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Sean Wood
Rebecca Bazzard
Ole Bratt Birkeland
Alice Callari, Kevin Dignam, Rachel Kait, Phoebe Wood
Raindance East Film Festival 04’, 3 Mills Studio East End Showcase 04’, ‘Britspotting’, Stuttgart, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland 06’
WRITER/DIRECTORS BIOGRAPHY - SEAN WOOD
April ‘01 – Present:
Wrote and directed UNIFORM (DV cam) and THE IMPOVERISHED FILMMAKER’S GUIDE TO SELF-EXPRESSION (digi-beta – short-listed by BBC’s 10x10) for Noumena Films. Wrote and directed LFVDA/Tower Hamlets funded short: IMELDA MARCOS OF BETHNAL GREEN (Super 16mm) for Coyote Films/Tractor Films. Wrote and directed Film London Pulse 2004 funded short: SONG BIRD (Hidef) For Tractor Films, sales agent: Dazzle Films, selected by British Council. Feature in development: BLADE OF GRASS (Rapid Eye Movies Ltd). Wrote feature: TWEAK (awarded place on Danish Film Institute’s North by Northwest screenwriting programme 2004) Presently working on feature: BURNING LIKE A MAN.
Sept ’02 – Present
Lecturer in Adult Education at Southwark College, Keetons Road, London, SE16 4EE.
Tutor for Btec National Diploma in Media (Moving Image). Senior responsibility for design and delivery, assessment and accreditation.
Practical and theoretical course that includes units in: Drama, Documentary, Video Installation, Advertising and Understanding Media.
DIRECTORS NOTES - SEAN WOOD
The idea for the film came about by seeing a neglected child walking gamely but awkwardly down a street in winter wearing only a t-shirt, mini skirt and badly fitting high heels. She brought to mind similar instances on the estate where I live of youthful resilience in the face of a dispiriting home life and this is something I wanted to capture in the film.
The drama is low-key, emphasising nuances in relationships and textures of daily life. Resentments are two-edged and hard for the protagonists to label, let alone resolve. A key aim is that the viewer realise that the family’s problems are habitual with no clear-cut solution. They should feel unease for the children, when the door closes at the end.
Assistant Producer Adrian Hart
Editor Sotira KyriacouCelia Haining
Production Designer Juana Buendia Serrat
Supervising Sound Editor Alex Joseph
Music Neel Dhorajiwala
Sound Designer Richard Kondal
1st Assistant Director Tom Dunbar
2nd Assistant Director Timothy Gerken
Continuity Alice Bell
Focus Puller Dave McDowall
Clapper Loader Chris Dodds
Camera Trainee Anuja Manoharan
Gaffer Stein Stie
Costume Designer Michelle Barrett
Standby Costume Anna Maria D'amato
Stills Photographer Helena Berg
Sound Recordist Darko Mocilnikar, Martin Qesku
Boom Operator William Whale
Grip Dennis Dillon
Costume Designer Michelle Barrett
Make-up Designer Jenny Cochrane
Dubbing Mixer Richard Davey
Script Editor Shelly Castle
On Line Editor Simon Boyd
Art Dept. Trainee Steph Gribl
Trainee Editor Joyce Adosi
Web Producer Sam Hayder
Web Trainee David Howard
Web Trainee Lee Mckarkiel
Catering Alex Lee
Catering Assistant Tony
Production Assistant Alison Bray
Runner/Driver George
Tower Hamlets Film Officer Sarah Wren
Film Stock Roger Sapsford, Fuji Film
Funded by: “Imelda Marcos of Bethnal Green has been awarded funding from The Tower Hamlets Film Fund, supported by London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Film London and East London Moving Image Initiative (ERDF)” , “ Tower Hamlets Children’s Fund, Awards for All (National Lottery), The Tower Hamlets Education Authority
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