A Very Sad Movie

[Guest]

Is it the force part that makes it traumatic? Wow, now that I just typed that... something dawned on me. Most people are not traumatized by growing up. Growing up was forced on me, I was made to go much faster than I could handle, and now I'm all fucked up.

Hmm... My mom has an issue with peas after her parents forced fed them to her (her parents are nucking futs!).

Apparently, forcing anything on a child, if done with too much force, can fuck them up.

[Guest]

Sad film, but I couldn't help thinking "Except for the beatings, that looks kinda fun".

[lynniehyde]

Sad film, but I couldn't help thinking "Except for the beatings, that looks kinda fun".

Viewing this short has put me more in touch with abuse that occurred to me. Thoughts I've shut out for decades. I don't know if it was fun at the time. I only know that I equate being a baby with a more secure, soft feeling. Why? This type of treatment would be considered child abuse these days.

Maybe, because once I was put back into didees, the terror ended. As long as I was a good baby.

Cuddles,

--heidilynn

[smarti]

Yes sad indeed. saturday matinee weepy

AB aspects: good to have a narrator so no one uses the "d word"

Theme rings true in a lot of anecdotes I've read. Psychologically speaking, diapers are part of a complex of conflicting emotions to parent, bone of contention.

Angela's interpretation of the events is quite rational.

Btw Veoh has been K-Lined by my local censors. I eventually found it on

http://www.myspace.com/proboventures (Michael Bryson's Myspace)

If anyone else has a problem accessing Veoh

Cheers smarti

[BoTox]

This story, while sad and thought provoking, was an interesting artistic venture. I feel for anyone that might have had to endure such abuse as a child. For all the inconsistencies, it was still a very well done art piece. I would have preferred a happier story but the edginess and the bare emotions it invoked are quite different than most movies I would watch.

This is certainly not a story I would have written. I probably wouldn't have read the story had it been written by someone else. But this medium did suck me in.

Bravo to the creators, the actors and all of the brave souls that put this together.

[smarti]

Also on MySpace Michael's loaded an interesting treatment of "Temptation" as a feature-length film.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...logID=348473530

Looks like it could be interesting viewing...

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Redemption - The Feature Film Treatment

REDEMPTION

A TREATMENT FOR A FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY

by

Michael Bryson

August 2007

This Drama begins in the MASTER BEDROOM of the SCOTT House: It is dark but for a single light shining out from the bathroom. Twelve-year-old AMBER SCOTT walks in and towards the END TABLE at the left of the bed: from head-to-foot she is inexplicably dressed like a toddler; braided hair, a pacifier in her mouth, wearing a very childish-looking t-shirt and a DISPOSABLE DIAPER, lacey socks and white and pink tennis shoes.

She opens the end table drawer and retrieves a small, nickel-plated .38 CALIBER PISTOL and turns back to the main door, stopping to examine the gun -- to question herself.

LIVING ROOM: Amber passes through to the adjoining KITCHEN where her mother, JUDITH, stands at the pass-over-counter washing dishes. Amber stops in front, looking across at her mother -- staring coldly. Judith stops washing and stares back. Amber removes the pacifier from her mouth and places it gently on the counter, never breaking eye-contact. Judith looks at the pacifier then back to Amber.

Seconds later Amber raises the gun, pointing it at her mother's head. Judith is unaffected, giving short notice of the gun before locking eyes again. Amber cocks the gun. Judith slow-blinks, almost nodding her approval. Amber's lower lip quivers as she resolves to fire… BAM!

FLASH CUT TO:

SIREN LIGHTS atop an AMBULANCE, parked in the driveway of the Scott House. Several official vehicles spread about. A GREY SEDAN rushes up, stopping at the rear of the ambulance. CATHERINE FELTZER, steps out of the passenger side and hurries inside. The back of her jacket reads "CPS".

FRONT ENTRANCE: Catherine passes through the masses of OFFICIAL PERSONNEL and into the kitchen where two photographers snap photos of Judith's body; laid out on the floor - with a big chunk of her skull blown out. LIEUTENANT DAN COKER, a long time associate, waits for her at the opposite end. He signals to her and she makes her way past the body, trying not to stare, but does anyway.

Dan greets her as she approaches: "We always get the pretty ones, don't we?". She stops an upheaval in her throat before responding: "Where is she?". Dan smiles, nodding over his shoulder. Catherine sees the young girl sitting in a dark corner of the living room, holding a toy bunny. She turns to Dan: "Why hasn't anyone covered her, or something?". Dan: "She won't let us near her".

Catherine expresses her grief and heads over to Amber. As she nears the girl she notices the diaper. She tries to hide her shock, slowing her steps. She takes inventory of the environment, spotting a large PINK DIAPER BAG on a divan, in the foyer – everything else seems normal. She kneels in front of Amber, still a couple of feet away, trying to communicate.

Amber retreats, gripping her bunny harder. Catherine concedes, signaling the young girl to take ease. Amber settles, staring at Catherine; and sizing her up. Catherine examines Amber, eyes slightly welling. Amber feels embarrassed, she tries to cover the diaper with her t-shirt. Catherine conveys her sympathy, but it doesn't help. She moves to the sofa and grabs a BLANKET; offering it to Amber. Amber doesn't react. Catherine gently spreads the blanket over her. Amber watches, unsure how to react.

LATER: Catherine walks Amber out. Amber drops the BUNNY as they pass the DIVAN. She stops, pulling away from Catherine, reaching back. Catherine notes her action and reaches down for the bunny but Amber ignores her and instead grabs the DIAPER BAG. Catherine is stunned. Amber clutches the bag, turning her eyes down in shame. Catherine strokes her hair for assurance. Amber looks up. Catherine smiles and invites Amber to follow her out.

MONTAGE: --- Outside: Catherine exits the house, with Amber --- Inside House: Police are gathering and photographing --- Outside: Catherine and Amber get in back seat of Grey Sedan. They leave --- Hospital: Police are asking questions --- Examination Room: Catherine sits with Amber, A Nurse tries to remove the diaper but Amber fights her off --- Court: Catherine (with Diaper Bag) sits behind Amber. A Lawyer presents her case. Amber's Aunt and Uncle are recognized by the court --- Laurel Ridge Treatment Center: Amber is escorted in, Catherine follows --- Center's Main Offices: Amber meets NURSE HALEY. Haley takes the diaper bag from Catherine. Amber watches it closely ---

AMBER is squatted on the floor, at the foot of the bed, in her NEW ROOM. She stares into the abyss, peeing her diaper beyond its capacity -- the excess spills to the floor. She is unaffected. A disturbance in the hall. Amber looks towards the door, straining to see in the dark. A GHOSLTY IMAGE of MOM rushes at her, taunting her about wetting herself, raising a hand to strike. Amber freaks and rushes into the corner, trying to escape. The image is gone. Amber cannot calm herself.

