Invisible Manners
Synopsis
This project has been developed closely with the charity's community in order to illustrate the many emotions and challenges an individual with an invisible condition can face on a daily basis. By using a mixture of animation, photography, and narrated lines read by stars from both outside and inside of our community, the film hopes to raise awareness of both Niemann-Pick disease(s) and invisible conditions more broadly...as "not all that you can see, is everything that is there"…and there are far more similarities than differences when it comes to the lived experiences of those affected by rare, genetic and/or invisible conditions.
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 5 min 33 sec
- Director
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John Lee Taggart
- Producer
- Niemann-Pick UK
- Co-Producer
- James Brooks, James Keeble
- Executive Producer
- Eleanor Lily Taggart
- Editor
- John Lee Taggart, Lingxi Zhang
- Screenwriter
- John Lee Taggart
- Director of Photography
- Lingxi Zhang
- Production Designer
- Lingxi Zhang
- Sound
- Simeon Soden
- Composer
- Scott Ampleford
- Principal cast
- Voice cast includes: Billy Boyd, Isy Suttie, Weruche Opia
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Niemann-Pick UK (NPUK)
Suite 2 Vermont House,Washington
NE37 2SQ
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