Projects in genres: Comedy

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A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. He is about to hand over power to his son when a completely different kind of army descend upon them.

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When a detective arrives at a young girl's family home in order to investigate her disappearance, it soon becomes obvious he has bitten off more than he can chew.

Worm takes us on a surreal journey into a dark world filled with ferrets, dead mackerels and toothpicks; a world where the grotesque meets the ridiculous.

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Consistent failure on stage, combined with mounting debts, means Andrew having to find employment and potentially giving up his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian.
Accepting a new job he finds his most undistracted audience yet - the deceased.

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An abstract comedy for devices such as iPhones or iPads, using emoji (Japanese text message character pictures) as material with which to draw. The script is is an attempt to connect the symbols, and to celebrate the unpredictable, hilarious, moving and complicated nature of communication and understanding.

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A British black comedy set in 1960s London showing how far some us will go to get ahead in business.

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As his fascination with re-enacting grew, Jon discovered his uncanny resemblance to one of history’s most nefarious characters.Apparently it’s to do with the shape of the jaw.

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'Is this free?' 'Yes, of course'. A standard question followed by a standard response. For most of us – just another part of our daily lives that we quickly pass-by without a second thought. But for one man it is something more – a chance to communicate, challenge, and engage.

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A hand fetish story.

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Street-smart Dominic’s armed robbery of a convenience store goes wrong when he crosses paths with hard-working Jay, a taxi driver with nothing left to lose. Mutual contempt soon turns into a kind of understanding, but not without some pain along the way.

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While attempting to rectify an omission in the burial records, Reverend Smith may have stumbled onto a dark secret. Who is buried under the small gravestone marked only with the initials, HWP? The Reverend's curiosity grows into obsession as his parishioners act suspiciously as he tries to solve the mystery.

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Weekend Retreat is a darkly comic thriller set in an isolated house in the picturesque Cornish countryside. Karen Campbell has brought her husband Duncan away for a “quiet weekend”, a chance to communicate and rebuild their fractured marriage. Duncan plays along but seems distant. During their first night they’re taken hostage by Kevin and Gary Tregidger, estranged brothers desperate for money who thought the house was empty. Gaffer taped back to back the Campbells' marriage is pushed to the limit while the Tregidgers can’t stop bickering long enough to get the job done. As the weekend draws on the stakes are raised as secrets are revealed and body parts are lost.

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Five migrant University Students who are traffic wardens teams up with a sexy female classmate to find a way to convince the public they serve that there is more to them than their big bums and issuing parking tickets.

As the story unfolds, the Lead character, Colin falls in love with the sexy female colleague and starts to discover the truth about being a traffic warden.

By the finale, they manage to stage demonstrations and cause havoc on the street in order to prove their worth and win the respect of the public. Think Mission Impossible meets Mad Men