Creative Review. Walls

Our latest project for Uk Film Council ‘Walls’ featured in creative review this month. Follow the link to see the full article. Below is an extract for the piece.


https://www.creativereview.co.uk/feed/november-2010/16/walls

Alex Lambert and J6 Films latest project is Walls, a short film commissioned by Northern Film + Media.Based on the ideas behind social segregation and the subjectivity of morals, Walls spans a period in the life of Joshua, a young man growing up in a deprived inner-city area. It seeks to express how actions some perceive as negative are justified to those who undertake them and the thought process behind this.

Alex Lambert explains:

’When we come across people in life we make an instant assumption. Humans are hardwired to be a visual race. Yet we are also soft wired to be empathetic, despite this , though, we rarely ask why people are who they are and would we make the same decisions if we had lived the same life. What actions do we feel are reprehensible as a society or acceptable as individuals and does this make us any better than the next man. These are the subjects tackled by the film.’’


Walls utilises a vast array of animation techniques, including greenscreening, both 2D and 3D camera tracking and dynamics as well as hand drawn techniques. Though being confident in his animation skills this was Alex’s largest and most intricate project both writing and directing and has found great support in his producer James Baxter who has ensured that Alex had a team around him that could ensure that he could focus entirely on the creative aspects of the project.

‘Walls’ a J6 Films Production screening at the Tyneside Cinema 7th Dec