Thou Shalt Not Dream

The wheels are moving

Every time I start a new project it seams like a huge task.

I have to say that this time, I feel the wheels are taking this movie to a good place.

People are being very enthusiastic about crewing for this movie. Today was a day of making phone calls to potential key positions. Hopefully most of them will come thru.

Tomorrow we are doing some more story boarding and planning.

And of course, like today, and probably everyday, I want to thank everyone whom, in one way or the other, are making this movie a reality, little by little, with work or money. Any help is always valuable.

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A little on the Director

My complete name is Javier Ignacio Perez-Karam. Most of my friends from my hometown (Caracas, Venezuela) call me Nano. I answer to both.

I don't really like sleeping, and I suppose it has a little to do with me developing this idea. I wanted to explore the possibility of actually being awake forever without the need to go to sleep. Writing at first made me realize it wouldn't be a nice world. When the world is not nice a revolution starts.

This short is the introduction to this revolution against the awaken world, the revolution of the dreamers.

The movie is being made in collaboration with the New School University where I currently attend classes for the Film Production Certificate Program. It's my fourth short film since I got to New York 3 years ago.

The first one was Makeup, shot on MiniDV and Super 8. You can see it right here.

The second one, I Want Out, was my first experiment with 16 mm b&w film. That one is not available on-line.

The third one I co-directed and shot, was produced in 12 hours by Leonard Zelig and I, and is currently in post production. We'll let you know when it's on festivals.

I'm very exited about this project. I hope we can all pull it together. The crew is coming along. It is hard to get people to work for free or next to nothing. I have to be thankful to all of you who are putting your heart into it.

Our readers will have the chance to read about most of them, like the cinematographer Joe Belschner, the producer Nic Chatfield, among others that are about to jump onto the train.

Thanks for reading.

Javier Perez-Karam

Thou Shalt Not Dream

Imagine that we were kept awake artificially 24/7. The corporations discovered that we will consume and produce twice as much that way, and figured out a way to make sleeping illegal.

What would happen then, if the underground world would figure out a medicine that make people fall asleep?

Thou Shalt Not Dream is a short film that explores a man, Red, who belongs to the awaken world and is introduced to the sleeping medicine.

The short film is being produced in collaboration with the New School University. Currently I'm attending classes there and this is part of the assignment, but more than a student film this is a festival bound short film with the support of an academic institution, or at least that's how I consider it.

In this blog you will find production details and production notes, as well as the script in it's different drafts, all the way into post production.