Stutter | Short Film (2017)

This is a short student film with a budget of, well...nothing. It was created by our group as our Final Major Project at college.
It's about a boy, Tom, who after experiencing a car crash at age 3; has his life flipped upside down. He now suffers from a stutter and life is hard for him. Not only does he not get any help from his own family, he is constantly picked on at college. Tom's life is appearing to be descending into hell until he stumbles across hope, also known as Anna.
The film took 4 months to plan and 3 weeks to shoot.
Shot using a Lumix G7 and a Nikon D7100.
Director:
/ luke5t4r
/ thelukegardner
/ lukes_35mm
Producer:
/ michael.aslan
Cinematographer:
/ creativepilot_
/ owenwood20
Check out the cast:
Max Polling (Tom):
/ mpolling
/ @boyishmanhood5249
Georgia Stait (Anna):
/ georgiastait
georgiastait.wordpress.com
Joe Miller (Teacher):
/ @millercorner
Luke Gardner (Andy):
/ luke5t4r
/ thelukegardner
/ lukes_35mm
Where to Find Me:
/ creativepilot_
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[@CreativePilot]

Hey everyone, just wanted to say thank you so much for all your kind words and love on this short film! 52k and counting! Can’t believe it’s almost 7 years since we made it. It’s heartwarming seeing so many of you talk to one another about the worries around stuttering, this is why I love the KZbin community ❤ What short film would you like to see next? Thank you for your continued support ✌️

[@johnnybongo5077]

Veteran actor James Earl Jones overcame a childhood stuttering problem to eventually become one of the greatest actors in the world. Excellent film. I hope it's gotten international attention.

[@js2zx1]

This is really amazing. I have stuttered for 11 years and still going on. I am going through the hardest time of my life because of stuttering. Whenever I speak I stutter and I don't get the chance to speak fluently and freely and express my feelings because stuttering it’s the only obstacle. yall don’t realize how much stutterers suffer. Our simplest dream is to speak properly and without stuttering that's all we dream of! No one feels this blessing except those who have lost it. so always be thankful to God for not stuttering bc this is more than terrible. I swear that 80% of my sadness and worries in life are due to stuttering nothing more. btw In two days I have to give a speech in front of the class and I'm literally nervous rn lol. Pray for me guys

[@NicholasDhrubo]

I've been living with a stutter for 15 years, and I wish I find a girl who will love me for who I am. Anyway the story was awesome.

[@anshu633]

U will find one

[@abaz6955]

I'm a girl with stutter too, wanna marry me? XD

[@NicholasDhrubo]

@@abaz6955 I would love to!

[@abaz6955]

@@NicholasDhrubo hey so even a year after you still single? Btw do you have Discord?

[@NicholasDhrubo]

@@abaz6955 Yes I am still single and I do have discord.

[@RetroGamerReviews]

This was amazing. Simply amazing. I've been living with a stutter for 18years. Video's like these always touch my heart. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. RetroGamer.

[@CreativePilot]

RetroGamer Reviews Thank you for the kind words, means a lot! Our director, Luke Gardner, knows the struggle too, so the story came straight from the heart

[@DynamitePahadi]

i stutter also

[@uol7235]

I need a friend like Anna 🥺 ..

[@DynamitePahadi]

@@uol7235 if you wnna shelp help ... you can contact with me

[@uol7235]

Gaurav Singh yeah... .and what about you

[@elvedin3262]

When everyone else is laughing to a person who stutters and you just stare at them and be like "i know that feeling bro,it's not funny"

[@jamirwithersppn5399]

So true

[@carolinegraham5496]

it makes me want to cry when people laugh at my stutter in class. I can feel my face get so red and it just makes my stutter worst.

[@js2zx1]

sooo real ! when they tell me "speak up!" or " Speak quickly” i was like wth If I could I would! They don't understand.

[@suzybaines1207]

Great message you're sending out guys. Who knew that all you need is a pretty girl encouraging you to read aloud from a book and telling you to "slow down" would cure a stammer.

[@dimasab]

Suzy Baines really ? I hope by reading aloud consistently it can trully help and cured stutter. But i think many pws don't really experience that. But beside that, i want to appreciate the creator who put great effort making this short movie. Excellent

[@cadidelythdavage1862]

Mate chill, nothing can 'cure' a stammer, just something that can help gain control. And not just a pretty girl, but encouragement, full stop

[@martinwood744]

Next week: How to achieve world peace, using only a Kiwi fruit and a roll of Cellotape.

