Brown Peril: The Tim Porch Story

Tim Porch (Josh Thomson) aspires to be the world’s first Polynesian badminton champion — but a Samoan has already taken the title, so Tongan will have to do. This mockumentary following the ups and downs of his quest won the 2006 48 Hours film making competition. Entrants that year were required to include a mirror, a character called Robin Slade, an eternal optimist, and the line “that’s what I’m talking about”. The team behind it, thedownlowconcept, would go on to win the contest again in 2010 — and pick up a couple of NZ Film Awards in the process — with their short Only Son. 

A lot of shuttles in this game, more shuttles than there are at NASA — shuttlecocks, doing shuttles, taxi to the pub afterwards. Actually that's more of a taxi than a shuttle. Shuttle to the airport.

– Tim Porch, on badminton

Key Cast & Crew

Josh Thomson

As: Tim Porch, Writer, Editor, Sound

The Downlow Concept

Creator

Nigel McCulloch

Director, Producer, Writer, Sound, Camera

Ryan Hutchings

Producer, Writer, Camera

Jarrod Holt

Producer, Writer, Sound, Camera

Shinya Asakura

As: Geoffrey Tan