Directing
An observational exploration of routine, monotony, attention and distraction. Will we continue to let events pass us by uncontested, or will we decide to break the cycle?
Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.
This film aims to capture the stories of the aging Isabella, but also captures her condition and loss of cohesiveness as she loses herself into dementia and Parkinson's. It is also a very personal film since the subject is the grandmother of one of the co- directors. The idea is interesting as it links one strong clear memory, told several times, to other fragments and truths of her condition. Animation is sparingly but cleverly used to complement the delivery and avoid it just being a talking head.
Contrasting artistic visions, misplaced confidence and blatant ignorance collide on the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and divided world. Two stubborn Scottish filmmakers struggle to make a short film together in the Austrian Alps.
A film conversation using 16mm film and a projector, with both the sound and image being created by painting and scratching directly on to 16mm film stock. Scribbledub explores the dependent relationship between image and sound - the 'scribble' creates the 'dub', the 'dub' informs the 'scribble'.
A diverse cross section of tired, drunk, disgruntled, joyous and riotous strangers, pushed together within the confines of the last train home.
An observational animation that inverts the expected focus of a football match, turning attention to those on the periphery
Two animations (Shapes & Sizes/Winging it) made by participants in the animation workshops in HMP & YOI Polmont, featuring their own reflections on the creative process. Mixed-media animation, it talked in places about charcoal and the "faint outline of where it used to be." A standout was the use of sketchbooks as something akin to flick-books, caught by the camera with hands holding the pages open and the frame-flicker of life.
Separate projections combine, unifying, becoming whole. Twelve animated projections combine to develop a rhythmic dialogue exploring the intrinsic relationship between sound and image using 16mm film, paint and a projector. Responding to a hand-drawn soundtrack, each projection is individually created by painting and scratching directly on 16mm film stock.
Using only charcoal and 3 sheets of A1 paper, 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat' is an animated visualisation of Oliver Sacks' seminal work, describing a unique neurological oddity.
