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Title: BULB

Reference number: 7964

Date: 2007

Director: d. Arlene Cullum

Sponsor: UK Film Council and Glasgow Media Access Centre present A Digicult project in association with Scottish Screen

Producer: Sara Somerville

Sound: sound

Original format: HDCam

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 9.43 mins

Description: As struggling artist Jill fights her way home through a city in electronic meltdown, her sculpture takes on a new life. [synopsis from "New Films, New Talent: Best of Scottish Shorts 2007]

DigiCult: A low-budget digital film project that creates a talent pool of twenty directors, writers, producers and crafts-people. The aim is to encourage experimentation and innovation within the digital medium. Five short films are made per year with budgets of up to £5,000.

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

Jill Rebecca Elise
Jack Duncan Rennie
Man at Window Abe Hamilton
People on Mobile Phones Helen Reid-Foster, Pippa Reid-Foster, Blair Hamilton, Marie-Louise MacQuarrie, Ruth Clark, Niall Barber, Derek Somerville, Abe Hamilton, Fiona Holland, Julian Calbert, Karen O'Hare

d. ph. Dave Dunbar
camera production ass. Claire Johnston
p. designer Nigel Reid-Foster
make-up designer Lisa Murray-Hefferan
runner Nicola White
visual effects supervisor Dave Dunbar
computer game design Matt Edwards
ed. Dave Dunbar
sd. design Kevin Gunn
m. composer Kevin Gunn
additional sd. dubbing LaChunky Productions
sc. development Ella Zych-Watson

Many thanks to Abe Hamilton for generous use of location and kettle! Helen Reid-Foster for feeding everyone like kings (and queens!) Evelyn Park, Pippa Reid-Foster, Bryan Larkin, Everyone at The Script Factory in London and Rosie Lee Productions

For GMAC Short Film Assistants Ciar Barry and Lindsay Goodall. Thanks to all the GMAC staff and trainees. GMAC is core funded by Glasgow City Council.
For UK Film Council Julia Caithness
For Scottish Screen Becky Lloyd

w. and d. Arlene Cullum
exec. p. Karen O'Hare

Made with the support og the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and supported by The National Lottery through Scottish Screen.

© UK Film Council and GMAC MMVII

Shotlist: Set in a future where electrical consumption has reached critical point and the power grid is about to collapse, the story follows Jill and Jack, a couple wrapped up in their own individual worlds. Jill (an artist struggling for recognition) is completely focused on creating a sculpture which embodies her hatred of technology. Conversely, Jack is immersed in media - watching TV, surfing the Web and playing computer games - refusing to acknowledge Jill’s cries for help.

BULB explores how difficult it can be to communicate despite the technology available to us. Jack has become a victim of this whilst Jill articulates it through her art.