To the Death
To the Death reveals the psyche Scarlett as she attends a performance at The Club, a surreal cabaret. Giving herself a Tarot reading, Scarlett manifests The Club out of thin air and instigates the patrons into action. Drawing on the principles in Jungian psychology where all the characters in our dreams are aspects of our own psyche, the odd and unusual patrons in The Club, as well as the performers backstage and on stage represent different aspects of Scarlett's psyche, personified.
A dark character, Raven, represents Scarlett's shadow-self trying to surface. He attempts to follow her into the Club but is denied entry. Finding a backstage entrance he sneaks in, eventually making his way to Scarlett. When she catches a glimpse of him reflected in her compact mirror she is startled and turns to face him, but finds he has disappeared... or perhaps he was never really there.
Director |
Danielle French |
Credits |
To the Death
A Short Film by
Danielle French / Scarlett Raven Productions
Starring
Sheri-D Wilson as Scarlett
and
George Georgousis as Raven
Written by
Danielle French
Produced and Directed by
Danielle French / Scarlett Raven Productions
www.daniellefrench.com
This film has been assisted by the Province of Alberta through
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, its arts funding agency.
Produced in Co-production with
The Banff New Media Institute, Digital Film & Media Production, The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta, Canada.
www.banffcentre.ca
Banff Centre Credits:
Kerry Stauffer, Director, Digital Film & Media Production
Cindy Schatkoski, Program Manager, Banff New Media Institute
Tom Montvila, Manager, Television and Interactive Media, Digital Film & Media Production
Luke Van Dyk, Head Engineer, Digital Film & Media Production
Steve Woollard, Co-production Line Producer Work Study, Banff New Media Institute
Morgan Brown, Video Editing Work Study, Digital Film & Media Production
John Avery, Director of Production and Production Training, Theatre Arts Department
Robert Rombough, Technical Director, Theatre Arts Department
Darrell Shaw, Assistant Head of Lighting, Theatre Arts Department
Barbara Market, Assistant Head of Wardrobe, Theatre Arts Department
Music Composed by
Danielle French
To the Death appears on Danielle's © 2003 CD release Piece
and features guest vocalist Burton Cummings.
Available at www.daniellefrench.com
Director of Photography
James Reckseidler
Art Director
Brendan French
Edited by
Morgan Brown, Video Editing Work Study,
Digital Film & Media Production, The Banff Centre
Lighting Designer
James Reckseidler
Lighting Assistant
Darrell Shaw, Assistant Head of Lighting,
Theatre Arts Department, The Banff Centre
Camera Operators
Aubrey Fernandez, Studio Technician and Camera Operator,
Digital Film & Media Production, The Banff Centre
James Reckseidler
Camera Operator |