Project Detail

Emotional Motor Unit

Synopsis

The story of a lonely writer who learns what it is to be human by interacting with a machine known as the Emotional Motor Unit.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
22 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Adam Nelson
Producer
Adam Nelson, Xènia Puiggrós
Executive Producer
Paul Topley
Editor
Cleo Alexandra Ford Wilson
Screenwriter
Xènia Puiggrós
Director of Photography
Dagmar Scheibenrief
Sound
Cristian Majer, Imraan Husain, Oscar Lo Brutto
Composer
Imraan Husain
Principal cast
Francesca Burgoyne, Graham Cawte, Finnian Nainby-Luxmore, Candice Palladino
Gaffer
Joanns Bunclemans
Assistant Camera
Tim Pierson
Make Up Artists
Sian Morley, Grace Fry
Continuity
Emily Smith

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Production Status

Production Company

Apple Park Films LTD

Adam Nelson

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