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Title: FIRST IT'S DARK

Reference number: 7074

Date: 1998

Director: d. Jon Love

Sponsor: BBC Scotland, Scottish Screen, Scottish Arts Council

Producer: Wendy Griffin

Production company: Sprocketeers Ltd.

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 15.18 mins

Description: When I was younger I thought there was a secret, something that only the grown ups knew, and then one dark day the secret was revealed to me and suddenly the world wasn’t safe any more. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

Final draft of script held by National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Tartan Shorts: A joint short film initiative funded by BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund. Three films per year commissioned for theatrical release and broadcast.

Credits: Alan McCafferty Isaac (aged 16 and 21)
Peter Barcock Isaac (aged 10)
Jamie Smith Isaac (aged 5)
Doreen Ingleton Usma
Suzanne Harbison Sarah
Kirstin Smith Rachel
John Murtagh Margaret' Father
Alan Philip Campbell Harry
Clare Douglas Margaret
Martin Reid Red Headed Kid

p. designer Tom Sayer
d. ph. Ian Dodds
film ed. Jamie Trevill
animation d. Mondo Ghulam
costume designer Nikki Longmuir
make-up design Nikki Brannan
original m. Paul Joseph Moore and Mr. McFall's Chamber
focus puller Graham Scott
clapper loader Jaspreet Bal
gaffers Steve Arthur, Ewan Epton
grip Lucien Grieve
sd. rec. Keith Tunney
boom operator Tristan Annika
art d. Laurel Wear
property master Damien McGurn
wardrobe Cat Shirley
ass. p. Paul Welsh
p. man. Karen McConnell
first ass. d. Mercedes McGurn
location man. Angela Murray
sc. supervisor Janis Watt
2nd ass. d. Lucy Marr
3rd ass. d. Patrick McGurn
production Pamela Murdoch, Craig Cameron, Alex Aitken
p. accountant Neil Cairns
w. Eddie Harrison, Jon Love
exec. p. Barbara McKissack, Dan MacRae

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