Project Detail

I Only Do Real Things

I Only Do Real Things
I Only Do Real Things

Synopsis

Following the threefold journey of a rock through distinct layers of reality.
June’s the best month, June’s the brightest month isn’t it? June’s the best month, June’s the brightest month isn’t it? June’s the best month, June’s the brightest month isn’t it?
With narration from the rock in its mother tongue (usefully subtitled), it plays in the parallel mirror-image universe as hypothesised by a prophetic laminitic Shetland Pony based in Perthshire.
Like a stoney Virgil, the rock guides us through its attempts to do only the realest of things.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 min 10 sec
Format
Sony a7S III, 1080p H.264
Director
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Producer
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Co-Producer
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Executive Producer
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Editor
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Screenwriter
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Director of Photography
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Production Designer
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Sound
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Composer
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay
Principal cast
James Stephen Wright, George Finlay Ramsay

Production Status

Production Company

James Stephen Wright

66 Regent Road North
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE3 1EH
(+44) 07761 936701

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