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the study of bunkers & mounds in a temperate climate (relatively speaking)
TITLE SEQUENCE:
an optimist film by sebastian michael
gary grant   james watson

 the study of
bunkers & mounds
in a temperate climate
(relatively speaking)


director of photography
miles conder

  
music & sound
malcolm dunn


CREDIT SEQUENCE:
edited by
sebastian michael
and
miles conder

director of photography
miles conder
first assistant director
scott mowbray

production manager
jacqueline thornton
assistant camera
paul bertellotti
production assistant
jennifer hanlon
docucamera & stills photography
gregor brändli
runner  jenny ross


glasgow unit
runners  
nagina shah
jeremy deane


london unit
first assistant director  
ben mcdermott
camera assistant  emma bailey
sound recordist  darren pyke


underwater unit
director of photography  david swan
first assistant director  paul bertellotti
second assistant director  emma bailey
camera assistant  andy papacosta
gaffer  john lawrence
dive supervisor  stephen higgs

cast
(in order of appearance)


chris  james watson
karen  jacqueline hamilton
sheila  sheila condie
spencer  gary grant
and
as himself 
bertie the dog


sound recorded and
music 
written performed and produced bymalcolm dunn

bagpipes on 'celtic twilight'
(the bunkers & mounds theme)
robert white

additional sound post production
richard hearn

big optimist thanks to

sheila, mike, jason, juliet and amanda at
the tomdoun hotel
joe williams and everyone at kinloch home farm
ken slater
susannah and craig
agenda glasgow
glasgow media access centre (gmac)
jon soal and malcolm grant at
scottish & southern energy plc
simon, susie & staff at
the troubadour earls court
paul at visual impact

and very special thanks to
matt and everyone at
procreation
for post production facilities
and all-round support

made possible by the people who supported this
project through our fundaframe scheme by
sponsoring a second (or several)
christine & arthur brüniger
ruth & dieter w. frei-koch
jan lurvink
annette conder-prill
richard stemp
pepita & mike
julian clarke-jervoise
schwaestrchn
adrian spiegel
jonathan kaldor
ben kron
doug & laura king
andreas frei
gerry & mary rushton-beales
jane walker
anonymous


donating a dozen frames
gaz dalal
   hilary & roy king
tj brosnan
helen wade
andy bond
greg engel
ADaPT training & development ltd
lucy johnson
open mind consulting by sergey tumelero
08 07 06 mr & mrs wrightson
noreen clifford
kelly cotter
paul williams
paul gurney
anonymous



funding a frame (or a few)
the friendly gatecrashers
jascha preuss
martin j corcoran
august zimmermann
judith weir
darryl williams
andreas bischofberger
simon thornhill
deborah kerr
marco dottarelli
robin farquhar & hannah dipper
christiane
tim hilborne
grant berry
darren le poidevin
joan grogan
jay ramirez
püppi
erich redman
asta & mätthi
georgina smith
daniel keller
matt silver

phil dale
olivier truan
andrew dwyer
cpl media group
michael cabot
projector films
 
  -- 00 01 05 harry the pianist
francisco rodriguez-weil
john bevan
moggy morris
pascal verdosci
shirin valentine
xiao william harmer
-- 00 30 03 paul wrightson
 anonymous

our heartfelt thanks
to all of you for getting us there

shot on HDV on location in
glen garry (inverness-shire) & glasgow, scotland
and twickenham & hammersmith, london, england

the study of bunkers & mounds
in a temperate climate
(relatively speaking)


written directed and produced by

sebastian michael

©2006 by optimistcreations
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