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Title: CONTORTED HAZEL

Reference number: 7969

Date: 2006

Director: d. John Gorman

Sponsor: Scottish Screen National Lottery

Producer: Marc de Launay

Production company: Mandragora Productions Ltd.

Sound: sound

Original format: HDCam

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 24.00 mins

Description: Marion and her 10 year old son, Stuart, look after an old National Trust property while it is closed over winter. Stuart draws his nightmares on scraps of paper that he then collects in jars. A jar is broken, the nightmare escapes and stalks both mother and son. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Films, New Talent, Best of Scottish Shorts 2006]

Originated on HDCam. Visit the official website at http://www.contortedhazel.com/ [last accessed 15/2/2010]

Credits: w. Marc de Launay
exec. p. Brian McCormick
short film exec. for Scottish Screen Julia Caithness

Cast
Marion Lorna McDevitt
Stuart Callum Warren Brooker
Dr. Brown Tom Carter
Hazel Annette Westwood
Nightmare 1 Andrew Taylor
Nightmare 2 Elizabeth Jay, Jessica Williams
Taxi Driver Gary Bulloch

Crew
p. man. Rosie Toner
p. accountant Ian Reid
p. co-ordinator Gayle Dickie
d. ph. Keith Ingram
ed. Simon Hamilton
p. designer Jason Orr
costume designer Gill Horn
make-up designer Maxine Dallas
prosthetics Grant Mason FX, John Riddell
sd. rec. Richard Paterson, Stephen McBride
1st ass. d. Ted Mitchell
2nd ass. d. Esther Hegarty, Carol Anne Henderson
3rd ass. d. Ewen Stewart
sc. supervisor Claire McKay
camera operator Steven Cassidy
focus puller Andrew M'Itwamwari
camera trainee Cameron Howatson
grip Tim Critchell, Robert Etherson
gaffer Stephen C.A. Arthur
electrician David Thom
boom operator Tim Dyer
art dept. ass. Maria Ledinskaya. Kara Ramsay, Lindsay MacLeod, Fiona Barty
standby props Liam McCallum
dressing props Christian Otty, Richard McFadyen
location man. Barry Laird
location ass. Katrina Inkster, Carrie Smith
wardrobe supervisor Kathryn Tart
make-up artist Sarah Cairncross
lighting Lighttrack
camera equipment Hammerhead Facilities
grip equipment Panavision, Lee Lighting, Lighttrack
catering Deli-Royale, Box of Delights
insurance Alan Chapman and James
chaperone Juen Brooker, Paul Brooker
runners Flora Munro, Gary Hogan, Keira Brown
re-recording mixer Paul Wilson, Dan Singleton Lyth
online ed. James Gelateley, David Armstrong
composer David Lang
CGI FX design Rory Lowe, Will Adams, Once Were Farmers
tiles [sic. titles] Kenneth Caldwell
edit facilities Edit 123
sd. facilities The Duvving Theatre
stills ph. Eileen Byrne
EPK Nigel Buckland, Dogsizedcat.com
website / promotional design Robin Gillett from Broccolli Design
illustrations / graphic novel illustrations Maria Ledinskaya

Special thanks to Brian McCormick, Sally White, Jim McDowell, Colin and Gill at Edit 123

Thanks to Rachel and Hugh at Cafe Hula, Philip Schreiber at National Trust for Scotland, Gary Bulloch and Stella Fraioli Mackintosh House Glasgow, Where the Monkey sleeps, Belle and Louise Scottish Screen Locations, Rosemary and Bill from Panavision

Filmed entirely on location in Scotland at Holmwood House www.nts.org.uk; Mackintosh House www.mackintoshhouse.co.uk

Supported by the National Lottery through Scottish Screen.