[@maridurai6471]

😂​@@martinwood744

[@ebenezerojo4622]

Oh! This is really amazing! I thought my stutter was the only stutter in the world, I usually feel unhappy because I couldn't communicate with people in the society and most people turns to exclude me in so many activities, especially my friends. This short movie really gives me hope and courage now to look to the optimistic and to find true love, a girl who will love me for who I am not my stutter 🙏❤️

[@daniloaravjo1738]

O amor é tudo! ❤

[@ankithsaranjit]

This is absolutely amazing 👏 👏

[@h20o028]

❤It's hard to talk about it. It's a painful truth. I suffered a lot from it. I wish I could control it as much as possible.

[@marie5800]

Watch it now in 2024 bring memories back ✨️

[@ymansining9366]

Im stutterer and it so hard, when i was studying i cant express everything especially when in the middle of the class and i have ideas and i think a best answer to the topic but i cant raise my hand to share my knowledge. Theres a lot of chances and opportunities that i wasted during my studies. Now im working and still lack of confidence in everything especially in verbal aspect. 😳 its hard to explain to others my situation but i trying my best to inform and educate people i encounter when i stturer while im talking. Now i use some technique that i know helps me to at least lessen my stutter. I hope someday i met a person who's understand me with my situation. . I will always choose to have a positive mind set rather than to think give up. #EmbraceYourFlaws 🙂

[@js2zx1]

‏Seeing all these people in the comments who have stutters It makes me feel like happy lol. I'm not the only one who suffers from this. That's good

[@markherron1407]

I stutter too! The mind of the rash will know and understand and the Stuttering tongue 👅 will be fluent and clear Isaiah 32 4 Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🎅🤶 Blessings and Hugs 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@uol7235]

I’m a stutter. 不是那么严重，但确实时常困扰着我。I remember it clearly, is 4th G primary school in English class. 当时全班都取笑了我，从此我患上了这个毛病。他们拿我取乐、开玩笑，换做现在我鸟都不会鸟那些人，那时真是太傻了。虽然现在，我看淡了许多，别人有时会提起来这件事，都是出于好心。可平日里它不断令我烦扰，想要询问别人时总是踌躇再三，和其他人聊天的时候，我是一个不错的倾听者，但不怎么会讲自己的事情，讲话的时候经常没讲完别人就不愿意听了，类似这样的事情时常发生。我当然想做出改善，或许再尝试去改变吧，我需要掌握节奏和放松

[@marcus3178]

Yoo. :(

[@realn.d4296]

You didn't lie

[@muhammadhassantahir7179]

you guys did an amazing effort.

[@StutteringMind]

Wow, one of most inspiring short movies I have seen for a while. I have had a stutter for over 30 years. It reminded me of my time at University but alas I didn't have a girl who told me to speak slower. I did know a girl who changed my life though. Maybe that would have given me a shortcut to stuttering freedom. I finally faced my fears and actually interviewed 20 people to write my first book last year. It's amazing to know how confidence can be built. From the love of a girl who is interested in you despite the stutter to facing your fears and becoming an author. I had a question, what inspired you to do this movie on stuttering and did or do any of the actors stutter before or still do stutter? The very best of luck in your future projects.

[@eldar3877]

Do u stutter now?

[@StutteringMind]

Swwamp I don’t regard the stumbling I sometimes experience when speaking as stuttering. I feel connected with every one so no longer feel judged shamed and I don’t hide the fact that I stuttered. Checkout my videos on stuttering on purpose with a beautiful woman and at McDonald’s

[@Sandeeppatwal_09]

Great work...👍👍

[@leonm0076]

Only people with stammers know how hard it is to answer a register in school without self combusting

[@amitbeniwalvlogs1442]

I am Stutter and watch this video i am motivated thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@sssssssssssssss670]

I'm 17....and even thought about suicide 😭😪😪😪😪...but now I'm strong enough to mind my own business even if everyone laugh at me...

[@mridhulamridhula9252]

Same..I stammer and I'm 17 too..

[@JJSR_99]

Nice film! 👊

[@Ari__Character]

This is beautiful too I stutter to I relate to this !

[@ernestinadosanjostati3634]

I used to stutter... Don't know when it stopped.

