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Title: HORSEHAIR

Reference number: 7546

Date: 1998

Director: d. Duncan Nicoll

Sponsor: Scottish Screen, British Screen, Scottish Television in association with the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund

Producer: Jolyon White

Production company: Loose Cannon Film for Skyline Productions Ltd.

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Certificate: 12

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 7.30 mins

Description: A surreal black comedy about a man who spends too much time in his favourite arm-chair. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

View this film on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/hlun7vk4 [last accessed 19/2/2016]

Production file held at National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Prime Cuts: A joint short film initiative from Scottish Screen, British Screen, Scottish Television and the Scottish Arts Council. Films were produced on 16mm.

Credits: Mick Alasdair MacKenzie
Kath Audrey Jenkinson
Dole Woman Ann-Louise Ross

p. exec. Trevor Davies
p. man. Becky Lloyd
location man. Naomi Liston
ass. d. Victoria Proctor
continuity Avril Watt
p. runner Tom Kelly
art d. Margaret Reeves
props master Chris Kelly
costume designer Alison Mitchell
upholstery specialist Alice Taylor
scenic carpenter Bob Barclay
art dep. ass. Max Surrey
props ass. Christina Robertson
focus puller Chris Burns
clapper loader Steph Bates
grip Clive Grandison
gaffer Andy Stewart
stills Simon Carr
ass. ed. Simon Hay
sd. rec. Robert Anderson
boom operator Robin Coulthard
catering Resourceful Caterers
animal specialist Creature Features
van hire Arnold Clark
sd. dub John L. Cobban
camera / grip equipment GHS, Glasgow
lighting equipment Strathmore Lighting
film stock Kodak
development and processing Soho Images
sd. transfer Goldcrest Post Production
title design Rupert Shafe
rostrum camera Soho Images
editing facilities Glasgow Film & Video Workshop

Filmed at The Palladium, The Royal High School and on location in Edinburgh

With thanks to Au Naturelle, Guy Bishop, Josie Brennan, David Cairns & Fiona Watson, Carl Dyson, Charity Action Group, Debenhams, EFWT, Forrest Furnishing, Jimmy Gardner, Godivas, Keyline Timber, Jan McTaggart, Narcissus, Patisserie Florentine, Prop Factory, Radio Telecom Services, Royal Lyceum Theatre Costume Hire, Screenbase Media Productions, TISO, 20/20 Opticians

w. Duncan Nicoll, Jolyon White
d. ph. Scott Ward
ed. Mark Jenkins, p. designer Mike McLoughlin
special effexts / make-up Stephen Murphy
composer Dino Martino
exec. p. Jenny Borgars, Mark Grindle, Dan MacRae
p. Jolyon White

© Loose Cannon Productions 1998