Unwanted Pregnancies

I bet you must be thinking what has he got to say about this. However, do not be surprised as my short film script that I am currently writing is dealing with this.

I was thinking a great deal amount what topic I should talk about. I have always stayed with romantic stories and I decided there was going to be no way that my first shot film script will go away from that. Although, I personally am not a huge fan of romantic stories but I do love writing them.

This film that is currently in pre-production deals with unwanted pregnances in british-asian households. The failure of men being responsible for their actions and some women going through the birth and not taking up the option of abortion.

The subject is a sensitive one as I do not want to hurt any sentiments but I want to have a lot of issues raised and sorted out in the 10 mins. Whether it is possible God knows but I know that some issues need to be raised. The great thing is that there is a possibility that there could be a sequal to it. 

The creative process is rather special. As I had planned this, I knew it would be something new for me, something different for me. Something that will show that it is all about the script. Visually it should be grand. However, with creativity there is boundaries.

One of the boundaries is cost. My producer told me straight up, I want it low budget. I agreed straight away because I knew I could create a low budget film with real location. But I had one issue...I wanted it for us British Asians. I wanted us to create awareness. So I said I will deal with the cast myself and choose the actors. This should be rather interesting and I hope my producer likes my script. It may be complete by the end of this week.

Anyway, I am going to sign off but I am hoping for all the best. The plan is to take it to film festivals if possible. I will keep you all posted.

Rahul