With our no-budget labor of love, Mamma Therese, in the can, it was time for an idea with the potential to attract investment for a full-budget production.

That idea is Taking Offense — a 15 minute drama-comedy based on the controversial premise that ideology is a form of selective perception, and may cause blindness to things of deeper value.

To present the concept to investors, a pitch video was shot in which a supporting character presents the central complication. In the role: the magnificent David Levi.