SARA COPPOLA-NICHOLSON
Mules

MULES

An Interactive Non-linear Animated Branching Story
Mules tells the story of a number of apparently disconnected characters, with supposedly disconnected lives. Scene after scene, we follow the journey of those traveling the world as drug mules. 

This is an INTERNATIONAL project, where ANIMATION allows an unforgiving realism, as well as embodying individualism and personality of each character.  ACTION is at the very core of the stories, where nothing is predictable and threats can come from everywhere.  First of its kind, Mules is highly INNOVATIVE, giving the audience a complete control over the characters' timelines, delivering a unique and totally personalized experience to each spectator (and yet maintaining a production to delivery ratio of 1:1). 
THE CHARACTERS

Ferdi

(Bold Journey) 

19 years old male

from from Kampung Pulo, Indonesia


Travel: 

Moped - to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta

Plane - from Jakarta Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam 

Plane -  Schiphol airport to Dublin


DELIVERED. 

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Natalia “Tata” Solovyova 

21 years old female, 

from Kirovo, Leningrad Oblast, rural Russia


Travel: 

Bus - rural Russia to St Petersburg 

Freight Ferry - St Petersburg to Stockholm (Sweden)

Night Bus - Stockholm to Brevik (Norway)

Freight Ferry - Brevik to Imminhgam Docks (UK)

Car - Imminhgam Docks to London


DELIVERED. 

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Darya “Dasha” Solovyova

20 years old female, 

from Kirovo, Leningrad Oblast, rural Russia


Travel: 

Bus - rural Russia to St Petersburg 

Freight Ferry - St Petersburg to Stockholm (Sweden)

Night Bus - Stockholm to Brevik (Norway)

Freight Ferry - Brevik to Imminhgam Docks (UK)

Car - Imminhgam Docks to London


NOT DELIVERED. 

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Helen “Hell Fire” Hughes

19 years old female, 

from Guildford, Surrey, UK


Travel:

- Madrid (Spain) to St Pancras Station, London (UK) via Eurostar


DELIVERED. 

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Isandro Ioánnou Papadopoúlou

“One who frees or releases men”

51 year old, undisclosed, 

from Athens


Travel:

- Plane from Athens to  Istanbul

- Plane from Instanbul to New York


Mule 6 is a Greek national and spent his entire career in the hotel industry.  However, born and raised as Maria, only recently Mule 6 made peace with his real identity and chose the name Isandro.  Despite the liberal nature of his home country, Mule 6 thirst for a fresh start in New York.  

The Mule undertakes this tasks to finance his new life in the United States.


NOT DELIVERED. 

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THE INTERACTIVE TIMELINES
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