Rat Trap

In a moment of vulnerability, an agoraphobic young woman trapped caring for her abusive mother attempts to share her strange hobby. When it’s thrown back in her face, she snaps.

A 10 minute film made as an exercise during my time at the London Film School. As part of the test we had to shoot in black and white and were only allowed to capture a total of 40 minutes of footage across 5 days. This resulted in most of the takes you see in the film being the first and only shot. We built the set from scratch for the main bulk of the shoot and then spent 1 day on location.