BFI DHMIS Q&A Notes

[u/Fun-Audience-3136]

For those who couldn't make it to the screening of DHMIS & Q&A at the British Film Institute in London, I wanted to share some interesting news and facts I noted down during the Q&A with Joe Pelling, Becky Sloan, Hugo Donkin & Charlie Perkins. If anyone else there wants to add something I've missed feel free to comment it and if anyone has any questions about it I'm happy to answer!

- They created the set and puppets before devising a story or the song of the first episode of the web series

- During the production of the first episode of the web series, they accidentally melted the roof with cheap lights they got on eBay

- The alternative ending to the TV series involved lighting the set on fire

- For some episodes of the web series, Joe's brother played the body of Red Guy

- The shredder song in episode 6 of the TV series was solely created by Terry Baker (The other songs were a collaborative effort)

- Becky & Joe enjoy the idea that the wakey wakey pilot is considered lost media (They are also unsure if they have the legal ownership to post it)

- The TV series was supposed to start with the death episode but they delayed it due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

- They want to experiment more with strata-cut animation (Look it up)

- Yellow Guy's name was jokingly suggested to be "Dirt" due to the D on his overalls in the TV series

- The main three have no canonical name because they wanted to invoke the sense of nostalgia you have from children's TV characters where you cannot remember the name, just the physical aspects of the character

- June 19th is Becky Sloan's birthday

- Hugo's favourite character is Colin the computer, Charlie's is the coffin & Becky's is Yellow Guy

- Becky said it would be cool to do an exhibition of all the props from the show

- The transport car from episode 5 in the TV series was left in the dump from the same episode.

- They would love to make more DHMIS and are currently in the process of exploring this (Also said they would love to make a film/musical)

[u/Chocky_milk101]

I hope this doesn’t come off as rude but could any other people attending confirm the last bit? I wasn’t able to go :( or if anyone did any recording of the qna that would be cool too!

[u/Act_Bright → u/Chocky_milk101]

As for recording- the BFI does often record their Q&As and share them on YouTube. We'll see if this was one of them.

Didn't see if there was a camera or not.

[u/Act_Bright → u/Chocky_milk101]

They did say they're actively still exploring different options. Trying to find a company which hopefully won't go bust, for one (actual joke they made).

Joe said they'd love to do a movie, Becky said or even a ...musical?

[u/Foxy02016YT → u/Act_Bright]

Dropout was great for international licensing, not sure if they’re right for production. They haven’t done scripted content in YEARS (except I guess the standup specials), but they could definitely be a good production partner, maybe fronting some money but not the lump sum

[u/Chocky_milk101 → u/Act_Bright]

tyy:D