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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
Sentient development is wrapping. If you are a member of the Leaderboard’s top 50 and or a former shareholder of Presence Slate One or Two, please ensure we have your current address, phone and email. Presence Global Entertainment will create a new site that will house both Sentient and its Da Vinci Code thriller, ‘Power and Prophet.’ This site…[Read more]
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 3 years, 5 months ago
The Series Bible is taking longer than the Torah and Christian Bible combined.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 3 years, 7 months ago
Sentient Update – Team, still working on Series Bible/ Deck for the First season. It’s comprehensive. Stand by. Stay Safe.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development wrote a new post, Sentient – Theme and character arc – Part Two – Important Questionnaire 3 years, 11 months ago
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Reviews of ‘Sentient’ – Draft Four of the Pilot, were critical of our failure to address the issues of theme and character arc.This post
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development wrote a new post, Theme and character arc 4 years ago
The reviews of Sentient were critical of our failure to address theme and character arc.
I remember back in Film and TV school asking my lecturers, ‘What is theme?’ Nobody knew. No one would even spe […]
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Thanks so much Ebuka.
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More on THEME.
Let your theme be your story Sherpa.
Theme should be expressed as a QUESTION or a PROVOCATIVE STATEMENT that provokes a clear OPPOSITION that allows us to explore that theme from every angle possible leading to the MESSAGE and resolve.• The protagonist’s character arc = theme.
• The protagonist and the nemesis = Two halves of the same coin.
• Theme has many faces to explore to fully explore it
* Each character in the story will help to explore some facet or degree of the theme.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 1 month ago
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 3 months ago
Team, 4 am – 8 am Sept 28th, AEST -The Sentient site will be down for a migration to a new Data centre.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development changed their profile picture 4 years, 4 months ago
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development changed their profile picture 4 years, 4 months ago
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 4 months ago
Just re-published – the haunting sounds of the Sentient – now with two works by composer Dale Sumner, Inspired by the sounds of the Sentient.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
Team, am finishing off work on our second TV series, Power and Prophet. Will be back on track on Sentient by August 1st at the latest. Sorry for the delay.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
Just published – The haunting sound of the Sentient
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development wrote a new post, The Haunting sound of the Sentient 4 years, 6 months ago
What happens to a city after the Sentient apocalypse?
Listen to these sounds from the Golden Gate Bridge.The very best example of the haunting of a city by the alien presence.
Start with the third video […]
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That’s Sentient sound multiplied in real life! It must go right through the body and I bet it’s shaking the cars haha.
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It’s really freaky.
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Find it thrilling!
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Soundscape – Combine the hum of the San Francisco golden gate bridge with thunder plus rain and empty city to create that unique haunting feeling.
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It’s incredible!
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Hello Dave,
It’s incredible!!!
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Cool sound…like Tibetan singing bowls but a bit more eerie..
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
Wow Wow Wow – This is the sound of the Sentient
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 6 months ago
The next Sentient mailout is due in July.
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update in the group Action design 4 years, 7 months ago
Test post Wp upgrade
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development posted an update 4 years, 7 months ago
test post WP upgrade
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development wrote a new post, Sentient Psychology – The Alien Mind 4 years, 7 months ago
By Dr Davin Eastley and David Steinhoff
Index
Origin
What are they?
Objective
Precedents
From instinct to conscious choice
Context – Eating their way out of the cake
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I concur E
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From Naira Gevorkyan
Sentient Psychology — The Alien MindI absolutely loved it — Very well-thought-out concept which also has a true dramatic core. I mean, the description itself flows as a story which is wonderful.
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Can Sentient feel their lifespan subject to human condition?
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Hi Petra. Good Q. By ‘Feel their lifespan’, do you mean, are they aware they will die?
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David Steinhoff – Head of Development wrote a new post, The Look of the Sentient – Part One 4 years, 8 months ago
The journey of the Sentient
The journey of the Sentient is to learn what it is to become truly human.
Friendship and betrayal, desire and loss, love and hate, hate and revenge.
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Very inspiring Dave. We’ve got more works to do.
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Thanks E. I think you will enjoy Part Two.
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This is not Star Trek. I agree.
But the Star Trek universe has a psionic alien entity that is full of stars. It controls the minds of a Star Ship crew.
Back to the Sentient.
After the first merging the creature should look more alien than in the ongoing series, after mating, creating the Human-Sentient hybrid.
However there are stipulations that I do have to make due to Sentiology accuracy.
A Sentient is both electrogenic and electroreceptive, meaning that the species can generate electric fields and detect electric fields. As part of an integrated electric system, electrogenesis is utilized for electrolocation, self-defense, electrocommunication and sometimes the stunning of prey.
Whether it is the first host, the Beta, the Alpha or the Human-Sentient hybrid, they need electro-receptors on their skin.
This could be a specific pattern on their faces or a pattern down their sideline from head to toe. These patters could be their individual fingerprint.
