The Feature
Genre – science fiction comedy thriller
Running time – 85 minutes
Status – script and teaser short available.
Preliminary budget estimate - $1.5M
Attached – director: Tom Hickmore; design and backgrounds: D’Israeli; composer: Rory Cameron
N.b. we are currently seeking a producer or co-producer for this project.

Synopsis
Colin has a good job at the pet shop Reptilopia. But he hates reptiles, hates his work and hates his drunkard old mother for whom he’s run the family business since his dad was eaten by a crocodile. This formative event in Colin’s young life also left him with a nervous skin complaint.

One day a local tycoon, Mr Skink, comes into the shop with his two heavies asking for an obscure lizard. He’s impressed with Colin’s knowledge of his subject and fascinated by Colin’s peeling skin. After a series of misunderstandings, Skink transforms into a scaly reptilian monster declaring that Colin’s years of hiding his true reptilian nature have come to an end. Colin screams and skidaddles, chased by Skink’s gun-toting heavies.

On the run, Colin gets blamed for a murder. He can’t go to the police, the only thing he can do is to push on and to try to get to the bottom of the huge conspiracy by the alien reptilians to take over the planet.

Reptile Day uses a mix of techniques designed for a low budget – with actors against blue screen, using artwork instead of sets, cardboard props, puppets and toys. It creates a genuinely involving drama, while revealing the rough edges of the way it was put together. Think comic book, think minimalist theatre, think gothic puppet show, think seventies Dr. Who camp.

Downloads
1 page pitch
3 page synopsis
500 word outline

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