Welcome!

Welcome to the official blog for the short western Redemption. Look for bi-monthly reports on the progress of the post-production of the film.

Synopsis

Redemption is a western that tells the story of the outlaw Jesse on the run from the lawman Sam and his deputies. Jesse is trapped by the lawmen in a little cabin inhabited by a starving woman and child. Their plight forces him to consider his own struggle for survival and as he realizes that he could turn himself in to save the woman and child with the reward money.

Director’s Statement:

I never considered creating a Western until my friend Richard Wolf gave me the script. The subject matter of this movie has allowed me to break away from the conventional college locale of “student-films” and create a setting different from our own.

Redemption represents my desire to make films that are entertaining while challenging emotionally and intellectually. The action and gunslinging is integral in that it draws the audience into the story. At its core however is a philosophical question which haunts us all. Jesse’s self-confidence is a carefully constructed cover for his fear. He fears dying and this compels the destruction of anything that endangers his survival. He realizes this when he encounters the woman and child. He sees his options clearly: turn himself in and give them the reward money or continue his flight from death. It is only when he stops running from death and sacrifice that he can give life and stop destroying the world around him.

Redemption is my first “real” movie. It became more than just a class assignment or personal project with a couple friends. I have begun to apply my artistic vision of my own initiative. It has been an incredibly challenging experience and I am only a part of the forces which brought the project together.

– Paul Hinson