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Title: HARVEST, the

Reference number: 7605

Date: 2006

Director: d. Joseph Briffa

Sponsor: BBC Scotland, Scottish Screen

Producer: Suzanne Reid

Production company: 55degrees

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 9.30 mins

Description: The future. Bovey, Wilson and Stoichita are the crew of the Akhenaten, a tiny deep space research vessel experimenting with crop growth under alien sunlight. When Wilson, Stoichita and the wheat crops are unexpectedly exposed to an alien energy, their deeply repressed underlying urges come to the fore. As the crops grow more intensely and unchecked, Wilson becomes increasingly depressed and Stoichita grows ever more scientific and emotionless. Amongst these startling changes, Bovey must fight for command of the mission and, ultimately, her life. [synopsis from Tartan Shorts Press Pack 2006]

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: Emma Bovey Kate Dickie
David Wilson Paul Clarkson
Paul Stoichita Garry Cooper

1st ass. d. Mark Ash
3rd ass. d. David McKinnon
floor runner Rachel Briffa
ass. p. Amanda Black
p. ass. Viki Campbell
p. accountant Linda Cameron
sc. supervisor Liz Sherry
casting d. Crocodile Casting
d. ph. Petter Holman Halvorsen (fnf)
focus puller Nathan Mann
loader Scott Rodgers
grip Robert Etherson
camera trainee James Harrison
VT operator Adam Campbell
gaffer Arthur Donnelly
electrician Raymond Broadfoot
sd. rec. Andy Baird
boom operator Kieran Boyne
p. designer John Gorman
art. d. Jason Orr
standby props Shaun Patton
art dept. ass. Richard McFadyen, Claire Flemming, David Badie
construction man. Tony Wilson
costumes made by The Quickening
costume supervisor Tine Warren
make-up design Fiona Harvey
make-up ass. Wendy Kemp Forbes
ed. Fergus MacKinnon
sd. designer John Cobban
dubbing ed. Travis Reeves
composer David Scott
post production co-ordinators Hiba Hadid, Tony Bradley
visual effects supervisor Ben Heap
graphic designer Faye Greenwood
visual effects compositors Dan Lorenzini, Stephen Waugh
CGI supervisor Martin Allan
CGI artists Ian Baxter, Lucy Luong, Seb Wilkinson
titles Simon Tricker
camera equipment by Panavision
lighting equipment Lee
offline and online Edit 123
special effects and 3D The Hive
telecine and film transfer VTR
film stock supplied by Fujifilm
Dolby in selected theatres

With special thanks to Audio Link, Moley Campbell, Adam Coles, Stuart Elliot, Holiday Inn Express City Centre, Paul Greengrass, Rebekah Hay, Paul Holmes, Katie Nicol, Jim Rusk, SMG Broadcast Events and Solutions, Karen Smyth, Strathmount Ltd., Todd AO, The Polish Club Glasgow.

w. Joseph Briffa and Paul Welsh
p. Suzanne Reid
p. exec. Amanda Millen
exec. p. Julia Caithness, Sharon Channer
d. Joseph Briffa