THE ISLAND
2022 Pitch Day Winning Film, "The Island" is written by Dennis (Den) Hewitt.
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Newcastle Film Club produced this film with the help of our members over the course of 2022. The film is now doing a festival run and we aim to release it online by the end of 2023.
Watch the film below!
Synopsis
A man has to learn survival skills to cope on an island, but not everything is as it seems.
Official film poster created by Amy Mains
CHARACTER
"A middle aged man. Rather unkempt and bedraggled. Dressed in a kagool, threadbare trousers and scuffed, combat style, boots. Hints that he may have had a past in the military.
At first he appears demoralised and defeated but as the story progresses his survival skills find him ever more optimistic and even content by the end."
CREDITS
CAST
Robin DENNIS BAER
Police Officers GED PURVIS & ALAN MELDRUM
Police Radio Operator TARUSHI BAHUGUNA
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CREW
Directed by ANDY ROBSON
Screenplay by DENNIS HEWITT
Produced by STUART HUNTER
Executive Producers SAMANTHA CASTRO & ARIADNE VESSAOKER
Director of Photography ALEX CHALLIES
Production Designer DENNIS HEWITT
Edited by BRANDON HUDSON
Lighting Team NATHAN GOODISON, KIRSTY WRAY, JAMIE STRADLING
Sound Mixer RICHARD SCOTT
Script Supervisor AIMEE LOFTUS
First Assistant Directors DUNCAN FALCONER & ARIADNE VESSAOKER
Second Assistant Director LUCY WILSON
Third Assistant Director AARON RIDLEY
Assistant Production Designers LEE EGLINTINE & SID PURVIS
Assistant Editor ROBERT BOUSHER
Assistant Producers LIAM BOWERING & PHILIP COGHILL
Sound Assistants DANIEL LEASK & KATIE COOKE
Camera Assistants GEORGINA ŠEGRT & LUKE HUDSON
Unit Stills Photographer ROBERT BOUSHER
EPK SAMANTHA CASTRO
Runners CHLOE CEN, MEHDI FEKRAZAD, DUNCAN FLINT
COVID Marshall DOMINIC LEDDY
Official Poster Design AMY MAINS
Shelter Transport PAMELA EGLINTINE
Drone Provider KIM BARRASS
Generator Provider STEVE LOWES
Catering MOYA LEDDY
Credits Music DRESDEN CODEX
Credits Illustrations AMY MAINS, KATIE COOKE, SIDE PURVIS & STUART HUNTER
With thanks to
THE MOUNT COMMUNITY CENTRE, TONY ALLARDICE, TO ALL MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED NEWCASTLE FILM CLUB MEETINGS IN 2022
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No seagulls were harmed in the making of this film.