MORNING: Nurse Haley enters to find the mess on the floor and Amber crouched in the corner; sleeping (recalling her mother's scolding for wetting the bed… again). Haley approaches with caution, placing the diaper bag on the bed as she passes.

She kneels beside Amber and carefully wakes her. Amber breaks into hysteria. Nurse Haley finally calms her and suggests that they get her diaper changed. Amber sees the PINK BAG on the bed and follows obediently.

THE CAFETERIA: Amber follows Haley through the FOOD LINE, her diaper covered by a long night-shirt. Several kids take notice of her oddness. Later: Amber sits alone, at the opposite end of a half-filled table, staring at her food. All the other children stare, giggling and quietly teasing. Haley watches with concern. Amber, feeling the stares of the others, decides to leave.

THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE: Amber sits on the leather couch as DOCTOR ALAN HABREY enters and sits across from her, on his high-back chair. He greets her but gets no response. He smiles and grabs his CLIP BOARD from the coffee table, positioned between them. He sits back and prepares his notes. Several questions are followed by agitating silence. Dr. Habrey smirks… this is going to be a long session.

COMMON AREA 3, AGES 9-12: A large room divided into four main areas; video games, television, crafts and the play place. Each section is filled with spirited kids, desperately at play --- in direct contrast to Amber, alone in the only shady corner of the room. She lies on her side, on the floor, watching a young boy at play with two TOY SOLDIERS, in a mock duel. Amber drifts into a daze, recounting the severe beating she got just before her mother diapered her. A YOUNG GIRL walks up to Amber, from behind, spotting Amber's now exposed diaper. She laughs and runs towards the others, calling out her ridicules about Amber.

A crowd gathers, thinking to investigate, but they are stopped by Nurse Haley and others. Amber turns over, further exposing herself but ignoring the cat calls and teasing. She sucks on her thumb. Haley retrieves Amber and escorts her out as the jeering elevates.

AMBER'S ROOM: Lights out. Haley comes in to check on Amber… but she is gone. Haley checks the room. There are crayons and shredded paper all over the floor. Her pajama pants hang over the bed rails.

KITCHEN: Amber pushes open the swinging DOUBLE DOORS, poking her head inside --- a pacifier in her mouth. She spots the gigantic refrigerator and rushes over, carrying a hand-torn cut-out colored picture of her BUNNY.

The light from the opened fridge shows that she is wearing just a diaper and her pajama top. A sound from the hall sends her flying into the dark, slamming the fridge door shut. She hides under the PREP TABLE until the coast is clear. She peeks over the top and immediately notices that a LARGE KNIFE has been left, on the table. Amber startles at a sound from behind her, she grabs the knife in defense. Her mother's GHOST attacks her. Amber raises the knife…

IN THE HALL: Haley searches diligently. A SCREAM echoes. Haley runs towards it. Bending the corner she spots young Amber at the other end of the long hall. She calls out but gets no response. Haley starts towards her, calling repeatedly for her to wait.

Amber struggles, swaying from side-to-side, mumbling. Haley notices her odd behavior and quickens her pace. As she nears she sees sporadic drops of BLOOD on the floor. "Oh Dear God". Haley rushes Amber and is nearly slashed by the huge BLADE --- as Amber reacts. Amber postures defensively. Haley is forced to assault her, taking the knife away. Amber collapses to the cold linoleum floor, revealing several lacerations on her arms and one leg. Haley grabs her up and charges down the hall, dropping the knife in a nearby trash can...

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: Haley sits at Amber's side; who has been sedated and safety-strapped to her bed. Just outside the room, the Chief-of-Staff, DOCTOR CHARLES HOWARD, screams at the KITCHEN MANAGER --- firing him for incompetence. Haley cries, gripping Amber's hand.

DR. HABREY'S OFFICE: Nurse Haley tries to convince him that it was not a suicide attempt. He attacks: "Is that your professional opinion… Doctor?". Haley is stunted by his sarcasm; which he now regrets.

IN-FACILITY SCHOOL ROOM: Amber sits in isolation, apart from the other students --- she is clearly drugged. Her books are unopened. She draws a picture of her bunny. Haley enters through the back door with the DIAPER BAG. All heads turn as Amber follows Haley out, carrying her books. Giggling turns to laughter as the door closes.

AMBER'S ROOM: Her school books are torn apart and spread about the floor. Several WORDS on many of the ripped-out pages have been circled. Amber sits in one corner, in just a t-shirt and a diaper, working on the fourth copy of her BUNNY drawings. Her school dress lies amongst the thrashed literature. Haley enters and is shocked by the unsightly litter. She lightly scolds Amber as she cleans up but stops when she notices the circled words. Reaching Amber, she catches sight of the several drawings. Haley leaves…

RECEPTION AREA: Haley greets Catherine Feltzer, who brings the BUNNY for Amber. They talk about her condition. Catherine asks to see her.

AMBER'S ROOM: Haley enters, shocked again -- that the room has been cleaned. All the torn pages and covers have been stacked neatly on the END TABLE. Amber sits by the window, staring out at the kids playing in an open field. Catherine approaches her, holding the BUNNY out front. A brief hint of delight escapes Amber's eyes as she sees her friend, the bunny. Catherine squats near Amber, holding out the rabbit, but Amber will not take it. Catherine lowers it to the floor and slides it towards Amber. Amber snatches it up and hugs it tightly.

Haley examines the torn pages. She takes one over to Amber and kneels beside her. Amber looks outside. Haley reads the circled word aloud: "dissipated… it means used up… or exhausted". She looks at Amber, hoping for a response. Nothing. Haley looks to Catherine; who gives a nod of encouragement. Amber strokes her bunny.

…FIVE YEARS LATER…

SHOCK THERAPY ROOM: A tattered and worn BUNNY sits on an empty chair. An older AMBER, strapped to a PADDED TABLE, convulses as electricity charges her body. Dr. Habrey watches; with obvious disappointment in his patient.

AMBER'S ROOM: Haley sits on the floor, near the window, reading the torn pages from a THESAURUS. She glimpses the word "emasculate" and smiles as tears trickle down her face.

MAIN ENTRANCE LOBBY: A small group of third year medical students, here for a SUMMER INTERNSHIP, all in their twenties, stand in formation, being inspected by Dr. Howard: "As you are all still medical students… you will be under the charge of all staff here, including the senior nursing staff". Some students smirk, one is particularly noticeable, a pretentious twenty-one year old named JORDAN LOCKE, who looks way too young to be in this group.