[@izakimalla1933]

Ernestina Dos Anjos Tati is it possible to overcome from this permanently...I can barely spoke a word and it sucks its been a long time I’m suffering from it I’m going mad grom it😑

[@adoptedshrek6655]

@@izakimalla1933 same

[@Ultimate_Warrior879]

@@izakimalla1933 Try to meditate , may be it will help , Cuz it worked for me and i got rid of 90% of my stutter ..

[@lianoisaacs1213]

Lucky you.

[@realn.d4296]

​@@Ultimate_Warrior879No bro meditation is not good bro, it opens doors for demons.

[@TheRobynbrown]

well crafted and wonderful

[@JoAnna-TSC]

Bravo 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@shawnperry5983]

I have a stutter I know how hard that can be

[@samanmasoud-u3y]

After 6 years how's your speech hopefully it's got better.

[@shawnperry5983]

@@samanmasoud-u3yWOW TIME FLIES! my stutter is definitely better now than it was six years ago! There are ups and downs, but you have to look at the big picture progress! Thank you for the comment and reminding me how far I’ve come!

[@randomtrooper7069]

"GIVE! ME! BACK! MY! PHONE!" -Slow Punches-

[@loganhan8363]

Classic!

[@alizangasham8905]

I'am a girl and I'm a stutter In my first day of school for this year every teacher wants to introduce all the students by themselves I was very scared cuz I'm a stutter I was introduce myself in every period and I was always make a mistake while saying my name This is not so good 😂💔🙂

[@chiku6937]

😢😢😢

[@js2zx1]

I feel you lmao ur not the only one

[@julianroberts7116]

Is the audio on his voiceover out of phase? It sounds like it. But aside from that - nice one.

[@RAMKUMAR-iq5ut]

This shot film impressed me for me also same problem 😭

[@ashish7106]

I am a stutter too.... I can feel it.. 🥺🥺

[@pered8117]

thanks for the motivation

[@yassineelghoudri389]

I felt that

[@kalicharan1719]

Fantastic👏🏻

[@HieuPhan-gc5ho]

I need a friend like anna

[@MYDEEPTHOUGHTS2023]

Indian anyone?!

[@Daniel22_28]

🙋

[@carmenparker1880]

Cool

[@idubamosamjeremiah8339]

I think stuttering is cute❤

[@js2zx1]

no trust me u don’t think that.

[@idubamosamjeremiah8339]

I honestly think It’s attractive There’s nothing wrong with the person And that’s the truth

[@freakintruder]

Hope i'll find a girl like her who will love me for what i am..😟

[@ravikumaraofficial2160]

I have to the same stemmering problem I can't speech clarity in opposite directions people

[@Hatethejui1]

I have been stuttering all my life though its better now way too better thanks to the almighty but i started to develop the fair again i have done many speech competitions and actually won i dont stutter tbh but the fair makes me tear up again just breaks me how god gave me everything except for this little thing

[@js2zx1]

you’re lucky fr! I wish I was as bold as you. Participating in a speech contest with a stutter is impossible for me. I hope one day I can be like that and be even stronger :)

[@Hatethejui1]

@ its ok my man you can feel free to connect with me i shall love to help you! And much power to you your an amazing person

[@js2zx1]

@ aww thanks ur amazing too:)! but i’m a girl lol

[@Hatethejui1]

@@js2zx1 completely fine i can’t even imagine how hard it must have been for you anyways take care of urself and always be optimistic better things are coming your way 🤍

[@danielbaez1339]

Bro, there's a lot to improve. If you love filmmaking jeep practocing. Especially on the storytelling and editing skills. Good vibes!

[@martinwood744]

I hope he apologized to Andy. He may be a dick and a bully (and, to be fair , we don't know what he had done previously) but he didn't deserve to get beaten up as he didn't steal the phone.

[@maximecj5095]

I can relate

[@wescobar4766]

😍😍😍😍

[@lipudemon6855]

Just be confidential on yourself Stutter will definitely leave you

[@Rabinjyoti876]

But It Goes with time but rarely 😢

[@stammeringANDstuttering]

👍

[@michaelowies7084]

I can relate, stuttering sucks

[@js2zx1]

fr

[@InsanityLaughs84]

If only girls were like that these days, lmao

[@jones8610]

That's the stereotypical movie girls. Lol

[@loganhan8363]

What’s wrong with Andy?!!

[@ayanali7493]

👍👍👍👍👍❤️