Project Detail

Stopping

Synopsis

Did he commit suicide or did reality kill itself? Guy meditates on the meaning of his decision, the memories of existence still fresh on his skin. The lasting sensations of the world’s all-consuming consumption burned in his mind. Guy wants no part of it, and the world no part of him.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 mins
Format
Super8 / DVCAM
Director
Grant Wilkinson
Producer
Grant Wilkinson
Editor
Jonathan Kelly
Screenwriter
Ben Crowe
Director of Photography
Ben Crowe
Sound
Matthew Bradley
Composer
James McNair
Principal cast
Kit Wild

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

automatikfilms

162 Fairbridge Road
London N19 3HU
UK

wilkinson@automatikfilms.com

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