Launchpad // I Was The One // Campaign

Campaign for Launchpad Reading (31,825 views / March 2020)

Written by Tim Woodall

Directed by Joseph Patrick & Tim Bunn

Words by Tim Woodall

Absolutely anyone can find themselves in a situation where they are homeless or at risk of losing their home. Sometimes all it can take are a few poor decisions, some bad luck or an unexpected change in circumstances. And a housing problem is not always easy to overcome – life can get complicated with things like addiction, debt and mental health problems. Which is why Launchpad exists.

Launchpad is Reading’s leading homelessness prevention charity, providing vital information and support for individuals, couples and families who don’t have stable place to live or are at risk of losing their home.

We worked with Launchpad to write and create a film project starring and crewed by service users of the charity. A darkly comic portrayal of the petty but significant world of Elvis impersonators, I WAS THE ONE follows an ageing hero's desperate attempts to stifle a young pretender's claim to the social club throne - and to reinstate himself as the last of the small town playboys.

A darkly comic portrayal of the petty but significant world of the Elvis impersonator, I Was the One follows an ageing hero's desperate attempts to stifle a young pretender's claim to the social club throne, and to reinstate himself as the last of the small town playboys.