Film: Bunny

Hughes, Shaun; O'Connor, Andrew

Abstract

The film was commissioned by the Scottish Film Talent Network, Creative Scotland & the BFI Network as part of their Scottish Short 2017 scheme. Directed by Shaun Hughes and Cinematography by Andrew O'Connor

The film explores themes of undiagnosed mental illness, loss, greif and family. From a visual stand point i researched and tested ways to shoot the film digitally while emulating the look of film stock. The director shared with me many Polaroid pictures from his own childhood as visual reference.

We also explored the use of focal length as a tool to keep the audience locked into the main characters perspective. This meant using longer focal lengths to deliberately restrict what the audience could see in the the characters world.

The film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018, it was also awarded the Celtic Media Festival Torc Award for Best Short Drama 2019 & Best UK Short - Indie-Lincs 2020.

The film was also broadcast on BBC Scotland as part of the Next Big Things Series and was available on BBC iplayer for a month following broadcast.

SCREENING HISTORY
Indie-Lincs 2020, Durango International Film Festival, 2020 Leuven International Short Film Festival, 2019 Blue Danube Film Festival, 2019 Tampere Film Festival 2019, Dublin International Film Festival 2019 Edinburgh Short Film Festival, 2019 Wallachia International Film Festival, 2019 (Winner - Best Actor) Florence Film Awards, 2019 (Finalist) Mhor Festival, 2019 International Shorts, 2019 Glasgow Southside Film Festival, 2019 Canadian Cinematography Awards, 2019 (Finalist) Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018, Inverness Film Festival 2018

• Digital Artefact Type: Video
• Publication Date: Aug 14, 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 10, 2023
• Keywords: Drama Film, Cinematography, Mental health, grief
• Related Public URLs: https://vimeo.com/433203498; https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/bunny-2018