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Music - 'Severed Dreams' -Ruarri Joseph
From the album 'Shoulder to the Wheel' - out now!

A young boy carries his robot friend into adulthood and finds he would rather put away childish things.
The concept was to continue a story about childhood magical friends where most movies would leave it - Pete's Dragon, ET, Mac and Me, Terminator 2 (!). Our film takes the magical friend through to adulthood where it essentially screws up our protagonist's life! The excellent cinematography by Joseph Henderson really sells a balance between the gritty and the fantastical and the Robot design was accomplished by fantastic production designer Samuel Normington and a Doug Jones beating turn by actress Taja Costigan.
The video and song seem to go hand in hand and special props should go to Adam Sanders who is a terrific child actor (good luck with the Billy Elliot audition mate), not to mention Emily Dobson and Kelly Jane Manning who play the harassed woman and Princess respectively (and brilliantly).

Special thanks to: Kjetil Alexander Gudmestad, my 1st AD, Lucy Pullinger ( makeup artist) and James Harris (focus puller) as well as Chris Naughton from Mondo Management. I should also probably thank my wife, Tiana Doht for putting in a great turn as the terrorized date! The video was shot on canon 5d mark 2 and 550d for under a grand on location in Cornwall.

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  • Glen Milner pro 10 months ago
    really love this. top stuff ian
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  • John O'Regan 10 months ago
    Nice Piece, good work.
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  • Weekend Retreat 10 months ago
    Brilliant brilliant brilliant!
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  • Will Hammond 10 months ago
    Sweeeeeet! I want one. Well done dude.
  • Ian Bucknole plus 10 months ago
    Careful what you wish for! He's hard to shake!
  • Joe Rayborne 9 months ago
    Really good it put me tears you should kept the robot with you at all times....
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  • Tyler Rumph plus 10 months ago
    Wow! This is wonderful. Great story, shooting, acting. Thanks for sharing!
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  • Eric Power 10 months ago
    This was very well done! I loved the robot design. For a moment there I thought he was gonna get crushed at the junk yard.
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  • Khalid Al-Malki 10 months ago
    Amazing Ian! almost made me cry. Brilliant.
  • Major Latimer plus 10 months ago
    Me too, got a little choked up. Pretty great when just visuals can stir up such an emotional response
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  • planetMitch plus 10 months ago
    Featured on planet5D Cinema cinema.planet5d.com/1yn
  • Ian Bucknole plus 10 months ago
    Thanks guys! I'm stoked to be featured!
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  • Chris Arnold 10 months ago
    absolutely love it!
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  • François Mathey plus 10 months ago
    Nice work and concept, I like this a lot, thank you for sharing :)
  • Ian Bucknole plus 10 months ago
    Thanks for the support François !
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  • Ricardo Silva 10 months ago
    Congratulations, Ian, on such a touching (and one day very plausible) story!

    Best regards from Portugal :-)
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  • Gary Leon Bowyer 10 months ago
    Really enjoyed this video :) Directed and shot beautifully :)
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  • Henrik Christoffersson plus 10 months ago
    I like your video a lot. What camera did you shot it with, nerdy question but I can't help it ;-)
    Thanks for your kind words on my "Torsö".
  • Ian Bucknole plus 10 months ago
    This is the best place to be a camera nerd! It was shot entirely on 5D mark 2 except the shot of the child on the swing which was t2i/550D at 60fps. Thanks Henrik!
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  • Brian DeFrees plus 10 months ago
    one of the best shorts I've seen in a long time!! awesome work
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  • Nicolai Amter plus 10 months ago
    wow lovely stuff! And great song!
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  • Amenon plus 10 months ago
    Liked this a lot - great work.
    What is it about bots? vimeo.com/183744
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  • Daily Café + Video 10 months ago
    Dig it man... Up on DC+V bit.ly/dcvno298

    Oh... btw, you credited everyone but the music :P
  • Ian Bucknole plus 10 months ago
    Fair point! It's Ruarri Joseph -Severed Dreams

    Available for download now!

