The House Of The Scorpion
In the 22nd century, in the country of Opium, one of the countries in the drug belt, a young boy named Matt learns that he is not a human, but the clone of a powerful drug lord, El Patron. Matt struggles with his identity as a clone, and as he grows up, he learns that clones are created for their organs to be harvested to keep the old and powerful drug lords alive. Matt is eventually freed and declared human after El Patron’s death, but Matt then has to learn how to live as a free individual. This story expresses the subtle threat and underlying danger of El Patron’s intention towards even when Matt is not aware of the fact that he is in danger, as well as Matt’s struggles and the ethics of technology and where the line should be drawn.
CONCEPT: Seeds of Omen
Evoking the chill of unknown danger—a place where fractured identities, corrupted progress, and ominous beauty collide in unsettling silence.
The concept aims to unfold with typography as the central voice—letters appear fractured, unstable, and slightly out of place, hinting that something is fundamentally wrong. The visuals juxtapose the future with the past: although the story takes place in the 22nd century, the atmosphere recalls a poor Mexican town of the late 1900s, a place worn by hardship yet paradoxically rich with untouched nature. This clash of time periods underscores both the corruption of power and the eerie resilience of the land. Subtle motifs, such as fields of red poppies, enter as quiet warnings—symbols of beauty masking peril, foreshadowing the dangers to come. Through this uneasy interplay of text, imagery, and symbolism, the sequence establishes a tone of tension and inevitability, immersing the viewer in Matt’s world before the story begins.
Keywords: Poetic, Tense, Peaceful, Unknown Danger
