01
Discover
A fight opens the Aura Realm. The boys search for Justin and discover Seb can heal corrupted GodHeads.
The Drumming Woman
and the Alchemist
Every person is a world.
One boy can hear them.
Written by Dan Galea & Aurora Browne
The story
To save his family,
he must enter their worlds
A bullied teen discovers a realm where every person is a god carrying a living civilization. With his bully as an unlikely ally, he must stop a corrupt Alchemist before his grandmother’s home—and the world hidden beneath it—are destroyed.
A deadline in both worlds
The house
must stand
The Mayor is preparing to demolish Seb’s grandmother’s home. Beneath it lies the Seed of Vibration, tied to the barrier between realms.
On Earth, a demolition.
In Aura, a siege.
The antagonist
The Alchemist
He invades the GodHeads, turning living worlds into instruments of control. The power he wants is protected by a rhythm he cannot break.
The feature arc
A rescue becomes
a reckoning
02
Confront
Each circle brings them closer to the Alchemist. The enemy is Seb’s grandfather; the house is his target.
03
Free
Billy brings the grandmother home. Seb enters the castle—and ultimately the Alchemist’s own Head World.
The film’s hidden heartbeat
Someone has been
keeping the dark out
The Drumming Woman sustains the barrier that keeps the Alchemist from the realm’s power source. She is exhausted. She cannot keep playing forever.
Drum soundtrack
The release
The victory is
an act of empathy
Seb frees the people inside the Alchemist’s head. Then he reaches his grandmother and tells her she can finally stop.
The drumming ends.
A new rhythm begins.
The production approach
Grounded performances.
Expansive animation.
40%
Live action
Earth: the school, care home, family house and town.
60%
Animation
Aura: the GodHeads, city circles, castle and sound barrier.
The people behind the worlds
Creative team
Comedy, character and worlds in motion.
Writing · production
Dan Galea
Writer, producer and performer. Founder of DG Special Productions and a founding member of The Sketchersons.
Baroness von Sketch Show · The Kids in the Hall
Writing · comedy
Aurora Browne
Co-creator of Baroness von Sketch Show and a Second City alumna, bringing comic instinct and character to the story.
Baroness von Sketch Show · Second City
Animation · direction
Chuck Gammage
More than four decades in animation, with feature-film experience spanning iconic characters and imaginative worlds.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit · FernGully · Space Jam
Animation · storytelling
George Evelyn
Animation director and co-creator whose work bridges preschool series, commercial storytelling and immersive experiences.
Sheriff Callie’s Wild West · Bubble Guppies