Making Apple

By Rob Morgan

So I had an idea at work. Basically I eat a lot of apples, we’re talking 4/5 a day, that’s my thing. One time I picked up an apple and a thought came to me.. ‘Imagine if a guy ate too many apples, he actually became an apple.’ That was it.

I told my flat mates and they were polite and encouraging in their response, however I don’t think they were expecting me to immediately hop an Amazon and order a discounted apple suit for next day delivery. (God bless you Amazon prime)

Originally it was meant to be a sketch idea, but we have (I have) just decided to keep on going. I’ve roped my flat mates into doing 11 of them now. I do feel bad, none of them want to be comedy writers in any way, but we just have such a laugh doing them. You can probably tell we all love and adore The Office.

I edit them all now on Final Cut Pro, previously Imovie but it was getting too limiting. I use a Canon 50d camera and a Rhode shotgun Mic for filming. For the talking heads I switch it up and use a 50mm lense which is sharper and better for static shots.. Evernote is really good for collecting ideas and writing out the rough episode beats. Also me and Jacob (flat mate) wrote and produced the theme tune using Logic X if anybody cares.

In terms of the writing process, a lot of the ideas come from actual things that have happened in the flat. We pretty much then just act it out again but with me in an apple suit. After everything’s done I then put them out on Facebook.. I won’t lie it’s very hard though to get people to watch, the internet is now so saturated and so many people are creating things it’s hard to hold people’s attention.

That’s why Chorts is good, it’s great to have a place where writers and performers can watch other people’s stuff and give good feedback. Through Chorts I also got to go to the Craft of Comedy conference and have Apple House screened, which was a great opportunity and fun experience.

More of Apple House coming soon.