Magpie
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 6 min 32 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Villager Films
5-7 Buck StreetCamden
London
NW1 8NJ
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