A Good Deed
A boy's moral compass is shaken after a decision to help a stranger in need.
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Kevin ScottDirectorPlease Be Seated
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Kevin ScottWriter
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Jo HeffernanProducerPoulaphouca
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Kevin ScottProducerPlease Be Seated
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Tara O'FarrellAssistant Producer
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Jenny FlemingAssociate Producer
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Steve O'ReillyExecutive Producer
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Jack GalvinKey Cast"Sam"Tommy
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Jo WhiteKey Cast"Mother"Sisters, The Last Duel, Let The Wrong One In
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Andy YuleKey Cast"Conman"Don't Sell Me A Dog, Post Love, I Bet, Starry Night
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Rafael de AlmeidaCinematographer
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Zoë BossEditor
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Stephen SorensenSound Designer
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David Mullen1st Assistant Director
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Liv O'MalleyScript Supervisor
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Aoife KellyProduction Designer
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Pheonuh Callan-LayzellWardrobe Consultant
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Niall O'SullivanSound Recordist
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Antonio Pozojevic1st Assistant Camera
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Daniel Bolaños MeadeGaffer
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Rafael de AlmeidaColourist
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Zoë BossVisual Effects Artist
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Tara Farrell2nd Assistant Director
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Gearóid Conlon3rd Assistant Director
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Freddie GreenallCOVID Compliance Officer
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Daniel Bolaños MeadeDigital Imaging Technician
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:18 minutes 27 seconds
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Completion Date:June 10, 2021
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Production Budget:3,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Ireland
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Country of Filming:Ireland
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes - Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire
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Foyle Film FestivalFoyle, Derry
United Kingdom
November 28, 2021
First Runner-Up - Light in Motion Competition - Irish Shorts -
Belfast Film FestivalBelfast
United Kingdom
November 6, 2021
Official Selection -
New York Shorts International Film FestivalNew York
United States
October 5, 2021
Official Selection - Digital Festival -
Richard Harris International Film FestivalLimerick
Ireland
Official Selection -
Waterford Film FestivalWaterford
Ireland
Official Selection -
Louth International Film FestivalDundalk, Co. Louth
Ireland
October 2, 2021
Honourable Mention -
Achill Island Film FestivalAchill Island
Ireland
May 22, 2022
Official Selection -
Irish Film From HomeLondon
United Kingdom
August 26, 2022
Official Selection - Digital Festival
Kevin Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1988. He graduated with a first-class honours degree in Film & Television Production from the National Film School at IADT, Dún Laoghaire in 2021.
His first fiction short, 'A Good Deed', was developed in conjunction with VIEWFINDER, the Erasmus Mundus Joint MA in Cinematography. It was awarded 'First Runner-Up' in the Irish Shorts category of the 2021 Light in Motion competition at the Oscar- and BAFTA-affiliated Foyle Film Festival, and has been officially selected by several major national festivals.
His 2019 short documentary 'Please Be Seated' won Best Documentary Short at the 2020 Clones Film Festival and competed for the Grand Prix Documentary Short at the 65th Cork International Film Festival, and was selected by several major film festivals including Entr’2 Marches Film Festival, Cannes.
Kevin was Director of Photography on 'I Appear Missing', a 2020 student short selected for the First Frames Competition at the 2020 Dublin International Film Festival.
He is currently developing a short film project based on Aristophanes’ 'The Birds'.
He lives in Co. Kildare with his partner Jenny and daughter Alex.
Based on a personal experience of writer/director Kevin Scott, A Good Deed presents a moment of moral turmoil in the impressionable mind of a young teenager. Using an unconventional narrative style, the film explores the effects of this experience on Sam and those around him. By creating an objective viewpoint, the audience is encouraged to respond with their own feelings and convictions towards the characters’ actions and their consequences.
To achieve this effect, our visual style employs fixed, static angles and long takes to create a sort of ‘bystander effect’. This distinctive style helps our story stand out, especially amongst films emerging from the Irish market.