Project Detail

A Model Artist

Synopsis

Roll up roll up! It's A Model Artist sideshow! See them paint! See them model! See them change colour!

An artist paints her model, without much success. The model takes matters into her own hands, but the artist has other ideas. Will they they paint their picture before the ringmaster closes the show? A silent sideshow styled by the silent era, modelled on the future.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins 44 secs
Format
DV/Super8
Director
Helena Mitchell
Producer
Omar Shaker
Co-Producer
Omar Shaker
Editor
Helena Mitchell
Screenwriter
Helena Mitchell
Director of Photography
Jake Astbury
Production Designer
Helena Mitchell, Claire Brewer
Composer
Blanche Ring, Helena Mitchell
Principal cast
Gemma Isaac Henwood

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

HJX Films

London
UK

T+44 (0)7974 944462

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