Summary

A Barber, a hitman and a fatman.

Directed by Jason Moola

Crouching Mole Films, 2007, 3 minutes, UK

eLEphaNt was written over a period of about a week, in response to an e mail for a 'Quickflix' short film competition. The theme was 'Quentin Tarantino in 3 mins or less.'

I wanted most of all to make a short that would stand on it's own without the need to rely on QT as a crutch for understanding the film. I also wanted to reference him in style rather than content, so I decided that I would attempt to emulate some of the camera moves from Reservoir Dogs, and Death Proof, which I found so eye catching, and black & white as a nod to the 'Gangster uniform' he repeatedly uses.

It was shot in a couple of hours at my friends Barber shop with two other friends, and my barber press-ganged into service.Due to technical, space, and time issues I couldn't get some of the shots I wanted, but as Elliott Grove at Raindance said  'Don't wait to shoot what you want, shoot what you've got!'  Wise words.

We enjoyed making the film, and I am in the process of editing the prequel as I type this...

Hope you enjoy

Jason