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Title: TALE OF TARQUIN SLANT, the

Reference number: 7797

Date: 2004

Director: d. Steven Morrison

Sponsor: Scottish Screen

Producer: Nigel Harper

Production company: Caspian Productions

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 12.37 mins

Description: A greedy and obnoxious boy learns the true meaning of having eyes bigger than his belly. A twisted, fantasy fable of greed and redemption [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2004"]

You can view this short film on YouTube, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNfw5mtYNaw [last accessed 24/9/2013]

Credits: Caspian Productions presents in association with Scottish Screen

w. Andrew Gonzalez
d. ph. Ian Dodds
p. designer Gregory Fangeaux
ed. Mark Jenkins, Jon Hammond
costume designer Louise Noble
special effects designed by Stephen Murphy, Steven Morrison
m. Philip Pinsky
p. man. Claire Kerr
sd. designer John L. Cobban

Tarquin Slant John Glancy
cook Annette Badland
window cleaner Alexei Sayle
Mrs Slant Julia Deakin
Mr Slant Brian Pettifer
Katy Georgia McCulloch
The Boy Stuart Shaw
Young Tarquins Craig Fisher, Sam Cunningham, Milo Fidelo
Party Children Camilla Barnes, Euan Taylor
Chief Jakey Andrew Dallmeyer
Extras Tim Wilson, Jane Waygood, Danny Carr, Philip Pinsky, Rafael Cueto, Dush Kumar, Joyce Allan, Robert Dodds, Calum MacDonald

1st ass. d. Dave Tarvitt
2nd ass. d. Joe Morton
3rd ass. d. Ditte Hedeager
location man. Naomi Liston
sc. supervisor Alistair Ross
floor runner Oliver Kearney
p. runner Scott Leadbetter
focus puller Jaspreet Bal, Julie Bills
clapper loader Alysia Maciejowski
camera trainee Andrew M'Itwamwari
stills ph. Dylan Matthew
grip Robert Etherson
sd. rec. Angus McPake
boom operator Simon Paget-Tomlinson
lighting gaffer Andy Stewart
sparks Lenny O'Brien, Peter Scott, Ally McArthur
prosthetic make-up design Stephen Murphy
CGI artist Birger Saetre
animatronics Alisdair Imrie
effects ass. Calum MacDonald
make-up supervisor Sara Fidelo
make-up ass. Jenny Jones
ass. costume designer James Reid
wardrobe ass. Jane Diggle, Lisa Aitken
art d. Sara Bremner
ass. art d. Ruth Barrie
construction man. Justin McAdam
scenic artist Alistair Ross
graphic artist Evie Milo
storyboard artist Danny Carr
art dept. ass. Sara McFadyn, Aly Wright, Steven Tugwell, Peter James, Barry McFadyn, Ralph Taylor
art dept. runners Calum MacDonald, Dylan Matthew
ass. ed. Sophia Wellington

film Kodak
laboratory Technicolor
camera Panavision
sd. Hammerhead, Roaring Fire Facilities
grip Grip House North
crane Motherwell Bridge
lighting Strathmore Lighting
insurance Media Insurance Brokers
editing Digital Facilities
grading Riad
post production sd. The Base
catering Pinkertons
locations Graham Scott, Anne Ruckley, Eric Milne, The George Hotel
thanks to Nieves Reid, Pinto

Scottish Screen Lottery Funded. © 2003 Caspian Productions