Synopsis:
A short film about people with unusual living arrangements.
- Director:
- Lewis Firth Bolton, Lewis Bolton
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 3 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Lewis Firth Bolton
- Animator:
- Lewis Firth Bolton
- Script writer:
- Lewis Firth Bolton
- Music composers:
- Lewis Firth Bolton, Elakelaiset
- Sound designers:
- Bellyphant Records, Brian Swinton, Peter Bolton, Lewis Firth Bolton, BellyPhant records
- Editor:
- Lewis Firth Bolton
- Production:
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- School:
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Tragicomedy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Mental health, Identity, Relationships, Technology and society, Humor, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Shame
- Audience:
- 13+
- Festival selections:
- Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2014, StopTrik International Film Festival
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