Seizing Me
Running time: 94 mins
She takes body, mind, & soul
SEIZING ME is a sexy and provocative psychological thriller about a troubled yet gifted woman, Rose, who captures three unique people, wanting to seize the pieces necessary to complete herself. The three captives represent wildly different aspects of mind, body and soul. Ultimately these rebellious captives turn the table on Rose, becoming consenting participants, and leading to a shocking climax. Through the startling use of sexuality and psychological violence, the film explores the universal issue of looking outside of one?s self rather than within to become a whole being.
A rare portrayal of a female character who dominates the picture from beginning to end as well as all around her, this film dares to show a heroine as a highly complex, outrageously liberated and disturbed figure rather than the typical movie categories of cop-buddy, super-hero, secondary villain, sex-symbol, damsel-in-distress or care-taker.
To learn more about the director, Halfdan Hussey, please go here.
PIONEERING DIGITAL MOVIE MAKING & DELIVERY
SEIZING ME pioneered the use of the Panasonic HD-Varicam camera. It was the first dramatic feature film captured on this technology and demonstrates breakthrough artistic and technical achievement: a look and feel previously unseen in digital with brilliant cinematic colors, highly defined blacks and contrasts, and dynamic visual communication. (Note: this capture technology recently became hot news at NAB as Panasonic and Apple announced a comprehensive HD solution based on the HD-Varicam camera.)
SEIZING ME now leads the way in delivering HD content via the Internet. The entire movie was converted into a WMV-HD file, encoded, encrypted, and presented here on Cinequest Online through Kontiki grid-technology. The results bring you the entire feature film at breakthrough quality (a step above DVD) plus select scenes at HD quality (720 and 1080).
Most importantly, the pioneering use of technologies allowed the filmmakers to create a powerful movie of original and captivating content and style.
WHAT'S NEXT?
THE WHOLE PICTURE
more than a movie
The filmmaking team now embarks on a pioneering digital movie franchise of significant scope, content, and cutting edge marketing.
THE WHOLE PICTURE is a series of nine interconnected movies and novels (in the tradition of filmmaker Kieslowski and novelists Balzac and Zola). The movies will be made and marketed with leading edge digital cinema and Internet technologies.
Each of the nine movies contains a unique emotive-idea and style. Together the themes create a broader picture of humanity's conflicts and dreams. Likewise, the characters in all the films inter-connect with each other in subtle, ironic, and often surprising ways just as different nationalities and religions connect. The result is an interconnected world.
The motifs for the nine movies: redemption, hope, exploration, creativity, courage, compassion, faith, death, and integration resonate with every culture, class, and individual. In addition to the entertainment value inherent in the material is also a focused effort to present transformative and inspirational themes that enlighten and inspire the audience.
The first three screenplays are completed. Either can be produced as the first in the series:
1. SPLIT: Does each person have one soul mate? Could somebody possibly have two true loves? James, a troubled young writer faces this wild conflict. SPLIT between two women, he ultimately chooses himself.
2. TO THE DOGS: Two brothers, two generations, one accident and one brother?s fall from grace plunges his sons into a world of crime and betrayal only to find redemption in the brother their father left behind.
3. WHIRLWIND: Politics, satire, comedy and creativity collide in this hilarious story of lost love, lust, a corrupt election, and a quest for gold.
The movies in THE WHOLE PICTURE not only connect in a special way, but also create an epic and entertaining perspective of life over the period of 100 years.