scrappy shorts, experiments and curios 
done ​for fun, class, contests & just generally mucking about.

Made in 48hrs for the Sci-Fi London Annual Challenge.

Random Parameters:

Title:
PROMISE NOT TO TELL

Dialogue:
Just for once, keep calm and ask nicely

Prop & Action:
A handful of ball bearings being held then passed to another person

Optional Science Idea:
A machine that can influence people's dreams

( forgot to credit myself for directing it :-/
And also our splendid costume designer Christopher Metzger)

Class assignment for Darren Aronofsky. Shot alone on an iphone in an evening, cut that night.

Rules:
Under 2 minutes.
Shoot alone.
Use whatever lo-fi tech you have to hand.

Track; Writers' Waltz by Krzysztof A. Janczak

Lord Viscount Sir Genghis Stabbington Stabbington deftly exposits his application to the Evil League of Evil.

A mere formality, of course.

Includes a rendition of the rarely-heard Stabbington Anthem.

Winner of Joss Whedon's Dr Horrible contest.

A character Study. Say hello to Connor.


​The High Tones - another Sci-Fi 48hr Film Challenge. Made in 48hrs, plagued with technical problems. Came 3rd. Watch in HD.

an NYU Grad Film exercise

Rules:
B&W S16mm
No Dialogue
Exterior Day
< 4m


Another old scifi 48hr Challenge. This year we wanted to do Victorian Scifi. So we did. Quite badly. Came top 10 anyway :) 
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Fun little promo for a book. Don't tell anyone, but the butler at the beginning is played by one of the richest men in the world.

Penultimate week of NYU. Got the chance to direct an off-the-cuff scene with Peter Deming, cinematographer of Mulholland Drive, I Heart Huckabees, Cabin In The Woods etc etc.

I feel this is a very serious and important piece of cinema attempting to confront an issue I know I barely understand.

Starring Kate Deming, Julien Léonard Fernandez & Emily Cheeger

Peter's team were Mia Cioffi Henry​, Jono Chanin​, Laura Valladao​ & Faraday Okoro​.

#fuckyeahnyu

Slideyman. Attempting to win a trip to the best waterslides in the world. Made in half an hour. Came Second. 
Class exercise for Todd Solondz done in ten minutes with my buddy Chris, who has even worse OCD than me.

More sci fi 48hr shenanigans. Very scrappy, but came top 10 again :)

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Filament - a... er... thing...

Annual indulgence in the Sci-fi London 48hr Film Challenge.

Last year was High Tones (http://vimeo.com/mroscar/hightones), which was placed 3rd by Guillermo Del Toro.

This year I was busy at Aspen Shortsfest with The Kármán Line (we won two awards!) but was determined to join in anyway. Tradition and all that.

So this one isn't so much a 48hr challenge as an 8 hour one. Made with a few splendid folk also at the fest and done in five shots.

Also check out this entry by my former team in London (my erstwhile film family), this time directed by Kármán Line's producer Tiernan Hanby: https://vimeo.com/91932659


​The Garnisher. This was also selected as a winner of Joss Whedon's Dr Horrible contest, but when they found out we made both this and Stabbington they threw poor old Garnisher back. :(

Long, long ago... first ever attempt at the sci-fi 48hr film challenge. Features Susan Sheridan, the original Trillian from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Jonah watches himself watching himself watching something nasty.
If you recognise the music you may know what it is.

Another old whimsical thing knocked out one afternoon with friends in after Sunday lunch. Happy days.
Just more mucking about.