Project Detail

Morrison's Birthday Party

Synopsis

The latest film by Frame on Frame was made in the style of Mike Leigh and Alexander Sokurov.

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
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

Production Status

Production Company

Frame On Frame

Trevor Hughes
unit 9
63 Hammersmith Grove
London W6 0NE
UK

T +44 (0)208 563 1676

trevorhughes@frameonframe.co.uk

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