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Title: DOWN IN THE DUMPS

Reference number: 7985

Date: 1995

Director: d. Hilary Jayne Buchanan

Sponsor: Scottish Film Council, Scottish Television [First Reels]

Production company: Hillfir Productions

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 15.50 mins

Description: A bored housewife is outraged when her husband brings home two dead bodies he found in the local dump. When she attempts to dispose of them in a briefcase at a housewarming party everything definitely does not go to plan!

First Reels - a joint short film initiative from Scottish Screen (and its predecessor body the Scottish Film Council) and Scottish Television. First Reels was launched during 1991 by Scottish Film Council in response to a perceived need for small grants to help young and first time film-makers to make or complete their first film or video project. Scottish Television came in as co-sponsor at an early stage and as well as contributing to half the funds they have given the scheme a tremendous public relations boost by running three half hour documentaries showing excerpts from the First Reels. Applicants were invited to submit projects in any format and on any subject they chose. All entries were considered by a jury and thirty five projects were given grants varying from £50 to £2000. On show at the GFT are a representative selection of the best of the films and videos supported by the scheme. [Editorial from Scottish Film Council held in paper archives]

Credits: Introducing Ruth Summerhill as Fiona Carstairs and Brian Buchanan as Fiona's husband
w. and created by Hilary Jayne Buchanan

Cast
Ruth Summerhil, Brian Buchanan, Alison Gourlay, Paul O'Neill, Mr & Mrs D. Leslie, Mr & Mrs C. Sinclair, Mr& Mrs M. O'Connor, Mr & Mrs T. MacDonald, Mrs K. Dick, Mr J. MacFarlane, Mr & Mrs G. Burgess, Mr & Mrs H. Hiram

Production Crew
Stuart Arnott, Greig Malvern, Alan Hopkirk, Mickey O'Connor, Douglas Haffenden, Barry Pringle, Enzo Facchini, Andy Dickson, Kate Orchard, Lois Buchanan, Nicola Leslie, Zoe Buchanan, Natalie Leslie, Jennifer Scott, Alison McHarg

Sound recorded at Carlton Studios, Carlton Place
Title song by Brian Buchanan and Mickey O'Connor

With thanks to Rainbow Room, Kevin Moore Makeup, Arnold Clark Van Hire, Hungrys Catering, Inscape, Fruit Market, Strathclyde University, Dawsholm Civic Amenities Site, Retro, Glasgow Film & Video Workshop, Samuelsons Lighting, Scottish Film Council, Scottish Television

Shotlist: Man brings home two dead bodies from the dump home. Wife packs them in a brief case and attempts to dispose of them. She ends up bringing the briefcase containing the bodies to a housewarming party. She is ignored at the party. Eventually she is chased by the guest to the cloakroom, where the brief case has opened, and much to the shock of everyone, a hand is sticking out if it.