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We have had the pleasure to supervise the VFX process on this award-winning short film by Renee Zhan.
When pressures mount on a tightly wound violinist in a London youth orchestra, internal monsters take external forms in Renee Zhan’s wildly creative combination of horror comedy and teenage psychodrama.
This imaginative tale required blending together live action footage and stop motion animation and we were proud to join the wonderful crew of SHÉ and help with VFX. The film premiered at ’23 Toronto International Film Festival and has since screened at many festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Melbourne, Palm Springs, Shortsfest and LSFF among others. It is available on BBC iPlayer.
written and directed by
Renee Zhan
produced by
Jesse Romain
cinematography by
Adam Singodia
music composed by
Harry Brokensha
edited by
Armiliah Aripin
sound design by
Ed Trousseau
production design by
Qingling Zhang
BBC executive producer
Claudia Yusef
NFTS executive producers
Venetia Hawkes, Jon Wardle
casting by
Isabella Odoffin
production manager
Sam Zohdi
production coordinator
Jen Smith
script supervision by
Eliza Safjan
first assistant director
Alex Mill
third assistant director
Lea Rosa Holtfreter
production assisted by
Adam Green and Manuel Barrera
costume design by
Gabrielle Edmunds
costume assisted by
Amber Morris
driver
Adrian Gordon
still photographer
Luke Ross
runner
Milo Gray
2nd unit first assistant director
Irene Maffei
2nd unit cinematographer
Martyna Jakimowska
2nd unit focus puller
Niels Halle
2nd unit loader
Rory Thomas
2nd unit gaffer
Jakub Paczos
2nd unit spark
Gabriele Mango
set decorator
Antigone Kots
bone instruments by
Robert Hazeldine
art assistants
Rhea Moore, Habib Najib, Valeriia Kunina, Robert Streader
sound recorded by
Harry King
boom operated by
Emily Compton
foley art by
Ross Wilkes-Houghton
camera operated by
Laura Aguilera
camera assisted by
Oliver Pearson
lit by
Marina Lewin
sparked by
Alessandra Bellini, Santiago Toranzo Gento, Marcus Kartal, Tom Thain
DIT
Benjamin Chaude-Woodman
gripped by
Dan Huntley and Jack Robson
hair and make up designer
Julia Strange
hair and make up artist
Dara Hannon
hair and make up assistants
Jess Darke, David Hauret
animation produced by
Blinkink
Executive Producer
Bart Yates
Head of Production
Alex Halley
Animation Producer
Thijme Grol
stop motion cinematography by
Martyna Jakimowska
animated by
David McShane, Honor Price, Mai Vu, Renee Zhan
puppet rigging by
Robin Jackson
puppets maintainted by
Ellen Beaufoy and Mara Frampton
puppet builds by
Helen Ferguson
lead set build and model maker
Olga Lloyd
set builder and model maker
Olivier Arnell Argles
animation production assistant
Henry Kent
storyboards by
Mysie Pereira
VFX supervised by
Szymon Wyrzykowski
lead VFX artist
Lee Watson
VFX artists
Szymon Wyrzykowski, Drigend Singh and Gavin Chin
rig removal by
Rotoout and Steve Lawson
picture post production
Digital Orchard
post producer
Noémie TJ Phillipson
colour by
Jo Barker
sound engineered by
Nick Taylor and Olly Thompson
orchestra
Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra
conducted by
Robert Hodge
An A Minor Production
in collaboration with Blinkink
BBC and NFTS