Dr. Howard approaches him: "You look like you don't even need to shave yet… my guess is you're the young prodigy that everyone is talking about". Jordan knows not to smile at that. Dr. Howard locks eyes with Jordan, but addressing them all: "These particular nurses know more than you ever will… and you will respect them". Jordan doesn't flinch. Dr. Howard continues…

WARD B, ADOLESCENTS "AT RISK", BOYS BATHROOM: Jordan escorts his new young charge, a seventeen year old boy, to the toilet. He waits outside the stall, disgusted: "Third year medical student, first year butt-wiping nurse's aide". A gurgled giggle emanates from behind the plastic curtain of a nearby SHOWER STALL. Jordan is taken aback, he steps smartly to the shower and draws back the curtain.

He shocks, almost disgusted, at the sight of AMBER, lying in a fetal position, writing out the word "emasculate" on the wall; with her own feces. Amber looks up at him, she is somewhat taken by his good looks - staring hard. He too is caught up; she is quite beautiful – even if she is crazy.

OUTSIDE THE BOYS BATHROOM: Jordan waits by the door, too curious to leave, just yet. Dr. Howard arrives just as Nurse Haley and TWO ORDERLIES exit the bathroom with Amber -- strapped to a gurney and covered with a sheet. Other spectators gather. Amber's eyes are glued to Jordan as she exits. Jordan feels compelled to speak: "Well, that's certainly one way to get attention".

Amber shocks at his words; her eyes wide open. As she is wheeled past him she utters: "What did you say?". The GURNEY freezes in its tracks. Everyone is stunned silent, staring at Amber in disbelief. SHE SPOKE… her first words ever… since her arrival here. Not knowing any better, Jordan steps up to her with an apology. She is quiet again. Dr. Howard stammers: "Take her to her room… I need to…" He trails off, still discomposed. Haley issues instructions to go on, still in shock herself. She stares into Amber's eyes. Amber looks away, back to her usual self.

Dr. Howard tells Jordan to meet him in his office, then leaves. Jordan's concern is aggravated by the endless questioning of remaining staff… HOW DID YOU DO IT?

CONFERENCE ROOM: The entire SENIOR STAFF is present and they are all in an uproar about Amber. Jordan sits to the side of the MAIN TABLE, listening in. Dr. Howard gets them all settled and initiates an ordered discussion. Several suggestions fly around on how best to proceed, now. Jordan is, once again, bombarded with questions. Jordan impostures a quiet confidence.

Nurse Haley boldly suggests that Jordan should be involved from this point on. Dr. Habrey objects, followed by others -- all scoffing the boys lack of experience and training. "A lot of good that's been to her" shouts Haley. A sudden quiet is followed by tension. She is rescued by Dr. Howard: "Let the boy do it". Jordan is stupefied, as are the others. Dr. Habrey storms out.

COUNSELING ROOM: Amber waits inside, holding her bunny. Jordan stands just outside, seeking help from Nurse Haley. Not much to tell. Jordan asks her to get him the entire file. She agrees and leaves. INSIDE: Both sit quiet, each studying the other, intermittently locking eyes. He fumbles with his jacket. Amber is amused with him, and a bit enchanted. Jordan reaches for the CLIP BOARD on the coffee table. Amber's expression turns dark; turning away from the all too familiar cold and sterile clip board. Jordan smirks. Amber hugs her bunny, almost tearing up.

MONTAGE: --- Office: Jordan has his dinner while studying Amber's files --- Counseling Room: Amber is unchanged. Jordan frustrates, at another failure --- Cafeteria: Jordan studies the files. He sees Amber, eating alone. Habrey walks by, giving his disdainful disapproval --- Courtyard: Jordan shows PHOTOS to Amber. No response. Jordan frets --- Jordan's Quarters: He sits on his bed studying the files. He has no clue --- Amber's Room: She fights her mother's GHOST; peeing herself --- Counseling Room: Amber and Jordan stare quietly at each other. A counter-transference is beginning --- Outside Dr. Howard's Office: Jordan prepares himself to enter, with his tail in hand…

INSIDE DR. HOWARD'S OFFICE: Dr. Habrey argues that Jordan is wasting valuable time. Dr. Howard defends the boy. Jordan overhears from outside. The ALARM sounds. The two doctors exit quickly, passing Jordan. Dr. Howard turns back: "What are you doing here?". Dr. Habrey hustles off, showing his contempt for both. Jordan is asked to follow.

COURTYARD: Dr. Howard and Jordan arrive to see Amber being pulled down - off the FENCE. Nurse Haley is pushed aside as Dr. Habrey injects Amber with a sedative. She is strapped to a GURNEY and wheeled away, staring at Jordan as she passes by. Dr. Habrey is furious: "I think I've made my point". Jordan concedes, apologizing to Dr. Howard - who responds with kindness: "That girl has connected with only two people since she's been here… Nurse Haley… and you,… but it's different with you… Forget about the exploits… and think about her health… We are only valuable to the ones we save". He pats his shoulder and walks off.

OFFICE: Late Night. Jordan sits at his desk, rubbing his eyes, tired from all the studying. Nurse Haley enters. They talk about other possibilities. She tells him of an Aunt and Uncle that were at the trial. Jordan perks up.

GIBSON HOME: Jordan meets DANA GIBSON, formerly Dana Scott. He introduces himself and explains his visit. She invites him in. LATER… IN THE GUEST BEDROOM: Jordan sits on the bed looking at photos. Dana brings over some videos: "No one ever asked me for these things". He asks to borrow them.

CONFERENCE ROOM: Hours pass as Jordan watches countless videos; growing tired. Nurse Haley bursts in to tell of Dr. Howard's HEART ATTACK. Jordan rushes to follow as he hears from the video: "Well, that's certainly one way to get attention". He freezes, turning slowly to watch. He rewinds it to listen again. Haley returns; beckoning. He leaves.

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: Jordan and Haley watch through the window as Dr. Habrey works on Dr. Howard. Jordan receives a look of contempt from Dr. Habrey; telling of the coming storm.

CONFERENCE ROOM: Jordan returns to find Amber, seated at the head of the table, watching a video. She turns to Jordan, tears streaming. Silence. Jordan confesses: "My arrogance told me that I was brilliant… but I simply reminded you of your father". Amber cries harder. Jordan regrets. Through the tears, she forces out: "I killed him". Jordan exhorts: "No. I've seen the reports… it was an accident". Amber turns to the video, her mother appears. Amber points to her mother: "She said…". Jordan cuts in: "She was wrong". More crying. Amber turns to Jordan, desperate: "Help me".

Jordan moves towards her. Amber rises and charges, embracing him - tightly. Jordan carefully hugs back. Dr. Habrey walks in: "What the hell is this?". Both shock, moving away from each other. Dr. Habrey engages the INTERCOM, calling for back-up. Jordan explains, but to no avail. Dr. Habrey fires him. Amber screams as the orderlies rush in and grab her. Jordan yells out his innocence as SECURITY drags him away. Dr. Habrey revels.

