Short Films

Bird Feeder (2007)

Black and White (and Red)
Shot on a Sony Z1
10 minutes 7 seconds
Filmed in Southampton and Brighton, January 2007
Funded by Screen South's Digital Shorts Strand
Produced by Redbag Pictures Ltd

'Bird Feeder' is the story of Dave, an everyday man trapped in a cruelly futile job in a coastal city in decay. The city is a coughing heap of dust and mud, suicides are fished from the river and menacing seagulls dominate the garbage hulks that line the coast. As the rain keeps coming and the sorrow with it, one man dares to ask: What if all you needed to get out, was an umbrella?

Download screenwriter Ben Pester's shooting script (all rights reserved)

Cast:

Dave......Andrew Mortimer

Scarlet......Olga Fedori

Richard......Nick Simons

Seagull Man......Mark Duncan

Poison Seller......Dave Sullivan

Security Guard......Alex Davison

Fish Boy......Alexander Roy

Fish Girl......Sofia Roy

Suicide Queue: Brett Lewis, Charlie Jones, Paul Mitchell and Chris Storrar

Audience Members: Steve Bega, Liz Holt, Andrew Mackintosh, Liam Mcguire, Daniella Pisani, Joanna Shaw and Mark Tidbury

Crew:

Director Jo Barnes

Writer Ben Pester

Producer Barrington P Robinson

Director of Photography Ben Cole

CGI Executive Tessa Lewin

Editor Andy Galletly

Composer Peter Michaels

Visual Effects Artist Dan Cox

Production Manager Paul Mitchell, Rachel Hannah

Production Designer/Propmaker Dave Sullivan

Production Designer Assistant Joanna Shaw

Key Make-up Artist Lara Duncan

Costume Supervisor Imogen Loveday

Wings and Mask Designer Rachel Curry

Graphics Artist Jonathan Quarterman

Beaky Boss Artist Naomi Barnes

Make-up Assistants Claire Gibson, Ged Tuckman, Lizzie Parkins and Taryn Trevatt

Camera Assistant Chris Storrar

Stills Photographer Natasha Alipour-Faridani

Character Designer Mark Tidbury

Children's Chaperone Marilyn Panayi

Production Executive Ricci-Lee Berry

Development Executive Lucy Guard

Executive Producer Miranda Robinson

Executive Producer Rebecca Mark-Lawson

Made with the support of Screen South and the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund

Thanks to: Neil Kennedy and Tim at Planet Sounds, The Saint FM, Claire Anderson from Power FM, Bannister Park Hotel, everyone one at Lighthouse, Brighton, Southern Daily Echo, Ben Blaine andClaire Port from Southampton City Council

Selected Screenings:

Opere Nuove/No Words, Italy (November 2007)

CineCity, Brighton (November 2007)

Cannes Short Film Market (May 2007)

Cineworld, Brighton *private cast and crew screening* (May 2007)

Lighthouse, Brighton *private cast and crew screening* (April 2007)

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