Midlands Spotlight on David Stephen Denny

midlandsmovies • November 17, 2020
Midlands Spotlight on David Stephen Denny

We take a look at local creative David Stephen Denny and his new film Atomic which is already at script stage. With a promo trailer and pitch deck ready to go, we find out more about the film due to be produced in the North Midlands.

Local author David Denny is planning a streaming film series based on biographical stories from the 1980s. The pilot film for his dark and gritty urban drama Atomic follows the lives of three desperate individuals bound together in a seedy and sinister world of drugs and crime.

Set in 1980s Uttoxeter Atomic follows a middle-aged professional who after losing his job unexpectedly, hides his unfortunate circumstances from his domineering wife and keeps up the pretence of going to work. But as things go from bad to worse, he ends up falling into an underworld of criminal activity.

A trailer funded by producer and writer has already been produced for promotional purposes in a bid to raise funds to move the project forwards and can be watched on the YouTube link below.

David Denny is confident that the film will be made one way or another and possibly kick off a series of episodes which have already been written. 


David explains, "The general feedback for the script of the feature length pilot is very encouraging and I have every confidence we will find funding from somewhere to produce it in a ways that a compliment to those who have invested time in the trailer”.


David was born in Uttoxeter but travelled widely before returning to the area in the late 1990s. Building a foundation of successful writing including gothic fantasy novels, poetry and self-help guides in the employment sectors David explains that this was one of his first screenwriting projects.


"[It’s] based on some semi-autobiographical adventures and the dramatisation of other local stories. It was originally written as a novel. I circulated it around my acting network and the feedback was very inspiring, so I took it to the next stage and produced a trailer to help promote it”.


David now plans to film in and around Uttoxeter in 2021 making the best use of local talent. "We already have local actors and crew from around the town, but we will be looking for more extras and more character parts - hopefully from the town”. 


"Ideally, we would like to secure the entire project funding, but that's never easy. Alternatively, we could film with volunteer actors and crew, like we did for the trailer, and then be looking for local investors for unavoidable production costs for locations, props and sets - achieving that smaller target”.


For more details and to get in touch with David contact via the official website www.atomicfilm.co.uk

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