MISDIRECTION (2018)
Valentine Ford is meeting her boyfriend, Dave, for dinner. However, her SAT-NAV has other ideas.
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Paul LaightDirectorFlatmates, Don't Trust Me
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Paul LaightWriterFlatmates, Don't Trust Me, The Chess Game, Hell Is. . .
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Melanie GayleKey Cast"Valentine Ford"
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Melissa ZajkKey Cast"SAT-NAV"
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Sci-fi, Comedy
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Runtime:3 minutes
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Completion Date:June 27, 2018
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Production Budget:250 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:HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Paul has been committed to a writing career from a very early age. In 1997, he graduated from Staffordshire University with a first class degree in Film, TV and Radio Studies. His 2nd year short film project The Arts File won a Stoke-on-Trent Young Filmmaker’s award. Subsequently, he worked as a Production Assistant on a number of promos and successfully completed a work placement at Sky Movies. In 2002, he gained an MA in Feature Film Screenwriting from Royal Holloway College of London and since graduation has written several feature and many short film scripts.
In 2005, he formed Fix Films and has written and produced ELEVEN shorts to date. He has also had several short screenplays commissioned by the Mountview Film Academy, Northern Film School and film director Jonathan Wolff. His latest short horror film Flatmates (2018) is his directorial debut. But he has subsequently directed three more shorts called: DON'T TRUST ME (2018), MISDIRECTION (2018) and TOLERANCE (2018) - which is in post-production.
Paul is a versatile and prolific writer with ideas in abundance and a very strong feel for structure, characterisation and dialogue. He favours thought-provoking and entertaining narratives with memorable characters, images and scenes. While he values all styles of film he tends toward genre movies as opposed to overtly “arty” cinema. Moreover, being involved in the producing, casting and crewing of low budget shorts has given him great experience and insight into the filmmaking process; improving his writing no end.