Project Detail

Magpie

Synopsis

Late one night, a mechanic calls a number to arrange a late night meeting with the mysterious ‘Magpie’. What happens next is not quite what was expected.

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 6 min 32 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Matt Cooper
Producer: Georgia Woolley, Nicholas Jessup
Editor: Jamie Kataky
Screenwriter: Matt Cooper
Director of Photography: Benjamin Dowie
Production Designer: Jason Kelvin
Sound: Pietro Giordano
Composer: Theo Whitworth
Principal cast: Michael Fox, Ayoola Smart
Gaffer: James Duffy
1st AC: Joe Hofmann
Spark: Sam Crook, Sam Palmer
Movement Director: Sara Green
Hair & Make Up: Austri Jordan
Costume: Katie Jude
Colourist: Jonny Tully
Audio Post Production: SoundNode
Title Design: Jonathan Waller
For Villager Films: Johnnie Campbell
Additional Thanks: Motorline Engineering, Firle, Mark Pilfold, Malcolm Campbell & Simon Crook

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Villager Films

5-7 Buck Street
Camden
London
NW1 8NJ

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