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Name: alexander

Profession: writer

Company: knockout drops prods.

Memberships, Affiliations, Unions: none

Location: edinburgh- scotland-UK

Birthday: jan.16th

Resume (Position, Network/Production Company, Year, Location, & Description) - you can cut and paste your resume here: Alex N. Hay Resume;- written filmwork to date. April.. 2008

Film Credits; (Showreel available - on VHS.)
Writer…..ON CAMERA (5 min. short on d.v. May – 2002)

Writer…..TOP HAT AND TAILS- (Avant-garde, silent. 5min. (In production.)
Writer…..AFTERGLOW- (In Production.)

Writer…..MAN in the TUNNEL- (In Production)

Writer/Co-producer..COMING IN FROM THE COLD - (25min. Premiere screening May 1997,Cameo cinema, Edin.)

Writer/Director/Producer/Editor..ANGST - 30min. Super 8 film
(Hons. award. Trent University, Nottingham. 1979)

Feature-length scripts.

SOME CANDY TALKIN’ - - - Comedy/buddy movie. (pan-European).f/good.

DOPPELGANGER - - - - - - - - Black comedy thriller. Dramatic irony end.

XPOSURE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Conspiracy thriller - highlands location(film verit’e)

UP THE HILL BACKWARDS - Comedy conspiracy thriller - set in Glasgow.

PLAY WITH FIRE - - - - - - - - - -Sixties Glasgow gang - rites-de-passage comedy.

(Outlines of features; - CAFE SOCIETY; Re-union of ‘60’s cafe-ites. com/drama.
RUNAWAY; U.S.style thriller/love story.
DOPE; Social realist tale of lives wrecked by bad law.

Shorts;......(Scripts) Length.
THE MOVE;- Urban social drama - aids theme. 25min.
SWEET & SOUR;- Hitchcock-style thriller. 20min.
THE WRAP;- Experimental/ improvisation. 10min.
FRAME ROLL;- Comedy drama - depicting history of film. 10min.
IT COULD BE YOU;- Narrative - equating aids with lottery. 10min.
LET THERE BE LOVE;- Anti-slick advert-style narrative. 5min.
JUNK-e-mail;- Experimental, silent, technology/drugs. 5min.

Essays;-
THE MOVIES OF CHANGE- Personal look at cinema and social change (wrds.)
since WWII - McCarthy/Mondo & Snuff. 20,000

IF HOLLYWOOD WEREN'T Personal criticism of Scottish film culture. 2,000
THERE WE'D HAVE TO INVENT IT.
Alex N. Hay..........MSc. (Film & Television Production).B.A (Hons) Humanities

Active Projects: I-E-D-
I-E-D …..(Work in Progress.)
(Improvised Explosive Device)

By Alex N. Hay

TAG - LINE: "A man’s struggle against the Taliban- and the FBI- to regain his love and his life. "
LOGLINE:–
His life ruined by the FBI- Bruce ends up in the military- in Afghanistan. Captured by the Taliban and held hostage with a local family- he escapes- only to realise his superiors are as callous as the enemy.
Sent home a disgraced hero- he again falls foul of the FBI as they attempt to kill him and his girlfriend.

PITCH: "Who is the enemy?- the Taliban or FBI?"

SETTING: Present- Home and Away.

GENRE: Thriller
SYNOPSIS:
BRUCE and JENNY are in their twenties- been sweethearts since school.
One day Bruce arrives at her door- the house empty- the family gone. After weeks of searching- he finds out Jenny’s father is an FBI witness against suspected terrorists and the family in protective custody. Bruce attempts to follow when the trial ends- until armed FBI agents warn him off and disable his car.
Bruce cracks-up;- neglects football-training, argues with his parents, begins drinking and whilst making a small drugs deal- gets arrested. A state law allows for military service over prison and after training he is sent to Afghanistan. On one patrol a buddy is killed by an I.E.D. and on another- Bruce gets captured and held hostage by the Taliban. He is held in a local house- commandeered by the Taliban and the family forced to provide for them.
Bruce constantly argues with his captors- via a member from Birmingham, UK. He laughs at the ludicrous idea of adults allowing their life to be dictated by religious fairy-tales- Muslims or Christians. He berates them for not being ‘man’ enough to think for themselves.
We see the local family- one of the kids missing a leg and an old woman bedridden- always making sneering faces at the Taliban when they’re not looking- showing their hate of them. The Taliban force Bruce to dig-up and destroy mines planted along a mountain road. Bruce manages to escape- pursued by the rebels- and re-positions a mine that blows them up.
Back at base- he’s a hero and a tv-link is set-up. Just prior to going ‘live’- Bruce is told of a drone attack that wiped out all in the house he was held hostage. Bruce is angry and vents his annoyance over the air. Sent home disgraced he is posted to an army hospital.
One time- in the local town- he rescues a buddy from a heavy-duty gambling mob by making a realistic-looking I.E.D. from items bought in a local all-night store.
Heading back to base- the hospital- he finds Jenny. At first- she denies her identity- but in an emotional afterthought- rushes back into Bruce’s arms. She tells of the trial- still ongoing due to technicalities and her family living just outside of town- constantly monitored by the FBI and their creepy boss- who drives an old Caddy which he boasts about. Jenny takes Bruce home- to the anger of the FBI. Bruce and Jenny state they aren’t parting again- EVER!
The FBI boss makes a plan to accommodate all- Bruce and Jenny to leave and not contact her family until after the trial. A car is provided- but before leaving- Bruce is alerted and checks underneath the car- sees an I.E.D. wired to a cell-phone and taped to the chassis.
Bruce and Jenny leave the next day- and the family is also re-located. As the boss of
the FBI gets into his car- he extracts his cell-phone and makes a call….BOOM!

Favorites (Film, Director, Television, Actors, Musicians, etc.): prisoner of the mountains- something wild- the big lebowski- breaking the waves- trainspotting- withnail and I- the parallax view-

Dreams & Goals: For the world to recognise Hollywood as the Taliban of cinema.

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At 1:42pm on October 19, 2009, The Audio Coalition said…: Hi Alexander,

I just wanted to introduce my audio team, James Nixon, Benson Lai, and Ansane(Anson Randal and Duane Perera). Situated across North America with locations in Edmonton AB, Canada, and Seattle, Washington, USA. We provide audio services from original compositions, sound design, arrangement, orchestration, and mixing for videogames, films, and tv shows. We would love to work with you on your upcoming projects.

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Thanks for your time,

-Benson