Story
Cast of Characters
Production Design

Story from the original screenplay 

by 

Joseph I. Robinson

 

Auratopia is a story of human struggle, playing out on the thin line between a technologically highly advanced society suffering from dictatorial control, and an imperfect one that still holds the promise of a free, fair and prosperous future for all.

On Planet Aura, twelve light years away from earth -- There is a thriving harmonious civilization with abundant energy, perfect solutions for all the needs of its inhabitants, and apparent peace.  But, a threat looms large over the Auratopians - The all controlling master computer Zara, has chosen to perpetuate the Akah syndrome, a genetic disorder, viewing the Akahs’ superior intellectual gifts as an advantage to Auratopia.

The year is 2020 - on earth. Life is pretty much as we all know it.  Most significantly -- the quest is on for newer sources of abundant energy.  The most ambitious of space programs in human history is launched - Dr. Orle Turell and the multinational crew of the fusion powered Copernicus take off on a hundred year space program to build seven colossal Solar Power Generating Space Stations that will beam unlimited energy to Earth for future civilizations.

Lyra, the rebel leader of the Auratopians, activates their time travel event to forcibly bring these astronauts to Aura, to help them overthrow Zara - since they do not have the brain implants that control and track all six billion Auratopians in sixty thousand cities.

In the process, the astronauts lose Tatsuya, one of their team members, and they are angry and edgy as they set foot on Auratopia.  But, Orle connects with Lyra with whom he has shared a telepathic love relationship which he had imagined were all dreams.  She and her followers lead the astronauts on a journey of profound discovery, conflict and new understanding.

Before long, the astronauts realize that their best chance to get their lives back and supersede their mission is to fight the dominance of Zara, thereby reluctantly joining the rebels in an important battle to relieve Zara of the very control it was once entrusted with.  Their victory in this epic battle opens the doors for an enlightened future.

 

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AURATOPIA CAST OF CHARACTERS
CHARACTERS OF EARTH

CREW: SPACE SHUTTLE COPERNICUS....YEAR 2020
DR. ORLE TURELL Solar Engineering Mission Specialist
TRAVIS BLAZER Copernicus's Pilot & Mission Commander
ANGELA CASEY Mission Flight Co-pilot & Navigator
TATSUYA MOMATO Space Structures Architectural Engineer & Payload Specialist
NATASHA GARGARIN Medical Physiologist
MAURICIO BENJAMIN Payload Specialist & Micro Biologist
DR. WOLFGANG VANDER-SCHMIDT Astrophysicist & Space Navigation specialist
CHARACTERS OF PLANET AURA

Auratopians:
LYRA young rebel leader
TUKLUME older rebel leader
MOMATA healer, wife of Tuklume
JOBIM boy rebel
BARTO computer wizard
DOV rebel musician
SULU rebel teenager
TESA Jobim's Family
ANTON Jobim's Family
BOLT domestic android
MAR young boy rebel
AKAHS genetic mutants
ANDROIDS robots
SENSOR SPHERE data gatherer
WHITE LENORE lion-like beast
DENDRID (V.O.) ancient tree
CLOUD MESSENGER (V.O.) voice of nature
Rajay Dictators:
TOW TU TEEM President, humanist
XO OTTO TOMB Commander, war monger
EO SOLARE Minister of agriculture
CAL ARCH Minister of architecture
PICA PI TERRA Minister of ecological design
ROCO ASTRO Ninister of spaceports
ISRA STAR Minister of communications
CYBO Minister of robotics
OCTA ELA Minister of Topian Normalcy
DIGO IA TEE Minister of the wilderness
ADDA MATTA Minister of life, health, and death
RAB ROW RUE Minister of political & social systems
ZARA Master Computer & Controller of all technology

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Production Design Concept Drawings

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CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE MANDALA NETWORK OF ECO-ISLANDS

Two-hundred glowing mandalas embellish the planet Aura with a world city that appears from outer space as a jewel necklace.

Each mandala is formed by thirty-two island-cities radiating in four octagons ten miles apart.

The waters around the world city contain abundant marine life, underwater farms and living capsules.

 
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A mile high and mountain-like, the city-structure looms into the sky at the center of a five mile diameter island city -  an urban social vitality, which functions as a self-sufficient organism.

Clean, unlimited energy is available to operate all of the eco-islands technology which is controlled by a master computer, connected to the global network of 60,000 island cities.

Aurans are freed from the drudgery of fundamental labor, by efficient, self sustaining automated systems which produce and manage all the required resources for its inhabitants.

 
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One of the transport landings near the very top of the mile high city-structure, where Auran citizens are taxied.

 
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Three passenger, gravity-free transport bubble.

 
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Twenty passenger, gravity-free transport bubble.

 
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The mediation console, near the very top of the city-structure - the primary communication interface to Zara, the master global computer. Holographic information is viewed on a fifty foot high glass conic wall surrounding the touch and thought responsive console.

 
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE PERSONAL SPACE GARDEN

Cantilevered from the principal structures of the eco-island, the personal space garden is contained in a giant hydroponics bowl. The egg-shaped dwelling capsules, nestled in these gardens, can travel gravity-free to other eco-islands or Maia, the global park.

 
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The gel-floor contours itself around the occupant to provide physical comfort and resting support. The surrounding transparent curved walls hold holographic communication images that can be programmed by tactile, vocal or thought commands to Zara.

 
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Community Garden cantilevered from the city-structure.

 
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE GARDEN OF SPHERES

The giant bowl shaped living gardens are cantilevered from the massive lower portions of the eight super-structures.  The dwelling capsules are all gravity-free and hover amidst the lush vegetation and crystal clear fountain pools.

 
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE GARDEN OF SPHERES...CLOSER

The gravity-free dwelling capsules can ascend from the island living gardens and float around the globe. The walls of the sphere can be transparent, mirrored, glowing any color, pattern, or holographic image.

 
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Typical center level of the mile high city-structure...
Located in the center, vertical and spiral transport tubes carry people and supply capsules to their destinations.
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A natural paradise with cascading healing waterfalls, caves and crystal clear ponds. The lounge bubbles, suspended above the pond, serve as meditative spaces.

 
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LYRA MEDITATING IN MAIA

With the world civilization living comfortably on the technologically advanced islands of paradise, the continents are free to thrive as a wild global park, visited by people under the guidelines of the World Wilderness council, the synergetic voice of all life in nature.

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