CASTJAMIE VAUGHAN
as Jimmy
Jamie has participated in many productions since the early 2000's. They include a commercial for Eurostar, character presenting for Nickelodeon's U-Pick Live (Dir. Dave Taylor/Neil Tadman), and an appearance on television series The Bill (Dir. Richard Hansford). In 2006, he went back on stage to portray multiple roles in Vassily Sigarev..s Plasticine (Dir. Leann O..Kasi). He worked on an ongoing comedy sketch show made for TV/Pilot United Colours of Comedy (Channel 6 productions), and was the leading role in The Wish (Dir. Marcel Mandu).
KIRSTEN AARDEN
as Jean
Kirsten studied acting at AFDA Film and Drama Academy, where she was nominated for the Best Actress award in her final year. Since graduating she has appeared in several stage plays including her own work for the well known Stand Up Drama, London Bites. She has also appeared in films such as Resurrection Engine (Dir. George Tsikos) and Three Minute Moments (Dir. Don Allen)
NEIL SHARMA
as Sam
Neil has been involved in several stage productions, which were mainly directed by David Whitworth amongst others. He also had a two-solo performances stint with Songs From The Mikado (Dir. Ursula Brett) and Mime Performance (Dir. Lucian B) before featuring in a music video.
DALIA GRIGONYTE
as Rose
Dalia spent four years in the mid-nineties in the Drama School of Mazeikiai, Lithuania, where she performed in 14 stage plays. Then, she obtained her BA in Modern Drama at the Brunnel University, School of Arts.
Music
CREWAIMEE POWELL
First Assistant Director
Aimee studied Directing for Film at the New York Film Academy London. Since she worked on several other short movies first as Assistant to the Camera Operator before trying herself to direct her own short length features such as Into That Good Night, The Tea Party and Fear of Falling. She worked both on Digital and 16 mm. She currently works on a short narrative film.
TELMO ROMAO
Second Assistant Director
Telmo graduated in Communication Design at the University of Fine Arts of Lisbon, Portugal where he also worked as a technical assistant in the IT department for two years. Back in the UK, he assisted to the Raindance Camera Skills Masterclass. Besides is new adventures in the film industry, he is also a Freelance Communication/Graphic Designer.
LIZ BRUSH
Camera Operator
Liz studied and gained her Film and Television Studies BA (2:1) at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She worked as DV camera Assistant and Production Assistant in a corporate video production company.
REBECCA CASATI
Chief Hair Stylist & Make-Up Artist
WORDS marks Rebecca's return to the film industry after over fifteen years, back to were she started. She moved quickly away from film into working in beauty. Her passion for make-up in fashion photography and advertising took over more than she ever imaged. Rebecca has since worked on Japanese Vogue, Another magazine, Olay and Dove Real Women advertising campaign and more recently with Rankin.
JASMINE KERSHAW
Production Floor Runner
Jasmine obtained a BA (Hons) Drama with Creative Writing and Video Production (2:1) at the Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, Bucks and a BTEC Art + Design at the West Herts College, Watford, Herts. She gained experienced on both on stage and film sets as Production Floor Runner.
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FABRICE - A BIOGRAPHY
He was born in Bobigny, Seine St Denis, a suburb of Paris, France. At the age of six, his parents moved to Melun, Seine et Marne, where he studied in elementary with the Catholic nuns of Ecole St Marie. Just before starting high school, his parents decided to move in the South West of France and at the age of eighteen, he left home to study, first, Law and then English and American Civilisation Literature in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees. While studying and striving to pay for his College fees, he got a "serious" job in a marketing company and became quickly a manager for several years.
