A call for 'family' stories

Hey everyone, many of you already know about the film “Family” and are directly involved with it, but for those of you that don’t, our production company, Titan Motion Picture Group is about to finish shooting our first feature entitled “Family”, it’s a twisted thriller that mostly takes place in a car, and hopefully will turn out to be a really cool little movie.  In effort to begin generating a ‘buzz’ about the film, we are currently designing a really cool website being put together by 23D films that will post initially hopefully soon, and then the website will evolve in monthly updates.  The really cool thing about this film is that you really don’t know what is going on for a good portion of the film, and the website is going to reflect that.  Each iteration is going to be different than the previous so you really can’t tell what the movie is about, and there will be a number of interactive features  that will lead to different things, and eventually puzzles that you’ll have to solve in order to get a to a trailer.  There will be multiple trailers, also, so you can never get a clean sense of what is going on.  Since the film is entitled “Family”, the whole theme of the website and all the advertising is going to centralize around that theme, and different variations thereof, the center of which will be a giant tree that will grow as the release date nears.

Part of what I want to include as points on the site is being able to read other people’s family stories that relate – or make others THINK they relate to the film – so what I’d like to ask of each of you, if you have time and inclination, is to write out two short family stories from your own life and send them to me.  These stories should be no more than a paragraph, and there should be one really great, beautiful and inspiring story about family, and also another that will support the dark side of the film that will show how screwed up families can be.  These stories will help to inspire the direction of the site, and will be at the core of the advertising campaign, so as many as we can get would be great.  They can just start as simply as “I remember when…”.  They do not need to be fancy, but should be honest.  This movie is about two people trying to find themselves from two VERY different perspectives, and what is so great about this story is its honesty, and everything else surrounding it support that.  I’m not asking anyone to air their dirty laundry, certainly, unless you WANT to – and all stories can be anonymous if you’d prefer.  I know that writing stuff can take a bit, so I’m starting early, and anything anyone wants to contribute will be greatly appreciated!

Just COMMENT on this post if you have anything. Thanks a lot! --Eric ( on behalf of Josh )