Melbourne – From the brainchild of Travis Crosbie, an Australian Comedy TV Commercial Director, a short film ‘The Short Stay’ aims to combine drama with the absurd, throw it in a blender and see what comes out the other end.
- TV Commercial Director starting his debut short film as writer/director
- Travis hopes to bring back the gross-out comedy with his short film ‘The Short Stay’
- A Kickstarter campaign has launched to seek funding while the film is in pre-production
Gone are the days where great gross-out comedies are packing out theaters (or ranking high in VOD platforms, for that matter), and Travis Crosbie, a Melbourne-based TV Commercial Director says that’s a tragedy.
“If you decide to watch any gross-out comedy from, let’s say, 2001 – you will think to yourself ‘There is no way they could make that now’, and you’d be right,” Says Travis “but as a creative filmmaker, I honestly think that’s a tragedy. The jokes may not land any more, but the gross-out comedy still has legs, provided it evolves to current tastes.. and the world certainly needs some fun right now!”
Some huge inspirations for Travis have been the hilarious gross-out comedies from the past – Ben Stiller at his best, mixed with Monty Python absurdity, but the love of the obscure actually started much earlier. “When I was eight years old, my grandma bought me what she thought was an encyclopedia. The book was called ‘Dr. Fegg’s Encyclopedia of All World Knowledge’ by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. It was a crazy book filled with comics, jokes, and even some nudity. Nan certainly wouldn’t have approved, but it started my love for the gross-out comedy, before I even knew what one was”
Travis’ gross-out comedy short film ‘The Short Stay’ is currently in pre-production and seeking funding via a Kickstarter campaign. You can read all about it and hear from Travis himself as he explains a little about the film.
About Travis
Travis Crosbie is a TV Commercial Director, writer and filmmaker based in Melbourne, Australia. For over 10 years, Travis has created commercials for many well known brands from around the world. ‘The Short Stay’ will be Travis’ writing/directing film debut.
Freestyle’s recent releases are, firstly Best Summer Ever which is produced by Jamie Lee Curtis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, and Ted Danson. Secondly, The Wedding Year stars Sarah Hyland and Anna Camp. Thirdly, The Last Photograph stars Danny Houston, and others are Berserk which stars Nick Cannon, and Untogether stars Jamie Doran, Jemima Kirke, Ben Mendelsohn, Alice Eve, and Billy Crystal.
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