A film by Barnaby Barford
Producers Charlotte Bavasso and Chris O’Reilly
Co-Producer Luke Youngman
Director of Photography Mikolaj Jaroszewicz
Animators Tine Kluth and Leo Nicholson
Music & Sound Design Brains & Hunch

A classic boy meets girl tale with shattering consequences.

In this tragic love story played out by porcelain figurines on the back shelves of a bric-a-brac shop, a poor, down-at-heel boy falls for a beautiful girl with shattering consequences.

A classic boy meets girl tale with shattering consequences. On the cluttered floor of a bric-a-brac shop a poor, down-at-heel boy looks up to the top shelf to see a beautiful girl in tears amongst the crystal and silver. Played out by porcelain figurines and accompanied by an especially composed score, the story follows the boy’s attempt to rescue the girl – and the tragedy that inevitably occurs when high culture falls for low.

Stop-frame and 2D animation followed by digital post-production.

A film by Barnaby Barford
Producers Charlotte Bavasso and Chris O'Reilly
Co-Producer Luke Youngman
Director of Photography Mikolaj Jaroszewicz
Camera Assistant Ivan Oliveira
Production Manager Jo Bierton
Animators Tine Kluth and Leo Nicholson
Technical Supervisors Ben Cowell and Fletcher Moules
2D Animator Antoine Bourruel
Compositor Alasdair Brotherston
Photoshop Assistant Anna Benner
Production Designer Chris Spurling
Assistant Art Director Fred Costa
Set Construction Paul Mangan
Set Dressing Elisa Pina and Valeria Miglioli
Editor Thy Quach
Edit Assistant Ben Hunt
Production Assistant Denise Abraham
Production Assistant/Runner Emma Tucker
Music & Sound Design Chris Branch & Tom Haines
Score Copyist Leo Chadburn

Musicians
Recorders Leo Chadburn
Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Double Bass Ross Hughes
Harp Serafina Steer
Viola Amy Wilson

Filmed at
Clapham Road Studios, London
Studio Managers Denis Russo and Matt Day

Digital Post Production Glassworks
Colourist Ben Rogers
Digital Post Producer Amanda Ryan
Sound Post Production 750mph
Sound Engineer Ben Gulvin
Sound Post Producer Nancy O’Brien

Special thanks to:
Valeria Miglioli
Cherry & Martin Hughes
Christopher Barford & Rita Stappard
Grace Wilson
Tony Maher at On Sight
Everybody at Nexus

In loving memory of
Charlie Hamilton Power
31 January 2003 – 10 March 2003

We are now in the middle of shooting, it has been a long time coming but all the pre-production work was well worth it as it is making the shoot run pretty smoothly. We have a relatively small team made up of myself; Tine Kluth animating, Mikolaj Jaroszewicz the DoP (who shot Oscar winning 'Peter and the Wolf') and his assistant Ivan Oliveira. We have been working extremely long hours in a basement in Stockwell but the film is coming together very well. Two more weeks and we should be finished!

In the meantime Chris Branch and Tom Haines from 'Brains and Hunch' are working on the musical score to accompany the film. They have taken inspiration from my way of working by taking miniscule samples of music and putting them together to make a brand new score.

Barnaby Barford