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I started making movies with the family video camera passed down to me by my mother about 10 years ago. I made a comedy feature called Fake Diction as my first try. It was a parody of Pulp Fiction and was too ambitious i.e. not very good. It was great fun to make though and I learnt a lot. I went on to make other material and I had two comedy sketches on a Jeremy Beadle show called Hotshots - Anyone remember this? Anyway, I've developed my skills and now I'm a full-time film-maker with my company ffab - www.ffab.co.uk.

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25 Comments

robblakeartist

christ! that was intense. most moving so far by miles. full marks.

July 1, 2008
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AlanG

I liked it until the end. The end was a bit disturbing and tasteless in my opinion.

July 1, 2008
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claustrophobic, intense, with real hard hitting ending. good film.

July 2, 2008
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manalivestudios

Jeremy Beadle eh? Good times. I liked the bit when the guy fell from the roof. Check out our entry, "Mr. Alice", and let us know what you think.

July 2, 2008
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Finedi

Sick

July 2, 2008
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philmoran

I'm the film-maker. This film gets a mixed response - people like it or hate it. Just to comment on the ending though. I don't see it as tasteless. The whole film is a comment on the war on terror. If you listen carefully you'll hear bits of dialogue related to this. We're one world - all of us stuck in an elevator. There's no escape, we have to make it work.

July 7, 2008
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Great movie!!!A bit disturbing and provoking, but that makes it even better for me.

July 7, 2008
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passtheketchup

Intense. Corker of an ending!

July 7, 2008
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TripleM

This is a very thought provoking short film. Films like this need to be made.

July 7, 2008
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JamesPartridge

As a spectator, brilliant contrast of emotions motivated by the unexpected ending. Great camera work and acting . Thought it was a great short!

July 7, 2008
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NickyM

Very clever. Great little piece. I appreciate the director's comments on the meaning. Needs to be viewed twice.

July 7, 2008
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DaveL

That was dark, claustrophobic and distrubing - just what I look for. The short format keeps every tight and pared to the bone - excellent little film.

July 8, 2008
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PedroMarcelino

Hmmm... I can honestly say I did not see that coming!!!! Bright.

July 8, 2008
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JM

Wow, hard-hitting and clever! Great piece.

July 8, 2008
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Tamzin

Wow Phil, very very poignant- blaster ending- your a clever bugger- do you do Music videos?
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July 8, 2008
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line

30 secs and several 'stills' cuts later, i thought- bollocks-arty crap. Then i started to like it. 2 mins 30 secs in i start getting into the characters and caring where it will go. THEN- @#*!!: didn't see that coming really. makes you think about little pictures (all our lives and @#*!) in the bigger picture. v. good

July 8, 2008
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AlexP

Thought this was excellent. Very clever and poignant. Unquestionably a short film that I will remember for a long time. Well done.

July 9, 2008
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CraigBayley

A fair improvement on 'Fake Diction', Phil. I had to watch that twice. The short format is perfect for people like me who likes their 'phil'osophy in easily consumable chunks. Did you ever find an absolute truth?

July 10, 2008
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philmoran

I did find the absolute truth actually, and I was going to sell it on ebay - but I used the scrap of paper I wrote it on as a book marker and returned the book to the library. Doh!
Funnily enough, I'm making a documentary at the moment called "A Cure for Religion". I'm looking for religious people from any faith and I'm going to do 3 things:-
1. Prove to them that God does not exist.
2. Prove that their faith is false.
3. Convert them to atheism.
This is a serious doc - any volunteers?

July 10, 2008
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Gregor

OMG tht wa very clever !
the callwas 911 and it was teh date 9/11
man this has got to be a winner:D 10/10

July 11, 2008
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dano

Thought this was rather weak, keep trying.

July 11, 2008
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Gavin Blackwell

I really enjoyed this short film. Quite a brave choice of subject in my opinion and one I'm sure some will find very difficult to swallow as Jonathan Safran Foer found out.

July 12, 2008
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DGW

Very interesting, a probe into the meaningful/lessness of things. I can't see the problem in portraying an event that happened. Should we hide it under the carpet and pretend it never happened? Phil, you may be able to do points 1 and 2, but point 3 would be (anti)miraclework where religion is concerned

July 14, 2008
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FandJ

Phil we thought this was a brilliantly filmed microcosm of personal life events against the canvas and backdrop of the big picture. A sobering reflection on modern life and the shocking but powerful ending brought it all into sharp focus.

July 22, 2008
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Zoch

If you like this you'll love "SOMEDAY"

July 23, 2008
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