🗣️ WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE: 2.30PM - 5.30PM
🎞️ Q&A SCREENING WILL TAKE PLACE: 7PM - 9.30PM
🗣️ WORKSHOP DETAILS ⤵
Who you'll be working with:
Ciaran Lyons is a writer-director with a background in DIY visual effects, and a focus on unconventional, genre filmmaking. His narrative work has received a BAFTA Scotland nomination for Best Short Film, and has played at international festivals including Slamdance, Palm Springs, Frightfest, and London Short Film Festival. He has also shot over 50 music videos, a handful of commercials, and written 3 feature scripts.
What you’ll learn about:
Working with the reality of your resources - budget vs ambition
Story concept / script
Smart use of single location
Identifying and avoiding time-sinks
Collaborators
Strategic lighting
Shot planning - storyboarding vs intuition
Cinematography, performances and the shoot itself
Post production
The life of the finished film and sustaining yourself as a creative filmmaker
Who Should Attend?
Emerging and aspiring writers/directors/producers.
Anyone passionate about storytelling through film.
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🎞️ Q&A SCREENING DETAILS ⤵
Tummy Monster
When a narcissistic tattoo artist (Lorn Macdonald) gets an unexpected visit from a celebrity client (Orlando Norman), a seemingly innocent selfie request causes the night to spiral into a bizarre and devastating game of psychological warfare.
Runtime: 88 minutes
BBFC Certification: 15
Writer/Director: Ciaran Lyons
Producer: Beth Allan
Lead Cast: Lorn Macdonald, Orlando Norman, Michael Akinsulire
Reviews:
“A wildly inventive psychological thriller… Uncut Gems by way of Glasgow” - Take One Cinema
“Proof that independent film is well worth investing in…” - The Hollywood News
“Deliriously entertaining, has the look and feel of Good Time…” - FlickFeast
“Endlessly inventive and darkly funny…” - Cinema Perspective
“...a mesmerising directorial debut” - The Upcoming
