Project Detail

The Audition

Synopsis

Three minutes to sell yourself! 'You ask what can I do in three minutes? - I only need one, the other two you can have back'.

The tribulations of a deluded bit part actor, full of braggadocio and wonderfully portrayed by John Henshaw, as he is about to meet his nemesis.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 mins 10 secs
Format
DV
Director
Naomi Vera-Sanso
Producer
Jeremy Howe
Co-Producer
Jeremy Howe
Editor
Richard Urbanski
Screenwriter
Paul Coates
Director of Photography
Zac Nicholson
Production Designer
Gerelyn Blackstone-Bridges
Sound
Miles Harris
Composer
Kim Humphrey
Principal cast
John Henshaw, Alex Reid

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Production Status

Production Company

Calling The Shots

1 Gas Ferry Road
Spike Island
Bristol BS1 6UN
UK

T +44 (0)11 7930 0140

jeremy@callingtheshots.co.uk

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