Patrick by Luke Snellin and Funding - Alex Lloyd

Luke Snellin is an 'up and coming' director who should definitely be one to watch.

Being a graduate from Bournemouth University Luke has been featured in many magazines including 'Shots' and 'The Reel' being named as a director to watch. At a young age of 23 he is quite inspirational winning awards for his work. His talent has been spotted by many big companies including Sony, Samsung and Malteser's giving Luke a chance to produce test commercials. Luke started off in the industry as an assistant editor for the television series 'Hustle', he then ventured into film working on 'Asylum Seekers'.

Luke started directing himself, starting off with self funded short films and documentaries, he then went on to commercial productions. You can watch his Malteser's test commercial with the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akEYubgBpkc

In 2008 he wrote and directed the short film 'Patrick', a film about a little boy who learns to fly. Luti Media are the production company Luke works for signing him on as one of their innovative directors, their permission was needed for Luke to produce this film and the response couldn't have been better. Money was found from funding bodies 'Chambers Film Finance' and 'Silver Birch Investments'.

Chambers Film Finance have helped Luke to finance both his shorts; 'Mixtape' and 'Patrick'. They invest in the completion and delivery of independent films, their website is http://www.chambersfilmfinance.com/

Other companies that helped Luke through this production were Panavision and Lighting media for loaning the equipment he needed in order to shoot it the way he wanted.

This all gives me an insight into how much loaning is needed in order to produce a short within the industry.