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Generation Britpop

Synopsis

Generation Britpop is Matthew J Gunn's short festival film, a short spin off from his proposed Britpop TV Serial. Britpop explodes into the British conscience summer of 1994. As group of students prepare to move away from home for the first time, they film video blogs of themselves the day before they leave to University.

Loner Matt wants to escape the one horse town he grew up in, innocent Linda is haunted by her past actions, Steve's confused to who the mirror says he is, an angry James calls for 'surf up' and artist Marie dances naked across the city.

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 mins
Format
4K HD
Director
Matthew J Gunn
Producer
StrayMonkey Productions
Co-Producer
StrayMonkey Productions
Editor
Kris McManus, Nodg Griffiths
Screenwriter
Matthew J Gunn
Director of Photography
Kris McManus
Production Designer
Florence Chow
Sound
Kris McManus
Principal cast
Darren Bransford, Sophie Sumner, Jay Sutherland, Tom Geoffrey, Lucy Brooks

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

StrayMonkey Productions

55 Station Road
West Byfleet
Surrey KT14 6DT
UK

matthew@straymonkeyproductions.com

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