Ominous Thoughts

Wouldn't you be excited if you dreamt that you'd won the lottery, or that you were destined for a promotion? That's exactly what happens to Graham (Joel McLean) in this psychological thriller. Along with best friend Jim (Emmanuel Jatto), Graham discovers that sometimes your dreams might not be as literal as you would hope.

Remember to click the 'HQ' button for a far superior viewing experience. Although the film may take a little longer to load, it will be well worth the wait.

Ominous Thoughts is a ten-minute short film directed by Tyrone Grosvenor. It stars Joel McLean as Graham, Emmanuel Jatto as Jim, and introduces Chris Ramzie as Graham's boss. It was produced by the first year B.Sc. Media Production students (class of 2011) as the realisation of a script by Leslie Wai. The full crew were as follows:

Cast (in order of appearance):
Graham.....Joel McLean
Jim.....Emmanuel Jatto
Graham's Boss.....Chris Ramzie

Production:
Producer.....Soya Budhathoki
Writer.....Leslie Wai
Director.....Tyrone Grosvenor
Assistant Director.....James Maitland
Casting Director.....Emily Mustill
Director of Photography.....Leslie Wai
Boom Operator.....Abi Mullin
Set Designer.....Luke Wenlock

Post-production:
Picture Editor.....Chris Philpot
Special Effects.....Leslie Wai
Dubbing Editor.....Matthew D. Smith
Composer.....Matt Garland

Special thanks go to Lloyds TSB in Farnborough for their assistance during filming, Dominic Lees for his expertise, Farnborough College of Technology for supplying camera and editing facilities, and Pete Rice, Uno Uno, Katherine Elliot and Emma Buckley who all make minor appearances in the film.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Ominous
• Thoughts
• Joel
• McLean
• Emmanuel
• Jatto
• Chris
• Ramzie
• Farnborough
• College
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• Technology
• FCOT

[mgrdiner90]

chould have put i hight quality one up!!!

[CountdownCrispy]

@mgrdiner90 At the time of upload (June 2009) 480p was the highest video quality available on YouTube.

[Nouge]

Jesus... It's when you watch a fantastic short like this that brings you back to earth to realise how little of the film and TV surface you've scratched!

I love the lens effects in it, works really well to portray the trippy effect you were going for. The acting's displayed well too (does Joel do acting professionally?)

The quality of the production is nice and polished. What kind of camera's did you use? It plays well on Youtube, but is a tad out of sync.

Well done though, excellent!

[CountdownCrispy]

Thanks for your kind words. Kudos goes to every person listed in the description, all of whom played their part.

The lens effect was done in After Effects by Leslie, who sadly is leaving us for a new course. His flourishes in post-production will be missed. He also shot the film on a Sony A1 - a camera I simultaneously love and hate!

Joel, meanwhile, I pray we'll see more of - he's an actor friend of Tyrone, the very able director. As for the synch, don't get me started! It's a long story. ;-)

[mrgrosvenor123]

Behind the scenes of this movie can be found on:

Ominous Thoughts - Behind The Scenes on vimep

[babe12345ist]

Ahhh That Was Goooddd !! :)

[flexsampson]

wow you guys are great

and to think this is just a film project set up via your uni/college

your future seems bright guys

[elitbeats]

Really good piece, liked it a lot. keep it up guys!

[hollitheactress]

Yes Yes...Really nice to see mature storylines n camera effects carried out by young ppl. We dus Dis!

Check out my Video 'Voices of Love' Holli Wood...let me know what you think

[shaydehya]

Well done guys. Well done Mr Jatto : )