge.
Cady needs to get her imagination restored. the cornerstone for us to envision
a future,
She also knows that PTSD weakens her ability to imagine, making it difficult for her envision a future that is different from her traumatic past. And she knows her imagination is not functioning and is putting her and her children at risk.
Cady, Prism, and Parker need to rediscover their imagination, creativity, and joy to envision a brighter future.
The guys need to step out of their imaginary worlds into the real world. Can Cady get them to help her?
Will Cady learn to blow up her past and trust the men around her?
Will Prism and Parker escape their troubled world and experience the magical, creative childhood their mother so desperately wants them to have?
characters
Cady Langton (30s) Intelligent, talented, guarded, protective of her children, self-sufficient, and not prone to suffer fools. In shock and shocked by the dilemma she finds herself in. Alienated from society—trying to reenter but wary of the cost. She is the best camera operator at OddFX.
cady langton
Barrett Jones, owner of OddFX, (50+) a brilliant man living an arrested childhood making special FX. Revered by a small world-wide following. He helps Cady get her foot in the door and becomes her mentor.
barrett jones
Prism Langton (10) a talented child whose ability and welfare is overlooked with all that is going on. She tries to mediate between her mother and father and protect her younger brother.
prism langton
parker langton
Parker Langton (8) keeps his vision and interest centered closely around him. Prism is his only constant as they shuttle between parents.
sergeant wu
Sergeant Wu (40s) real tired of seeing dead women. It's all life and death for her. She's lost touch with the nuances.
Teisha Lopez (20s-30s) has escaped to the shelter with her dog, Frida. She befriends Cady and tries to show her the ropes.
teisha lopez
Barrett, I can't keep being your portal to the outside world. You know everything about each and every garage boy out there, down to their avert monster magazine. why can't you learn about her?
Something about those kids doesn't seem right.
Thena,that's why I thought you might talk to her. Girl talk.
Girl talk? Girl talk, Barrett Jones? The Lord hasn't sent a woman into this underworld for the past twenty years. The Lord sent that girl here for a reason.
Thena grows quiet, and serious.
Thena—
Thena laughs.
BARRETT
THENA
THENA
BARRETT
BARRETT
thena jones
Thena Jones (50+)
rocky and yamiah
about
$3M-$5M
OddFX (odd effects) is an independent feature film in development,
with future rights available for a streamer series.
it is about creativity and creating special FX, not a big FX movie.
A unique telling of a family at risk/found family story, OddFX is set in a special FX shop to attract a male audience,
"Honey, let's go see that movie about the guys at the special FX shop."
it is about creativity and creating special FX, not a big FX movie.
A unique telling of a family at risk/found family story, OddFX is set in a special FX shop to attract a male audience,
"Honey, let's go see that movie about the guys at the special FX shop."
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Cady knows imagination is the foundation of the future—a force that lets us dream, create, and rise above the present. But violence has robbed her of that power, leaving her in a world without hope. Facing the unknown without it terrifies her. Worse still is the fear that her children are losing their ability to dream, trapping them in the same darkness.
Imagination is the cornerstone of
our ability to envision the future.