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Working in the furniture industry can be incredibly demanding, yet many members of the trade find the time to pursue noteworthy avenues alongside the day job. In Out of Hours, we discover what some of the industry’s more colourful characters get up to in their spare time …
The movie producer “We start filming our next movie, Infexion, in June – it’s a pretty scary thriller about the UK struggling after Brexit, with everyone getting infected after the release of a nerve agent in Salisbury” My name is Steve Mosley, and I’m the
you earn. I work with a great director [Tom
changes taking place in the furniture supply
MD of Besp-Oak Furniture, a supplier of
Paton] and a great team, which leaves lots
and retail industry, and businesses have
furniture, accessories, lighting and giftware
of time for my day job.
to adapt to the way the consumer wants
Out of hours, I run my own movie company,
I’m most proud of our first movie, Stairs.
they view entertainment, with established
Mosley Studios. It sounds a bit glam, but
It’s just coming out of post-production,
TV giants and movie studios losing out to
it’s located together with my new furniture
and will be released this summer. It’s
streaming sites.
showroom.
only a low-budget movie, but it is feature
to purchase – and it’s the same for how
length, and we did manage to get some
You might not know this, but I knew
I became involved in this because after
great actors, including [Coronation Street’s]
nothing about the film world at the outset –
spending a long period in the army, my
Shayne Ward. The director, Tom Paton, is
but that was probably a good thing.
main hobby became collecting military
a young, up-and-coming guy with a great
vehicles and aircraft. There’s quite a
imagination.
collection now, from WW2 vehicles to more
We’re hoping it gets a slot at the Cannes
recent. My favourites are the iconic Willys
film festival, and expect it to sell quite
jeep from WW2 and the Harrier Jump Jet
quickly to a streaming site (like Netflix).
could see opportunities that others maybe couldn’t. It’s no different to when I started out in the oak business 11 years ago, when no-one
from the Falklands. A couple of years ago I was offered the
To me, it’s just another business, so I looked at it as a complete outsider. I
Ten years down the line, I see myself
else was doing it properly!
opportunity to provide some of them for a
making at least two or three movies a year.
movie, and I enjoyed it so much that I set up
In the short term, we start filming our next
If you want to know more, you can watch
my own movie company.
movie, Infexion, in June – it’s a pretty scary
a short film outlining the making of
thriller about the UK struggling after Brexit,
Stairs on Youtube at www.youtube.com/
It asks that I commit to a lot of organising
with everyone getting infected after the
watch?v=YwIvh419XkU. Meanwhile, any
and unglamorous jobs – but if you really
release of a nerve agent in Salisbury …
customers visiting our showroom this June will be more than welcome on the latest film
enjoy doing something, then it doesn’t matter about the hours, or even how much
I have learned that there are massive
set!
Got an interesting hobby or accomplishment you’d like to share with our readers? Message the editor on paul@gearingmediagroup.com.
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