As part of The BFI Directors Lab, directors applied for the chance to make a £2000 short based on their script. BFS provided crew, studio, equipment and a set. We built the set and then with a weeks turnaround designed each short.
My role: Art Director
Budget: £117 (for dressing, props and costume)
Shoot: 1 day




Short 1: The Paperbag Thief

My role: Art Director
Budget: £300 (for dressing and props)
Shoot: 1 day
Cast
The Paper Bag Thief: Francesca Dale
Max: Robert Boulter



Crew
Director/Writer: Alice Panerai
1st AD: Is Hughes
2nd AD: Mia Lindley
DOP: Amy Cox
Camera Operator: Sandy Honca
1st AC: Maya Abdelnaby
2nd AC: Matt Watson
Camera Trainee: Esmee Goward
Key Grip: Ben Yamak
Grip: Alvin Jai-Alias
Gaffer: Daisy Dixon
Best Person: Lottie Lunn
Spark: Amy-May Mills
Spark: Ben Croucher
DIT: Finton Hannan
Producer(s): Will Shutt, Bill Cooke
Executive Producer(s): Jonathan Carr
Production Manager(s): Julie Tanner, Marc Stolworthy,
Sophie Auld, Katie Brown, James Hollinworth
Production Assistant: Finton Hannan
Script Supervisor: Sam Storey
Production Designer: Nathan Elliott
Art Director(s): Luke Hancock, Lydia Weston, Ella Mainard, Marcus Gerrard, Mason Hunnisett, Sophie Robertson
BFS Scenic Services Team: Paul Gosden, Sam Clowes, Alex White, Lily Hibberd
Art Assistant: Huda Osni, Sophie Robertson
Hair & Makeup Designer: Phoebe Le Tocq
Costume Designer: Seren Purchase, Honey Holder
Costume Assistant: Mae Thompson
Sound Recordist: Jack Fisher
Boom Op: Jay Deegan
BFS Senior Technician: Jon Green
BFS Technical Team: Doona Rhee, Loore-Loo Sibul, Tim Goldsmith, Ian Macpherson, James Reilly, Mark Wilson
Editor:
Music:
Stills Photogtapher: Sam Davis
Short 2: The Calm

My role: Art Director
Budget: £300 (for dressing and props)
Shoot: 1 day
Cast
Riley: Nahel Tzegai
Quinn: Tom Kelsey



Crew
Director/Writer: Matthew Sterling
1st AD: Is Hughes
2nd AD: Benny Legerton
DOP: Matt Watson
Camera Operator: Ollie Dudley
1st AC: Mia Patterson
2nd AC: Lottie Lunn
Camera Trainee: Amy Cox
Key Grip: Amy Cox
Gaffer: Amy-May Mills
Best Person: Sarah Gant
Spark: Ben Croucher, Max Thatcher, Daisy Dixon, Maya Abdelnaby
DIT: Finton Hannan
BFS Senior Technician: Jon Green
BFS Technical Team: Doona Rhee, Loore-Loo Sibul, Tim Goldsmith, Ian Macpherson, James Reilly, Mark Wilson
Editor:
Music:
Stills Photogtapher: Sam Davis
Producer(s): Will Shutt, Bill Cooke
Executive Producer(s): Jonathan CarrProduction Manager(s): Julie Tanner, Marc Stolworthy,Sophie Auld, Katie Brown, James HollinworthProduction Assistant: Finton Hannan Script Supervisor: Sam Storey
Production Designer: Nathan Elliott
Art Director(s): Luke Hancock, Lydia Weston, Ella Mainard, Marcus Gerrard, Mason Hunnisett, Sophie Robertson
BFS Scenic Services Team: Paul Gosden, Sam Clowes, Alex White, Lily Hibberd
Art Assistant: Huda Osni, Sophie Robertson
Hair & Makeup Designer: Phoebe Le Tocq
Costume Designer: Seren Purchase, Honey Holder
Costume Assistant: Mae Thompson
Sound Recordist: Jay Deegan
Boom Op: Jack Fisher