Project Detail

A Simple Fracture

Synopsis

Professor Philip Stone is an eminent neuroscientist - now in his seventies - who whilst being interviewed for a highbrow television programme falls down a rabbit hole of his own memory and sees for the first time a traumatic and long suppressed event from his childhood in its entirety.

Details

Year
2017
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
Alexa XT
Director
Jonny Phillips
Producer
Jonathan Blagrove
Editor
John Fensom
Screenwriter
Julian Firth
Director of Photography
Andrew Parsons
Production Designer
Katie Utting
Sound
Julian Bale, Pat Roche, Matt Phillips, Embers
Principal cast
David Horovitch, Ann Firbank, Julian Firth, Henry Parsons, William Parsons, Ismay Whitaker
1st AC
Richard Ing, Stu McOmie
2nd AC
Luke Williams, Kyle Harper
Camera Trainees
Phillip Parsons, Kit Whittaker
Colourist
Adam Stannard
Gaffer
Samuel Thurston
Make Up Artist
Suzie Love
Practical Effects
Nick P Phillips
Location Manager
Jon Dix
Production Assistant
Monty Watson

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Coda Films Ltd.

Jonathan Blagrove
Towlers Court
30A Elm Hill
Norwich
NR3 1HG

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