Self Made
Synopsis
Her film 'Self Made' documents the intense, revealing and sometimes disturbing experiences of seven people who sign up for the project. They take part in a series of workshops led by Method acting teacher Sam Rumbelow, who uses different techniques to help them access their memories and personal experiences so that each participant can create a vivid and authentic moment of performance. Gradually, we see five members of the group working towards their own individual end scenes, filmed dramatic vignettes that directly emerge from their personal histories. The scenes range from episodes of violence, to images of imagined love, via an excerpt from Shakespeare's King Lear. As the lights finally go off in the studio, the participants leave the experiment having for the first time confronted and articulated deep truths about themselves.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 84 mins
- Format
- 4K Digital, 16mm, Tape
- Director
-
Gillian Wearing 1st Feature
- Producer
- Lisa Marie Russo, Duane Hopkins
- Co-Producer
- Samm Haillay
- Executive Producer
- Marc Munden, Kate Ogborn
- Editor
- Daniel Goddard, Luke Dunkley
- Screenwriter
- Gillian Wearing, Leo Butler
- Director of Photography
- Roger Chapman
- Production Designer
- Jamie Leonard
- Sound
- Malcom Hirst, Tim Barker
- Composer
- Daniel Pemberton
- Principal cast
- Asheq Akhtar, Lesley Robinson, Dave Austin, James Baron, Lian Stewart, Simon Manley, Jerome Prince
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Fly Film
63 Hornsey Lane GardensLondon
N6 5PA
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8340 3085
UK Film Council
British Film Institute21 Stephen St
London
W1T 1LN
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7255 1444
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