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Title: DUMMY, the

Reference number: 7567

Date: 2003

Director: d. Heidi Bartlett

Sponsor: Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, BBC Scotland

Producer: Rebecca Knapp

Production company: GMAC

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 10.16 mins

Description: Eddy Maplethorpe wants to escape his suburban life without anyone noticing. He builds a clockwork dummy that can care for his family and go to work for him, leaving him free to pursue the life he always dreamt of. Unfortunately, his dummy also develops a desire for a better life. [Synopsis taken from 2002 Guide to British Film, 56th Edinburgh International Film Festival]

Cineworks: Commissions five short films a year by new filmmakers in the genres of drama, documentary and animation. Funded by Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, UK Film Council and BBC Scotland. Includes a training programme.

Credits: Cineworks presents in association with the Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund. Based on the short story "The Dummy" by Susan Sontag.

Eddy Maplethorpe John McGlynn
The Dummy Gilly Gilchrist
The Dummy No. 2 Alistair McCrone
Susan Maplethorpe Martha Leishman
Emily Maplethorpe Jenny Stewart
Louise Maplethorpe Bobby Stewart
Miss Love Laura Smales
Farmer James Cairns
Serenader Danny Gillan
Engineer Alan McNicol
Kiosk Vendor Neil McCormack
Eddy's customer Rory Hudson
Artist Callum MacKenzie
DJ Shy Guy David Henry

casting d. Neil McCormack
p. man John Stepeck
p. co-ordinator Alice Stilgoe
p. ass. Claire Thomson, Vandana Mellon, Andrew Bonner, Abilgail Howkins, Teresa Stepek
location man. Graeme Richmond, Ray Tallan, Alona McNicol
add. d. of ph. Scott Ward
focus puller Richard Holt
clapper loader / add. focus puller Chris Shaw
video ass. Matt Lloyd
grip Robert Etherson
lighting gaffer Ewan Epton
electrician David Murray
lighting ass. Martin Campbell
add. sd. rec. Louis Kramer
boom operators Karen Muirhead, Graham McCormick
ass. dubbing ed. Karen Muirhead
sc. supervisor Claire Thomson
first ass. d. Morris Milne, Kieran Parker
second ass. d. Gillian Tod
third ass. d. Stuart Gordon, Kevin MacDonald
runner Andy Smith
special effects Bob Smart
ass. art d. Sarah Bremner, Jenny Alexander
props standby Ewan Robertson
art dept. ass. Lucy Vaughan, Amanda Youlden, Halena Gauntlett, Fiona Lewis, Catriona Skinner, Emma Henderson
visual props ed. Susaye Bucher
costume ass. Louis Allen, Christy Watson
special effects / make-up consultant Grant Mason
make-up / hair ass. Catriona Campbell
hair designer technician David Burke
stills ph. Ewan Robertson
ass. ed. David Griffin
add. m. provided by Godard
"Prince of the Road" song by Miles Lang
"Toon Fair" footage supplied by Cineworks, Adrian McDowell, Kara Johnstone and Joern Utkilen
sd. rec. Alan McNicol
dubbing mixer John Cobban
costume designer John Norster
make-up / hair Lindsay Cloughley, Jennie Murray
m. composed by Paul Stirling Taylor
d. ph. Sam Garwood
p. designer Michael Barclay, Rhian Nicolas
film ed. David Sandreuter, Bert Eeles, Gary Scott
ass. p. Nigel G. Manton
offline ed. Avatar
grip equipment supplied by Grip House North
sd. equipment supplied by Hammerhead
camera equipment supplied by Panavision
Laboratories Deluxe
Titles Studio 51

Special thanks to Neil McCormack, David Hay, Nick, George, Rowena, Cameron and Simon at Avatar, Adrian J. McDowell, Joern Utkilen and Kara Johnstone, Botanic Garbens, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Stepeks, Mr and Mrs Carswell, Mr and Mrs Nicolson, David Gentle at Glasgow City Council, Chesterstone Farm, Brian Scott and Hugh McKergo - Land Services, Glasgow City Council, The Puppet Theatre, Leonardos, Candlerigg, Hugh Henderson - Scottish Enterprise, Strathclyde University, West Regent Street Clinic, and all at the George Square Christmas Funfair

w. and d. Heidi Bartlett
p. Rebecca Knapp
exec. p. David Smith, Abigail Howkins, Cordelia Stephens

Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, BBC Scotland, GMAC, Synergen SMK Ltd, Kodak, Avatar, Edinburgh Mediabase

GMAC (Cineworks 2002) / Rebecca Knapp / Heidi Bartlett © MMII