We also need to think about making them cosplay-friendly 🙂-
The sensors may only need to be detectable close up, very close up.
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The pores are plainly visible as dark spots in the skin.
If you are a meter away you will clearly see them.
Having them down their sideline is an option to keep the face clear.
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A man of God, would fight for his godly principles , not against them. Might be cliched by ie good against evil works because the battle is a old as recoded time 🤔👍
“good against evil” is a relatively recent patriarchal notion over the past 5000 years. this ultimately encourages embracing the divine half of the universe and the demonizing the other half.
the original matriarchal culture from the dawn of time saw the universal duality as “light against darkness”. the path of transcendence, like in Taoism or the Toltec philosophy, is found by embracing the totality, including both the light and darkness.
a man of knowledge recognizes our eternal psychic connection with the “Indigenous Soul” / “Great Spirit” / the “Sea of Spirit”, that we all swim in, as we evolve our awareness, the true “meaning of life”.
I like the proposal , but the twist could be that his creator , was actually acting for the good of humanity in the final analysis🤔
Yes, you nailed it. That is the intention even if the outcome is shockingly different.
I am for the original version and showing how contagious the ugly side of humanity can be once your cornered even if you are not human.
Thanks for letting us know Andrew.
Sticking with the original logline.
Thanks E
a variation of your first theme option works better for me.
God’s natural law relates to the evolution of consciousness. if people-kind continue its materialistic denial of synchronicity (our psychic connection with all forms of life), it’s only natural we become the author of its own extinction event.
“People-kind is flawed and responsible for its own replacement.”
you guys are approaching this issue of faith from a shallow point of view. I don’t see Dowd’s conflict having anything to do with his faith in God.
I see “Dowd” as an Ozzie mixed-blood, part Aboriginal / part Brit, who has firmly embraced his “Indigenous soul” since a child. this means he has deep faith in his connection to the collective consciousness (God / Great Spirit) and therefore is open to what can be learned from dreams, higher life forms and alternative spiritual healing strategies. however, his neo-colonial / imperialistic wife, “Commodore Katheryn Freisler”, has drunk the materialistic Kool-Aid and only has faith in “modern” pharmaceutical drugs and surgical procedures, like the questionable chemotherapy the doctors encourage them to treat the Leukaemia threatened Tobias.
when their beloved son dies horribly, this causes Dowd deep grief, anger and resentment of his wife, modern doctors and his materialistic culture. being a proud and skilled warrior from his years as a Navy diver, he at first is willing to do his part against the “evil” aliens. Dowd then begins to question his government’s paranoia, however apparently justified. this would better explain his being conflicted with Katheryn, the ultimate breakdown in their relationship and his eventual attraction to the Siren Kayla.
logline options: I would stick with the “original” logline. your alternative proposals smack of a fundamentalist religious theme, rather than a “spiritual transformation”.
as an aboriginal person, I have a problem with your “Old Testament” notion of an angry God. most of the planet’s population do not share this Abrahamic notion of God. as mentioned above:
God’s natural law relates to the evolution of consciousness. if people-kind continue its materialistic denial of synchronicity (our psychic connection with all forms of life), it’s only natural we become the author of its own extinction event.
A helpful insight Derek. Thanks.
I like the original logline-let the fact his faith plays such a part unfold with the story.
I love the proposed theme ‘Humanity is flawed and due for replacement.’ (I mean we all know this is true right? 😉) But does the Creator have the right to upgrade?
I wasn’t sold on the foundation of faith at first maybe because in the forces you may see and do some things while ‘Serving Australia with Pride’ that would contradict your beliefs or certainly cause great internal conflict (so perhaps it’s something Dowd has always struggled with) but I can see how it will fit with the proposed storylines, death, love, power, leadership and of course the ego…is mankind really the superior species?
And the tag line I would not say God I’d just say
‘There’s a new plan for earth.
Humanity’s not part of it.’
I like the way you have summed this up and your suggestions Amber.
DANG! Apparently, the POLL service auto disables after 250 views.
Comments only folks. Sorry.
I like the new changes but prefer the original logline without doubt. I think its stronger. I look forward to filiming this monster (pardon the pun!!!).
Thanks Naomi
HELLO DAVE…
SO WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS?
THANKS.
Hi Ebuka,
Having just completed the THEME work for the series….
There are three things underway.
1. Completing the series bible
2. Including the series outline
3. The final draft of the Australian series
Also, the contract binding the team based on your contribution.
We already have the marketing contacts so we will take that project directly to them.
Once Australia is established we then launch into getting Africa, America and the European works up.
Hope you are well. Hope your Firefighter work set in African is moving forward.
Regards
Hoff
That’s great Dave.
Sure, the firefighter work is underway, sourcing for investors/eps/funds.
Excellent news
That’s great Dave.
Sure, the firefighter work is underway, sourcing for investors/eps/funds.
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