LiminalA n t h o l o g y S e r i e s

Log-Line:Log-Line:

Countless stories are locked within the minds of the dead, secret worlds beyond our understanding… Countless stories are locked within the minds of the dead, secret worlds beyond our understanding… until now. until now.

Designing Principle:Designing Principle:

Understanding the future by bearing witness to the past. Understanding the future by bearing witness to the past.

Premise: Premise:

A young woman and her artificially intelligent friend watch memories, stories pulled from the disem-A young woman and her artificially intelligent friend watch memories, stories pulled from the disem-bodied brains that give her glimpses of a golden age before the singularity as she seeks out clues bodied brains that give her glimpses of a golden age before the singularity as she seeks out clues

about how to fix her broken reality. about how to fix her broken reality.

MickeyMichelle Sandoval is in her early twenties, born around the same time that the world lurched toward dystopia. She has blue hair and dresses in the crusty style of a late nineties skater.

DEVSDEVS

T HX 495T HX 495

Quantum logic artificial intelligent interface, an avatar representing a planet-spanning, cloud-based quantum logic computer first created 25 years ago. She appears only on screens to be a young

woman impeccably dressed in a corporate- sheik ensamble.

Gem Unit

Lost in SpaceLost in Space

2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey

Scarlette Scarlette JohansenJohansen

Satoshi Mekkler is a gangly Satoshi Mekkler is a gangly child of 10 when he is intro-child of 10 when he is intro-duced in episode one. A red duced in episode one. A red ball cap barely contains a ball cap barely contains a shaggy haircut. Scout wears shaggy haircut. Scout wears bright coveralls (or track-bright coveralls (or track-suit) which he unzips to his suit) which he unzips to his waist to expose ironically waist to expose ironically vintage t-shirts. Sunglasses vintage t-shirts. Sunglasses hide his eyes and reflect the hide his eyes and reflect the glare of the mid-day sun. glare of the mid-day sun.

ScoutScout

Moonrise KingdomMoonrise Kingdom

E p i s o d e Le n g t h :E p i s o d e Le n g t h : 3 2 - 5 0 M i n u t e s 3 2 - 5 0 M i n u t e s

N u m b e r o f E p i s o d e s p e r S e a s o n : 8 - 1 0N u m b e r o f E p i s o d e s p e r S e a s o n : 8 - 1 0

M o d e l :M o d e l : A n t h o l o g y A n t h o l o g y

A u d i e n c e :A u d i e n c e : T h o s e w i t h a n o s t a l g i c T h o s e w i t h a n o s t a l g i c

att at c h m e n t t o c l a s s i c S c i f i . at t at c h m e n t t o c l a s s i c S c i f i .

M e t h o d :M e t h o d : S h o o t i n g l i v e a c t i o n S h o o t i n g l i v e a c t i o n

w i t h c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f s o c i a l w i t h c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f s o c i a l

d i s t a n c i n g g u i d e l i n e s . d i s t a n c i n g g u i d e l i n e s .

P O V:P O V: D o m i n a n t s i n g l e D o m i n a n t s i n g l e

l e a d w i t h o r b i t i n g l e a d w i t h o r b i t i n g

s i d e k i c k s & s i d e k i c k s &

a n t a g o n i s t s .a n t a g o n i s t s .

FormatFormatL i v e A c t i o n L i v e A c t i o n

The basic structure of the episodes (chapters) are based on literary milieu stories common in

Classic Sci-Fi Novels.

Milieu narratives are characterized by an observer who sees things the way the audience sees them. Mickey observes things that interest her and is transformed by what she sees.

She then returns to her world as a changed person.

Liminal’s story begins not at the point when the world becomes disordered, but rather at the point when Mickey’s actions are most crucial to establishing the new order and becomes involved in the struggle.

Milieu

Liminal’s reality is a result of an event which is a common structural device in speculative fiction literature. Something is wrong in the fabric of the universe; Mick-ey’s world is out of order. A previous order, a “golden age” (represented by the mem-ories of the corpsicles) has been disrupted and the world is in flux, a dangerous place, a dystopia for Mickey.

Mickey is our guide into the world situ-ation. We start with the small part of the world that she knows and understands and see only as much of the disorder of the universe as she can. Over the course of subsequent episodes (chapters) she becomes more aware of the nature of her quest, her long walk to Mount Doome.

By the time the explanation of Liminal’s world is given, we have already seen much of the disorder for ourselves: loneliness, empty streets, homelessness, VR addic-tion, litter/pollution, wage slavery, head collection/murder.

WhyWhy did a beautiful way of life from another time come to an end?

WhyWhy are all these people gone, when they were once so wise and

their achievements so great?