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Title: RAIN

Reference number: 7691

Date: 1993

Director: d. Jim Shields

Sponsor: Scottish Film Production Fund, BBC Scotland

Producer: Amanda Partridge

Production company: Big Star in a Wee Picture

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Certificate: PG

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 13.00 mins

Description: A cautionary tale. It’s New Year - just another day at the office for Michael Wilson, stand-in weather man. The forecast looks good when he’s offered a shot at the big time. But there’s a small problem... [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

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

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: Michael Wilson John McGlynn
MacLean Sean Scanlon
Mary Anne Marie Timoney
Security Guard Jake D'Arcy
Danny Alexander Collins

camera operator Steven Broadhurst
focus puller Jerry Kelly
clapper loader Lewis Buchanan
video ass. Allan Patterson
gaffer Alex MacKenzie
electricians Eddie Garry, Frank MMcConalogue
grip Stuart Bunting
sd. rec. Simon Chirgwin
boom operator Fiona Carlin
art dept. ass. Ken Smith, Tom Sayer, Zaman Ghulam
costume designer Lynn Aitken
make-up Cheryl Mercer
graphics James Bryan, Mental Image
dubbing ed. David Gibson
dubbing mixer Ian Selwyn
foley artist Felicity Cottrell
VT ed. Robin Stokes
VT post production Allan Broom, Television Facilities
p. man. Jo Homewood
p. accountant David Muir
p. runners Beatrix Alexander, Patrine Veitch
ass. d. Neil Calder
location man. Harry Boyd
continuity Barbara Taylor
camera equipment Sammy's
lighting Lee Lighting Ltd.
tracking car Brian Morrison
gripping gear Grip House Scotland
sd. equipment The Warehouse
ed. equipment Splice-Rite
transport Budget Rent A Car, Boulevard Self Drive
caterers REel Food
ppost production Studio Sound
titles Danny Boon
negative cutting Sylvia Wheeler
opticals GSE
laboratory Metrocolor London Ltd.
filmstock Agfa-Gevaert UK Ltd.
Dolby Stereo in selected theatres
p. exec. The Scottish Film Production Fund Kate Swan
p. exec. BBC Scotland Paul Pender

With thanks to First Film Foundation, Stuart Cosgrove, Colin Cameron, The Scottish Co-Op, Falconers, 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland, Glasgow's Alive and Filming thankss to Glasgow City Council, Betty at City Productions, Modulex Systems Ltd., IBM Greenock, British Telecom

art d. Katrina Thomson
composer Adrian Johnston
ed. Alex Mackie
d. ph. Stephen MacMillan
w. James Mavor
p. Amanda Partridge
d. Jim Shields

© BBC Scotland MCMXCIII