Project Detail

I Am Dead

Name: I Am Dead
Director: Richard Lawson
Released: 2005
Duration: 10 mins

Synopsis

A woman is shot and left bleeding to death in her home. Her only chance of survival is for the police to allow the paramedics into what is potentially a volatile situation. Loraine must convince a call centre operator it is safe to enter or she will almost certainly die.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins
Format: Hi Def
Director: Richard Lawson
Producer: Chris Taylor, Matt Gallagher
Editor: Chris Taylor
Screenwriter: Kerri Hayden
Director of Photography: Nick Tebbet
Sound: Stuart Wright
Composer: Rory Craig, Simon Watkins
Principal cast: valerie Gogan, Sarah Lawton, Steve Holden

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Superkrush Productions

1 Pink Lane
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DW
UK

T+44 (0)191 233 2001

chris@superkrush.com

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