Shadow Gene
PLPimages, 2012
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Heike Scharrer, 2012
Synopsis
Shot in London, Shadow Gene explores characteristics in the human race which contradict its own survival: violence and greed.
A beautiful female assassin on a mission to destroy a defective gene in the male species uncovers a corrupt and murky world of corporate power. Raised by a mysterious woman and nurtured into becoming a ruthless hit woman, she targets 'corporate' types who unknowingly carry the notorious 'shadow gene', a parasite gene that compels its hosts to become as violent and greedy as the stock markets demand... without remorse. One day although seemingly accomplishing her mission an encounter with a smug corporate executive sets of a chain of events that shifts the power between victim and perpetrator.
Shot largely in London with a minimalist cast and crew on a tiny budget using aging out-of-date 16mm and Super 8 film stocks (some up to 40 years old), Shadow Gene utilises 2D animation, live action, graphic and photographic imagery along with a haunting piano score to tell its story, along the way creating a kaleidoscopic narrative that reveals aspects of corporate greed from the time of the nineteenth century Luddite to the present day 'Occupy London' Movement. http://www.shadowgene.co.uk
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 95 mins
- Format
- 16mm, Super8
- Director
- Mark Norfolk
- Producer
- Mark Norfolk
- Co-Producer
- Eirini Nikopoulou
- Editor
- Lance Crush
- Screenwriter
- Mark Norfolk
- Director of Photography
- Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz
- Production Designer
- Heike Scharrer
- Sound
- Kostas Mastorakis
- Music
- Nedyalka Dimitrova
- Principal Cast
- Elisabeth Dahl, Riley Stewart, Sue Ferguson
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 1st April 2015
