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Title: LOCH NESS KELPIE, the

Reference number: 7502

Date: 2003

Director: d. Iain Gardner

Sponsor: Commissioned by BBC ALBA and CCG, funded by CCG and the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, coordinated by S4C on behalf of the Children’s Television Trust International

Producer: Mary Morrison

Production company: Red Kite

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 12.50 mins

Description: Ewan is a young boy in the Highlands who decides to vanquish the Kelpie, a legendary beast from Scottish Mythology that, in the guise of a horse, drags unwary people to their death in the Loch. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2003"]

See Red Kite website where you can view this animation at http://redkite-animation.com/_redkite/projects/the-loch-ness-kelpie/ [last accessed 20/2/2018]

The film was the Scottish tale in Animated Tales of the World, coordinated by S4C on behalf of the Children’s Television Trust International. The first series of animated tales involved 26 countries, each contributing a unique animated tale from their culture and was screened internationally in early 2004.

The music for The Loch Ness Kelpie was by Icelandic super band Sigur Ros (www.sigur-ros.com). Director Iain Gardner travelled to Iceland to work with them on The Loch Ness Kelpie soundtrack. The hauntingly beautiful soundtrack perfectly compliments Iain Gardner's eloquent and atmospheric painting style.

Credits: Voices:
Kelpie: John Sessions
Father: Joseph McFadden
Mother: Patricia Kerrigan
Ewan: Danny Dixon
Catriona: Jodie Dixon

Screenplay: Angus Peter Campbell, Iain Gardner
m. Sigur Ros
p. man. Sueann Smith
p. accountant Moyra Statham
animat. Nicolette van Gendt, Andy McPherson, John Lund
CGI animat. Garry Marshall
animat. ass. Mårten Jönmark, Kyla Tomlinson, Vicki Haworth
matte ass. Robin Livesey, Sarah Gavin, Kwesi Raphael, Gráinne Quinlan, Genevieve Willis
additonal CGI effects: Duncan Kay
additional Layout Artist: Rob Barton
Ink + Paint Artists: Liz Dew, Jim Stirk
compositing/After FX: Matthew Rochester
sd. design John Cobban
ass. dubbing mixer Craig Aitchison
Sound Recording Studios: Hackenbacker – London, Canongate Studios - Edinburgh
Children's Casting Director: Anna Hepburn
Series Post-Production Supervisor: Rod Howick
Post-Production: Kerry Cathro
Calligraphy: Donald Murray
Tape to film transfer: Colour Film Services, London
Series Production Controller, S4C: Margaret Hughes
Series Lawyer, S4C: Dafydd Downes
Series Coordinators, Right Angle: Bunty Hunt, Lucy Black
Series Producer, Right Angle: Amanda Blake
Script and Series Editors, Right Angle: Martin Lamb, Penelope Middelboe
Series Executive Producer: Chris Grace
Executive Producers: Ishbel MacLennan - BBC Alba, Carole Sheridan - Scottish Screen
Producer: Mary Morrison
Director: Iain Gardner

A Red Kite Production supported by BBC Alba, CCG & Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund on behalf of S4C in association with the Children's Television Trust International. © S4C MMIII