DUMP
A promising date goes to shit.
After a successful first date, cocksure Scotty goes to the bathroom where he is haunted by an embarrassing childhood memory.
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Lee SquiresWriter
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Lee SquiresDirector
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Lee SquiresProducer
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Dave PerryKey Cast"Scott"
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Lucy-Jane QuinlanKey Cast"Jen"
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Ellie TannerKey Cast"Katy"
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Robbie BryantDirector of Photography
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Mdhamiri Á NkemiEditor
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Simona ViackuteProduction Designer
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Comedy, Thriller
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Runtime:7 minutes 54 seconds
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Completion Date:June 30, 2018
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Production Budget:2,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:ARRI Mini
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Lee Squires is a screenwriter and filmmaker from Essex.
Festival director of Sunday Shorts Film Festival, London.
Selected for Creative England's Talent Development Module 2016.
Lee directed his first narrative music video in 2017 which won Best Music Video at NIM Festival.
DUMP is his first short film since University.
Running Sunday Shorts Film Festival, means I've seen my fair share of short films, good and bad, and I couldn't believe a film like this hadn't been made yet. With all the 'poo stories' in the news at the time, I just decided now, if any, was the time to make DUMP.
After writing a lot for other people and having little to show for it, I thought DUMP would be cheap and simple enough to direct and produce myself. How wrong I was. Anyway, here we are, 5 months later, and I'm very excited to see if/how people respond to my sense of humour.
Yes, it's a comedy. Though it feels more like a thriller, about poo... So I'm saying that it's a Thillerdy, or a Thriller-Com, if you accept that.
During pre-production, I was lucky enough to gain the support of XFilm, who I worked with for a day and pitched my idea to. They hired the camera for us to shoot on, and that created more of a buzz around the production. The cast and crew are all friends who gave their time and amazing skills for free (and coffee).
I'm also using this film to launch my own production company, biglyFILMS, which I hope to make a feature film with in 2019.