EXAM ROOM ONE: Amber fights the orderlies as they STRAP her down to the BED. She repeatedly curses Dr. Habrey and cries out for Jordan. He is flabbergasted: "For five years I couldn't get a word out of her,… and now I can't get her to shut up". Nurse Haley shows her disgust in him. He responds in kind and prepares a needle. Haley calms her as best she can. Amber reacts to the injection and quickly fades out. Dr. Habrey scans the room for reactions. Not good. He huffs and walks out. Haley agonizes over Amber's condition.

MAIN ENTRANCE: Security escorts Jordan to the EXIT as Haley approaches. Dr. Habrey warns her to stay away. She ignores him, hugging Jordan good-bye and slipping something into his pocket. Jordan thanks her for the help and leaves. Nurse Haley apprises Dr. Habrey of the report she will be making, as she walks off with SECURITY. His idle threats fall on deaf ears. Haley colludes with the Guards. Dr. Habrey boils, calling more threats to them all. They ignore him. He stamps off.

A REAR ENTRANCE: Nurse Haley opens the door, letting Jordan in. He thanks her and they sneak down the darkened hallway.

EXAM ROOM ONE: Jordan is face-to-face with Amber as she wakes. When her vision clears, she smiles. Jordan smiles and greets her. She kisses him. He shocks. She regrets; slightly embarrassed. He cracks a crooked smile. She sighs relief then breaks the awkward silence: "What are you doing here?". He smiles: "Something crazy". She accords: "Well, you're certainly in the right place then". He laughs along with her as he releases the restraints. Haley rushes over, sharing her excitement. Amber smiles her gratitude to her.

A SOUND from the hallway startles the three. THE DOOR swings open. Dr. Habrey shocks at the empty bed. He dispatches the ALARM. As Dr. Habrey hurries away, Jordan pokes his head out from behind the LARGE WINDOW CURTAINS.

DARKENED HALLWAY: Jordan, Amber and Nurse Haley make short work of the long corridor, en route to the EAST WING. The LIGHTS come on, breaking their stride. Nurse Haley pass-keys a nearby LAB DOOR and they duck inside -- just as TWO GUARDS pass, outside.

INSIDE THE LAB: Haley instructs them to go on as she creates a diversion. She hands Jordan the DIAPER BAG. Jordan shocks: "What do I do with this?". The LAB DOOR on the opposite end swings open. In a panic, they rush out.

BACK IN THE HALL: The three scurry down the passage to the EAST WING CORRIDOR. TWO DIFFERENT GUARDS are hot on their trail, catching the DOUBLE DOORS as they close. They tear down the East Wing Halls in pursuit of the ESCAPEE. But… the three emerge from the shadows, still in the HALLWAY, and make their way up the proximate STAIRWELL.

IN THE STAIRWELL: Reaching the third floor, Nurse Haley says that she will find help and implores Jordan to take Amber to the Small Conference Room. He agrees, reluctantly taking the diaper bag. Haley exits onto the third floor. Jordan and Amber continue up.

SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM: Dark, but for the HALL LIGHTS. Amber takes a seat at the table. Jordan checks the hall before closing the door. He walks to Amber - the diaper bag on his shoulder. The light hits him distinctly and Amber sees her Mother's ghost. She jumps from the chair, hysterical. Jordan follows her to the corner where she cows down in submission. Jordan tosses the bag aside and calms her. Amber settles; seeing Jordan's face up close.

THIRD FLOOR HALL: Nurse Haley runs into a fellow NURSE and is informed that Dr. Howard is awake and recovering. Haley smiles big, kissing the nurse and running off towards the STAIRS.

SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM: Jordan and Amber sit along the wall, facing each other. She tells of her father's death and how her mother had blamed her for it. Jordan's eyes well up as she continues, recalling the several bedwetting beatings. Jordan reaches out to touch her face and the LIGHT comes on. Dr. Habrey spots Amber and hastens towards her. He stops cold when Jordan comes into view. Jordan rises to face him; unflinching.

Dr. Habrey is almost excited: "You must be an idiot… I promise you, this is the end of your career". He reaches for the phone, on the table, as Haley enters and turns out the light. The sound of scuffling is followed by several loud SMACKS and a heavy THUD.

Jordan flips the light switch on. Haley shocks to see Amber standing over Dr. Habrey's unconscious heap, but it is Jordan who has the BLOODIED HAND.

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A room filled with laughter is suddenly quieted by Dr. Habrey's arrival. He sees Jordan and Amber, sitting together, next to Dr. Howard's bed - where Nurse Haley is checking his vitals. Dr. Habrey trembles with anger, explaining the situation to Dr. Howard. Jordan and Dr. Habrey lock eyes. Dr. Howard interrupts: "I would suggest that you remember, Dr. Habrey, that every story has different interpretations… depending on the number of witnesses". Dr. Habrey turns to Dr. Howard, his eyes full of contempt. Dr. Howard maintains a civil composure which further infuriates Dr. Habrey; who leaves in a huff. Laughter erupts again; more distilled.

DR. HABREY'S OFFICE: The room has been emptied of all signs of Dr. Habrey's presence. Jordan sits next to Amber on the couch, listening as she talks about what happened; the tone…now… more at ease. Their connection grows, sharing moments of laughter and hints of stronger attraction. She excuses herself: "Sorry,… I need to go to the bathroom". Jordan rises, as a gentlemen. She smiles her approval. He points across the room to the office-facility. She heads over, passing the DIAPER BAG - sealed in plastic - on a desk. She stops at the door. They stare quietly at each other, smiling.

THE END

[Angela Bauer]

Thanks Smarti, for providing the link to Michael Bryson's My Space page, then later printing-out his treatment for Redemption.

By coincidence in my frustration trying to reach Michael Bryson directly, I discovered his My Space minutes before seeing your message. I had not at the time figured out how to actually read his page. Your link solved my problem.

As we all know, there are various opinions about every scene in the video of Redemption. Reading his treatment does not answer many of our questions. It seems like what he was going to make was a combination of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" meets the 1970's horror flick "The Baby" also about forced infantilism, with dashes of several police procedurals. The mystery is why Bryson decided to make a video that is focused on the violence toward Amber/Younger Girl and then Amber/Older Girl, leaving out the middle about the mental institution and yet adding scenes not mentioned in the treatment.

When I finally was able to send a private message to Michael Bryson on his My Space account I told him how much I appreciate Redemption, how much discussion it has created right here and I gave him the link to this discussion.

Who knows, maybe he will share with us why he decided to write this story, then present it as the video we watched. Since he has not listed me as one of his friends I could not post a comment, but I do see the mother of Ayla Judson is one of his friends and her picture includes her talented daughter, Ayla herself commented on his VEOH page.

[smarti]

Thanks Smarti, for providing the link to Michael Bryson's My Space page, then later printing-out his treatment for Redemption.

My pleasure Angela, it's an interesting topic for sure, made my weekend. I'll also declare an interest, having written a couple of screenplays, which forced me to learn the strict formatting.

