Things have finally settled down, and I can finally update you on Blood Runners. This is the story of Clint and Ronnie, two friends/roommates/hematologists. They work as delivery men for the nations largest blood bank.
I remember coming up with this story almost two years ago. Before the vampire craze I might add. I wanted create really unconventional stories for our classic monsters. In this case I went with vampires. I wanted it to be a little different, I don't see that many dark comedies that deal with vampires a lot.
In this world, vampires are pretty much widely accepted in the world. They had their civil rights movement, got their equality, and have become a great influence on art and culture. But since their emergence into mainstream society, the economy has taken a substantial hit. Now that the worlds population is running 24/7 the worlds resources are being used up twice as fast. Night schools and graveyard shifts have taken on all new meanings.
This short film is actually the first scene of the feature length that I'm contemplating writing. When this is done I'm gonna shop it around to a few festivals, depending on its success I'll determine if its worth the time to sit down and crank out this feature length.
So the story goes is that Clint and Ronnie are delivery men for a blood bank that cater to the special needs of the cities nocturnal population. On a high profile delivery they accidentally destroy their batch of blood. In fear of being fired, they use their own blood as substitutes. It turns out that Clint has a rare blood disorder that makes his blood high commodity. So the two decide to go into business for themselves.
This of course is a recipe for disaster since Clint is very racist towards vampires (and possibly struggling with his own human sexuality) and Ronnie is in love with the hot vampire chick across the hall. And when the shit hits the fan their friendship is put to the test.
I really like this story. I'd have to say that my favorite scene that I havent written yet is the part where Ronnie and Clint are arguing about whats right and wrong about being a human as opposed to being a vampire. Ronnie says to Clint: "We're just like them. We're blood runners, we sleep all day and work all night. The only difference is the paychecks"
In this world, vampires are pretty much widely accepted in the world. They had their civil rights movement, got their equality, and have become a great influence on art and culture. But since their emergence into mainstream society, the economy has taken a substantial hit. Now that the worlds population is running 24/7 the worlds resources are being used up twice as fast. Night schools and graveyard shifts have taken on all new meanings.
This short film is actually the first scene of the feature length that I'm contemplating writing. When this is done I'm gonna shop it around to a few festivals, depending on its success I'll determine if its worth the time to sit down and crank out this feature length.
So the story goes is that Clint and Ronnie are delivery men for a blood bank that cater to the special needs of the cities nocturnal population. On a high profile delivery they accidentally destroy their batch of blood. In fear of being fired, they use their own blood as substitutes. It turns out that Clint has a rare blood disorder that makes his blood high commodity. So the two decide to go into business for themselves.
This of course is a recipe for disaster since Clint is very racist towards vampires (and possibly struggling with his own human sexuality) and Ronnie is in love with the hot vampire chick across the hall. And when the shit hits the fan their friendship is put to the test.
I really like this story. I'd have to say that my favorite scene that I havent written yet is the part where Ronnie and Clint are arguing about whats right and wrong about being a human as opposed to being a vampire. Ronnie says to Clint: "We're just like them. We're blood runners, we sleep all day and work all night. The only difference is the paychecks"