Not The House (2021)
"Kay's compulsive property viewing becomes a problem when a supernatural estate agent forces her to start a new life in an empty house" A short film written in response to Mann-Booker Prize winner Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's original short story of the same title. Both pieces commissioned by writing platform Alexander alxr.com/ The process behind this film was an unusual, but very stimulating one. I was asked to make a film to exist as a companion piece for Marieke's new story, but rather than simply adapting it for screen I was invited to interpret & reimagine it in whatever way I wished. This freedom allowed for a really interesting creative process and has lead to an outcome where we have two brand new, wholly distinct stories that are nonetheless unmistakably close cousins- sharing a huge amount of creative and thematic DNA. After you watch the film I encourage you to read Marieke's story- it's great, and you might enjoy exploring the crossover of the two things.
Director: Oscar Hudson
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Olivia Emden as Kay |
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Dominic Applewhite as Real estate agent |
| Directing | Oscar Hudson | Director |
| Production | Rik Green | Producer |
| Production | Harri Kamalanathan | Producer |
| Production | James Sorton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Davud Karbassioun | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jens Klit Nielsen | Production Manager |
| Production | Sophie Ede | Line Producer |
| Camera | Kanamé Onoyama | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Carlotta Beck Peccoz | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Carrie Powell | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joshua Shea | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Shun Kitagawa | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Dan Howe | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Lawaiza Hadid | Camera Trainee |
| Lighting | Chaimaa Ormazabal | Gaffer |
| Camera | Ian Blackburn | Best Boy Grip |
| Art | Bon Walsh | Production Design |
| Art | Hugo Harris | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Joe Youns | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Hannah Ashby Ward | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marshall Hobbs | Wardrobe Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Vallejo | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Qaiser Afzal | Runner Art Department |
| Editing | Jack Williams | Editor |
| Editing | Simone Grattarola | Color Grading |
| Crew | Hannah Katrina Lim | Title Graphics |
| Sound | Hugh Griffiths | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Olivia Ray | Producer |
| Sound | Sam Ashwell | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Will Robinson | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Sean Ewins | VFX Production Coordinator |