14th December 2023. Last day of filming for Contour.
Every project you embark on you learn something new. Or at least that should be the case. In the 2 years of making this short film, I certainly picked up a fair share of things I will no doubt take with me on future films. Some are technical but the most valuable are those that can’t be verbalised. This is how it is with directing. It cannot be taught, it can only be learned through throwing yourself into the deep end. Constantly.
Making this film was a real slog having been shot mostly on location in Kent, London, Port Talbot, and Bath. This is one of the reasons it took so long to film. That said, I’d been incredibly lucky with the weather overall, not to mention guerrilla filmmaking in areas that otherwise needed permission (and a bank load of money to boot). All worth it though, not least because it brought me closer to my ancestral homeland and enabled me to share that journey with others.
A big thanks to everyone who helped.