SHEP ORIGINAL
PROSPECT
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a desperate fight to survive.
Written and directed by SHEP's own Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell, PROSPECT stars Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, Game of Thrones), Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets), and Jay Duplass (Transparent). It premiered at SXSW where it won the Visions Competition.
The film screened theatrically nationwide and has been lauded for its nuanced story, exquisite worldbuilding, and distinctive production design aesthetic.
Inspired by the sci-fi films of our childhood, our ambition was to see how far we could push an indie budget in the realm of practical production design. To pull this off, we rented an old boat-building warehouse in Seattle and filled it with artisans, engineers, cosplayers, and carpenters - many of whom had never worked on a feature film before. This rag-tag crew of worldbuilders lent the film its distinctive flavor through all the practical props, sets, and costumes - and eventually became the TAKA Collective.
When it came time for production, our production design warehouse became the sound stage for our spaceship sets. The majority of the exteriors were shot deep in the wilderness of the Olympic Rainforest.
