Project Detail

The Mapmaker

Synopsis

The Mapmaker is a short film based on a suicide. It is a series of assumptions after the fact - it is told in still images linked to a third person prose narration. The film explores a hostile environment and makes some vague poetic presumptions on the thought processes of woman as she proceeds to her self termination.

Details

Year
2010
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
23 mins
Format
DV
Director
Thomas Cochrane
Producer
Twisty-Headed Man Company
Editor
Thomas Cochrane
Screenwriter
Thomas Cochrane
Production Designer
Alan Tanner
Principal cast
Janine Ballantyne

Production Status

Production Company

Thomas Cochrane

Twisty-Headed Man Comapny
3/2, 150 Butterbiggins Road
Glasgow G42 7AF
UK

T +44 (0)141 585 8581

contact@twistyhead.co.uk

http://www.themapmaker.co.uk

Sales Company

Thomas Cochrane

Twisty-Headed Man Comapny
3/2, 150 Butterbiggins Road
Glasgow G42 7AF
UK

T +44 (0)141 585 8581

contact@twistyhead.co.uk

http://www.themapmaker.co.uk

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