 Simon Luckhurst as Nigel. |
That's such a great shot...NIGEL: It had started off simply enough, an elegant two-hander. That that had been followed by the inevitable costume drama with a cast of thousands. Next year it was a witty social comedy, then a biting satire looking at a vexatious contemporary issue. You see, by now my desire for recognition and public exposure was constant, and every year I made a new film in an attempt to be picked to screen in the annual competition. My name is Nigel Dempster, and I'm a Crapfest-O-Holic... |
Synopsis
A bitter short film maker confronts the short film judges who constantly reject his work...
Cast: Simon Luckhurst, Sean McInnes, Sally Palmer, Robert Hernandez, Micheal Hodgetts, Dennis Jackson, Naomi Jacobs, Scott Nagy, Mark Pritchard, Brendon Taylor, Leah Thinee
Production Company: Left of Cantaur.
Cinematographer and Editor: Keean Murrell Snape.
Written, Produced & Directed: Simon Luckhurst
Budget
I think I spent about $100 on food for the cast and crew, and later some other money was spent on beer for Keean.
Screenings
Short Sited 10, Wollongong NSW, 2006.
Notes on the Film
I'd entered Tropfest a few times, but had never been screened. The idea of making a film which demonstrated my feelings about this was too tempting to refuse.
We shot the film in the Wollongong City Employment and Training theatrette in about six hours. Keean Murrell Snape used the WCET Canon XL-2, and later edited at Relativity Studios.
We'd both wanted to do something in black and white, and I also wanted to play a Woody Allen-type character.
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Pictures
Naomi Jacobs and Mark Pritchard as Judges
Leah Thinee and Robert Hernadez as Judges.
Sean McInnes as David.
Scott Nagy as a Judge.
Sally Palmer as Hanna.
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