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GEOFF BELLHOUSE
UNITED KINGDOM
LIFE
Tel: +44 208 947 8855
E-mail: Geoff@thebeatpicture.com
Intention
Life offers a brief glimpse into the world of two pained
characters. It portrays the parallels and similarities
they both share as an after effect of this killing. A sister
has lost her brother and a mother has lost a son to jail.
The emotional impact on both women is extreme and
as a result this moment when they encounter each
other is intensely affecting and poignant.
I wanted to deal with the devastation left upon both
family lives a year after the incident. It is witnessed
through Meagan’s eyes and it is her story but it is also
her humanity, which allows the viewer into Kay’s world.
Both women have a different relationship to this mur-
der and so the feelings are varied but equally there is
an overriding consensus of bereavement and failure.
When they discover each other and acknowledge the
other person for who they are, this is the coming together
of two extremes. However what exists, rather
than anger or revenge, is a common acceptance that
they are both in equal positions of futility. Both are subjected
to the emotional consequences and damage of
murder and both have lost the person they most cared
about.
Synopsis
A year on, Meagan struggles to balance a fractured
home life with creating a future for herself. She spends
most her time tending to her now bereaved mother
and younger sister whilst working at an oriental store
to bring home the family income.
One day during work, Kay unexpectedly walks back
into Meagan’s life – a woman Meagan never thought
she would have to deal with again. At first disgusted,
Meagan is soon fixated and compelled to follow Kay
home.
Later, waiting outside her house, an opportunistic moment
occurs as Kay leaves and with the house alone
and temporarily vacant, Meagan snatches her chance
and breaks in. Once inside she is unexpectedly moved
and confused by the similarities that her house and
this woman share. Both are absent of someone very
dear and significant.
Finally, when the two women confront each other over
what is going on, they soon realise they both share
conflicted feelings of loss and hopelessness…
PRODUCTION FACTS
Estimated Budget: £18,000
Director of Photography – David Procter
www.davidprocterdop.com
Meagan – Antonia Thomas
www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/9411-
8975-5851
Locations needed: Meagan’s Flat/ Swimming
Pool/ Wing Yip Cash & Carry/Bus/
Kay’s House
“What is it to seek
compassion in the
person who has
hurt you most?”
Director Biography
Born in London 1984, I began my film career
at the Septima Ars Film School in Madrid,
Spain. I studied direction for a year,
before returning to the UK to complete
a Masters in Filmmaking at The London
Film School. Having graduated in 2010
and worked on several award winning
independent shorts and documentaries, I
am now writing my first feature film.
I predominantly focus on fiction, looking
at everyday people and their relationship
to experiencing new, unusual and affecting
situations. So far my works have been
screened and exhibited at festivals across
Europe. I have a BIFA nomination for writing
and my latest fiction short Life is currently
in the early stages of production.
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