Bouncer - Bafta nominated short film

Geoff Thompson's Bafta nominated short film 'Bouncer.'
Stars Ray Winstone, Paddy Considine, Ronnie Fox and Shaun Parkes.

The film asks "What do you see when you look into the face of a nightclub doorman?"

Warning!!! Violent Scenes - Offensive Language.

A London based doorman for a night-club relates the difficulties of the life and the real men behind the supposed thugs who keep the peace at clubs. In particular the ultimate dread - the ones who come back for more after hours.

Shown as part of the Birmingham Film Festival this short was one of eight to be shown that were produced by Screen West Midlands and were predominately set in the Midlands using Midlands based actors and crew. In the case of Bouncer this is partly true as the lead actor is famously from London, but it is set around the writer's experiences of working a night-club door in Coventry.

As such it brings out well the real feelings behind normal situations in their nightly job. The narration is a mix of hard man posturing and frank honesty. It works well and is involving even when not much appears to be happening. The direction is good and the sense of place is pretty good - only once did it look like a fake rather than a real street - although it may just have been the lighting as I think all the `external' was on location.

Winstone is solid in the role. His onscreen role is really emotionless on the whole, but his narration adds layers to it. The other characters do well and hold their own in similar roles alongside Winstone.

Writer Geoff Thompson
The producer is Natasha Carlish
The director is Michael Baig

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Paddy Considine
• Ronnie Fox Shaun Parkes.

[A1D4N1000]

Great film this, we watched it at college with our trainer andy that was a bouncer.. would love to get back in touch with that guy :D

[robski907]

Thankyou ;)