I Will Do It For Science

Written and directed by Timothy X Atack. Story by Tanuja Amarasuriya & Timothy X Atack

Ten years ago, Elsi (an alien) and Peter (a human being) were teamed up to take part in one of the most important scientific experiments ever conducted – to determine whether humans and extra-terrestrial visitors could mate and successfully reproduce. They were placed in a sterile environment and left alone to engage in intercourse… watched only by 25 automatic cameras covering them from every conceivable angle.

This is the story of what happened next: the painful explanations, the odd interludes, the clashes between different cultures (alien, human, female, male) and of course, the coitus.

A deadpan comedy told in mockumentary style, filmed across the course of the decade, the participants looking back on their younger selves.

A five-minute version of I Will Do It For Science won the fiction category of the BBC’s Licence To Create competition in 2006. We now like to think of this edit as a ‘trailer’ for the film proper. Here it is in all its lo-res glory:

This project is currently in post-production (...though don't hold your breath - we started filming in 2001, did the next lot of filming 2008-2011, and tend to look at the edit every blue moon...) so basically, ETA: when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

Cast:
ELSI Rebecca Palmer
PETER Ray McBride

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