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Title: CONTRACT, the

Reference number: 7064

Date: 1995

Director: d. Ewan Morrison

Sponsor: Scottish Television and the Scottish Film Council

Producer: Angela Murray

Production company: Factory Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 27.06 mins

Description: A man, sickened by modern sexuality, seeks solace in Leopold Von Sacher Masoch’s 19th Century novel, ‘Venus in Furs’. Obsessed with acting out his fantasy, he puts himself in the care of a female pschiatrist and begs her to abuse him in order to cure his fantasies. [synopsis from secondary sources]

A First Reels Winner 1994 / 1995. A Factory Films Production made in association with Scottish Television and the Scottish Film Council under the First Reels Scheme 1994.

First Reels - a joint short film initiative from Scottish Screen (and its predecessor body the Scottish Film Council) and Scottish Television. First Reels was launched during 1991 by Scottish Film Council in response to a perceived need for small grants to help young and first time film-makers to make or complete their first film or video project. Scottish Television came in as co-sponsor at an early stage and as well as contributing to half the funds they have given the scheme a tremendous public relations boost by running three half hour documentaries showing excerpts from the First Reels. Applicants were invited to submit projects in any format and on any subject they chose. All entries were considered by a jury and thirty five projects were given grants varying from £50 to £2000. On show at the GFT are a representative selection of the best of the films and videos supported by the scheme. [Editorial from Scottish Film Council held in paper archives]

Credits: performers Jacqueline Pearce, Henry Ian Cusick
w. and d. Ewan Morrison
p. Angela Murray
d. ph. Kathleen Friend
ed. Gary Scott
costume designer Rodger Parker
original music score composed by Martin Hodgson
with Jeff Mongrain, Simon Crowther, Alan Frame, Alesandro Rigano, Paul Gardner, Tony Swain, Andy Jones, John Leichti, Bill Shooter, Gordon Masterton, Philippe Perotti

sd. ed. Lucy Enfield
dubbing ed. Michael MacKinnon
operations ass. Kahl Henderson
focus pullers Teri Hodgins, Alan McSheehy, Enrico Harvey
clapper loader Lorna Simpson
camera runner Stephen Wallace
gaffer Thomas William Hardie
lighting ass. Duncan Oxland, Saul Carroll
sd. rec. Andrea Seth
boom operator Hugh Griffen
art d. Campbell Atkinson
art department ass. Laura Donnelly
make-up artist Morven Purdie
wardrobe ass. Jillian Donnelly
location man. Cathie Boyd
continuity Ros Casselle
runner Dawn Harvey
p. co-ordinator Eilidh Campbell
p. ass. Jane Campbell
ass. d. Jonathon Farmer, Colin Murray, Derrick Morrison
intertitles Laura Donnelly
titles Chris Castell PAPERDART
rostrum camera Bert Ross STOPFRAME
negative cutter Tony Bungey TRI AD
music performed by Martin Hodgson (piano), Jane Marie O'Brien (soprano), Debbie MacDonell ('cello)
recorded by Mark Rose

Special thanks for their generosity InterCity, TLS Range - Glasgow, Peckhams, The Ubiquitous Chip, Janssens Cafe and Restaurant, d'Arcy's Wine Bar, Mortons Bakeries, Scottish Milk Marketing Board, Tunnock's Bakeries, Jim Neary, Funn Stockings

Thanks to Glasgow City Chambers, Citizens Theatre, Mitchell Library, Scottish Opera, Grosvenor Hotel, Kinross House, Glasgow School of Art, Clifton Hotel, Scottish Ballet

Special thanks to Bob Downie, Abi Judge, David Peat, Jan Leman, Dan McRae, Ivan MacTaggart, Gary Coleman, Eric Smith, Skyline Film & Television, Bert Mance & Neil Mockler of RANK FILM LABORATORIES, Terry McCallum of COLOUR FILM SERVICES, All Our Yesterdays, Andrew G. Murray, Glenna Morrison, Steve Hubbard, Colin McNabb

originated on Kodak
camera equipment supplied by GHS Motion Picture Services
lighting supplied by Michael Samuelson Lighting
"The Lady in the Fur Wrap" by El Greco used with the kind permission of Glasgow Museum's Service
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of Glasgow City Council and the support of Pepinieres Europeennes Pour Jeune Artistes

A Factory Films Production made in association with Scottish Television and the Scottish Film Council under the First Reels Scheme 1994.
copyright Angela Murray / Ewan Morrison 1994