Screening date October 12th @3pm.
Tricycle cinema, London.
Tickets £7.50 (single), £18.00 (festival pass)
"Vincent got lost on his way to work one day, and now he doesn't know how to get home"
From conception to completion how long was the project? The script was written in February 2010. We shot in April that year, and finished the film in November 2010. The reason it took so long is mainly because I had to take time off to get married, and needed to switch editor because the first one wasn't cutting it. The new editor was amazing, but started over from scratch, so we lost about three months there. That said, I still consider the film a work in progress now, mainly because doing festival applications and publicity is still keeping me busy. But it's definitely approaching a stage where I would call the film 'finished.' Why did you make it? I want to direct films, and I realised nobody would give me that opportunity, that I had to take it for myself. So I decided to start with a small, constrained project- one that wasn't too ambitious, but that could show my skills as a director. The most important thing for me was that there would be a genuine emotional journey. It's really important to me that the audience feels something. How did you fund it? Again, I knew nobody was going to give me the opportunity to make a film, and that nobody was going to give me the money. It was made for a pretty low budget, the most expensive part of it was buying the 16mm film stock and developing it- and of course renting the equipment. To fund it, I worked a difficult but well paid job making a corporate video in the middle east. Where did the unique idea come from? Even before we wrote the script, I had decided it would feature only one main character, with one key location. This was later expanded slightly, but we mostly stayed true to that. The idea wasn't mine of course, it was Arivind Abraham's who wrote the script. But he and I have a very similar taste in films, so working with him is very easy. What were the major pitfalls, if any? To be honest, there were none. If you prepare prepare prepare for a film shoot, and go into it with a strong plan, then you can easily dodge some major bullets when things go wrong. Have an amazing and experienced crew helps too. Overall were you happy with the film? Yes, very much so. There's a few bits that I'm not entirely happy with, but I think that's always going to be the case, with anything you do. What would you have done differently? Nothing, since at the time I didn't know any better. Perhaps the one thing would have been to work with a more competent editor from the get go, but that's really it. Will the cast be gracing us with their presence at this years event, and are they excited about being in a London festival? Bill Thomas, out lead, is very pleased indeed to be in the festival. Unfortunately, he's a very busy TV actor, so I don't think he'll be able to make it. Do you have any message/advise for those looking to make a film? My advice to any filmmaker is to work with the best and most professional people you can afford to work with. It seriously pays off, it gives you an incredible freedom on set. Don't work with your mates- it'll be fun, but if you want to be taken seriously and have a great film that you're proud of, then work with people that are so good they actually intimidate you. Vincent is part of the official selection for London Lift-Off FIlm Festival running 10th-12th October 2011 at the Tricycle Cinema in North West London. Click here for tickets, or call the box office now on 020 7328 1000.  |
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