The Story

First of all, I, for one, enjoy listening to educated people talk about technology, video games and other assorted subjects. Check out my friend Paul's blog and podcast (you can both stream and download it.) Alot of podcasts seem to lack focus or are people just laughing at each other's jokes and not really accomplishing anything, but this one is a pretty good listen.

Heres the link:

http://www.contrapaul.blogspot.com/

Now, the story of Eyes On Me.

Eyes On Me is not a personal story. People can relate to it, and there are some aspects of it that I can certainly relate to, but its not personal. Its very much a story based on emotions/themes. To put it as simply as I can:

Chris Doyle has lived in a small town all his life, with his mother and his brother Eddie. When Eddie is arrested for assault on a minor, the Doyle family manages to get him sent to a Home, rather than a prison, the reasoning being that he has a psycho-sexual disorder. During the time he is away, Chris' and Eddie's mother dies and Chris takes a job as a middle school english teacher. When Eddie is "healed," and is deemed fit to return to normal society, Chris opts to take him in. However this does not sit well with citizens who live in the town, the most prominent one being Richard, another townie who wants Eddie out as soon as possible. And so the story revolves around Chris' and his attempts to balance his own life, with that of his brother's.

The tagline is an old quote I've heard a thousand times over:

"No man is an island."

Which means that basically, no matter where you are, you're never alone. You can't shut yourself off from your world. Its impossible. People care too much to let that happen.

Thats basically it. I'll probably go into the characters more in a later blog, since the casting of the film will be finalized in August. Cating sessions have been going very well, and my fears of being overwhelmed by this project are slowly leaving.

-Daniel

Next weeks blog will concern the themes of Eyes On Me, and I'll go more into what it was like to write this story.