Written by Anne de Korte Every story needs a setting. Every character needs a home. Every conflict needs a history. Aside from intriguing characters and a compelling narrative, every story needs a third component: an incredible world. Even if you stick with a modern-day backdrop, it’s gonna massively influence the story if you choose to set it in high society instead of a crumbling estate. In some stories, it even becomes so important that the world becomes a character of its own. What is Batman without Gotham? Only Murders in the Building without the Arconia? Or The Last of Us…

Every story has a beginning. And the story of HOOD started in 2015 during my studies in London. Six months before, I had uprooted my whole life in the Netherlands to follow my passion and not spend the remainder of my life thinking “what if?” (Which, ironically, is one of the most asked questions when you’re trying to figure out story and plots, so I didn’t really escape that :P.) So I moved, enrolled in a two-year Master's degree for Screenwriting at University of Arts London.  One day I found myself thinking of my final project and I thought, why…