Project Detail

Undead Sun

Synopsis

Undead Sun looks back at the seismic impact of the First World War and considers how so many of the products of that conflict continue to shape our contemporary experience.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins 40 secs
Format
Red
Director
Jane and Louise Wilson
Producer
Ohna Falby
Executive Producer
Steven Bode
Editor
Daniel Goddard, Colm Rourke
Screenwriter
Jane and Louise Wilson
Director of Photography
Martin 'Teddy' Testar
Production Designer
Nicholas Mortimer
Sound
Barnaby Templer
Principal cast
David Wayman, Scott Wickes, Jack Mayer, Luke Cook, Genevieve Crean, Apoa Falby Clark, Madeleine MacMahon
Production Assistant
Alix Taylor
Researcher
Cecilie Gravesen
Production Accounts
Sophie Luard
Art Director
Charlie Yetton
Costume Designer
Chloe Gross
Wardrobe Assistant
Apoa Falby Clark
Focus Puller
Daniel Brough
2nd Camera Assistant
Joshua Dadson
Grip
Dean Steadman
Gaffer
Martin Kloud
Electrician
Joe Gainsborough
Diver
Mirik Smit, Myles Radcliffe
Camera & Grip Equipment
Lewis Testar
Lights
Panalux
Camera Transport
Pierre Tucker
Insurance
Robertson Taylor
Colourist and Online Editor
Colm Rourke
Animation
Apoa Falby Clark, Natalie Wyle
Graphic Animation
Prime Focus
Prime Focus Designer
Jason Guest, Bryan Servante
Prime Focus Producer
Carle Duthoo
Voice Over Artist
Heike Brinkmann
Sound Mix
Fonic Studios
'Hide and Seek
Camouflage, Photography, and the Media of Reconnaissance' by Hanna Rose Shell, published by Zone Books, 2012. Excerpted by permission.
With Thanks to
Caroline Smith, Tom McCarthy, Sara Bevan and Heidrun Gassner from IWM (Imperial War Museums), Tatiana Ojjeh, Victoria Luxem and Gemma Holsgrove of Artliner, Graham Rood and Ken Odgers of the Fast Museum, Farnborough, Barnaby Laws from Panalux, Simon Parkinson from Aspire Defence, Dave Morgan, Art AV
Special thanks to
Artliner, Pall Mall Barbers, Prime Focus

Production Status

Production Company

Film and Video Umbrella

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