A NARRATIVE WEB SERIES
Dinner with the Gods
A SERIES WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANAK RABANÁL
PRODUCED BY FIREBRAND IN THE DARK
Inspired by the need to convey astrological concepts in a visceral and aesthetic way, Dinner with the Gods, is a 12-episode narrative web series.
SCENARIO
Marva is at a crisis point in her life — Who is she? What is she doing with her life? Who are these people she keeps having drama with? — when she finds herself invited to a dinner party shrouded in mystique and mystery.
During the course of the evening, Marva wanders from room to room in an unbelievable mansion. What is she doing here? Who are these people? After each encounter with her hosts, the Grahas, a powerful and eccentric family of twelve who would make the Ewings, Carringtons, Lyons, and Roys clutch their pearls, she discovers that she’s at the heart of a battle royale.
STORYTELLING WITH ASTROLOGY
Of interest for students of astrology: The mansion represents the chart wheel with each room symbolizing the twelve houses. Each Graha family member is a personification of a planet and dressed to express the sign(s) they rule. We encounter them in multiple rooms and configurations, engaging in the dramatic tensions corresponding with their aspects in the chart — alliances and antagonisms, competing or overlapping agendas — winner take all. Amidst this drama, Marva represents Consciousness grappling with self-realization and -acceptance, searching for connection and meaning.
DEVELOPMENT
The script is currently in development and seeking production funding for the pilot episode.
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