Today is the release of my latest film/Documentary ‘Living with Someone’ It tells the story of a girl named Alice who has an imaginary boyfriend.

Alice Grew up with her grandparents and dreams of being a singer, she works as a projectionist in her local cinema. She seems like a fairly normal girl? Well unlike most other girls her age, Alice has an imaginary boyfriend named Adam. But how far can her imagination stretch?

This film was shot for £0, this is not however including the cost of fuel to get to each location. It was all shot around my local area. I have wanted to shoot a film locally for a long time now and this I felt like the prefect opportunity. Film making for a lot of people is difficult because you rarely have everything you wish you had available to you, to make the film you want to make. Sometimes it feels like a constant compromise to get what you need but not what you want! Well in an ideal world I would have a huge budget and many people to help, but in reality I don’t! So I wanted to see what I could achieve without a budget and without lots of people. This is the outcome.

There is no lighting equipment used throughout the film and it was all lit with light from within the location. I used mirrors on occasion to bounce natural light. This was not ideal and trust me this was not done out of laziness. I think every film I make I should try to learn something new. Well by doing this I learned a great deal. Lots to do with how far I could push my camera in natural light, I learned some work arounds to alter footage in post to reduce noise. I learned that you can use lights to make a scene look good without having to break the bank. You just need to think logically and be willing to experiment.

I am incredibly pleased with this film, my last short cost me around £600 and premiered right here on film annex a few months back. It’s called ‘Falling’ and there was a crew of around 11 people on that. After you have watched this go and give it a watch even just for comparison. 

A couple of people helped me out here with some of the music. Sasha Evans, you might remember her from the vocals for my last film. She is incredibly talented and I actually saw here singing when I was in California and she was amazing.  John Wood who is a good friend of mine did the track for the end, which I really like and last but not least Natalie Pailing who is the actress from the film. She is actually trained in musical theater and has a stunning voice.

So here it is, I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it.