The story so far...

[This is going to be a long one bear with it, you signed up for this]

I came up with the concept for part 1 of "Holy War" just kind of out of the blue one of the past hot, lazy, summer days when I was bored out of my mind wasting my time searching for music on the internet. I've always seen movies and music as connected arts, each one benefiting from the other. what would "Apocalypse Now" be without the music? and what would "Thriller" be without it's music video?
I began to think about the different musical styles that I enjoy, and fortunately I am lucky enough to enjoy wide range of genres. (not to be braggy) there's also a huge variety of film styles the same as music. I wondered if there was a perfect match between musical style and film style. What kind of movie would feature namely blues and what kind of camera work would they use for that movie the same goes for Jazz, Techno, Folk Music etc...
Creatively speaking this is the question that I want Part One of "Holy War" to answer. As I said before I wan it to be a mix, a "premium blend" of styles if you will. (and you will)
At the point in time that I came up with my "premium blend" concept I still had no plot in mind whatsoever. this proved to be a pretty big problem when I started pitching my idea to Mr. Marcus Terry. Eventually out of frustration with myself for not being able to come up with anything I BS'd and idea. I said "It's a movie dealing with the members of a pirate radio station" he said something along the lines of "Cool, what the heck is pirate radio?" I realize that this may need to be defined to a generation of people where the iPod effectively killed the radio for good.

Pirate Radio is a lost art form, It is anyone broadcasting illegally without a permit. You see, the government actually owns the invisible spectrum and they auction frequencies to corporations who in turn sell pieces of their purchase to radio stations. Pirate Radio actually involves transmitting over a paid for piece of spectrum and effectively causing a corporation to lose advertising money. Now, usually it is not the intent of a pirate radio station to ruin a corporation, many of them just want to play music, broadcast guerrilla revolutionary political beliefs, etc. generally pirate radio has nothing to do with actual pirates but the first pirate radio was broadcast from a ship that sailed the open sea.

With that thoroughly defined I just realized that I need to define something else before I can give you a summary of my movie. "Holy War" is not just one film, it's a series that I intend to do. right now we are talking about just Part One, but it's only fair that I explain the basic concept of "Holy War"
Humans are a tricky bunch to get along with. We tend to form these concepts in our minds that we hold onto. Tightly. We will fight for them even if it means destroying ourselves and everything around use. Many times these ideas are not even wholesome, they are usually some form of greed that we disguise as something noble. The Crusades are a perfect example of greed disguised as a call from God. Same with the Jihad that is currently being exacted around the world by people who would say that they are on a "Holy Mission" Less obvious examples of "Holy Wars" being raged currently is the RIAA's lawsuits against people who illegally download music off the internets. The RIAA says that they are protecting the interests of the artists that they own but really they are suing for money to go into the coffers of the major record label CEOs. The "Green Movement" is also a Holy War. Obviously polluted air is a problem but by making something like smoke getting into the air out of a factory into an environmental cataclysm that will kill everyone on the planet one thousand times over, people like Al Gore have made millions in personal profits that is not going back into helping the planet. We wage our own Holy Wars in our day to day lives such as criticizing other people for their lifestyle not with the intent to help them but instead to hurt them and make ourselves feel better. in a nutshell, attacking this pattern is what "Holy War" is all about. Ironically enough, I came up with this with the intent of a personal gain; so hypocrite I am, "Holy War" is my own Holy War.

I am sure you are dieing for me to stop with my ill conceived, teenage angst filled philosophies and get to the actual plot of "Holy War: Part I". So, with out further 'ado....

HOLY WAR PART ONE so far...
basically it is about two friends running a pirate radio broadcast after one of them (Rob Weber), has a very bad dream involving pop stars after falling asleep with top 40 playing on his radio. His friend (Chuck McGuinness) pulls him out of his trance by destroying the radio. They decide to run a station that appeals to the musically tasteful.
On the other end of the world two mysterious men in black are killing a violator of American music laws. they beat filled bodybag and fire several rounds into it before leaving it in the desert...
Chuck and Rob enlist the help of Jeremy Hooch a young idealistic "rookie" to help them run the station which they plan to build.
They create secret identities for themselves due to the semi-illegal nature of their venture and plus it just sounds cool.
They "borrow" radio equipment from Chuck's drunk uncle and catch a station pet (chasing stray dogs until eventually settling for a turtle) they set up in Rob's basement.
With a studio created the dynamic duo and their sidekick who is limited to getting them coffee need only one more vital ingredient.... music.
in order to satisfy their need for the largest and most diverse musical collection in existence they consult the "Music Gods" (of their local highschool) and after much deliberation they are presented with "The Key" a high storage jump drive that houses the largest most illegal music collection ever. plus some vinyls that are too sacred to ever be digitized.
after setting up their complete studio Rob and Chuck are introduced to conflict while in the parking lot of their favorite taco joint. The neighborhood drug pusher and all around Jerk-Off Steve, drives up to them and questions weather or not their status is "rollin" when they reply that they are not "rollin" he makes a jab at their sexuality and makes several attempts at parking his car before deciding that that is also of questionable orientation and speeds away.
one month later the station is doing some big business and is getting quite popular. Rob and Chuck's secret radio identities are hailed as "Incredibly Sexy" "Revolutionary" and "possibly the most influential chaps on the radio. even if they are illegal" With this new-found popularity Rob and Chuck branch out and invite local bands to play on their broadcast. Holding to their original founding belief Rob and Chuck invite all forms of musical talent to their studio. in a musical montage of sorts they feature bands that play Ska, Metal, Progressive, Jazz, Metal, Bules, Rap and METAL (this is a stab at the fact that almost every homegrown band these days is, in fact metal, not because I like metal.) in the interview before their performance the final band says that they "try to be as original as possible" when questioned by Rob and Chuck as to what style they lean towards they respond with "Metal mostly" they are asked to leave before they get the chance to play.
Steve grows into an unseen problem, he hates Rob and Chuck for their popularity even though they are not popular and it's their identities that are popular. He finds them out and abuses his powers as a pizza man to get back. His abuse comes in the form of psyclobin mushrooms that happen to wind up on a pizza that Rob's pizza. during the trippy drug sequence that follows the credits run and Ron has the sudden realization that killing animals in order to eat. he introduces this new found philosophy to Chuck and Jeremy who don't really catch on.
there is a brief intermission and then the film picks up for chapter 2.

I think that I will leave you guys with that much tonight and post chapter 2 after I see your responses.

-Kevin