A screenwriter's work is never done, even when the picture is playing.

Shanks

Type	Short screenplay
Genre	Comedy
Length	8 pages (~8mins)
Logline	After entering a public toilet, a pee-shy man faces an onslaught of overly-talkative, unhygienic, weird and outright violent men.
Maturity	Recommended 15+. Reader discretion advised. Contains strong language.
Notes	Author's notes In 2006 I wrote and directed this short film called "Shanks". The title was a play on words. Armitage Shanks are one of the largest manufacturers of toilets here in the UK and "shank" is also London slang for a knife - which plays a key part in the finale. This was my first experience of writing a screenplay. The first draft was written using Microsoft Word and was formatted like a stage play thanks to my Drama & Theatre Studies training. Somehow with zero budget we managed to even shoot it on Mini DV and made a neat little short. What was most surprising was how well this held up when I revisited it all these years later. Back then, I'd never read a thing about storytelling or screenwriting and yet it contained many key components of a real screenplay! This was a fun screenplay to write and ultimately a fun movie to shoot. The 4th wall breaks were fun to play with to really draw the reader/viewer in to Rusty's chaotic experience in that toilet. I hope you'll have as much fun reading it as I did writing it.
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Violent Auteur: A Study of Park chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy

Type	Non fiction book
Genre	Film / Art
Length	88 pages
Blurb	“The prolonged history of military occupation, oppression, war, and subsequent liberation of the South Korean state have all affected the themes, content and style of the nation's cinematic New Wave.” With reference to auteur theory and the films of Park chan-Wook; chiefly his Vengeance Trilogy, this book delves deep in to the psychology behind the latest cinematic masterpieces of South Korean cinema.
Maturity	Recommended 15+. Reader discretion advised. Contains descriptions of violence and sexual violence.
Notes	Author's notes In 2008 I wrote this dissertation as part of my Digital Film & Screen Arts course at the University for the Creative Arts. It remains a reasonably solid examination of how a violent national history has bled in to the film-making of South Korean directors. In this essay I make the case for Park chan-Wook being an auteur at the forefront of a Korean cinematic new wave. Some 15 years later this still seems to ring true, both for the director and the nation as a powerhouse in the landscape of cinema. I have fond memories of writing this at a time when it was still the norm to spend hours in the university library delving in to academic texts as opposed to sourcing everything from the internet. If it's of interest to you I hope you have fun reading it. I've never made it publicly available but 15 years later I don't see any reason to keep it buried in an archive!
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Selected works

2009	Civilized Tears: Blue Sunrise	Music Video	Rock	Production Assistant
2008	Violent Auteur: A Study of Park chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy	Book	Non-Fiction	Author
2007	Habit	Test Sequence	Drama	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2007	Habit	Short	Fake Trailer	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2007	Don't Sit Too Close To The TV, Kenzo	Short	Experimental	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2007	Never Stir The Tea Anti-Clockwise, Kenzo	Short	Experimental	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2007	A Day in the Life of Derek Jeeves	Fake Trailer	Comedy	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2006	20, 5 and One	Short	Action	Editor, Writer
2006	Mr. Tea	Short	Experimental	Cinematographer, Editor
2006	Shanks	Short	Comedy	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2006	'Forty Four	Short	Horror	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2005	Civilized Tears: Flying Over America	Music Video	Rock	Cinematographer, Editor, Director
2005	After the Long Weekend	Documentary	Observational	Cinematographer, Editor, Director
2004	Davros: Live at the Millennium Hall	Concert Recording	Rock	Cinematographer, Editor, Director
2004	Amery Hill School Video Prospectus	Visual Prospectus	Educational	Editor, Director
2003	Ghost in the Attic	Fake Trailer	Horror	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2003	The Mysterious Disappearance of Vincent Darby	Short	Mockumentary	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2003	Existence	Short	Drama	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2002	The Good Will Fall	Short	War	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2001	Far From Home	Short	War	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director
2000	The Generator	Short	Science Fiction	Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Director