THE PURCHASE

Starring:
-Preston O'Steen
-Matt St. John
-Jane Keeler
-Michael Shaheen
-Jeremy Striebel
-Glenn Shaheen		 As:
-Aaron
-The Consumer
-Claire
-Guy # 2
-Guy # 1
-Bobby		 Crew:
-Directed By 
      Jeremy Farnell
-Written By
      Jeremy Farnell
-Edited By
      Jeremy Farnell
-Camera Operated By
      Jeremy Farnell &
      Glenn Shaheen 		 Specs:
Date Filmed-7/97
Acts Of Violence-3
Profane Utterances-5
Sexual References-0
Raw Footage-40 Minutes

A hastily thrown together summer project. Aaron was meant to play the lead, but at the last minute could not. Instead of postponing it was decided Preston would cover. His thick drawl probably detracted a bit from the film's credibility (prop-erdee), but it's hastiness shines through anyway. A small amount of score was written for the rough edit of the film before the director stated he was unhappy with the project and did not wish to continue postproduction. An example of an action cue from the script:


-The Consumer flicks the cigarette to the side. Suddenly makes a quick move and grabs Aaron’s gun
 arm and slings him off of the porch in front of the car. The gun falls to the ground. Aaron sees bat
 and grabs it. He stands up. He swings the bat to hit the consumer. The Consumer catches the bat
 right in front of his face and then pulls the bat towards him so that he can grab the handle with his
 other hand. The Consumer knocks the bat into Aaron’s face. Aaron falls w/o bat. Aaron falls on
 steps, glances to right and sees gun. He picks it up and shoots The Consumer once, who reacts
 appropriately and then returns to his original cool posture. Aaron reacts angrily, scared, and fires
 the gun 14 times. It get’s empty. The Consumer falls to the ground. He then sits back up and
 Aaron throws the gun at him. Aaron then grabs the bat and proceeds to beat The Consumer. He
 drops the bat on top of The Consumer and gets into the car. He cranks it and runs back and forth
 over The Consumer. He then stops and goes inside, exhausted. He goes to the kitchen and gets a
 can of Some form of cola. He drinks a bit and turns to see The Consumer. Reacts angrily and
 begins to throw objects from the counter at The Consumer. These include:
  The Can
 A Rubber Knife (The Dark)
  The Mystery Machine (GPH)
 Biscuits (The Consumer Eats one)
 Box of Cereal

Why the lead would drink soda after murder is beyond me.

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