I have always been partial to a bit of drama...a taste stimulated by a commission from Canal Plus in France. It was all a bit unlikely as it was one of nine commissioned from graduating film students across Europe. Scottish TV and Scottish Screen also put in some money and screened it twice. It did OK in terms of festivals etc but unluckily coincided with a bit of a personal derailment...the least said about this the better! Here is a little clip which shows off the rather eccentric use of various filmming techniques, including a rather lovely use of back projection (if I may so myself). Also it allowed me the chance to showcase my skills in composing soft rock ballads, the singer is Fran Schoppler (although that isn't her being if you get my gist).

Oops and I forgot to add that the film is called "Shoot the Refugees".




As is probably well known short films are thankless and painful things, and that's just watching them. However in 1999 I put that thought to the back of my mind and thought it would be fun to make an extremely low budget period drama. Again it visited a good few festivals and was highly commended by the Turner Classic Short Film event at the London Film Festival.

The film is based on the famous Oscar Slater case and is called "The Important Parts of a True Story"...here is the whole thing.