Morrison's Birthday Party
Synopsis
It is an exceptional piece of experimental film-making and was shot from beginning to end in less than 100 minutes, using 6 cameras strategically placed in a large private garden in Hammersmith.
Twenty-four actors took part and although they worked to a plot, all the dialogue was improvised during the shoot with no rehearsals beforehand. Only Morrison was made aware of the final scene before the shoot.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 29 mins 48 secs
- Format
- DV 16:9
- Director
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Trevor Hughes Eamon Wyse, Richard Hoult
- Producer
- Trevor Hughes
- Editor
- Michael Visher
- Screenwriter
- Eamon Wyse, Steve Payne, Trevor Hughes
- Director of Photography
- Trevor Hughes
- Production Designer
- Trrevor Hughes
- Sound
- Arun Rama Varum
- Principal cast
- Morrison Thomas, Claire Barker, Philip Hughes, Amy Dean, Heather Darcy, Steve Payne, Peter McKinney, Nicola Marsland
- 2nd Unit Dir of Photography
- Daniel Russel
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Frame On Frame
Trevor Hughesunit 9
63 Hammersmith Grove
London W6 0NE
UK
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