A Little Death is a 16mm short film that was created by Simon Perkins and Paul Swadel in 1995.[1] The film was nominated for Best Short Film in the New Zealand Film and TV Awards in 1995. Its concept evolved from an earlier idea called 'Into The Void', which involve a male character walking in on his lover in bed with another. The interest of the idea centred on the ambiguity of the lover's gender, and by inference the sexual orientation of the observer.[2][3]
| A Little Death | |
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| English | A Little Death |
| Directed by | Simon Perkins Paul Swadel |
| Written by | Simon Perkins Paul Swadel |
| Screenplay by | Simon Perkins Paul Swadel |
| Story by | Simon Perkins Paul Swadel |
| Produced by | James Wallace |
| Starring | Jed Brophy Josephine Davison |
| Cinematography | Peter Bannan |
| Edited by | Peter Evans |
| Music by | Dave Whitehead |
Production company | James Wallace Productions |
| Distributed by | Creative New Zealand |
Release dates |
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Running time | 10:52 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | (NZD) $13643 |
The film has been recognised as one of a select number of early NZ short films which pushed the envelope in terms of visual design and cinematic language. Read a review of the short film featured in the NZ Pavement Magazine (1995). Watch the short film on YouTube.
The script for this film was written as a Beatscript[4][5] rather than a conventional screenplay. The film has been cited as one of a select number of shorts that heralded The Coming of Age of The New Zealand Short Film (Paul Shannon, 1995).
References edit
- ^ Perkins, Simon; Swadel, Paul (1995). "A Little Death film credits" (PDF). folksonomy. UK. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Perkins, Simon; Swadel, Paul (Directors) (1995). A Little Death (16mm). Auckland, New Zealand: James Wallace Productions.
- ^ "A Little Death". folksonomy. UK. 24 February 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Perkins, Simon (2005). "Beatscript: action-centred scripting for shortfilms and animations". folksonomy. UK. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Perkins, Simon (2005). "Beatscript: action-centred scripting for shortfilms and animations" (PDF). folksonomy. UK. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
External links edit
- A Little Death cast and crew credits
- Pavement magazine review
- A Little Death (VHS-quality only) on YouTube
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero
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