Typical? | BiP

As well as producing TYPICAL? Bedazzle Inclusive Productions also embedded an innovative supportive work experience programme into the shoot enabling young people identifying as d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent to access vital on set experiences and training, including professional IMDB credits for some roles.

Producer: Bedazzle Inclusive Productions; Inclusivity Films

Writer: Sarah Leigh (screenplay) adapted from the stage play I'm Non Typical, Typical collated by Matthew Hunt / BiT and told from lived experience.

Budget: £20,000

Shooting Location: Saffron Walden, Essex / Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Filmed 2023

About: This short film was adapted from the successful Bedazzle Inclusive Theatre show I'm Non-Typical, Typical which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2019). TYPICAL? celebrates authentic representation and challenges stigmatising beliefs and misplaced societal narratives around neurodivergence and disability. Our shoot was accessible with 90% on screen and 50% off screen identifying as d/Deaf, disabled & neurodivergent. We used access riders across for everyone as well as deciding to shoot across a week to ensure shorter days for better more inclusive working practices.

Screenplay selections and awards:

Screenplay of the month by Changing Face International Film Festival