Ten Things about Jasper

In 1984's Secret Places directed by Zelda Barron (ex-continuity and mother of Steve Electric Dreams Barron) and featuring Jenny Agutter and Tara McGowran, the 23-year-old Fforde can be seen leaping up and yelling 'Howzat!' in a two-second cutaway on a cricket pitch. It was my first film as a camera department trainee and they were short of extras, so I was given a cricket jersey and had my hair slicked back. I haven't seen the movie since 1985, so can't really remember much about it. I think it was pretty good.

But my onscreen career doesn't end with me occupying seventeen grains of film on a movie no-one can remember, oh no. I also operated the 'glow' on some of the glow worms in one sequence on Pirates of Penzance (1982) and a background action appearance in the truly appalling Edmund Purdom slasher Don't Open 'till Christmas (1985). (look out for the twit looking through a barrow in Portobello road with a blue rag hanging out of his back pocket. It was the duster for my clapperboard and I'd forgotten it was there when I hid 'in plain sight'.) Not a particularly good record, really, but I can be easily seen in the 'making of' documentaries of Goldeneye (1995) and Mask of Zorro (1997) where I am sporting a goatee and looking frightfully serious.

Goodness - I'd completely forgotten. I flew the Tiger Moth and played the mechanic in 2003's The Goodbye Plane directed by David Bartlett, who is, according to IMDB, 5' 5". I have one word of dialogue: 'Contact!' and Mari was in the cockpit as I swung the prop. The short film, noted for its high production values on a meagre budget, was shortlisted for the 2004 Oscar 'Best short film'. I never saw it although to be fair I was invited to the crew screening but couldn't go. So if anyone has a copy...

Ten Things You Never Knew About Jasper: (and never thought to ask)

Silver Screen Appearances The poster. I don't have a copy of the film, so can't show you my extraordinary performance In 1984's Secret Places directed by Zelda Barron (ex-continuity and mother of Steve Electric Dreams Barron) and featuring Jenny Agutter and Tara McGowran, the 23-year-old Fforde can be seen leaping up and yelling 'Howzat!' in a two-second cutaway on a cricket pitch. It was my first film as a camera department trainee and they were short of extras, so I was given a cricket jersey and had my hair slicked back. I haven't seen the movie since 1985, so can't really remember much about it. I think it was pretty good. But my onscreen career doesn't end with me occupying seventeen grains of film on a movie no-one can remember, oh no. I also operated the 'glow' on some of the glow worms in one sequence on Pirates of Penzance (1982) and a background action appearance in the truly appalling Edmund Purdom slasher Don't Open 'till Christmas (1985). (look out for the twit looking through a barrow in Portobello road with a blue rag hanging out of his back pocket. It was the duster for my clapperboard and I'd forgotten it was there when I hid 'in plain sight'.) Not a particularly good record, really, but I can be easily seen in the 'making of' documentaries of Goldeneye (1995) and Mask of Zorro (1997) where I am sporting a goatee and looking frightfully serious. Fforde and G-AMTV appear in The Goodbye Plane Goodness - I'd completely forgotten. I flew the Tiger Moth and played the mechanic in 2003's The Goodbye Plane directed by David Bartlett, who is, according to IMDB, 5' 5". I have one word of dialogue: 'Contact!' and Mari was in the cockpit as I swung the prop. The short film, noted for its high production values on a meagre budget, was shortlisted for the 2004 Oscar 'Best short film'. I never saw it although to be fair I was invited to the crew screening but couldn't go. So if anyone has a copy...