LOGLINE
An unprecedented aurora borealis phenomenon in a Scandinavian Sound interrupts the life and work of a newly married journalist and scientist, leaving them searching for answers both about the solidity of their relationship and the presence of extraterrestrial life.
CREDITS
To SETL is created, written, and directed by Camilo Garzón.
CAST
Starring Annie Gonzalez as Xóchitl, Christopher Rivas as Andrés, and Roy Loewenstein as Nolan.
With additional performances by Erin Bump, Sam Soon, Mark Mumm, Nicole Garzón, Simon Gonzalez, Vishal Vibhaker and Erin Breen.
With special appearances by Rebecca Charbonneau and Daniella Diaz.
CREW
Laura Ubaté was our Lead Audio Producer and Editor.
Daniel Murcia was our Sound Designer, Engineer, and Mixer.
Victoria Shifflett served as our Audio Engineer at the North Fig Sound Studio in Los Angeles, California.
Nicole Garzón was our Music Supervisor.
The theme song is titled “To SETL (the score)” and it’s by artist SETI X and produced by Henry D’Ambrosio.
Daniel Freeman composed the music for this episode.
Christo Oropeza plays the guitar in the Balmy Alley flashback scene.
Laura Correal was our illustrator.
Federico Torrado Tobón, Maru Lombardo, and Roy Loewenstein were our Creative Producers.
And our executive producers include: Claire Breen and Camilo Garzón for Cuentero Productions, as well as Christopher Rivas and Carlos E. Hernández.
Thanks
Special thanks go to Javier Briones, Guy Raz, Brent Baughman, Jeff Rogers, Wanda Diaz Merced, the Counsel for Creators, Rebecca Charbonneau, Lee Billings, Sofia Sheikh, Alex Kemp, Shelby McNabb, Yianni Anastos-Prastacos, Tino, Davy Gardner, Asa Merritt, Toby Lawless, Daniel Díaz, Asha Singhal, Stephanie Kuo, Dan Kitrosser, Ari Edelson, the Orchard Project, Magritte & Rosen, Tee Hoida, Kimberly Renee, and Andrew Emmer at SAG-AFTRA.
And we also wanted to acknowledge how much we value the work of the scientists and sound artists that have devised a way for us all to be able to hear the universe including work from NASA, ESA, CSA, the Space Telescope Science Institute, SYSTEM Sounds, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
SYNOPSIS
Xóchitl, an astrophobic Chicana-Chinese technosignature researcher based in the Bay Area loses her job when she stands up to the corporatization and colonization of her field by Nolan, a billionaire technocrat, and is left wondering if her life’s work has any meaning. All this, as her Colombian partner, Andrés, leaves to one of the Scandinavian Sounds to report on the aurora borealis which has been presenting some fluctuations never seen before in the history of recording its light patterns. With distance and perhaps another species between them, Xóchitl and Andrés’s marriage is tested in a way they never expected.
Cuentero created the story and concept and provided writing, creative and voice direction, audio editing, audio production, casting, scoring, sound design, sound engineering, and sound mixing services. This is the first fiction project under Cuentero’s internal banner and trademark: Cuentero Atanor Productions™
