Projects with status: Complete

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When I was given a college brief to produce a short about an everyday activity in a style of my choice, I was immediately drawn to the beauty of time-lapse photography. I as a visual artist see every morning as an inspiration, be it a bright sunny morning, or dull and misty winter mornings especially with a frost or snow covering. At this time of day, I was intrigued by how many of the early morning activities would be perceived in time-lapse photography. In particular, as for a number of my projects, I was inspired by the works of Ron Fricke (Baraka, 1992) and Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi, 1983, both of which are renowned for using this haunting style of cinematography.

Matutinus (early in the morning) is an experimental short, which I wrote to depict the start of a day and how it can start off really well and can go onto to turn out bad. Images of people going about their daily business go into the not so 'fluffy bunny' images of graveyards, domestic arguments and civilised madness. At this time of the day the landscape can be transformed into a somewhat mesmerising atmosphere and can in a way it can be the calm before storms ahead. As the day goes on many people experience an uphill struggle, be it at work or at study. Matutinus shows my vision of this through a series of time-lapsed photography and experimental imagery.

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A boy's dreams of becoming a great filmmaker a brought to an abrupt end by nightmares suffered after making a monster movie starring his pet dog Max.

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A 20-something American, Chris, visits his friend Julian who lives in London. Shortly afterwards, Julian is sent to Scotland leaving Chris stranded in his flat. Chris ventures out alone but gets lost and mugged. He meets Lisa, who, feeling pity, helps him. During their brief meeting Chris and Lisa bicker, leaving their differences unresolved. Disgusted with his behaviour Chris spends the rest of the story searching for her, only to come face to face with the cynicism and manipulation of Londoners.

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An early morning day in the London financial district, just like any other. Problem is, things are not always as they seem and business propositions can sometimes find a dead end.

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An abstract emotional love story about a young man, deeply in love with a woman who only exists in his mind.

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The film is a contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly suspect and sinister.

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In a secure institution scientists monitor the thoughts of prisoner 364. Who is the strange figure he has made contact with?

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An Iron Age village is burdened with a terrible curse - every few years eight youths are captured by foreign soldiers and sacrificed to a bloodthirsty monster, the Minotaur. Taken to a land far away, the youths are presented to a powerful king before being cast down into the depths of the Labyrinth to meet their fate.

Driven by his love who was lost in a previous sacrifice, Theo disobeys his father's commands and joins the sacrifice with the intention of killing the beast. On arrival at the palace Theo is seduced by a mysterious princess, who promises him love if he can protect her from the King, her brother.

Thrown into the depths of the maze, Theo and his friends come face to face with the true horror of their plight, as the terrifying Minotaur hunts them down one by one and mercilessly devours them.

Based on the ancient Greek myth of 'Theseus and the Minotaur', the film is a classic adventure horror story set in 1400 BC.

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A young deaf artist searches for a more intimate form of communication within the silent world in which he exists.

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Mischief Night is an exuberant, wild and contemporary comedy drama about two families (one white, one Asian) who come together unexpectedly on a local night of carnival trickery and festivity.

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In Montignies-on-Sambre, a small village in the Belgian 'black country' where the coal mine industry vanished 20 years ago, 19-year-old Sandrine sells cheese in the local supermarket by day and manicures by night, dreaming that one day she will open her own beauty salon. One day Sandrine  and Anna, her mother hear on the radio an ad for a local beauty contest. Anna is convinced that Sandrine should enter and of course win. Winning, though, has huge costs for both their lives.

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A man sits down to watch television, but his TV has other ideas.
First it floods his picture with static - then when the man gets violent, the picture dissapears completely.

When it returns, everything is different.