Shattered Pieces

Short URL: http://aql.tv/sp
A short film directed by Aqeel Ahmed.
Starring Drew Dillon & Claire Garvey.
A man wakes up to find London destroyed. Now, he must piece together the fragments of his memory and remember what has happened.

Blog: http://aqeel.co
Twitter: http://twitter.com/AqeelAhmed
Facebook: http://facebook.com/AqeelA
Google+: http://gplus.to/AqeelAhmed


Film Site: http://ShatteredPieces.com

Message from Aqeel:
I am so honoured and grateful for the support I have received in completing this project, Shattered Pieces. It feels scary but great to have people, many that I haven't even met (yet),showing their support and enthusiasm in this.THANK YOU EVERYBODY!

You've all been very patient for waiting so long to see the film. It wasn't deliberate. I would have preferred everybody to see it as soon as it was done to avoid all that expectation that has now built up (and will probably lead to greater disappointment).In order for the film to be shown at film festivals around the World, I wasn't allowed to put it online because a lot of them wanted some kind of exclusivity.I've decided to no longer submit it to film festivals. Although this film was made for the big screen, I think the greatest way to get people watching films is online! So I've uploaded it to YouTube.

It is not the greatest story ever told, actually it's probably down there as one of the worst. It's a bit complicated to understand; I made it and I still don't understand the whole story! OK, I lied, but I know you'll have to watch it a few times to get it.

The title isn't just to be overdramatic. The film is made up of "pieces" of these peoples' lives. They're not evenly spaced out; some scenes could have a gap of just a few weeks, others a few years.It's for the audience (YOU) to get creative and think about it. To fill in the in-betweens and "piece" together the order. It was all deliberate, honestly! I want audiences to be involved and feel a part of films. I still haven't got the balance right, but the more I practice, the better I'll hopefully get at achieving that.

I hope I haven't put you off too much before you've even seen the film. I'm going to be quiet now and let you see the thing now! I really hope that the cast and crew (who worked so hard on this and I adore) can be proud of this film.

Thank you once again and if you feel like sticking with me you can do so by following me on Twitter (@AqeelAhmed), friending/subscribing on www.Facebook.com/AqeelA, following my blog at www.aqeel.co, or just subscribing here on YouTube. Yep, I'm connected!

Aqeel

I'm now going to go hide in the basement for a few years.

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[alakbry]

Ahmed u should come to saudi and start ur own busniss u will be famous and rich for sure

[AqeelTV]

@alakbry Haha, thank you. If I went to Saudi Arabia, I wouldn't even know where to start! :)

[carlosandresmedrano]

Who was the editor because the story had some serious continuity issues, but the story was incredible and the actors were great. Again the only critic I have is that it could use some better editing.

[AqeelTV]

@carlosandresmedrano Thanks for watching and your comments. What about the editing do you think needs improving?

It's probably my poor writing and directing; not the editing.

[carlosandresmedrano]

@AqeelTV you directed the actors incredibly, but some stuff were misunderstood like the first time i saw it i had trouble figuring out in some scenes if they were in the past or the present, I also saw some continuity issues to but nothing to greatly affect the overall presentation. Good Job one question how many people were working with you in the film?

[AqeelTV]

@carlosandresmedrano It was intentional to have it out of order and confusing, for the audience to piece it together (the "pieces" in Shattered Pieces) but yeah, even I had to go over it a few times to understand it myself, and I wrote it! :D

The crew were basically all those in the credits. We shot over four days, and kept it small, about 10-12 I think.

Post-Production was it's own set of people (i.e. Sound, Music, editing). A lot of hard-work from everybody involved. :)

[TheTerraa]

This story was the only one that seriously hit me... I've never felt strong emotion towards a film but this one.

The emotion, speeches, music, scenes, and plot, all work perfectly together.

This having 7 thousand views is just wrong. It needs to be spread around to people, this NEEDS to be seen.

Well done on a great piece of work.

PS: 15 Minutes only feels like a hundred years when it is not creative, slow, and not interesting. This is none of those things :)

[scoughlan103]

This has to be one of the best short films I have seen for a long time. Definitely swayed me to the subscribe button. Keep up the good work.

[alphabravo951]

Good story.

[MrSuperinky]

This is really depressing

[GMatthews537]

This films is brilliant! I love the acting (even if one is from NI) God our accent sucks! :P

Great story, loved the cinematography. The SFX are amazing! :D

Check out my films if you can :)

- GNMfilms

[GMatthews537]

This films is brilliant! I love the acting (even if one is from NI) God our accent sucks! :P

Great story, loved the cinematography. The SFX are amazing! :D

Check out my films if you can :)

- GNMfilms

[caboos09]

This was awesome, great job guys!

[sphinxart]

You are very talented, I will definitely keep an eye out for your movies in future. Just for the record, I see myself as that guy - the "best friend". Except in the end, I never got the girl (as of a few weeks ago). That's the beauty about something like this - your creativity - relates to someone (like me) in reality. I don't see your characters, I see me and her. Well done, I have no doubt you will succeed.

[sphinxart]

Never mind N3DChannel and ShunsFilms crit, they're not famous either and unless you agree (that editing was a bit "off" or that the "acting was weak and dialogue rushed") then you can work on those things if you value their opinion. Bottom line to me (as a viewer with no technical knowledge of film making) is that you did a sterling job, held my attention, engaged me with the characters and I could relate it to my life. In that sense if you think about it, their opinion is bull ;-)

[TheN3DChannel]

I stopped watching after 6mins but very well put together man, colour grading was awesome. The Male actors performance was great. Editing was abit off. Directing was fine.