A town that outlaws privacy after a collective wound, and the people who try to survive the light.
Spectacle as survival, exposure as currency, community as contested memory.
“We were shattered like glass. But broken glass catches light.”
Replace this with your distilled pitch, 2–3 paragraphs max. Name what the town did, why it believes in exposure, who profits, and who bleeds. Mention the law, the cameras, the rituals of confession—and the cost.
A living roster of the town’s people and powers. This master list will evolve as scenes deepen.
Former cop who killed the town’s predator when the system failed. Haunted; reluctant father-figure in the town’s rebirth.
Widow of a victim; quietly fierce. Finds herself pulled toward Doyle.
Voyeur, tech-obsessive. Starts as stalker-villain, revealed as frightened kid, exposed and transformed.
Mitch’s target. Begins as avenger, confronts him violently, then collapses into the strange gravity of his obsession.
Young woman with incontinence. Finds unexpected, tender love in exposure.
Pru’s lover; nurse/care aide. Nervous, fumbly, enters under false pretenses. His love confession is the cleanest arc.
Heavyset local girl, tender arc. Innocent yet cosmic romance with Darren.
Corner‑store worker, awkward but earnest. Falls for Lorraine. Their tent scene becomes one of Hollow’s sacred exposures.
Tough pragmatist. Forces “Free to Film,” balancing political survival with moral compromise.
Opposes Ruth; warns of collapse. Breaks fully when sovereign‑citizen angles enter.
Sovereign‑citizen trickster lawyer; gaudy but unexpectedly brilliant.
Leads zealots to smash cameras; calls lenses “graven idols.”
Mayor’s ex‑wife; messy intimacy continues. Their daughter, Airl, is a quiet presence.
Teenager; symbol of uncertain innocence.
Catalyst of transformation. Ordinary name may surface once; thereafter avoided. Gravity without glamor.
At least Iris’s husband; others in whispers. Presence felt through aftermath.
Bungling or toothless, constrained by privacy law and town myth.
Lorraine’s mom; passive‑aggressive. Small‑town smile while cutting you down.
Vanished when she was 6; circumstances left deliberately opaque.
Neighbors on the gravel road; nosy, comedic landmarks.
Darren’s close friend; known only through parental mentions. Off‑screen anchor.
Zealots, tourists, tech‑shop owners, corner‑store customers. The texture of Hollow.
Two currents meeting in a charged field; tenderness under surveillance.
A quiet domestic moment turns into a revelation when the town’s gaze intrudes.
“What they never understood was that the machines never made us less human. They only refused to let us lie about it anymore.”
Paste the full scene here. Keep your line breaks. Use italics for breath notes and stage directions. Consider adding a brief stage header like [Night · Kitchen · Low hum of the grid].