A Song Still Inside
Written and directed by James Hall and Edward Lovelace
Production Company - Pulse Films
Duration: 28 mins
A Song Still Inside is a film about healing and the important role communication plays in that process. Interviews with a group of young men living in the wake of a friend’s suicide narrate the story of Mac, an oil rig worker struggling through a similar situation. Set in Fraserburgh, Scotland, Mac attempts to avoid a memorial by skipping town but is finally forced to confront his fears and open up. He realises that the very people he is trying to escape are the ones that can help him truly move on. Touching on men's inability to open up and talk about their feelings, the film turns the volume up on a silence that has proven deadly.
Cast:
Laura – Joanna Vanderham
Mac – Paul Brannigan
Boyd – John Hogg
Stan – Douglas Russell
Lily – Chloe Lennon
Luke – James Forrest
Tom – John Michael Love
Duncan – Kevin Quinn
Social worker – Marianne Adams
Old timer – Kern Falconer
Foreman Brown / Husband – Duncan Airlie James
Wife – Rachel Bradley
Roughnecks – David Hepburn, David Milne, Jeff Cowie and Michael Wells
Cinematographer – Ben Fordesman
1st Assistant Camera – Sean Lomax
2nd Assistant Camera – Aidan Bryan
Electricians – Jonathan Haldon and Leon Brehony
Drone Operator – Flying Camera Company
Sound Recordist – Jaime Sotelo
1st Assistant Director – Caspar Campbell
Production and Costume Designer – Nazia Mohammad
Art and Wardrobe Assistant - Caroline Kane
Hair and Make-up Artist – Stephanie Spiller
Runner – Blaise Matthews
Editors – Billy Mead and Sam Sneade
Edit Assistants – Liam Bachler, Amanda Jenkins, Chay Mactavish and Blaine Pearson
Digital Colourist – Matthieu Toullet
Digital Colour Grade – MPC
VFX – Loredana Gangemi
VFX – Gramercy Park Studios
Music by Donna McKevitt
Sound Designer – Ed Downham