When an actor’s play is cancelled, he realizes his life lacks focus and hires an actual director to help guide him through his day-to-day existence. Hence the premise and title of a new short film, LIFE’S A SHOW.
Filmed during the height of the 2020 lock-down, writer, producer and director, Harvey Puttock, smartly used remote conferencing technology to film a good chunk of this short and limited the number of cast and crew on-set. In recognition of his creative achievement, Harvey scored quite a few accolades and awards, including:
Best Quarantine Short winner at Accord Cine Fest (July 2021)
Audience Award at Monthly Indie Shorts (July 2021)
Best Direction & Best Editing Nominee at Indie Shorts Mag Festival (July 2021)
Best Director & Best Humour Winner, and Best Writing, Best Short, Best Original Idea & Best Actor Nominee at Indie Film Awards (September 2021)
Critics' Choice Award at DMOFF (December 2021)
You can view the entire film, for FREE, by visiting https://www.harveyputtock.com/life-s-a-show
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The film stars:
Jon Tarcy, as Matt
Dusan Mrden, as The Director
Lucy Hilton-Jones, as The Second Director
Lucy Phelps, as Mother (Voice)
Members of the “audience:”
Fiona Simpson
Nika Tomljenovic
Conor Potts
Sarah Norman
Anne-Marie Dames
Tom Lewin
Carlo Kaya
Members of “The Improv Audience:”
Imogen Edmundson
Ashton Snow
Simon Merrifield
Aleksandra Grubesic
Eleonora Passelli
Christopher Wollaton
Michael Burhan
Tuan Anh Pham
Produced by:
Lucas A. Ferrara, EP
James Carnmal, EP
David Deutscher, EP
Dusan Mrden, EP
Richard W. Silverman, EP
Joseph Supple-Turnham, AP
Cinematography by:
Lexy Anderson
Sound:
Tabea Hilbert, sound designer
Tami Ige, sound recordist
Other Crew:
Bailey Graham, still photographer
Baptiste Charles, assistant director
Christopher Poole, colorist
Well done, all!
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To view a list of some of Lucas's other projects, click here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11739610/.
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