Jill Thrussell - Shadowlands: Human of Tomorrow

Trailers, Promos & Short Films by Writer/Director Jill Thrussell

Details: Category: Children's Projects

The Story

Brief Summary: Two children are pulled into the Shadowlands one night when a shadow dispute occurs and they rapidly discover how the Shadow people of the Shadowlands contribute to everything in the human world, every human life and even to their own existence. Written by Zaylee Knowles

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When two shadows Faithful and Challenge are not allowed to enter the annual 'Human of Tomorrow' Shadow Contest due to a technical error which resulted in their immediate reallocation to two new human children, they refuse to participate with their normal shadow duties and go on strike. The annual Shadow Contest (Human of Tomorrow) which is held each year by the ruler of the Shadow world awards provides one lucky shadow with the chance to become human and to live a human life but to qualify and to enter the contest, you have to have served your human faithfully for an allocated time period, or be unallocated and between humans. Due to their personal shadow circumstances however, this particular year, the two shadows are ineligible to compete and so they start to rebel as their entrance to the contest is disallowed.

Since they have been recently reallocated to two new human children, they seek out a shadow spirit to assist them who helps them to connect directly to the human world and to the two human children that they are supposed to monitor and the two children are then pulled into the Shadowlands as the two shadows petition them to assist them in their plight. Chaos rapidly spreads out across the Shadowlands as the two human children join the two shadows in their quest which swiftly leads to a rebellion all across the Shadowlands that even threatens to seep out into the very human world and the Mischief Makers quickly make the most of the chaos and mayhem to cause even more trouble than usual, since they are not eligible for entry and are banned from the contest itself too and therefore like to sabotage it whenever it is held. Written by Zaylee Knowles

This project will be filmed will either be filmed as a film series, or as the pilot segment for a series and will explore sacrifices, teamwork, wade through some of waves of friendship and explore some of the hidden depths of responsibility amongst other things.

**All children's projects will adhere to the PERCK Framework developed under the Creative Life Sparks Brand which promote the core values of Participation, Empathy, Respect, Compassion and Kindness and the frameworks of PSB and STEAM will also be woven in, applied and integrated with different valuable lessons being taught through each project.

Quote:

“Shadows are tasked with the protection of human lives and so, if a shadow deserts their human, usually that human being will then face trials that they are not equipped to cope with which can result in human hardship. “ ~ Written by Zaylee Knowles

Genre: Family/Adventure/Magic Realism

Shadowlands: Human of Tomorrow Intro Poem

Intro Poem:

Somewhere in the land where fairytales reside and grow,

Live the shadow people who long to be the human being of tomorrow,

Their duty is to watch over the humans (beings) that they protect,

And they tend to their duties daily with care, devotion and respect,

Every shadow longs to walk the Earth where human beings reside,

But sadly, they can only go where we take them because in darkness they must live and hide.

The four objectives of Shadows are: