The Collector - WW1 short film 

This just came through my feed and Thank God it did. What a powerful film. The exact thing that kept him sane and steady is what killed him. To show there is nothing safe and sane about war. And yet it gave the fresh young recruit his courage to pick up where he left off without a beat. It just shows what lengths and how powerful our minds can go and be to put us in a place of “comfort and safety” under the most horrific of circumstances. You created that beautifully. Thank you. Thank you and God bless to all those who served and sacrificed and continue to serve and sacrifice. 🙏🙏💐

Many thanks for all the kind words in the comments here. It's always daunting putting ones work 'out' for all to see so the feedback means a lot. If you do like it please pass it on. Thank you- Lorne

Great movie. One of the best WWI short films I have ever seen.

Hi Lorne. I don`t know if your remembre me, but I worked as part of the art department during the shooting of this short, in Winchester. I have the best memory of those times, and yesterday I decided to search the internet to see if I could find the finished film, which I had never seen. It was great to find it, and it made me proud to have been part of it! A few months after shooting I came back to my home country, Argentina, where I worked a lot as an art director assistant in film and advertising. Then I switched to opera. This year I´m stage-directing my fourth opera production after countless of jobs as an assitant director. But I miss my days working in the art department of short films in England. Just wanted to say hi and thanks for letting me be part fo your film. All the best, Mercedes.

Excellent work depicting this situation. I like the attention to detail, and especcially the attitude of the officer was very realistic.

I loved the extreme close up shots at the first battlefield sniping scene.... the elevation adjustment shot at 1:06, etc.. very effective at suspending disbelief. The end result was masterful. Thanks for sharing your work.

I am extremely impressed. I watch so many short films on RU-vid about WW1; all either no plot or extremely bad filmmaking skills. But this is amazing. The directing is what I'd call professional-quality and the character development left me in awe. I am truly honored to have my eyes gaze apon this film. My hat tips off to you.

I loved this short! Thank you so much for posting it!

Excelent , music at the end , that moment he was shot , it has spirit...

This film was outstanding Brilliant -thank you for putting it up. Hollywood eat your heart out.

Extremely well done. Pity it wasn't a fully fledged movie. Excellent work.

Absolutely brilliant. The whole story is great.

Good job, man. You are severely underappreciated.

I hope one day you guys actually make full movies

Wow, this was a fantastic short film. Well done to all concerned and connected. Would love to see more. I will share this on my facebook page and on The Liverpool Pals Page. A page dedicated to The Liverpool Pals Battalions of WW1.

Such exceptional work. Such a talented director, cast, writing, production. Thank you for the gift of your talent shared in this video. It is much appreciated.

great short, it would be cool to see this into a full length movie, very accurate and very well detailed

Fantastic film! Genuinely touching. One of the best short war films I've seen (and there have been quite a few popping up in my feed recently). The story was solid. Good acting. Looks great. Really well done.

Enjoyed this very much. Professional and artistic.

This is a very well-made short film. Thank you for sharing it with the world.

lol, welldone, i forsaw the fact that he was going for the flower at the end, and the new guy was entering the hide out that he would be the next snipa and the other would die, living in a dream-real world...and the jokes were good (two guys )

Great short film! Thanks!

very brilliant, haunting film. an undeniable work of art.

This is so well edited and presented for a short film on a budget. It's very high quality, Cinema quality in fact. The story is so very sad and well thought of. Flowers and death 🥀🌹💐

Absolutely marvellous film. To capture the heart and emotion in 17 minutes!! Well done. i must say it gives me great pleasure to see the large number of well done short films set in the first war. The big history stories have all been told. I love seeing these snapshots of the men who really counted

Very well done to you all!

Excellent short film

WOW!! What can I say. Very powerful & moving.

Excellent film. Well done by all.

Really nice, thank you.

Outstanding.

Great, absolutely brilliant.

Amazing! 9.5/10! Much better than other short films I have seen.👍🏻

Amazing production keep up the work. Hopefully you could take into consideration WW2 and the Oldham Tank regiment on your next please. My Grandad were deployed throughout.. You have done a belting job on this production. It's just a request please dont think I'm being arrogant. All I can give you on information he was a rekkie that operated behind enemy lines through out. He used tell me quite a few things.

