Euan Preston | director | filmmaker | hired geek

A short excerpt from Bertie – A Road Safety Film

Working with the British Youth Film Academy, we were commissioned to produce a short drama for road safety educators to use as a classroom resource. The brief was challenging; to create a short film of no longer than 25 minutes that showed life changing events caused by mundane and easily preventable errors.

The fire brigade were particularly keen to impress on viewers the horror that follows a serious collision – you’d be forgiven for thinking the crash is part you should fear most, but imagine being trapped in your seat, seriously injured and unable to help your unconscious child. You suffer for what feels like hours before the emergency services reach you – and once they do, your rescue is violent and terrifying.

Client’s comment:

Dear Euan,

I am writing to you personally to say a huge thank you for the incredible job you have done for us. I have been extremely impressed with your professional, creative and unique approach to this project. So far it has been a huge success in schools and colleges, sparking the exact reactions we had hoped for as well as being a valuable learning tool.

I just wanted to let you know how grateful we are to you for this excellent resource. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to this project.

Sian Rourke
Cheshire East Council

// .Roles: Writer | Director | Camera Operator | Editor | Animator | Composer
// .Client: BYFA | Cheshire East Council | Connexions | Cheshire Fire Brigade
// .Software: Avid MC v3.0 | After Effects CS3 | Cinema 4d | Magic Bullet Looks

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