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Title: ME & HER

Reference number: 7612

Date: 2006

Director: d. Sarah Tripp

Sponsor: UK Film Council, Scottish Screen

Producer: Beth Allan

Production company: GMAC (Digiplus)

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 14.26 mins

Description: Coleen and Damien have spent a summer together working as chambermaids. As the summer comes to an end, after fumbling through hangovers and personal insecurities, they confront their unexpected attraction to each other. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Films, New Talent, Best of Scottish Shorts 2006]

Credits: UK Film Council and Scottish Screen present in association with Glasgow Media Access Centre

w. Sarah Tripp

Coleen Jo Hartley
Damien Karl Davies
Maids Sandra Adams, Mirren Begbie, Theresa McPhee, Liz Miller, Pauline More, Doreen Sinclair

casting Victoria Beattie Castino
extras casting United Casting
d. ph. Ossie McLean
p. designer Martin McNee
sd. rec. Simon Tomlinson
first ass. d. Ray Kenny
make-up designer Nicole Stafford
hair stylist Leigh Ferguson
lighting gaffer David Conroy
armourer / stunts Mark Shelley
p. man. Ciara Barry
focus puller Martin Coton
grip Tony Ward
camera ass. Grant Wragg
boom operator Barney Strachan
lighting electrician Martin Hartnett
art d. Susan Collin, Shona Paton
art dept. ass. Roseanne Davidson
costume maker Elaine Coyle
p. co-ordinator Amber Parsons
locations scout Derek Henderson
stills ph. Roseanne Davidson
floor runners Jenny Ross, Eve McConnachie, Joanna Sinclair
offline ed. James Charkow
online ed. Brendan Reilly
online suite Serious Facilities
dubbing mixer John Cobban
dubbing ed. Travis Reeves
dubbing suite The Base
original score Daniel Padden
production titles Graphical House
ass. ed. Stephen Diamond
camera equipment Axis Glasgow
lighting equipment Web Lighting
grip equipment Panavision c/o Lee Lighting
armoury services Shelley Armourer Services

Filmed on location at The Point Hotel and Conference Centre, Edinburgh and St. Jude's Hotel, Glasgow.

"Me & Her" taken from a drawing by David Shrigley
"The Lower The Sun" written by Tom Vernon-Kell, published by Touch Tones Music / Westbury Music Ltd. "The Lower the Sun" performed by Tom Vek courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd. Licensed by kind permission from the Film & TV Licensing Division part of the Universal Music Group.

With thanks to Jane Allan, Lucy Bacon, Janice Burns and Lynne Doyle at the Hilton Glagow, The Crown Plaza Hotel Glasgow, Simon Cull, Anna Damer, Emma Dick, Bill Gill, Paul Hewlett, Mark Huskisson, Daniel Ibbotson, Graeme Johnston, David Martin, Brian McCormick at Hammerhead, Scott MacGregor, Neil Ellis, Caroline Slasberg & all the staff at The Point, Gail MacGregor, Matt Ronald and all the staff at St. Jude's, Lowri Potts, David Shrigley, David Smith, Emma Stafford, Mark Thomas and all at Axis Glasgow, Tom Vek, Karen Wylie, Blair Young.

director of GMAC Dale Corlett
exec. p. for Scottish Screen Julia Caithness
exec. p. for UK Film Council Rebecca Mark-Lawson
exec. p. Karen O'Hare, Paul Welsh

Made with the support of UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen. © UK Film Council / Scottish Screen / GMAC MMVI

Shotlist: Me and Her explores the dynamic between two people with only their workplace in common.

Coleen is in her late thirties, working longterm as a chambermaid in a modern, inner city hotel. Damien, in his early twenties, has reluctantly taken a job alongside her during his summer break from University. Whilst killing time together Coleen and Damien have discovered an unexpected attraction to each other. During their last shift before Damien returns to his normal life, they fumble their way through hangovers, hoovering and personal insecurities until they finally confront the significance of their one-night-stand.

Me and Her captures the tensions of two worlds, whether it is between the two characters or in a wider sense, individuality versus conformity. The latter condition is represented by the hotel with its uniform corridors and rooms and the regimented routine it takes to maintain appearances.

[description from Sarah Tripp's website at http://www.sarahtripp.com/, last accessed 24/2/2009]