Back in Summer 2001, he decided to leave everything behind (job, house, relationship, friendship, material possessions and more) and left France with one suitcase to settle down in Madrid, Spain. As he became quickly frustrated by the barrier of the language (he went there knowing only the basics of Spanish,) he flew directly to the city he once swore he would never set his feet in: London, England. With no money and no warm clothes to wear in rainy and cold London, he contemplated either to go back to his "old" life or striving to make his dream come true. Whereas he was writing lyrics back in Madrid, he decided to write a screenplay when he got to London. At first, he wrote a pilot for a TV series, but left it aside to move on a grander scale: a long feature. When a co-production between a Los Angeles based production company and a major studio requested to read his final draft, he came to understand what he wrote would have been costing more money than a small production would been able to afford. This experience developed into a stronger interest in the production end of the film-making process. After graduation from the Hollywood Film Institute, Los Angeles, California, he founded the production company Blind Ambition Entertainment Ltd and since then he has spent his time developing many projects. The company produced the first project he wrote and directed: WORDS, a short movie depicting different scenes of a longer feature.
Television
Cast in order of appearance
Sam - Neil Sharma
Jimmy - Jamie Vaughan
Rose - Dalia Grigonyte
Jean - Kirsten Aarden
Customer ..1 - Anjie Stoakes
Customer ..2 - Jasmine Kershaw
First Assistant Director - Aimee Powell
Second Assistant Director - Telmo Romao
Camera Operator - Liz Brush
Chief Hair Stylist & Make-Up Artist - Rebecca Casati
Location Manager - Carlos Bernal
Assistant to Mr. Bernal - Kasia Matyjasik
Assistant to Fabrice - Anjie Stoakes
Casting Assistant - Flavien Cortes
Production Floor Runner - Jasmine Kershaw
Post-Production
Opening Titles & End Titles - Sefira Design
Music - IB Audio
Executive Producer David K Parker
Producer Elena Potayenko
Associate Producers Nelida Zuvela
Music "Lost Garden" & "Under Surveillance" - Licensed by kind permission of IB Audio
Filmed on location in London, England
Special Thanks to
First Edition Restaurant, its staff and their friends
Flavien Cortes & Sophie Pourrat
Andras Geverich
Will Black
Wandsworth & Tower Hill Councils
Canary Wharf Estate
We thank FIRST EDITION Restaurant, Cabot Square,
Canary Wharf, London, for hosting us and giving us
the opportunity to film in the restaurant!
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About me: SHORT SYNOPSIS:
Jimmy, a waiter, loses everything within one day (job, girlfriend, house, etc.) His life is about to take an unexpected turn when he meets Jean, a mysterious woman, who, without knowing it, will make his wishes come true. Is he given another chance to live his life differently or is it just an opportunity to face the consequences of his previous actions?
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PORTMAN - Release their debut album “From Here To Your Eyes And Ears" on March 3rd. The album is available to stream right now on their Myspace Page and to Pre-Order Right Here. Check it out!
DOWN FOR THE COUNT - Their February UK Tour fell through at the last minute and to apologise to all the fans about this we will be selling the bands debut album “Broken Record Tactics” for just £2.99 until Feb 29th, available Right Here
The band are hoping to come back to tour the UK late summer/early autumn so keep an eye out for that.
'Broken Record Tactics' is a fun little record for fans of Cartel and The Starting Line. If you're in the mood for some chirpy, melodic pop-punk with a bit of a rockier edge, you could do a lot worse than to check them out.' - Punktastic.com
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Just a quick message to let you know that we have just released the new Down For The Count album “Broken Record Tactics”. It came out on Monday June 4th and is 11 tracks of sunshine filled pop-punk at its best.
'Broken Record Tactics' is a fun little record for fans of Cartel and The Starting Line. If you're in the mood for some chirpy, melodic pop-punk with a bit of a rockier edge, you could do a lot worse than to check them out.' - Punktastic.com
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The song is taken from their debut album 'Broken Record Tactics' which is released on June 4th and is now available to pre-order from PEP-ROCKRECORDS.COM for just £6.99 (including P&P). Everyone who pre-orders the album before the June 4th release date will also receive a Free SIGNED Down For The Count Poster as well as Free Badges. Cheers
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