‘Shapes We Make’ is a trilogy of short films exploring invisible illness. The films are titled, We Rest, We Rise, We Fall - symbolic of the cycle I experience with both Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Depression. I cut the films with unused footage from a music video we shot in 2018, and the music in each film is an original score from Catherine Whatley, Josef Lumley and myself. I’m releasing these to coincide with ME Awareness day, and have put a link in my bio for more information on the illness.

We Fall

“When I am alone
this invisible illness
more vivid than Me.”

Poem by Charli Whatley

starring NICK HURFORD
written, directed + edited by CHARLI WHATLEY
music by CATHERINE WHATLEY

produced by TOBY ANTHONISZ
director of photography ALASDAIR K BOYCE
gaffer MATT DICKINSON
1st AC JO-HANN VALENCIA
2nd AC ELIOT MORRIS
production designer AMINA WINKLER
art director EMMA PEARCE
runners ANDREW MICHAEL + STEPHANA APOPEI

Special Thanks

After Smoke Clears
crew of The Crusher


© Faded Neon Films 2023

Video Description: We see a person sat still in a bath of opaque water with a milky lavender hue, something dark bubbles and grows on the surface of the water, spreading in delicate and intricate patterns - the darkness slowly pulls back in on itself until it fully disappears.