Wow. Just brilliant!

my great grandfather was an English rifleman who was lucky enough to be promoted to the role of sniper before being sent to the Somme, i recently found his binoculars and a spotting/periscope in my grandma's spare room and so decided to look into some of the WW1 history as i feel a duty to attempt to understand what it was like; i never knew him and he never spoke of his experiences to anyone. I don't support war of any kind, but its been very enlightening looking into the statistics and history of the War, and your movie has given me some insight into the lifestyle that my Great Grandfather would of had before he was lucky enough to make it back alive. Thanks for your movie; i think these films are important and that we should use them to try and remind ourselves of the horrors we can so easily bring upon the world.

this film is just magnificent a bloody masterpiece

reminded me of memories of my own past, fabulous depiction is such a short time. many kudos! thumbs up

brilliant, great film, enjoyed it

Great story telling. Well done

Just saw this great work!

Respect for all the soldiers!

This is amazing! The filming quality is like a full feature film! We'll directed also!

Excellent and very well made short film.

Wonderful short.

Great short!!!

thanks enjoyed this.

Great movie well done.

good short film guys! well done :)

I can see that this is a very well made short film, this is amazing

AWESOME!!!😆 A WW1 short film based on a True Story about a British Sniper behind enemy lines!!😃

Thank you.

Great, well done, enjoyed it

Very well done.

Well done!!!

Excellent short film and done on the best medium film ! Lovely colouration from that Kodak 500t. Why do so many people comment about “inaccuracies” A good film is about the ART and not about attention to details which are irrelevant to the overall aesthetic. This is not a documentary but a creative imagining and works very well indeed. I enjoyed it very much 👍

VERY well done. finally one I enjoyed.

great film

WELL DONE@!!!

This a great historical act I like it very much

Great video. There are not many WWI movies. Excellent work.

Not often you can immerse yourself in such a short amount of time! 10 out of 10 for me

Good movie and best to you

really enjoyed this

Well done.

Brilliant.

Beautifully presented. Imaginative camera angles and subjects. Dialogue was both believable, natural and convincingly delivered. Many of the short films although of a high standard in most aspects, fall down on the acting and ‘wooden’ speech. Great work. Kind regards from UK.

Wow this was really touching best vid of its kind

I would pay to go see this it's outstanding!

the song at the end.....just wow.... rest easy

great job. funny to watch this film as a german. The scene in the flowerfields with his wife left me like wat

Amazing film! I reckon this is good enough to be a full film, you could do something on his full experience

Very very good

Very well written wow

Sniping enemy soldiers who aren't even holding a weapon at the moment, nor are immediately involved in combat operations. I understand why snipers had a bad reputation. And weren't often spared (as far as I heard of, at least).

Very good

Very good story.

Hello from the states, Great job with the short. Any chance you may do another? Be good to see more WW1 short films from you.

Great job on the film. A few problems with lack of kit with the soldiers and all, but it was very interesting.

Yesssss so good

well done

Yes, yes... Soldiers talk the talk and then hesitate for a split second, decisions the individual soldier makes innocently stop or create casualty, muscle memory of hobby consumes thoughts, and surplus soldier do walk off into the moonlight...

a very bittersweet capture in time for a few on the front...will have to re-watch, as audio was sketchy and thus more difficult to process. That said - excellent work, and would like a back-story in re to how the characters were chosen.

Watching in 2020. Great short!!!

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Beau et triste à la fois , Merci.

That Vickers has no recoil at all!! Strange technology.

Good film.

Best film ever

Part pastiche of All Quiet Western Front : sketching birds/catching butterflies.

Brilliant, does anyone know the name of the song at the end?

Would love to see a full movie of this

Nice to know that Hollywood has some serious competition

It could of been made for my Grandfather,...he was a sniper in WWI... the only difference is he survived, but his experiences left him affected ...for the rest of his life ,...he won the military Medal . Bob Cowell MM

had to fast forward this one

Yes Mr Hirst plays Welles - smokes a good pipe

How did you get that song from the coopes Boyes and simpson? I can't find it anywhere!

immer auf Kinder schießen, aber so war das damals. Ein schöner Film. ich hoffe das ihr auch mal einen Kurzfilm über den Weihnachtsfrieden 1914/16 macht. I hope you are make a movie about the christmas truce 1914/16

That was good actually! S.M.L.E.s with period optics are quite rare, I wonder where he got the rifle?

A collector of botanical specimens and victims.