Hi Sandra,
I am filmmaker from India. Please Tell me about shiva web series.
Ram |
Hello Ram,
The Shiva Webseries game is a game that a group of us writers here at Simplyscripts played together. It was developed by Michael Cornetto with the following premise:
A virulent airborne form of rabies decimates the human population and leaves the animals mad. Some people band together into tribes to try to survive in this strange new world but they are plagued by visions and dreams of a creature both frightening and comforting at the same time. It's calling them to it and they have no choice but to obey the call -- no matter how dangerous the journey may be.
The original premise generated a lot of material and I subsequently wrote The Flubox Fiasco (a comedy) along with other dark versions I currently have as wips. The comedy I generated has its developmental roots in the game, but is different storywise.
After the game, I took the characters created by the writers, played with them and served them up as "Seekers" in a fantastic virtual kind of world where they
experience reality across time and space, learning and evolving.
The evolutionary aspects are played out here with the thematic elements of knowledge versus freedom; thus, in this story, we have Seekers embodying the archetypal aspect of the Serpent and knowledge and The Primitives, with the emblem of a Wolf, embodying freedom, superstition and Shamanistic traditions.
In between these two ideals, we have the third element which was created by a "conception" between the two. It is here that we find, the initial development of the demons, known as Blasters, in their most dramatic form, being the most evil; yet, in this story, they always come back around, eventually transmuting back to purity and wholeness.
In Flubox Fiasco, the protagonist, Colin O'Riely, turns Blaster as the genes he was blessed with ;D initialize from their original dormant state. Thus begins his journey, where inside him grows a
paradox and so he makes an appointment at The Great and Holy Governmental Law Offices of Lord and Lady Shiva, requesting the opportunity to become an angel and just in time too, because there's been a Flubux in the cosmos...
...and you know what that means-- aha! The Blasters are popping up everywhere, escaping from Nowhere Land, a very very dull place. No color, no music... Well, we might call it Hell 'cept this is family entertainment; so we don't use that word.
The experiential aspect of
The Seekers' journeys involve coming to terms with the necessary, but negative energies that manifest as demons known as Blasters.
Lord and Lady Shiva are masculine and feminine aspects that typically make mistakes, after all, as you will here them proclaim, "I'm only a god! Sheesh!"
The premise of the series I envision can be summed up in a portion of a scene I wrote... Where is it? Oh here it is:
Whilst pulling down lines of glowing quantum cords, Mr. Vanmeer emanates a strange and lovely green light from his heart chakra.
MR. VANMEER
Every timeline has its own Doomsday. The dark night of the soul when one must find meaning in the hopeless pit of despair.
MR. VANMEER
For help with that, God created these:
Twelve people who are either doodling, clipping fingernails, fidgeting, blowing bubble gum or snoozing around a large round meeting table.
MR. VANMEER
The Seekers- looking for one unique truth, one timeline at a time.
Colin O’Riely, Bruce Jarse, Samantha Visione, Jack Stone, Albert Ryste, Eddie Steiner, Michael B. Webster, Father Robert Holmes, Innocence Tembu, Leona Carter, Heidi Winslow, James Fleming.
MR. VANMEER
These 12 researchers of reality have laws to follow as they bring light to each apocalypse. Some laws are easier to keep than others...
Murmurs from the round table...
SEEKERS
I’ll say. Got that right. Betch your patootie.
MR. VANMEER
The hardest law of all...
The twelve instantly perk up, ready to gamble. Colin puts on a poker hat. Jack puts on a poker face. Samantha empties a whole whack of quarters. Eddie lights his bestest cigarette with his favorite zippo.
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These guys are always betting over something or another.
The current draft up here on Simply is just that: A Draft. I'm still exploring characters and trying to define the structure, hoping to eventually nail it and produce a Disneyesque styled script.
I've got so many files on Shiva now, I have to go through them and start labeling them with key words to define them. Hard to believe we've written this much. But then again, it's going on a year now since this all started.
As far as its original dark flavored version and the original, you can read the scenes of all the writers (our twiddling, doodling and dozing bunch) here:
Original Shiva Webseries Game 08/09Success! Worked out the hyperlink proper like. Thanks Javier and Tommyp for the help!
Sandra