The Talent 
a short film written by Thomas May Bailey and Emma D'Arcy, in association with Smoking Gun Films, with support from Intermission, Goldcrest Films, Garden Studios and Company 3.
 
Direction: Thomas May Bailey
Producers: Ellen Spence and Emma D'Arcy
Executive Producers: Marco Alessi, Ray Okudzeto & Matt Hichens
Director of Photography: Anna MacDonald
Music: Tom Foskett-Barnes
Edited by Rosie Lakin at Intermission Film
Production & Costume Design: Frankie Bradshaw
Sound Design by Matt Waites at Goldcrest Film
Colour by Joseph Bicknell at Company 3

On the set of a luxury car commercial, an overlooked assistant seizes his chance to get noticed by the star...

Starring Emma D'Arcy and Leo Suter, The Talent is a tense exploration of masculinity, ambition and desire. 

The film is screening at festivals this autumn, and will be screened on Channel 4, and Channel 4 streaming.