Shooters is a drama documentary film, directed by BAFTA winning British director Dan Reed. The Film is set in Liverpool and used local criminals as actors depicting the lives of local 'gangsters. The short film is most notable for having been completely unscripted aside from a brief outline, each scene was improvised and ad-libbed by the actors themselves. Shooters was first broadcast in December 2000 on Channel 4 as part of their Cutting Edge series. World-renowned Liverpool-born musician John Murphy, co-wrote the score.