Filmmaker Statement

The brief came through Strange Beast. It’s a film with such a great cause and personally, I have always been super keen on documentary narrative, I believe my visual and narrative styles are suitable and can take this story on a deeper route. Therefore, I was really happy to take this project on to be the storyteller. The core idea of the film is to use the absurd scale of the environment to show how powerless it could feel while accessing primary care for people with learning disabilities. At the same time, I want to keep their voice as original as possible, we cut between the reality shots where we see them having all sorts of gestures and reactions (it's unique behaviours from people with learning disabilities) in the interview process. Although it's a commission, the project felt very close to me. We spent lots of time in the research stage, going back and forth with the researchers and the participant. There was a lot more recording footage before I cut it down to 6 mins.