The Optician

 

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Synopsis:

An optometrist called John is in love with his shop assistant, Barbara. However, John is far too scared of humiliation to ever ask her out.

Meanwhile, Barbara is completely besotted with John, which is obvious to everyone, except John.

Then, one day, John finds a pair of glasses that allow him to see 10 seconds into the future. Not only will he be able to predict Barbara's reactions to his advances, but they must be able to help him win Barbara's heart, surely?

With a little help from the magic glasses, John and Barbara find themselves on a date at the cinema. But the more John uses the glasses to predict the future the more they mislead him, and things begin to go awry.

 

Written, Directed and Produced by Jane McGee
Cinematographer Paul Wheeler BSC
2008, Country: UK

Starring Chris Barrie

http://www.theopticianshortfilm.com

A critically acclaimed theatre director, Jane’s first short film, DISCONNECTED (also starring Carolyn Tomkinson), was screened in competition at 19 film festivals internationally and broadcast as part of BBC2’s Homegrown Hollywood season in July 2005/06. Her second short film, LEFT, premiered in 2007 at the East End Film Festival and continues to play the festival circuit. Jane’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s poem THE RAPE OF LUCRECE earned four stars in Scotsman at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1997 where she was described as creating “stunning visual effects”. Jane also produces and recently completed VEILS, a short film directed by Dan Susman and starring Maureen Lipman which was official selected for Soho Rushes and LA Shortsfest in 2008.