Arrr!

This is a short I wrote and directed for Fox Searchlab, reuniting many of the team from CRY FOR BOBO, but at one-seventh the cost.

As with CRY FOR BOBO, I realised afterwards the autobiographical subtext: Bobo the clown is a silly entertainer trapped in a world of serious people, analogous to my place in the Scottish film industry; Pete the Pirate here theoretically has a set of unique skills, but they do not fit into the conventional modern job market. Try going into the Job Centre and telling them you make films and you’ll know how he feels.

Funniest incident during shooting: a chap walked up to our eye-patched pirate, popped out a glass eye, and offered it to him.

Actually no, that was disgusting.