Blabbermouth is a short comedy that takes its inspiration from memories of performing for your family at gatherings.

We've all been there!

Our hero Simon a precocious 8 year old wants to raise money for a new bike. Here he sees an opportunity to make the funds by blackmailing his family revealing their secrets... unless they pay up! 

What follows is a laugh out loud comedy as the family tried to shut Simon up. It's a multigenerational cast with siblings, parents, uncle, grandparents and great grandparents creating a modern family. 

Will the family pay up when bedwetting, secret boyfriends, political views and affairs are revealed during Simon's routine?

We would love you to meet the Blabbermouth team!

Jamie Luke Milligan - Writer / Director 

Jamie graduated from AUB in 2011 and has been building his body of work in short films and music videos as a writer/ director. His award winning short film Mausoleum shot on 35mm played at over 20 festivals including LSFF, Aesthetica and Underwire. Jamie reached the final 10 of the Pitch competition in 2020, with his stop motion project Belly of the Whale!

Chloe Martin - Producer

Chloé Martin is a Midlands-based Creative Producer, a cohort member of BFI Producer
Series (2020) and BFI Network Creative Producers Lab 2021. She has recently filmed her
BFI funded comedy ‘Witches’, in association with Major Labia Theatre Group for which she
hired an all-female crew.

Stephanie Hazel - Producer 

Stephanie has been making the move into Producing after nearly a decade of working in the Film and Television industry as an actor. She recently co-produced Choked Up a short film by BAFTA nominated,  Rose D'Or award winning writer/director Jill Wosley starring Maxine Peake.  She wrote and produced award winning short Out of View that sought to raise awareness of the rise of domestic abuse during the pandemic.

Conor Chalk - Director of Photography

Born and bred in the West Midlands, Conor is a London based cinematographer. Graduated from film school in 2016 having trained under the guidance of Witold Stock BSC. He continues to build on his craft of story telling through the camera. Currently in the prep stages for his largest narrative project to date, a short film shining a light into the dark world of Human trafficking.

We want to make a film that is full of life and energy, giving the audience something to smile about.

Making people laugh is at the core of Blabbermouth and as we put together our cast we want to bring our enthusiasm to the set. 

Below are visual references for how we want Blabbermouth to look and feel. The film focuses on a multi-generational family and we want to capture each character's personality. Bringing a special energy to the dynamics at play here will translate to the camera movements and edit. 

Family is at the heart of Blabbermouth with a wide range of characters and personalities, we'd like to introduce THE WINTERBOTTOMS! 

 SIMON (8) Precocious, freckly and inherently funny.  

TIA (14) Bullying older sister, becoming a full teenager.

TOBY (5) The youngest, mummy’s boy and cry baby. 

GAVIN / DAD (38) Distant father, very well paid job but always working away and super busy on the phone. 

SARA / MUM (38) Young at heart, very encouraging of the kids ‘talents’. Hates being a stay home mum. 

GRANDMA (62) A soft touch for Simon who has him wrapped round his little finger. Hotel manager. 

GREAT GRANDPA (88) Just had enough of it all. 

UNCLE PAUL (34) Body builder and self obsessed. 

With the funding from this campaign we plan to use it for. 

• Casting

• The Cast

• Location

• Crew

• Equipment

• Catering

We have already secured funding for the post production process so your backing will be spent putting everything on screen! 

The goal of Blabbermouth is to get it out on the festival circuit giving audiences something to smile at.

Alongside that the team are planning an online festival with other comedy shorts showcasing talent and premiering Blabbermouth!