A pee-shy man must survive a busy public toilet | Shanks - a short comedy film by Darren Fisher

IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28075644 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/shanks-2006/ Logline: After entering a public toilet, a pee-shy man faces an onslaught of overly-talkative, unhygienic, weird and outright violent men. Maturity: Recommended 15+. Viewer discretion advised. Contains strong language. Tags: #peeshy #shortcomedymovies #paruresis #shybladder #toilet #toilettrouble #urinal #urineproblems #pasty #comedy #comedyvideo #studentfilmmaker #studentfilm #shortfilm #shortfilms #shortfilmyoutube Credits: Rusty: Jack Wright Dylan: Larry Fry Malick: Barry Fisher Greydon: Jackoby Flash Jonesy: Paul Westwood Janitor: Darren Fisher DOP / Editor / Writer / Director: Darren Fisher Producers: Barry Fisher / Darren Fisher Music: Barry Fisher / Davros Director's Notes: In 2006 I wrote and directed this short film called "Shanks". The title was a play on words. Armitage Shanks are one of the largest manufacturers of toilets here in the UK and "shank" is also London slang for a knife - which plays a key part in the finale. This was my first experience of writing a screenplay. The first draft was written using Microsoft Word and was formatted like a stage play thanks to my Drama & Theatre Studies training. Somehow with zero budget we managed to shoot it on Mini DV and made this neat little short. What was most surprising was how well this held up when I revisited it all these years later. Back then, I'd never read a thing about storytelling or screenwriting and yet it contained many key components of a real screenplay! This was a fun screenplay to write and ultimately a fun movie to shoot. The 4th wall breaks were fun to play with to really draw the viewer in to Rusty's chaotic experience in that toilet. I hope you'll have as much fun watching it as I did making it. Resolution notice: This version of "Shanks" has been upscaled from 540p to 1080p. Chapters: 0:00 Opening credits 0:25 Meet Rusty 1:18 Dylan's not your Grandad 2:08 Malick applies pressure 2:54 Greydon on sexuality 4:05 Jonesy vs. Rusty 5:45 Janitor + end credits