Little Boxes
Synopsis
LITTLE BOXES was shot entirely on Zoom during the height of the Covid lockdown. Whilst deep into pre-production to shoot another improv-based film in the traditional, location-based sense, the pandemic struck our plans a fatal blow. Having no other option, we decided not to concede defeat and made the decision to create the best, most realistic project we could with what we had at our disposal, under the most difficult of circumstances.
LITTLE BOXES is a drama about how governmental decisions during the pandemic affect the lives of ordinary people in a small corner of Northern England. This hyper-realistic, performance based film takes you on a journey through the world of video calling, observing the strain on relationships through these tiny Zoom windows - their own "little boxes" - and the pressures of enforced incarceration.
Isolated by the virus, the whole world has had to find new ways to communicate and hold our loved ones close - these issues are universally relatable.
The pain of separation. Together, yet apart.
LITTLE BOXES proves that necessity is the mother of invention and that art will always find a way.
The actor’s own lived experience of lockdown seeps through into their characters, alongside the mental pressures we were all buckling under. This enforced style of shooting created a safe place for the characters to communicate in a way that might not have been possible in a conventional filming environment.
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Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 85 min
- Format
- HD
- Director
- Raffaello Degruttola
- Producer
- Lee Boardman, Jennifer James
- Co-Producer
- Nina De Mitri
- Executive Producer
- Lee Boardman, Jennifer James
- Editor
- Charles Lort-Phillips
- Screenwriter
- Raffaello Degruttola
- Director of Photography
- Lee Boardman
- Production Designer
- Hugh Mann Adamson
- Sound
- Charles Lort-Phillips
Genre
Production status
Post-production
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Last updated 19th June 2021
