Today sees the launch of a new project from Watchers Productions. Introducing... Strange Tales!
Strange Tales is a series of short, stand-alone films which have a twist in the tale. The
idea is to provide local emerging talent- actors, writers, and filmmakers- with a showcase for what they can do, and promote low-budget filmmaking in South Wales. Strange Tales has no boundaries on genre of story and every film will be individual in style.
The channel launches today (Saturday 15th June) with three short films. The channel will then continue to grow, with new content added periodically.
The first three films are:
BRAND NEW BEGINNINGS
Written by Matthew Ford and directed by Matthew Fisher
Starring: Christopher Maxwell (Seth), Harold T. Spencer (Tristan), Sarah Bennington (Kate), Rachel Dunston (Advert Voice Over), Matthew Ford (Advert Voice Over)
In an alternate, present day Wales, people have become dependent on social media. Online dating is commonplace, and half of all UK marriages end in divorce. Seth and Tristan, a couple in their twenties, have signed up for treatment at Brand New Beginnings, a company with a procedure that wipes all the bad memories from your relationship, replacing them with false, happy memories developed in a laboratory. As the procedure is explained, the couple begin to have second thoughts.
Watch here!
HUMAN RESOURCES
Written and directed by Richard Williams (Big Rich Productions)
Starring: Ellen Jane Thomas (Sam Francis), James Morgan (Noah),Tim Bennet (Martin), Rebecca Donovan Bailey (Melanie), Craig Jenkins (Security Guard), and Justine Jones (Marcy)
Sam is a hardworking, popular, and confident business executive. One day, a meeting with the mysterious Noah from Human Resources will bring everything she knows about the world around her into doubt.
Watch here!
SECOND CHANCES
Written by Matthew Fisher and directed by Teddy Smith (No. 37 Media)
Starring: Ben Wilson (John), John Hutch (Patrick), and Lisa Grace (Anna)
John doesn't like to stand out. "Out of sight, out of mind" is his philosophy. But his way of thinking is challenged when he's forced to reevaluate his life.
Watch here!
Other tales we have in the pipeline are as diverse as the three above. One imagines a future where machines dole out justice- but what happens if you're accused of something you didn't do? Another sees a couple torn over a device that can measure love, whilst a third sees a young couple on a first date where things aren't quite what they seem. Throw in a couple of girls being hunted for the crime of speaking a different language, and a bereaved young man receiving strange text messages, and you've got the makings of our first wave of Strange Tales.
The other films will be in production for the rest of 2019 and will be released periodically thereafter.
For more information about the project and the films, please see the Watchers Productions website.
