Night Shift
Posted on Wed 04/29/09
Night Shift is a 9 minute short film made by South Seas Film and Television School Students as an end of year graduation project.
Mathew Harte was both camera operator and cinematographer for this project.
Plot Summary
A Taxi Driver working overtime when he is supposed to be meeting his wife for an anniversary dinner, picks up a mysterious stranger. The Driver recognizes the Stranger as a magician from an old TV show, and asks to see a trick. The Stranger agrees to the request but what the Driver gets is not at all what he had in mind.
The film focuses on the concept of magic and how it affect us. It explores the idea that the experience of magic can open our eyes to the wonder in the everyday by taking us back to a time in childhood before familiarity of the world dulled our perception of it.
Production
Directed by: Reuben King
Cast
Lead Actor(s): Midge Perez
Todd Mohi
Jeila Tahana Reece
Supporting Actor(s): Toka Tu Moana Tamihere
Moniwai Panoho
Timothy Hansen
Sam Gill
Melodie Burton
Alana Cotton
Gary Dunn
Craft
Screenplay by: Reuben King
Original Music/Composer: Nikola Memodovic
Cinematographer/DP: Mathew Harte
Camera Operator(s): Mathew Harte
Camera Assistant(s): James Whangapirita
Gaffer(s): Ian Andrews, Michael Wylam
Sound Mixer: Lance Daley
Production Designer: Deone Kok
Makeup Artist: Rebekka Engle
Post
Editor: Nedeljko Zyijer
Digital Effects: Nedeljko Zyijer
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