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2 years, 4 months ago - Paul Slaughter

Hi Elie
Thanks for the response. Here is the film synopsis. Hope it helps.

"wait for the ALL CLEAR"
(Logline - "What if . . . in the near future . . . something very bad happened?")

The “Ford” family are trapped! After witnessing a major event, with the sound of sirens and distant explosions, a strange orange fog descends. All they can do is take refuge in their home and seal all the doors and windows.

Delaney Ford, realising that they will all be isolated indefinitely, hopelessly tries to write his first book of poetry. All he manages to achieve is the slow consumption of his last bottle of Scotch. The other family members desperately need to reconnect with the outside world and each other, but unable to comprehend what has just happened. Maddie, Delaney’s wife, wants to leave, in the larger sense. Billie, their precocious adult daughter simply wants her mobile phone, Facebook, and Simon (her boyfriend).

There's something wrong with Bobby! Their non-binary, teenage sibling, has been mysteriously damaged by the fog and is somehow stuck in a kind of aphasic verbal loop, absurdly repeating the last things remembered at the moment of the attack, whilst outside the local “Co-Op” store.

Complicating matters further, is the coincidental and suspicious appearance of a German Architect called Braun. He has some sort of connection with Maddie and Delaney’s past. His sudden and untimely appearance has further driven the wedge between husband and wife. This potentially makes an unpleasant atmosphere even more uncomfortable and fuels the family friction. Could this conflict create an even more explosive event of their own? It is now three days after the event, with no power, no water, no communication and no sign of civilisation.