hmmmm.... to be clever, I REALLY need to come up with a title that represents the primary theme and totally gives away the ending, but you won't know the connection to that UNTIL you see the ending. Then you'd go, "ohhhhhh, aaaaaah!"
I'd prefer a name with meaning and purpose, but "The Moon People" is a just ok place holder for now. :)

You nailed nearly everything ALMOST perfectly

All I did was read your comments here and the captions in the clip.

There's a kind of state one can get into where one has the feeling they've got a whole story, but they haven't actually written it down yet. Or, they feel like they can clearly imagine the house they want to build, but they haven't made a drawing, taken a measurement, found the land, worked out the electricity or plumbing, etc. It kind of sounds like you're closer to having that feeling than having a script, and I urge you to put the time into the script. Yes, shooting and playing can be a good way to visualize things, but there's a lot of grunt writing that just must be done. During that process, new ideas will present themselves and old ideas will lose their luster. The writing will lead you to a story that's possibly different from the first idea. Try not to have any sacred cows this early in your story.

Interesting that you mention zombie movies. It's a well developed genre right now and I think you could cull through a few of those to find scenes of panic to look at to get some sense of how to shoot and block a scene like that. World War Z comes to mind.

You shouldn't worry about the working title. Make up 20 working titles, put them in a hat, and then post a random one on your bulletin board each week

I always like to do contrary titles, I would consider calling it "Earthlings".

:)

All great points, rmack. You sound like a writer type? Or director or producer?
This one has a completed outline in my head, another film IS fully outlined in my notebook set to start writing after I complete editing Teen Cop 004K, TC5 and TC6 will be shot and completed over this summer, and I have 35 other story ideas on the books to develop. AFTER I get something epic written (not teen cop or these cheap teasers) as proof of concept, I'll seek proper funding, but I KNOW I am not near that yet.

I agree stuff usually takes on it's own legs and can end up better than original, so I am open to that definitely. Kill your darlings: not a problem for me at all. I look forward to the advancements. :) Moon People has a plot, the standard structure, and interesting premise, and a resolve, but CURRENTLY it lacks an entertaining, climactic ending while remaining thought provoking as originally designed. It doesn't appeal to any except hardcore sci-fi fans..... yet. I think the antagonist will be able to bring that home, but so far haven't come up with anything great and twisty yet.

So, Moon People is now back burnered to simmer whilst I work on other stuff, and practice the craft.
Thanks for the input!!!

Hey, I thought it was really good - The girl's acting seemed a bit comedy like.....

Anyhow, a really good trailer, especially with your limited resources.