Alan Davis and Pal Aron who were in the film were also fantastic to work with. They’re both so easy to act off. As an actor you’re as good as the board that bounces the words back to you. Their naturalism enticed you in. With Alan his style of acting relaxes you. Allows you to free up. Ricky Gervais of course is also in the film. Only 3 scenes. But he is supremely funny. Course this was in the days when he was on the 11 o’clock show, before he smashed it up but I like to think that we were in there first.

I wanted to do something very cheap and so I thought I could slash the budget by removing the editing process. So its a film with no cuts and is one take. We found a house in the middle of nowhere and set up the lights one day! DOP Sarah Bartles-Smith did such an incredible job lighting an entire house and we had the biggest flag in the World. We rehearsed again and again then the next day we shot it. We got picture perfect on take 7 but had no sound! So all the sound is ADRed.

Very few people have seen this. And its my first short so I can see its flaws but is interesting to watch for the mistakes and the influences. The man with breasts? Watchmen. The music. Alien. (Ouch.) This was in the days when I didn’t have confidence in what I wanted to say. Was trying to find my voice and style. The film is about something but crucially not about something that particularly chimed with something within me…if that makes sense. My next film did though.

It cost 3 grand which felt like a huge amount. John Hembrough did the steadicam and was so consistent on every take.