Short-Sighted — February 2019
February has been an incredibly challenging and rewarding month, both creatively and professionally, so before March runs away with itself I thought I’d take a moment to scribble down a few of my favourite shorts from the month gone by.
I’ve decided to change the format of this a bit, as I believe everyone involved in a production deserves to be credited. That acknowledgement and professional courtesy is at the heart of our In Development project. So, to the best of my ability, I’ve tried to attach credits to each production below. If you happen to be involved in one of these films and aren’t listed, would like your site linked or you spot and error, please let me know!
5 of the best short films discovered or revisited during February 2019:
Title: Some
Director: Ryan Rumbolt
Produced by: Wonderlust
Art Direction & Illustration: Justyna Stasik
Animation: Juan Pontaroli & Arm Sattavorn
Sound Design & Music: CypherAudio
Title: Quinn Thomas
Director: Alex Turvey
Composer: A. G. Cook
Executive Producer: Jacquie Edenbrow
Producer: Jack Robinson
DOP: Jake Scott
Editor: Jason Bradbury
Production Designer: Mark Connell
Stylist: Louby McLoughlin
Colourist: Richard Fearon at MPC
Creative Development Director: Dan Canetti
Cell Animation: Kim Laughton
VFX: Logan
Featuring: QT, Jessica Deeva, Tae-Hwan Ryu, Jeong-Kwan
Title: Dystopia
Director: Dixon
DOP: Jamie Touche
Sound Designer: Fred Pearson
Starring: Jolade Olusanya
Title: The Cat With Hands
Writer & Director: Robert Morgan
Producer: Sylvie Bringas
Production Company: Halo Productions
DOP: Marcus Waterloo
Set Designer: Graham Johnston
Costume Designer: Jason Gill
MUA: Madeleine Van Groeningen
Editor: Tony Fish
Sound Design: Z-NO
Starring: Livy Armstrong, Daniel Hogwood, Victoria Hayes
Title: The Spa
Writer & Director: Will Goodfellow
Producer: Lucy Gaffy
Production Company: goono.tv
DOP: James L. Brown
Editor: Stewart Arnott
Production Designer: Paul Sarpi
Sound Designer: Michael Newton
Composers: Brock Fitzgerald & Wade Keighran
Wardrobe: Laura McGenniss
Makeup & Hair: Helen Tuck
1st AD: Kate North Ash
Casting: Danny Long Casting
Sound Recordist: Rafal Dabrowski
Executive Producer: David Opitz
Starring: Chris Haywood, Jay Laga’aia, Peter Moalaeua, Sean Conway, Helen Tonki
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Most of the films that make it onto these lists have been recommended to me by friends and colleagues, so if there’s a short film you think I should watch, I’d be happy to hear about it.
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Ross Olivey is a Development Consultant at the creative development studio In Development.
