I worked with Boomerang to pitch, conceive and direct a series of films focussed on seven GB athletes heading to the Rio Paralympics. Sponsored by Allianz under their tag line ‘Dare To Believe’, the films have shown hundreds of times on Channel 4 as well as online on the C4 platform and as cut-downs on Allianz’s site.

Using high-end documentary techniques, we interviewed the athletes off-camera, then weaved their words under anamorphic images full of light, texture and atmosphere. Having worked with Paralympic athletes during London 2012, we knew that incredible stories are part of what makes Paralympic sport so immediate, emotive and inspiring. The ‘Dare To Believe’ moments of change, challenge and despair were subtly emphasised through a brief lull of silence in the films.

Filming one film a day, we made seven athlete profile films plus a compilation film ‘Director’s Cut.’

The films were produced by Stacey Burns and Creative Director was Dylan Wyn Davies. DoP Dave Meadows shot these hand-held on some stunning anamorphic lenses, edited by Dave Fremantle and post produced at Unit.

You can watch a longer Director’s cut of the films at https://vimeo.com/182382432

Some of the individual films are at my Vimeo site: https://vimeo.com/user5646051/videos