conventions; the script too off ers a tangy twist. Primarily, the short fi lm is a comedy, and the sequences build a satisfying catalyst to augment this genre. However, unlike many standard forms of comedy, there is no punch line. Instead, an evolving atmosphere of humour develops; a multiplication

of laughs. One scene in particular attempts at tickling our laugh-box with the clash of John, a 30ish year old male, and a seductive woman in her late 50s. Delving into the unorthodox score, Fast Love attempts to

rattle audiences by combining the aforementioned quasi-dark visual atmosphere with an equally strange score. Th e team have really wrestled with standard conventions of short fi lms. Th e end result is a reasonably-well shot piece

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The short fi lm genre is rarely presented with such a unique fl avour of comedy rolled into one small package. However, bursting onto the scene, Assenav have graced us with hilarious lines and an interesting style questioning the modern conventions of fi lm. At the technological core of the piece is editor James Lloyd. In his brief past, he’s been known to produce material

disrupting our innocent and conventional minds. This time he’s joined by script-writers Alex Erting-Haynes and Jak Cochrane, who have fi red an artillery of fantastic comedic devices. “You never know whether what you’re writing is going to make people laugh, so we just wrote to make ourselves laugh”, explains Alex. This is an ace new production team.

Score byJames Lloyd

CastingAlex Erting-Haynes

Location ManagersJames Lloyd

Jak Cochrane

On-Set PhotographyJames Lloyd

Set DecoratorsAlex Erting-

Haynes

Jak Cochrane

Extra credit toBridgwater College Media and Sport

CREDITSA fi lm byAssenav

Productions

DirectorsJames LloydJak CochraneAlex Erting-Haynes

ProducersJames Lloyd

Jak Cochrane

Alex Erting-

Haynes

Director of PhotographyJames Lloyd

EditorsJames Lloyd

Jak Cochrane

United Kingdom 2014

Directors: James Lloyd, Jak Cochrane, Alex Erting-Haynes

With Ben Nash, Sue Williams, Gerogie Hilton Theresa Roche

Certifi cate 12A 6m 30s

JAK COCHRANE JAMES LLOYD ALEX ERTING-HAYNES

SYNOPSISEngland, present day. John M. Heats, an average middle-aged man seemingly lost in the conundrum of romance, tries his hand at speed dating, but he quickly realises that the fi eld of potential lovers aren’t quite what he was expecting. He encounters an awkward two minutes with a fl amboyant gay man, a seductive mature woman, an eccentric 30 year old, and an arrogant materialistic girl in her early 20s who is way out of John’s league. Aft er a series of dates, John returns home to his cosy house in the suburbs, where he fi nds comfort on the lounge sofa.

that delivers a diff used punch of comedy with the ability to make every member of the audience laugh, just not all at the same time.

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