I was able to get past the censors by use of a proxy to see the comments (including Alya's) on VEOH if not actually the video itself. (as an aside, it's the whole VEOH domain that's banned, not "Redemption") Glad to see the debate was on film technique rather than the story. I've often wondered about tropes that make AB themes accessible to the mainstream, and the short movie succeeds here (abuse) perhaps where the feature (mental hospital) might not. At any rate, I was thinking that he should insert your scenes of the mother's suicide, which would work really well as a cutaway later in the film as a great twist to increase sympathy for the lead character.

I've been a bit of a naughty boy and taken some grabs so that people without access to the movie can see what they are missing... taken wildly out of context... cheers, smarti

[superdiaperbaby]

What I don't understand is...

If the diapering was so aweful for her, why would she want to wear diapers as an adult?

I'm not mocking, I really want to understand. I know some of you went through forced diaperings.

I can honestly remember my mind set enough to say that if my mom had said "You're going to wear diapers from now on!!" I'd have had to hold back joy to meek out an "oh, ok, sure".

So how can it be so fine for me, and so horrible for another, yet both want diapers as adults!?

Haw can those of you traumatized by diapers as a child WANT to wear them now?

Me? I never wanted to grow up, growing up was forced on me. So as soon as I was able, I ungrowed up!

This film was powerful, made me cry, and brought back my own abuse. The way my psychologist described it was a reliving of a traumatic event that occurred in the past. In a sense what happened was she stopped growing emotionally. It is like that with people who obsess about their abuse. Here is the tie in - say we are 10 years old when the abuse occurs. The abuse is crazy, doesn't make any sense and we can't figure it out. We can't, for the life of us, figure out why it happened. So we relive it, over and over again up until we are much older. We can't get past it. We can't figure it out no matter how close we get to the baby that our parents treated us like. There has to be a reason, right? A reason why we were treated like a baby and not allowed to develop? Because it doesn't make sense and we dwell on things, we stop growing. Soon we get some comfort from diapers and that comfort is the only reason we can think of. In a different way, we have made up a reason for us reliving the past. We then get comfort from something that was uncomfortable. We have now been trained to get comfort from diapers. We then punish ourselves - we should have been comforted by the abuse and not felt helpless. It was our fault. So we relive it, over and over. We go back and forth from guilt to comfort and back again. And unless there is a realistic resolution these feelings will continue on a two way emotional roller coaster from guilt to comfort.

The resolution, or redemption is even deeper that the love thing in the movie. It goes into finally realizing that wearing diapers for comfort is a crazy thing to do and realizing that our parents were the deviants and not us. Also finally accepting that our comfort comes on our terms and we choose to wear diapers of our free will because they feel good. Then accepting diapers as a part of our lives for what they really have become - a stress reliever, helps remove the guilt. In the end we are accepted by ourselves and can live life and continue to grow. But for some the roller coaster continues on. Great movie. Maybe non-ABs will see it and have mercy on us instead of vilifying us.

SDB

[Diapers4Me]

Great movie!

I wasn't abused as a child, but rather neglected, but still can relate. I am also curious as to the motivation behind making the film.

[Guest]

I think part of why I am the way I am is RIGHT after potty training (might not have been QUITE out of diapers yet), I was raped. I'm pretty sure that fucked me up pretty bad.

Oh well, so I'm a little kid still. Whatever.

[lynniehyde]

Whoa, Smarti!

Where did this film treatment come from? Someone close to the source, no doubt. Somebody has done their homework on this subject and has struck a nerve in the AB/DL community. Now we're getting someplace. We have a voice in the wilderness. A cry in the dark. Someone who seems to seek what all of us seek. "Redemption". And, someone who seems to be in the position to bring about more understanding about this misunderstood fascination of ours. I still am in awe of the huevos it must have taken to make this short. Michael Bryson: My bonnet's off to you.

Cuddles,

--heidilynn

PS: Great title.

[Angela Bauer]

The Treatment for Redemption is found on Michael Bryson's My Space web site.

Apparently he started developing a feature length film. For reasons he has not explained he filmed what is in the video first. Many of these scenes are not found in the Treatment. That is not unusual since Treatments do not include finished dialog, nor every scene. What is in the video probably would fit in the feature in a couple of places. The portions with Mother/Judith Scott and Younger Girl/Amber Scott, with and without Father, likely would be used as flash-backs while Amber is in the mental institution. The the scenes with Older Girl/Amber and Husband would conclude the feature.

At least that is my guess. I sent a personal message to Mr. Bryson on his My Space page including the link to this discussion. He might well have read it by now, although he has not replied to me. He did check message today, but perhaps before my message to him went through.

BTW on Bryson's My Space page, a link is provided in a message before the one with the Treatment text, there some production photos that everyone will find interesting. They move from right to left slowly enough you can see them.

[Daddy-Adam]

I have viewed the film several times and it still captivates me like it did the very first time. I was abused as a child in a similar way, i lost my mother at a young age, was sexualy assualted and left to the tender mercies of the social care system. Many of you have asked as to why the older girl still wears nappies or dont understand it, well i can explain a few things having been there myself. Months and years of the kind on forced regression abuse leaves its mark. If you are a young and small person, as i was, when the abuse started, then you have no real option but to do as the abuser wants. After a while the treatment becomes engrained into you, it becomes a part of you and who you are. You also begin to accept it as a way of life you, it becomes a routine until one day you begin to take it as normal. Somtimes abused childeren dont realise they are being abused because they think its normal behaviour from their parents, "Grandma did it mom and now mom is doing it to me, so it ok" kinda attitude.

For most people the wearing of a nappy makes them feel safe, secure and comfortable, it makes them feel protected. At the end of the film we see the older girl wearing, having a bottle and using a paci. I personaly have done this aswell, its because of a very complex deep rooted psycological need to feel comforted. "But how can a abuse become somthing of comfort" i hear you cry, well, if somthing is repeated often enough, it doesnt become a abuse to the victims mind, it becomes a state of normality. I can remember as a child after my 3rd month of enforced babying/abuse that i began to enjoy the nappy changes, because i finaly accepted that it was a part of my life now, and i couldnt change it. I now use it as a reference point in my life, i have learnt from my expeirience and turned somthing that was dreadful into somthing that i can live with. Abuse doesnt have to rule your life if you manage it properly. My wearing as a adult is my effort of trying to make up some kind of childhood that i should of had, trying to make the best i can from a bad situation and deal with my personal demons of the past.

So, she wears, id imagine, for the same reasons i did. Because its a part of her and myself, we cant get away from that. It also offers a sort of comfort that is hard to explain, in that a nappy in itself offers comfort, protection etc. That no matter how hard we try, our pasts can never leave us and we have to accept who we are to be able to continue our lives.

