Super Birds
Super Birds is a 10-year programme to develop the next exciting stage of manned flight. Birds are encouraged to overfeed, to become super large...
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Marc MedlandDirector
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Marc MedlandWriter
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Marc MedlandProducer
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Marc MedlandKey Cast"Professor S Parrow"
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Sabrina NehmarPhotography and Stop Motion
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Thomas LesourdEditing and AI Prompting
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:7 minutes 44 seconds
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Completion Date:May 20, 2023
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Production Budget:0 GBP
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Country of Origin:Jersey
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Country of Filming:Jersey
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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13th Parish Film FestivalSt Helier
Jersey
May 20, 2023
Jersey Premier -
Exploding CinemaLondon
United Kingdom
July 21, 2023
UK Premier -
Trouville Off-Courts Film FestivalTrouville
France
September 1, 2023
French Premier
I was a frustrated architect.
Now I create imaginary worlds using repurposed found images and objects. Using models, drawings, collages and copious written documents to describe my proposals. More recently, I have started to use film to bring these stories to life. These imaginary worlds are filled with humour, invention and life and are populated by characters that charm, surprise and entertain. Their lives and their situations are original and unique.
My small workspace at the harbour in Jersey is a laboratory for experimentation and research. The drawings echo the architectural drawings from my previous life. Now these have mutated from real world representations to ultra-plastic, hyper-stylised, super-artificial visions where the natural is no longer the norm. These drawings, once used to show people their dream homes, now tell stories of worlds where the dreams may be nightmares.
The film was made as part of the Kino film making workshop at the 13th Parish Film Festival, Jersey in May 2023.
It took 5 days to write, act and edit.