One Under

A documentary which explores the effects of suicides on the London Underground. A production made as a 2nd year project for Ba Hons Television Production at the University of Westminster.

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[DannWoodhouse]

suicide pits on the jubilee line in 1926?

the jubilee line opened on 1 may 1979!

[odddog]

Slip of the tongue, sorry!

[Vereis]

@odddog So, just out of curiosity, when were the pits installed?

[ghidorah221]

@lifelinemedics I'm sorry to hear that. It became obvious when speaking to Underground staff (both active and retired) that it's a very different experience than what we, the public, see. We tried to get across in this film that these events don't just mean a delay on their journey, but they actually affect peoples lives.

[ghidorah221]

@socialmoon Thank you for sharing your story with us. It's important I feel to see all sides to these events.

- Max Warren (Producer)

[socialmoon]

When I was 17, I went to the train station in town, walked along the platform (out of sight of the other passengers) & prepared to jump. Words can't describe how free & calm I felt, knowing that everything would be over.

Then my brother phoned me. Suddenly, everything snapped into perspective, & I made my way back to the other passengers, back down the stairs & spent a lovely, sunny afternoon with friends.

I often reflect on how differently that day could have turned out.

[lifelinemedics]

I worked for LUL for 25 years, started as a Box Boy, then driver, then Duty Manager. I dealt with countless one unders both as a driver and a manager. The whole thing leaves scares on the mind and it was a death of a teenage girl and her baby that finished me off. This production is good but brings back a lot of bad memorys for me.

[barkertron]

Nice work. I made a film in 2005 called "One Under" with my friends Patrick Brett and Ollie Wright as our graduation film at IFSW about the same subject. Our film focussed on the experiences of the drivers and the trauma support group they set up to help each other cope with the incidents. So there are at least three films with the same title about the same thing!

[JHaynesVideo]

@madaboutrains Yeah. Thanks for watching.

[JHaynesVideo]

Yeah (this is my real account) we used FCP to edit.

Thanks for the info about the PSDs. That's interesting!

Maybeyou guys can complain to channel 4 for ripping us off!

[helenaustinfan]

Nice, FYI the doors on the jubilee line cost on average £20,000,000 per platform. Source: Acton ERU

[madaboutrains]

did you use Final Cut Pro to edit it?