Director research - presentation

Nick Love (born 24 December 1969) is a British film director and writer. His credits include the films The Football Factory, The Business, Goodbye Charlie Bright, Outlaw, The Sweeney, and a 2009 remake of football hooliganism drama The Firm.

Career

Writer:

 2015 American Hero

 2015 The Sweeney: Paris (original story)

 2012 The Sweeney (written by)

 2009 The Firm (adaptation)

 2007 Outlaw (written by)

 2005 The Business (written by)

 2004 The Football Factory 

 2001 Goodbye Charlie Bright (screenplay) / (story)

 1999 Love Story (TV Short)

 1999 The Escort (adaptation)

Producer

 2011 A Night In The Woods (producer)

2010 Monsters (executive producer)

2008 The Children (executive producer)

2008 Bronson (executive producer)

2008 Faintheart (executive producer)

2007 w Delta z (executive producer)

2006 Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (Documentary) (executive producer)

1995 Skin (Short) (producer)

Director

 2015 American Hero

 2012 The Sweeney

 2009 The Firm

 2007 Outlaw

 2005 The Business

 2004 The Football Factory

 2001 Goodbye Charlie Bright

 1999 Love Story (TV Short)

On 1 August 2012, Love's film The Sweeney made its world premiere at the opening of the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film is based on the British television police drama of the same name. Love said that he had interest in making the movie for several years, but had difficult negotiations with studio executives who wanted him to make the film with an Americanised style. This is the film who's scene I will be re-filming in my own way. I have chosen the interrogation scene 40 mins in where the "flying squad" has caught who they believe to be the suspect for the murder of an innocent bystander in a jewellery heist.

Here is a comparison of the two Sweeney Films, the original and the 2012 version

Original Movie

2012 Nick Love version

Loves style of directing seems to consist of trying to capture the "hard man" image and transform that into a genre. He uses fast pace cuts and dark humour accompanied by adult themes such as drugs and violence to create his "films". Most of his early works revolve around hooligan culture such as The Firm and The Football Factory. I would imagine he sends his actors criteria sheets with:
- Must have strong London or cockney accent
- Must walk around with a stride (observe Danny Dyer)
- Must wear a tracksuit at least 84% of the time

Aims of my scene:

• Make it look Badass
• Make it a lot darker in tone, narrative and lighting
• Make the good guys look bad
• Moral ambiguity
• Ray Winstone