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Sam Dore made a film about clubbing called bursteardrum for the first series of VEE-TV. He later won the first bursary awarded by the Deaf Film Festival and went on to make Chronic Embarrassment, an extract from which is featured in Pulse this week.
‘Based on actual events, Chronic Embarrassment is about three deaf clubbers recalling various mishaps between them and hearing clubbers, in which they experience hilarious communication breakdowns,’ Sam told VEE-TV. ‘The story switches from dinner-party sequences to club sequences where we see what the deaf clubbers were talking about. There is the added bonus of a sting-in-the-tail ending.’
Sam describes the experience of making the film as ‘a dream’. But it was also hard work. ‘I had to juggle my producing and directing duties. I was framing the shot yet at the same time sorting out the legal contracts for the actors or feeding the hungry film crew.’
The Deaf Film Festival bursary included £2,000 to make the film plus three free days in an editing studio. So what tips does Sam have for anyone else interested in the bursary? ‘One of the reasons I won was because I had a vision of how to film Chronic Embarrassment,’ he says. ‘I also had huge enthusiasm for film-making. Another tip is to get as many arrangements made as you can with actors, locations and film crew to show what you are capable of. Most important of all, be really innovative and creative.’
Twenty-four years old, Sam was educated at Mary Hare Grammar School and then did a degree in graphic design at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He has now been accepted by the BBC for a three-month paid scheme for trainee promotions directors.
Sam hopes that Chronic Embarrassment will create a platform for a career in film-making.
For more about the Deaf Film Festival, contact:
British Deaf Association (BDA)
1—3 Worship Street
London EC2A 2AB
Voice/Text: 020 7588 3520
Fax: 020 7588 3527
E-mail: helpline@bda.org.uk
Website: www.bda.org.uk
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