A Stranger You Know is a 15 minute short film project. Inspired by kidnappings and missing persons. The budget is around $32,000. We plan to have a crew of 13 and a cast of 7. The money is going to locations, food and making sure the cast and crew are being paid fairly.
A Stranger You Know is a dramatic thriller about two teenage sisters and their friend that are kidnapped by a man. One of the sisters is able to escape and seek help. Their adoptive-mother then struggles to assure the sisters that they’re safe, especially as more secrets are uncovered.
I want to make this project because I am curious about people who kidnap other people, and the criminal mind in general. It is important to me, because of how often people go missing and what they go through. The thought processes of the victim and the kidnaper in those moments.
The film explores themes of identity, deception and existential threats.
I am the right person to make this project as it is my original vision, and I can tell it authentically from a place of fear, as I have been in situations where, as a female, I have felt threatened or unsafe