    Thanks for the support!
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  • Shai Yammanee 10 months ago
    Great work.
    You really get the heart strings singing and memories stirring
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  • Carmelo Vazzana 9 months ago
    Tanks for sharing!!!
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  • Timothy Nagle plus 9 months ago
    wicked mad good
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  • Tim Boydell plus 9 months ago
    Very nice Ian! been meaning to contact you about the kernow film fest... im making something called 'PUBE HEAD'...kidding.......but cheers for that anyway.

    This is great :)
  • Lee Evans plus 9 months ago
    :p
  • Ian Bucknole plus 9 months ago
    Tim!
  • Tim Boydell plus 9 months ago
    yes Ian its me.... admiring your work from the internet mate. Im sure we will cross paths at some point. meet lee ^^ above. We are working on some things you and the film festival will be interested in... but all in good time. A lot on at the moment.
    speak soon
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  • One F 9 months ago
    Really enjoyed your work. Thanks.
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  • Nuno Barbosa plus 9 months ago
    Beautiful, from the beggining 'til end
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  • Karen Abad plus 9 months ago
    Charming and heartwarming.
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  • Ioannis Christoforou plus 9 months ago
    Beautiful work! well done and nice song too...
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  • Heri plus 9 months ago
    A true story.

    Thanks -- and peace to you
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  • zero-13 plus 9 months ago
    Wow, that was awesome!

    Thank you to everyone involved in this project, it turned out great!
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  • Joe Antony 9 months ago
    very nice idea... full of emotion.. story, visuals and music fit well... and this is why I love filmmaking... thanks for inspiring!
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  • Robert L. Mickles plus 9 months ago
    This is really awesome. I love it.
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  • Victor Dupuis - chimp-studio plus 9 months ago
    Great job...
    Sweet and funny...
    Thanks for this lovely story...
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  • ThePloeg 9 months ago
    Great DOP for sure, and rock solid story telling! Goes to show you a DSLR works stellar for those with the MOJO. Congrats!!
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  • upx 9 months ago
    very nice video!!!
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  • Dieselproduction ® 9 months ago
    Amazing Work!!!
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  • Cowboy Raygun 9 months ago
    Love a story that has a pay off in the end. Well done.
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  • HDsince1980 Productions plus 9 months ago
    Great work.
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  • drivekras 9 months ago
    отличная работа !!!

    Thanks.
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  • BumKi Cho plus 9 months ago
    Lovely short. Thank you for sharing.
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  • Kyoto Studio 9 months ago
    Very epic. Loved it.
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  • David Pardoe plus 9 months ago
    Looked great and loved the concept!
  • Joseph Henderson plus 9 months ago
    Thanks David!
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  • Mukul soman 9 months ago
    Top Class!
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  • Hana Backland plus 9 months ago
    This has become my once-a-week watch. Nostalgia-crusted & damn sweet in equal measure. Especially good work.
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  • wechai 8 months ago
    Good ! I like
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  • Tomas Abramzon 8 months ago
    Nice work man! Wich lenses did you use?
  • Joseph Henderson plus 8 months ago
    We used the Canon 28mm 1.8, 50mm 1.4 and 85mm 1.8 primes, 17-40 and 70-200 L zooms and a Sigma 50mm macro.
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  • Chris Shaw plus 8 months ago
    This is incredible. A visual treat with a great concept.
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  • Anthony Elliott 7 months ago
    Love the concept and the reveals in the story. It's the most charming thing I've seen for a while and I'll be telling lots of people about it!
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  • Manel Vilas 7 months ago
    Me ha encantado, sensibilidad y buena música
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  • Ossian Productions plus 7 months ago
    Fantastic work. Loved it!
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  • Circle Films plus 6 months ago
    Hey ian its tom c- really great video dude! love the idea and hows shot. so sad at the end, but then finishes beautifully. really, really charming and sweet. now i just need to make a music video......
  • Ian Bucknole plus 6 months ago
    Thanks man! Much appreciated. Are you in LA still? Are you still working with Gille?
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  • Myriam Di Carlo 3 months ago
    beautiful
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  • Simon Baralos 3 months ago
    Inspiring stuff mate, shot fantastically and goes great with the song!
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