A long-haired man looking out of the window on a train

Joseph Rutland (28)

A Lovely BBQ

Masked people holding paper plates

Wanting to make use of leftover by-products from casting faces in resin, Joseph came up with the idea of his film 'A Lovely BBQ'. The film was shot entirely on a DJI Mini camera, giving it a somewhat surreal feeling due to the wide angle…

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Fictus Medicus

Two actors and two crew filming outdoors

The idea of doing a historical piece had been on Joseph's mind for a while. This script had quite a few superficial changes throughout. It had been envisioned that the plague victims were initially knights instead of peasants and the whole piece was supposed to…

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Juicy!

Two men and a woman who has a red liquid dipping from her mouth

Recently Joseph has collaborated with his writer accomplice 'Cat Wray' to write a few short films, beginning with Juicy. Juicy was a labour of love whilst also being really really annoying to film, with locations cancelling and trains not working. But through all of this,…

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Wee Willie Winkie (WWW) 

A breathless long-haired man entering a dark room

Recently Joseph has written, directed and starred in a short film called WWW (Short for Wee Willie Winkie). It was filmed in an absolutely boiling hot room with a very small window but the cast and crew knuckled down and produced something everybody could be…

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The Dog Expert - A 48 hour film challenge

Two men and a woman petting a dog by a cliff

Recently, I worked alongside fellow creatives, Keiran Riley, Will Knowles, and Cat Wray for a 48 hour film challenge using my own equipment. It wasn't a complete failure, as we only came last in one of the two categories. We also managed to obtain the…

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