Background story on "Room For Error" by Jason Voss

With the overall positive response of the film "The Vessel" in 2004, I was anxious to tell another story set in essentially the same world. The Vessel was a collaborative experiment in filmmaking. It was an opportunity to make a film and see what happened. When the film was finished, I was anxious to take the lessons I had learned, and move on to another short film project. Believing in the individual creative talents of everyone involved, I knew we could create another unique and interesting story. Chris Moore and I wrote the synopsis, then fleshed out details. Production began in August of 2005.Working around everyone's schedule on weekends, The film finally wrapped in March of 2006.

Co-Producer, Fred Manchento, scored the film as well as edited the film over the course of the next 4 months with me at AGLA Studio. Overall I'm very happy with the final results of the film. Like the Vessel, I think the film describes a unique vision and is a small testament to the creative talents of some of my closest friends.

My thanks to everyone who worked on the film or helped out in some way.

— Jason Voss

Story Synopsis

John is a man obsessed with finding a nameless city that haunts his dreams. In the center of this wonderful city is a Tower, his home. Researching the Occult, John believes he has finally created a magical gateway, which will transport him to this place of dreams. Using his girlfriend as a sacrifice, John is disappointed when the spell doesn’t work as planned and his house is surrounded by the police. A negotiator tries to convince John to give himself up. John realizes where the spell failed: it calls for more blood! Shooting the negotiator, his blood is added to the mystical circle and the room is engulfed in flames--John gets his wish. The city however, is not the paradise he had envisioned and John realizes too late his terrible mistake.