Here is temporary, near is forever.

WHEN A BIRTHDAY RETREAT IS HOSTED IN AR, the partygoers must fight to stay alive in real life or forever be relegated to a new “life” in vr.

Logline

When the quintessential girl next door and her fiance attend a birthday retreat for their friend, they are surprised to see that he has created a fully augmented reality inside the house. But when partygoers start dying only to be reborn in AR, our couple must find a way to escape before being stuck in Silcon Valley’s version of “heaven.”

The device: Near

The Near device takes a group of aquaintances out of their every day mundane lives…

…to a warm, beautiful, extravagant augmented reality.

The Film

Near Death is a relationship based dark comedy/horror set in Lake Tahoe that seamlessly combines the nuances, stigma, and complex mental health struggles faced by modern adults with the very real, and possibly dangerous, evolution of technology.

Horror with dark comedy elements

An homage to 80’s slasher horror

Relationship focus

Style and tone:

Mental health

Aging and death

Evolving technology and ramifications

Universal themes:

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you can’t always be here, but you can be forever near.

Four Friends Productions, LLC

Los Angeles, California