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The North Sea Riviera

Josh Wedlake

Synopsis

"When we were young we knew so little but felt so much". Love, life and lunacy tale told via an estranged odyssey through the digital uncanny. Set on, and off, the East Coast of Britain in the latter half of the 20th Century, it might be warmer in the summer.

Details

Year: 2013
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 11 mins 31 secs
Format: HD1080p
Director: Josh Wedlake
Producer: Animation Staff, Royal College of Art
Executive Producer: Royal College of Art
Editor: Josh Wedlake
Production Designer: Josh Wedlake
Sound: Josh Wedlake
Principal cast: Martin Bishop
Animation: Josh Wedlake
Animation Assistant: Marcus Armitage
Editing consultant: Tony Fish

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

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Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU
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