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D i g i t a l F i l m s
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THE FAULT LINE
Lucy Bennett is in her early 20s and is in serious distress, dishevelled, make-up running due to tears and facial bruising and she shows signs of blood-staining. In a police station alongside two female CID officers, a uniformed WPC and her solicitior, she recounts her life episodically, leading up the moments before, when a shocking, cataclysmic incident took place.
Written and Directed by Thom McKeown
Filmed/Edited by Noel Franson
Nina Seme as Lucy Bennett
with Jan Bradshaw, Joanne Savage,
Gudrun Sigurdardottir and Laura Docherty
Lucy Bennett is in her early 20s and is in serious distress, dishevelled, make-up running due to tears and facial bruising and she shows signs of blood-staining. In a police station alongside two female CID officers, a uniformed WPC and her solicitior, she recounts her life episodically, leading up the moments before, when a shocking, cataclysmic incident took place.
RICHARD III
Corra McCabe as Lady Anne
Written by William Shakespeare
Filmed/Edited/Directed by Noel Franson
As part of Studio Eye Screenstage's THE DARK SIDE OF THE BARD series, here Corra McCabe presents a sequence from Shakespeare's RICHARD III.
SPARKY HARRIS ON THE LAM
Andrew Martin as Sparky Harris
Filmed and Edited by Noel Franson
Devised, Written and Directed by Thom McKeown
Sparky Harris, is a fugitive from justice (a prison escapee – i.e. ‘on the lam’). This is reflected in his demeanour and physical behaviour. He also suffers from a deficit of self-awareness and struggles to separate reality from utter fiction with a very thin line between that and plausibility. He enters a theatre and adopts the role of an impromptu actor.
RANT
Written and Performed by Thom McKeown
Filmed and Directed by Noel Franson
RANT is a statement from a senior UK Police Officer intended to quell any notion that his law enforcement colleagues are in any way guilty of racial discrimination. How it comes across is open to perception!
MISTER FEARNS
Mister 'Style' Fearns is an old man now, bemused, perplexed and disillusioned by the pace and uncertainty of modern life in a world where cynicism, violence and reliance on technology have replaced old-fashioned virtues and values of patience, courtesy and good manners. Here in this short film he nostalgically reflects on the past and ponders a world he now barely recognises.
Joe Szreder as Mister Fearns
Written and Directed by Thom McKeown
Graphic Design by Creative Eye
Filmed and Edited by Noel Franson
THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME
Concept/Vocals/Music and Directed by Thom McKeown
Edited by Noel Franson
A quirky retake on Abba's classic song.
Written and Devised by Thom McKeown
Filmed/Edited/Directed by Noel Franson
Tara Jade Stewart as April Dawson
A 16-year old girl has been kidnapped and sex-trafficked from the UK to Nepal. Here she manages to send an extremely disturbing webcam message on a laptop, still connected and mistakenly left around by her captors.
HAMLET
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by Noel Franson
Filmed/Directed by Thom McKeown
Noel Franson as Hamlet Prince of Elsinore (aka a West Yorkshire CID Police Officer circa 1979)
A short series of variations on classic texts from Shakespeare.
Here is Hamlet as a 1970s Yorkshire copper.
TIED UP AT THE MOMENT
Jennifer MacErlane as Lara
Andrew Martin as Marcus
Written and Directed by Thom McKeown
Filmed and Edited by Noel Franson
Lara is awoken by the camp and mildly threatening presence of Marcus.
Written Produced and Directed by Thom McKeown
A group of homeless men takes turns in offloading their respective stories as to how they became roofless and without a home. This contemporary drama was filmed during a stage performance in Glasgow's west end.
The characters are:
Percy - from Glasgow but has been sleeping rough in London, now back in his home town having hitched up with Tramar.
Percy - from Glasgow but has been sleeping rough in London, now back in his home town having hitched up with Tramar.
McGilligan - Like Percy, he has also returned to Glasgow, having become bitter and disillusioned with people’s attitudes to homelessness.
Richard - From a relatively privileged background, but his psoriasis and violent temper have diminished his prospects along with the demise of his family and resources.
Tramar - A younger guy from London, has hitched up to Glasgow (with Percy) to check it out here. Has anger issues, full of resentment but appreciates affection. Wants to become independent, get a flat, make a life.
Roley-Stevens - From Belfast, hit the downward spiral when his marriage broke up. Political and on the up, wants to re-connect and rewire himself to get out of the rut but also to help improve the public perception of homelessness.
Wensley - Very bitter, but conversely, semi-spiritual at times.
Otis - An American guy who bemoans the culture of NFA (no fixed abode) in an especially poignant and moving way.
Roley-Stevens - From Belfast, hit the downward spiral when his marriage broke up. Political and on the up, wants to re-connect and rewire himself to get out of the rut but also to help improve the public perception of homelessness.
Wensley - Very bitter, but conversely, semi-spiritual at times.
Otis - An American guy who bemoans the culture of NFA (no fixed abode) in an especially poignant and moving way.
Original segments written by Thom McKeown
Based upon Jim Cartwright's 'Road'
Directed by Thom McKeown
A mighty cast of over 20 actors worked on this production in 2011 which was staged in Cottiers Theatre Glasgow. Sadly this rough copy from a hand-held camcorder is all that exists of the production, running at just under two and a half hours.
