Yellow Bucket
Synopsis
They watch the evening news announcing a scientific discovery; if a boy sees yellow while hearing a woman sing on his sixth birthday, he will grow up gay. The notion of this quotidian trigger creates a tense silence. Connor, anxious, realises his parents can choose whether Max grows up gay.
The next day, Max chooses colours for his party, ignoring yellow. Connor sees the yellow bucket in the kitchen has been replaced with a blue one. That night, Connor wakes Max to ask if anyone told him what colours to pick. Max insists he chose his favourites.
Before the party, Jan fears she is losing her voice. Rob takes Connor to the pub and reassures him the yellow bucket broke, and that he and Jan are proud Connor is gay. At the party, Connor withdraws to his room. Jan follows and finds he has hidden every yellow object in the house. Upset, they gently return to the celebration leaving the objects.
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 15 min 29 sec
- Format
- Digital, 4K
- Director
-
Simon Brooke
- Producer
- Caroline Milsom
- Executive Producer
- Jo Cadoret, Savannah James-Bayly
- Editor
- Benjamin Gerstein, ACE BFE
- Screenwriter
- Simon Brooke
- Director of Photography
- Miles Ridgway
- Production Designer
- Anna Mould
- Sound
- Blai Escayola
- Principal cast
- Harry Baxendale, Ciarán Owens, Sarah Ridgeway, Otis Joi, Lawrence Ciriaci, Oscar Pittock, Christina Carty, Waseem Mirza, Hannah Vaughan Jones
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Original Music: Jeremy Warmsley
- 1st Assistant Director / Line Producer
- Dominic Davey
- Costume Designer
- Katie Madin
- Hair & Makeup Designer
- Saskia Rothstein-Longaretti
- Casting
- Leah Harrison at Des Hamilton Casting
- Colourist
- John O’Riordan
- Motion Graphics
- Thomas Malins
- Development Producer
- Amelia Dive
- Online Editor
- Andrew Fisun
- Senior Edit Assistant
- Sam Langshaw
- Senior Post Assistant
- Jade Townsend
- Sound Designers and Mixers
- Tom Rouse & Elliot Boles
- 1st AC
- Orlando O’Mahoney
- 2nd AC
- Dimi Vakrilov
- Dailies 2nd AC
- Rebecca Richards
- Grip
- George Ashley-Johnson
- DIT
- Tamas Simon
- 1st AS
- Rute Gomes
- Gaffer
- Christopher Barber
- Electrician
- Charlie Lane
- Electrician
- Lewis Lawton
- Electrician
- Kamau Kelly
- Chaperones
- Ann Tennant, Romy Tennant, Claudia Botton, Nicola Brooke, Buffy Chapple, Debbie Fyffe, Daisy Mills
- Catering
- Nicola Brooke, David Brooke, Lynda Brooke, K-tering
- Accountant
- Brown Mcleod
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Spit It Out Productions Limited
Caroline Milsom60 Beaconsfield Road
Haringey
London
N15 4SJ
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