No doubt some of you will disagree or pull my analogy to pieces, but i will add this, this is how i feel about my life aswell as the girl/womans and we have had a very similar existence. Many of you know me and i have been about for many years, this is the first time i have been open like this, so please respect my views. Comments welcome and my PM box is always open.

Adam

P.s I no longer wear and have been a AB daddy for a few years, but my past is still the same and my explinations stand

[Angela Bauer]

Well presented Adam! We are led to assume that Younger Girl Amber did wet by accident the first time shotly after the father died. PTSD would be a problem for her and the medical literature is full of cases where a side effect is incontinence, mostly in bed, so that is called Secondary Nocturnal Enuresis. Without immediate, appropriate and experienced treatment Young Amber will not on her own recover from PTSD depression or wetting. Under the mad attacks of Monther it would quickly become total bladder incontinence. Thus when the mother dies, Young Amber has double PTSD with collateral profound incontinence.

This video jumps back and forth between present day married Older Amber and her faulty recovered memories of the loving idealized family with her father and the madness after his death. These scenes were intended as a way of explaining a feature length film also titled Redemption, a treatment of which, written by Michael Bryson, is up-thread her and at his My Space page. many of these scenes were not described in the treatment, which hits only the highlights of a proposed movie. The part left out is the crime/death scene investigation. Amber has to be led out of there by CPS lady using the pink daiper bag that Amber did follow irrespective of who was carrying it. This happens often in the treatment. Amber was never accused of murder. For one thing you cannot charge anyone under 14 with homocide, and in the treatment Amber is 12 when her mother died. In the video there are 11 candles on the birthday cake, but she might have turned 12 while her father was alive and it is not shown. The other reason Amber was not charged is the local medical examiner is said to have ruled this suicide by a self-inflicted single fatal gun shot wound to the head of Judith Scott, the mom. We only saw the faulty memory of Amber, but it also might be a situation where the medical examiner lied in the autopsy report to save the cost of a complete investigation, something of a real scandal in Bexar County, TX home of San Antonio and the film maker.

Following a brief custody hearing Amber is placed by CPS in a mental institution right out of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with dashes of "28 Days" The forced infantilism was previously the main plot point of the 1973 horror feature "The Baby"

Amber is subject to shock therapy and does not get out until she is over 18. Early in her stay she injures herself badly with a kitchen knife, hence the visible wrist scar.

Certainly Stockholm/Survivor Syndrome would explain Young Amber often being cooperative with the infantilism. Look at the scene where Amber walks down the stairs wearing a jumper and using a pacifier, lets mom do a diaper check, accepts an affectionate pat on her bottom and stands waiting to follow the pink diaper bag out the front door. She also did wet constantly, so her diapers 24/7 were functional.

We must remember all that is suspect defective recovered memory after therapy, so to Amber she resented and would not leave the diaper bag to sit outside in her shirt and diaper. The lack of her security diaper bag might explain her fighting back.

Everything Adam says about never fully giving up her diapers, pacifier and baby bottle when depressed could be the life story of every kid who fell under the spell of diapers and baby games. Few psychologists report any successfull treatment of adult diaper affectation. Just one reason is normally the goal of therapy is to replace a risky behavior with one less risky. The catch being diaper affectation is the least physically dangerous such behavior. Dispalce it and the patient turns to alcohol and other drugs, which is irresponsible therapy.

Let's keep this communication going, sharing all opinions There are no wrong answers

I have viewed the film several times and it still captivates me like it did the very first time. I was abused as a child in a similar way, i lost my mother at a young age, was sexualy assualted and left to the tender mercies of the social care system. Many of you have asked as to why the older girl still wears nappies or dont understand it, well i can explain a few things having been there myself. Months and years of the kind on forced regression abuse leaves its mark. If you are a young and small person, as i was, when the abuse started, then you have no real option but to do as the abuser wants. After a while the treatment becomes engrained into you, it becomes a part of you and who you are. You also begin to accept it as a way of life you, it becomes a routine until one day you begin to take it as normal. Somtimes abused childeren dont realise they are being abused because they think its normal behaviour from their parents, "Grandma did it mom and now mom is doing it to me, so it ok" kinda attitude.

For most people the wearing of a nappy makes them feel safe, secure and comfortable, it makes them feel protected. At the end of the film we see the older girl wearing, having a bottle and using a paci. I personaly have done this aswell, its because of a very complex deep rooted psycological need to feel comforted. "But how can a abuse become somthing of comfort" i hear you cry, well, if somthing is repeated often enough, it doesnt become a abuse to the victims mind, it becomes a state of normality. I can remember as a child after my 3rd month of enforced babying/abuse that i began to enjoy the nappy changes, because i finaly accepted that it was a part of my life now, and i couldnt change it. I now use it as a reference point in my life, i have learnt from my expeirience and turned somthing that was dreadful into somthing that i can live with. Abuse doesnt have to rule your life if you manage it properly. My wearing as a adult is my effort of trying to make up some kind of childhood that i should of had, trying to make the best i can from a bad situation and deal with my personal demons of the past.

So, she wears, id imagine, for the same reasons i did. Because its a part of her and myself, we cant get away from that. It also offers a sort of comfort that is hard to explain, in that a nappy in itself offers comfort, protection etc. That no matter how hard we try, our pasts can never leave us and we have to accept who we are to be able to continue our lives.

No doubt some of you will disagree or pull my analogy to pieces, but i will add this, this is how i feel about my life aswell as the girl/womans and we have had a very similar existence. Many of you know me and i have been about for many years, this is the first time i have been open like this, so please respect my views. Comments welcome and my PM box is always open.

Adam

P.s I no longer wear and have been a AB daddy for a few years, but my past is still the same and my explinations stand

[Topguy]

I can understand. I wanted to shoot my mother too-good thing they hid the shotgun.

[Daddy-Adam]

All opinions and theories are accepted and welcome, but we could sit here and do this till the cows come home. We will never truely know how or what the characters were meant to feel or what they were trying to portray. The only way we will know is to hear it from the creator or the actresses themselves. We can only come to our own conlusions by the way the film makes us feel. And that is the mark of a good film, being able to make the audience think and feel.

Adam

[Angela Bauer]

My long time pal Robert joined DPF in Dec 1991 and has gone on to be my consistent correspondent. While we were just finding the link to get Redemption running on our computers, Robert found it on My Space, read the feature-length Treatment and immediately sent Michael Bryson a message of support. Robert has received answers from MB about various things. MB has told me in PM that he used the link I gave him to visit us right here and he considers our discussion very insightful. He had to go out all day yeaterday and will be answering the questions I sent him. O also am in contact with Dawn Judson, the real and loving mom of the star as Amber/Younger Girl, the one the only Alya Judson, who turned 13 in Dec 2007. Already Alya has a whole lot of screen credits and agents in Los Angeles, Austin and Houston.

