Tuff Men Never Change:
This is one of the shortest films I’ve ever been involved in making and also the most problematic production groups I’ve ever worked in. My designated role in this film was director as a direct result of being the main writer of the manuscript.

The story line is very simple and straight forward. A man walks into a bar wearing a pair of completely weird shoes. This is a fashionable bar which do not accept just any footwear, and the guy is thrown out after arguing with the bartender over this issue. In the next scene we follow another guest into the same bar with the same weird footwear. The only difference now is that all the guests in the bar wears these weird shoes.

How ever short the story is it comments on one of the main human weaknesses 'pride', as well as the superficial nature of fashion and the irony of trend starters versus fashion. I intended to make a script that makes you think for a while after the last frame has played, keeping in mind the huge amount of information and symbolic resonance a short piece of film can give on a connotative level. I wont argue that I was more then fairly successful in this, as I'm kind of stating the obvious. Still the audience response and the diversity of readings of this short piece was surprising.

The style of the film is imitating the old western films from America, with slow stylistic shots and all the characters being tough to the bone. Naturally the soundtrack chosen was "The good, the bad and the ugly". However the production was planned to be a lot more stylistic then it actually turned out. This was mainly due to being in an unprofessional and undedicated group. The only once with some experience and dedication was me and the producer. Against all the odds we finished the film in time and managed to communicate the message of the manuscript, even though we had to compromise a lot on the quality.