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DramaComedyDocumentaryAnimationExperimentalMusic
M Craft - Dragonfly
Gemma Burditt
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music | 2006 | London | 3 min
Published 26 Oct 06
A man leaves his house in North West London to find a rowing boat parked in his street. Curious, he climbs in and rows.
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One magical night in North West London, a man leaves his house to discover an old rowing boat parked in his street. He decides to get in and see what happens if he starts to row.

To his delight, the boat sails up the road and he embarks on a surreal adventure to Hampstead Heath. He is not the only one out and about, other rowers join him at various junctions to form a fleet. They soon join the ducks and frogs in Hampstead Pond.
short fact
"The film was shot over three nights in Kilburn and Hampstead. We had to move the boat frame by frame with Nando (the main actor) in so my crew had to do a lot of heavy lifting!

It was slightly scarey at points because the boat was so old that it often looked like Nando would fall through the bottom at any point!

When it came to capturing the last shot, the boat wasn't even sea worthy so although we tried to get the frames before it sank, we ended up having to composite Nando in on that part."
crew
  • director Gemma Burditt
  • producer Debbie Crosscup
  • editor Michael Ho
  • director of photography Alex Ryle
  • music M.Craft
  • 1st AD Ken Thompson Marchesi
  • make up designer Jo Wand
  • production assistant Luke Plaister
  • lighting assistants Jason Wingrove & Adrianna Tsigara
  • drivers Kim Robinson, Claude & Toni Austoni
  • animation assistant Marigold Hughes
  • cast
    • Man Nando Messias
    • Kim Kim Noce
    • Alex Alex Fairfax
    • Miai Miai Keeling
    • Carl Carl Zitelmann
    • Jo Jo Wand
    festivals, awards and screenings include:
  • Encounters 2006
  • Resfest 2006
  • Electric Proms 2006
  • format
    digital
    budget
    £5000
    © 2006 679 | Gemma Burditt | Warp Films

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    comment by Andy  Cheetham
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    posted Nov 21, 2007

    Hi Gemma, love the film, I'd like to talk to you about making an TV commercial. My nam is Andy Cheetham and I'm creative director of CBJWT my email address is [Personal details removed by Moderator]Look forward to hearing from you

    comment by Carrie  Sutton
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    posted Oct 24, 2007

    Hi Gemma. Really like your work. I would be very interested in contacting you with regard to music video commissions. [Personal details removed by Moderator]

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    comment by Trevor  Varley
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    Nice fx etc and the creativity was certainly there but I really had a problem with the audio quality and since it is a music video that is even more of a deficiency.

    comment by meixing  ren
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    posted May 11, 2007

    nice short movie music , creative and magic effect , the carton effect is very innovative , only point to sugesst is filming at the person when he left the house , it's better to not focus on the face to close, and make it slow motion not continusly slow motion ! thanks

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    • www.warpfilms.com
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