00:55 Hello, I'm Michael Bayford and I am the next big thing.
00:59 You may not have heard of me yet, but I am certain you will have very soon.
01:03 I'm currently working on my latest production.
01:05 It is an animated love story.
01:07 Who doesn't love a bit of love? I know I do.
01:10 And yeah, production's going very, very well.
01:23 Oh, what a surprise! Welcome to the studio.
01:26 Director, that's me. Come on in guys, I'll show you around.
01:29 This is the studio.
01:32 I've been a filmmaker for many years now. I've made many hits.
01:40 But this one feels like something special.
01:43 Here's a couple posters of some of my favourite movies.
01:46 Okay, my movies.
01:48 Quite a few here. We've got "Increases de Amor", which is a Spanish film.
01:53 I did try to break into the foreign language market.
01:56 Didn't help that I don't speak Spanish.
01:59 Google Translate isn't the best, but anyway.
02:01 Honestly, some people would say that it's a mistake to write and direct and produce and executive produce and film and star in and compose and edit your own films.
02:11 And a lot of people would be wrong. It's not a mistake. It's called artistic integrity.
02:15 Anyway, in these drawers here we've got...
02:18 Sorry, standby.
02:20 I've got some of my past scripts in these drawers.
02:24 Some of my films. They've done a couple of award circuits and done very well.
02:29 They haven't won, nor have they placed.
02:33 But I always talk to the people afterwards and they say, "Oh man, you're robbed."
02:38 It is a bit rigged, the whole thing, but you move on.
02:42 So over here we've got some of my stop motion utensils.
02:47 You mean your toys?
02:48 No, my utensils. Get out of my studio, please.
02:51 You mean your Pinterest?
02:52 My studio!
02:53 It's right there.
02:55 He's a moron.
02:57 Sometimes it is hard being a stayed home filmmaker, but I make it work.
03:02 Anyway, that's probably enough of the tour.
03:04 Big day ahead for us. We better get cracking.
03:07 I'm working on the bar scene today.
03:09 I tell you what, it gets me a bit thirsty for a frothy.
03:12 Anyway, better get to work.
03:14 He's hoping today is the last day of shooting.
03:16 There's a lot to get done and I think I can get it done.
03:19 I'm making a stop motion, which is uncharted territory for me.
03:30 Usually I prefer live action, but I haven't had a lot of success in the Academy Award field.
03:36 So I figured, you know, give it a crack.
03:39 It seems a bit less competitive.
03:40 I mean, how many more movies does Pixar have in the tank?
03:42 I really think I could be onto something here.
03:45 Next time.
03:48 Honestly, I've revised the script a number of times during production.
03:52 I never like to be set in my tracks.
03:55 They often say in the film world, you need to write about what you know.
03:59 And what do I know better than love?
04:01 I know love very, very well.
04:03 I've had a lot of it. I've given a lot of it.
04:06 And I guess you could say I'm a love maker heartbreaker.
04:11 Please don't put that in.
04:14 What a lot of people don't realise about making movies is that 50% of being a great director is having composure.
04:21 I'm literally going to kill someone.
04:23 I hate making movies.
04:29 I love making movies. It's my passion.
04:31 I have since I was young.
04:33 And my family can attest to that.
04:36 He's always enjoyed his movie making up there, making his little films, whatever it is he's up there doing.
04:43 As long as he's having fun, that's all I've ever cared about.
04:47 Thanks, Mum.
04:48 You left a cross on this one.
04:51 Stop Motion as an art form is amazing.
04:53 You move a character bit by bit and you have motion.