Dawn and Ayla confirm that no diapers were wet during the making of the Redemption video. Those are two different sizes of generic adult disposables purchased in a San Antonio store, small for Ayla and Medium for Monica Curtis who plays Older Girl/Amber. All the diapers were hand decorated with similar stickers, which were then covered with wide clear tape. The plan was to have several close to identical for each of several sequences where Young Amber was supposed to be in the same diaper. They did not remember the total number of sets and total used during production. The larger diapers for Older Amber also were decorated as close to identical as possible, but they only needed the one kind of set, since Older Amber diapers herself and for only a few hours, it was supposed to be the same one the entire time. They were not there when Monica and Michael taped their scenes at a different location set.

By happy coincidence yesterday (Sunday Jan 27) Don and I had brunch at the home of another married couple (Peggy and Lance) way into AB. We were joined by 4 other AB couples. Two of the other women only are mommies and Don is only a daddy. The hosts and my baby sister Missy and her husband John only play AB. Each of us has viewed Redemption on our computers many times. The hosts were playing it for us on a new 72" LCD flat screen, and let me tell you, it looked fabulous!

Lance is a movie studio executive by day, and with Peggy makes adult spanking videos on the side that are very popular. Another of the husbands and a very submissive AB, is a leading financier of Independent films. My sister Missy is an award-winning Hollywood costume designer. All three of them had bought stickers. Then instead of applying them directly to the diaper, they scanned them into computers, enhanced the design using PhotoShop, and output the results on a laser printer into thermal transfer paper. That same thing is used to make custom T-shirts. The resulting decorated cloth diapers are beautiful. It remains to be seen how well the transfers stand up to washing. Missy also output to a newer film product. The film is super thin, almost invisible and very flexible. The inside is sticky. That is where the image goes. The outside is matte finish, so the result looked like scaled-up Pambers Cruisers, Size 7. Missy had carefully redrawn those characters from a bag of the real Cruisers, then enlarged the image slightly, so the cartoons were in scale with the Attends she was using as an experiment. Unfortunately the cost for the film is currently $4.00 per sheet which makes decorations for only 3 diapers. Not practical for routine use, but Missy is starting to use that new material making costumes. When Michael Bryson is ready to make the feature length Redemption, Missy is sure the price of the sticky film will come down so a Kinkos could make them. Probably you cold not make them at home because the sublimation laser printer costs about $8,000. It does also make prints 24" wide by any length. Wow!

Adam makes his usual good points, that all over the internet people of various interests are discussing Redemption. Ultimately that has to be good for child abuse and suicide prevention, and also good for us in the AB/DL community.

Way to go Adam, Robert, MB, Ayla and Dawn

Luvs, Huggies and Pampers to us, Baby Angel

PS, play nice while I am away this week, because Michael Bryson visits us!

All opinions and theories are accepted and welcome, but we could sit here and do this till the cows come home. We will never truely know how or what the characters were meant to feel or what they were trying to portray. The only way we will know is to hear it from the creator or the actresses themselves. We can only come to our own conlusions by the way the film makes us feel. And that is the mark of a good film, being able to make the audience think and feel.

Adam

[BabyChris121675]

I found this movie originally on ABDLForums.com or something like that. Spokane Girl knows me through another forum.

I thought this video needed to be shared because I've seen AB stories that start like this. I've seen this movie and it does make me cry, because I don't feel any human should be treated in this way. I had to post it because of some sick minds that would get off on this video. I think Michael Bryson has a good story and I would volunteer my service as script writer if he has not written the script; as my trade of choice is writer.

This story has not been out of my mind since I found it. I can imagine Alya winning an Oscar with that film if that movie were made. I was very impressed with her role and the way she acted in the film. If Michal Bryson reads this, I am dead-serious about wanting to write the script.

I'm a writer by trade.

I've been writing for some time. I think Bryson has hit a nerve, and I would love to help him in any way I could. I think the story deserves to be told. If there are any [That OTHER site] types here, who got off on seeing Alya in a diaper, well... I only hope they go see a shrink. Cause I think it's wrong to get off on that.

I want to have a family one day, and if I do, I would NEVER think of harming my kids that way. I will give the actors credit. They impress me. I was near tears when I saw it the first time, and I could not get the abuse of Alya's character out of my head that Saturday. It was in my head even at work that night and the next day. It made me sad to the point of tears.

Forget my baby name... Just call me Chris.

[Don Davis]

My wife Angela Bauer was so excited last week when she saw Redemption.

I agree it is a test of the way the character could be realize to give them life off the script page. After 50 years as a Hollywood studio executive, best known for writing a memo to Lou Wasserman saying we needed to fire Stephen Speilberg from Jaws because that inexperienced kid director was 2 days behind and $50k over budget, then shot myself in the foot by adding, "Besides, LW, nobody ever bought tickets for a film about a fish!"

Here and on other sites people either love Michael Bryson' guts, or hate everything about this project. Maybe people have not sat in a screening room 12 hours a day having to check the Sundance reject in case there is something good. Trust me, this is story telling. This is also just a test, not the final production. Under the circumstances the technical work is far better than 85% of the independent short films I have seen. There was no budget for on set production sound. It is easy to buy or rent a top end consumer hi def camcorder with decent video, but it is the hard to find skill of the mic boom operator that make the recording useable, According to his website it was always to be music and narration.

The reality is that in families sometimes one child bonds with the opposite sex parent. There is nothing weird, just one digs the other, leaving the spouse odd person out. That is where the story starts, the marriage was not solid long before the accident. The wife might have been needy and the husband so caught up in his career he did not read the clues his wife was nuts. Then comes the accident. It was not entirely the young girl's fault. It was just an accident.

Perhaps the first year without the father Mom and Girl function and get along on some level. If the Girl did not have a grief counselor, the Survivor's Guilt PTSD would not be discovered so intende therapy could start. A very common side effect of PTSD is loss of some bladder control especially in deep sleep, A rational Mom who had also received her own grief counseling and who listened to the experts would have anticipated some wet neds and would have protected the mattress. She should have spent $15 and bought a bag of GoogNites to be ready. If her daughter did not dribble, then the pull-up could be donated. Something caused Girl to dribble or wet. She was not doing it deliberately for attention and it is hardy likely Girl was a kid who loves diapers.

Punishment never solves wetting. To regain control the parents and medical team need to coax the kid into preferring the embarrasment of diapers, even discreet ones, to the wet bed.

So, the Mom forces the Girl into infantilism. Remember the Girl actually had enuresis and likely limited day control all made worse by the Mom's over reaction. Then the Mom left her revolver in her nighy stand drawer! The NRA would object. By the time the mom's body is discovered, according to Michael Bryson, it was dead 2 days. The girl was cowering in a corner. The revolver had Mom's finger prints and was close to the body. The shot was at such close range the wound had stippling from the shot, consistent with it being self-inflicted. Even if the girl was tested for gun shot residue, the test is usless unless done within an hour of the shooting. Besides, in the USA a minor under 14, and Girl had just turned 12, cannot be charged and tried for any form of homocide. A careless med examiner/coroner would rule this suicide to end the investigation.

