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LOGLINE An introverted yet gargantuan-sized man joins a circus at the behest of his long-lost friend and unwittingly gets himself involved in her diabolical plans to convert the family-friendly outing into an adults-only rock and roll, sex-infused alternative carnival. SUMMARY Rashaan Paul is a gentle giant. A gargantuan-sized man who lives a simple, quiet life with his simple, quiet job in his simple, quiet apartment. When Sara, an old friend who works in a family-friendly traveling circus, reaches out and asks him to join her in saving the fledgling business, he accepts the invitation. Unbeknownst to him, Sara includes him in her plan to convert the kid-friendly outing into an adults-only rock and roll, sex-infused alternative carnival, much to the chagrin of all of the carnival workers, including her fellow acrobat and sister Poe and her parents, the perpetually nurturing Gabriéla and the perpetually sad Tomás. FEATURE FILM HORROR/ADULT COMEDY 110 MINUTES RACIALLY DIVERSE ENSEMBLE MID BUDGET TARGET AUDIENCES: MILLENNIALS - GENERATION APLHA
CHARACTERS PURPOSE Little Wonder is a dark comedy in the vein of cinematic works created by Tim Burton and Jordan Peele and authors Neil Gaiman and Chuck Palahniuk. The main story revolves around a traveling circus and all the colorful, bright, and effervescent trimmings associated with carnivals. But the everpresent dark intentions of the characters give those luminant embellishments a broader depth and texture and a foreboding sense of danger, peril, and risk. A progeny of classic psychological thrillers such as “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” (1962) and “Freaks” (1932), as well as modern fair such as the “American Horror Story” franchise (2011-) and “Us” (2019), the purpose of Little Wonder is to nudge audiences with chills, humor, and horror to view the world from a different perspective. SARA PEQUEÑO (Lead Acrobat) ‘30s, F, physically beautiful but extremely insecure about getting older, desperate, manipulative, conniving and deceptively friendly. Misunderstood “femme fatale.” RASHAAN PAUL (Muscle Man) ‘30s, M, introverted, muscled giant who tries in vain to fit in “normal” society and finds the balance of appreciating his physicality, sexuality and spirituality at the circus. PÖE PEQUEÑO (Acrobat) ‘30s, M, Sara’s quick witted, sarcastic and droll sister whose snarky comments and dour disposition and brutal truth telling often rubs people the wrong way. MARK LITWILLER (General Manager) ‘40s, M, a handsome southern gentleman who tries to run the circus with a sense of dignity and respect, much to the chagrin of Sara’s left-of-center and outrageous sensibilities. TOMÁS PEQUEÑO (Carnival Barker) ‘50s, M, Guatemalan little person who has lost his passion in life and tries in vain to accept his physicality and lot in life but finds the circus damaging to his pursuits.
TONE The main story of Little Wonder is the transition of the family-friendly “Bunny Circus” into the dark and adult-oriented “Dark Bunny Circus,” which drives the film’s overall ominous magical realism tone. We start in the monochromatic world of co-lead Rashaan’s world, then segway into the lusciously colorful world of the Bunny Circus with a tinge of the bizarre when the circus carnies are introduced. When the other co-lead, Sara, executes her plan to make the circus more profitable by infusing sex and BDSM into its marketing and programming, the film’s atmosphere tilts into dark, mysterious, sultry tones, which eventually dissolves into foreboding terror when a pair of siamese twins are brutally murdered while Sara describes her troubled past and precarious plans for the future. The final horror-infused crescendo is when Sara is viciously mutilated after performing a dangerous stunt.
“When we get to know each other And we’re both feeling much stronger Then let’s try to talk it over, let’s wait awhile longer” -”Let’s Wait Awhile” by Janet Jackson “Your smooth and shiny feels so good against my lips, sugar I want you so bad, I can taste your love right now, baby Day and night, night and day” -”If” by Janet Jackson FAMILY FRIENDLY WHOLESOME ALL AGES EDIFYING FUN DARK BUNNY CIRCUS ADULT ONLY SEX DRUGS ROCK & ROLL FUN WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? BUNNY CIRCUS
PRODUCTION NOTES MAIN LOCATION Circus Tents (Interior and Exterior) in Rural Southwest TIMEFRAME 115 Minutes 45 Day Shoot CAST 2 Leads 6 Supporting 7 Carnie Supporting Roles Carnie Background and Extras ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS CTA Train Car Townhouse Office Work Floor (filled with Copy Machines) Children’s Program Television Studio Coffee Shop SPECIAL EFFECTS Circus Performance-Based AI Woman Mutilated to Resemble Deformed Chicken COSTUMES Colorful Carnival Attire Leather/Provocative BDSM Gear Oversized Children’s Dinosaur Costume
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAKSHOW Eccentric and Colorful Visual Style, Dark Circus Atmosphere, Horror-Based Drama OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Character Driven Folklore Storytelling, Magical Realism Themes WHAT EVER HAPPEND TO BABY JANE? Feminist Infused and Horror Inclined Storytelling, Themes of Aging and Regret FREAKS Carnival-Based Dark Humor, Humanist Approach to Fringe Populations SIMILIAR WORKS
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Breeze Vincinz was formally trained as a screenwriter at Columbia, College - Chicago and has since expanded his work to include authoring two books (Ride. Share. Stores. and Life A Boy) as well as podcasting, and television projects. www.breezelovesoul.com Dale Guy Madison is an award-winning educator, LGBTQ activist, playwright, author, doll collector, performance artist and artist-in-residence. He is the author of the memoir, “Dreamboy: My Life as a QVC Host and Other Greatest Hits.” www.daleguymadison.com New York-born BluJak is a burgeoning songwriter/ musician/rapper based out of Los Angeles who luminously interweaves elements of wavy rap with the ambrosial facets of pop-infused alternative rock. www.blujakmusic.wixsite.com/blujak ATTACHMENTS
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