You Were Hiding in Plain Sight
Craig Cameron & Josh MacDonald, Chronicle-Pictures Inc
Language: English
Based On: Original Screenplay
Project Type: Feature Film (Scripted)
Genre: Thriller
Stage of Development: Final Draft
Estimated Length (minutes): 90 Mins
Director: Charles Wahl
Director Bio:
Charles Wahl is a writer and director whose projects have shown at SXSW, TIFF, Seattle International, Melbourne International, Hamptons, Aspen Shortsfest, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, as Vimeo Staff Picks, and many more. His award-winning short film The Mohel (2021) won Best Live Action Short, Under 15mins, at Palm Springs International ShortFest (Academy Award Qualifying), and was added to the Best Of Vimeo Staff Picks Channel.
In the branded space, Charles has directed content Internationally for such clients as BMW/MINI, KIA, TD, Mazda, McDonald’s, Nissan, Toyota, Quaker, Captain Morgan, Campbell’s, BMO, Nestle, Bell, Blue Cross, New Brunswick Tourism, and Nova Scotia Tourism.
His commercial work has been featured in Shots, Fubiz, Ad Age, Ad Stasher, Marketing Magazine, Strategy, Ads Of The World, and many others.
Total Budget: 950,000
Percent Confirmed: 25%
Currency: $ CAD
List names of confirmed partners: NS Incentive Fund 42% all spend
What is this project seeking?
Financing, Sales Agent, Co-production Partner
Logline:
Two female writers—one a driven Gen Z, and the other a jaded, best-selling Boomer—fight to the death over the resurrection of a character from an old children’s book.
Synopsis:
YOU WERE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT is a home invasion thriller with a supernatural twist, developed by an internationally award-winning team.
PAIGE STEWART (18) is perky, positive and deranged. She believes-- with all her heart—that she’s destined to become a world-famous writer, which will mean escape from her dead-end town.
But strangely, Paige’s own favourite writer has just moved to this very same place. ALICE O’BRIEN (80) is the best-selling author of a series of children’s books, starring a devilish and invisible little girl named 'Plain Sight'. O’Brien has grown weary of the 'Plain Sight' character, and of the public eye, and so she’s moved to the middle of nowhere, wanting only to be left alone. But Paige believes that the old woman’s arrival must be taken as some kind of a sign.
Because for a while now, Paige has been writing 'Plain Sight' fanfic of her very own. And Paige desperately, violently, needs Alice O'Brien's help to resurrect the devilish 'Plain Sight' character.
For real.
Contact Information: craig@chronicle-pictures.com, joshmacdonald@me.com
