And for those reasons, I'm out.

On Twitter just now I was linked to this website, where SJ asks for $10,300 to finance a film called “Dead of the Nite”. Obviously, that’s an appealing and non-stupid title and, better still, big donors will get a cut of the profits and a spurious “producer” credit. Interested?

According to the Facebook page, SJ (who describes himself as a director) has written the flim himself. He’s also written the following promotional material for the site:

Former Pro Wrestler now a BAFTA Film Member, go figure!!

SJ learnt his trade through attending numerous workshops with people such as 'Stephen Frears'...

...following the success of my feature documentary 'Tattoos: A Scarred History' (www.tattoosthemovie.com) which to-date, has quadrupled it's income compared to cost to make.

It’s worth pointing out I’m taking these from two separate pages, one in the first person and one in the third, so this apparent inconsistency is not SJ’s fault. (Although the third-person article has the title “about me” so let’s not let him off too easily.)

As with my first project, I nominated a children's charity to receive a portion of the films profits, therefore will be looking to do the same on this film if made...I truly believe in giving back to the World.

The film 'Dead of the Nite' will comprise of a mixture of youth and experience

Thank you for taking the time to read my pitch, whether you can help or not financially, please can you direct people to this page and share it on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc to raise the films profile and help us get a step closer to making the dream a reality!!!

This is the man who has written this film. This is how he thinks sentences are built. I appreciate it’d be pretty weird if a film’s characters spoke in standard English, but a writer should know the rules before he breaks them.

At first I thought it never occurred to him to hire a writer any more than it occurs to a lax self-publishing author to hire proof-readers or a cover designer. That stuff’s easy, right? Anyone can do it? I mean, it’s fair enough for a lay-person to forget certain jobs, and the way films are promoted the writer is as prominent as the best boy (whatever that is). But looking at how much experience he claims, I think he thinks he can write.