This means that if a parent forces a kid into diapers with beatings, she should not leave her loaded revolver where the victim can find it and use it.

Don

[Daddy-Adam]

Don, i agree. For a child to wet like that which was portrayed is not a source of defience or bad behaviour. It was caused by trauma, similiar to which i persoanly had. Wet bed are not a excusse for punishment or abuse but yet some parents dont know how to handle it. Ok, if the child was being deliberatly naughty and peeing on/in things, then corrective measures would have to be taken, but bed wetting is not one of them.

Havin been through this kind of abuse myself i can associate with the film and it expresses how i feel about many things that happened to me. Ok, i never shot or killed anyone, but there were times when i thought of killing myself, in the very begining.

The human mind is a very complex and fragile thing, it can take the smallest incident to through it into chaos. It can lead to problems and conditions later on in life. "The butterfly effect" somthing so simple as the fluttering of a butterflys wings can alter the future. The AB world is a very complex world, but you will find that most of us have had some form of abuse somwhere in our lives that has made us be this way. Yes, ok i grant that there will be the exceptions, i.e Wearing for medical reasons, DL's, Curiousity, because they want to relive their childhood. But for the most of us, we have expeirienced trauma on a mental level that makes who we are.

We regress as adults to a comfortable secure place, surrounded by nappies, bottles, pacis etc. We regress to get away from the stresses of the world, to get away from the pain and drugery of life. We regress because some people cant handle control or have so much control in their working life that they need a break. We regress to help us deal with life.

Our Older girl is seen at the end of the film as a AB, as like many of us, its her way of dealing with the trauma, abuse and stress in her life. Why a AB if she was forced as a child?? well its because its a part of her, abuse victims have to accept that their abuse is a part of them to move on in their lives.

Adam

[lynniehyde]

"I agree it is a test of the way the character could be realize to give them life off the script page. After 50 years as a Hollywood studio executive, best known for writing a memo to Lou Wasserman saying we needed to fire Stephen Speilberg from Jaws because that inexperienced kid director was 2 days behind and $50k over budget, then shot myself in the foot by adding, 'Besides, LW, nobody ever bought tickets for a film about a fish!'

Hey, Daddy Don!

How many sho-biz execs have made how many mistakes over the years? I know you don't feel alone, here. Your knowledge and expertise, exhibited in your whole portfolio should ease your mind some. A buddy of mine who worked as AR for Elektra back in the sixties, rejected "The Doors" when presented with the demo. He is now a very successful (and famous) theater sound designer in New York. Nobody's perfect. *sigh*.

A singer-songwriter in Nashville Tn, took his demos to every major label there and was summarily tossed out, along with the following comment, "Get the hell out of my office! Nobody wants to hear a song about a dancing bum!" The song was "Mr. Bojangles". The songwriter, Jerry Jeff Walker. That may be an Music City exaggeration. But oral tradition, ya know.

I am totally blown away at your endorsement of this short. I totally agree with you. I would love to see a feature film done with this property. The casting was superb. Well, I could go on. But, I'm sure I couldn't tell you anything you don't already know.

Have you ever had the chance to screen the movie "The Baby"? It was directed by Ted Post and had a pretty good cast. Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Suzanne Zenor. A cult classic, to be sure. This was pretty bold filmmaking about this subject at the time ('72). But, it has been buried as have the careers of many of those involved with it. Too far ahead of it's time? It happens.

Cuddles,

--heidilynn

PS: I get the feeling "Redemption" was shot digitally. The VOs kind of suggest it, as do some of the frames. Can you enlighten me? If it was shot digitally, I'm all the more amazed. I've come to grips with the notion Bryson might be the next Bergman. Wishful thinkin'? Ya veremos.

[Don Davis]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks. Speilberg and I eventually work well together starting with "Close Encounters..." but he still kids about that one memo out of thousands. I made tons of money for Disney and Universal.

Technical details have not been discussed. If you go to Michael Bryson's My Space page he uses a lot of production stills running from right to left as decoration. You will recognize Robert Grauel who plays Amber's Dad as the 'A' camera operator. Michael Bryson also plays the understanding husband of Older Amber and is shown operating a camera, perhaps when Grauel is in front of the camera. The cameras are hi def digital semi-pro models. One looks like a Cannon, but they are on comsumer tripods so it is just as well almost all the shots are static lock-offs. This was to show a story existed and could be realized without spending a fortune building sets. Considering that is a real house of normal design and the apartment is not outlandish, they put every cent invested on screen.

Two weeks ago did anyone think we would even or ever have 21minutes of video about the sort of forced diaper use a whole lot of us lived through?

With the writer's strike and Hollywood about of scripts, this could be rushed into production. Meanwhile chances are scouts for the million TV entertainment magazine shows is sure to take a look at the streaming feed. Ayla Judson is auditioning for a key role in a huge budget movie. Her Los Angeles agent is famous for giving young women a start. When she lands a deal, better believe some of this will be all over VH-1, MTV and E!

Oh, yes, Angela made me promise to play nice or she will make me leave the sandbox. Don

I am totally blown away at your endorsement of this short. I totally agree with you. I would love to see a feature film done with this property. The casting was superb. Well, I could go on. But, I'm sure I couldn't tell you anything you don't already know.

Cuddles,

--heidilynn

PS: I get the feeling this was shot digitally. The VOs kind of suggest it, as do some of the frames. Can you enlighten me? If it was shot digitally, I'm all the more amazed. I've come to grips with the notion Bryson might be the next Bergman. Wishful thinkin'? Ya veremos.

[lynniehyde]

Hi Daddy Don.

As a seasoned pro in the film industry, you would know better than anyone else in this forum. Does the fear of legal entanglements shade your judgment in production when you know you've got a hot property? Albeit, controversial?

Cuddles,

--heidilynn

[lynniehyde]

"Hi Everyone,

Thanks. Speilberg and I eventually work well together starting with "Close Encounters..." but he still kids about that one memo out of thousands. I made tons of money for Disney and Universal.

Two weeks ago did anyone think we would even or ever have 21minutes of video about the sort of forced diaper use a whole lot of us lived through

Oh, yes, Angela made me promise to play nice or she will make me leave the sandbox. Don"

"Redemption" seems to have come out of the proverbial "blue". You and Angela have done a bit of research on Bryson's project, no doubt. Keep us posted as to any further news.

BTW, it always pays to make nice-nice in the sandbox. I wish world leaders could understand this concept. We might could (southern expression) even survive past 2012.

Cuddles,

--heidilynn