Short Film - When The Music Stops
When a hardened crime lord resists traditional tactics, an unconventional interrogator is brought in to play.
In the week before Christmas it was extra exciting to shoot this short film with a wonderful bunch of people at a challenging yet awesome location - the old freezing works at Burnside in Dunedin!
When The Music Stops is inspired from the internet meme where Kermit the Frog leans back against a brick wall captioned, 'I'm so glad I was taught to play the recorder at school. It has come in really handy in adult life. Lost count of the times it has resolved a difficult situation with a quick blast of Three Blind Mice.'
Phil Vaughan as the Super Villain
By stripping back the usual interrogation tropes we found an absurd tension between menace and play. Perhaps When The Music Stops is about how persistence can defeat the most guarded? Or maybe in certain circumstances playing the recorder can resolve difficult situations in life?
Working with Petra & Phil in such a surreal, contained scenario was both a challenging and a beautiful experience.
L to R: At the interrogation table, Mel Barton, Petra Still, Phil Vaughan and Jase Holden.
Super Villain - Phil Vaughan
Agent Harris - Jase Holden
Production Designer - Emily Frith
Costume Designer - Zoe Fox
Key Makeup - Jade Von Solms
Assistant Director - Harriet Love
1st Assitant Camera - Adam Aizal
Camera & Lighting Assist / BTS - Pete Vendt
Sound Recordist - Troy Figgins
Onset Sound Consultant - Victor Macdonald
Location Manager - John Jakes
Script Consultant- Stefan Roesch
Script Supervisor - Jeremiah Merritt
Production Assistant - Jo Simpson
SUV Wrangler - Barrie Aburn
Sound Composer - Tom Jensen
Post Sound Consultant - Paul Fox
Story Edit Consultants - Shaun Charles, Andrew Cory, Cindy Diver, Paul Fox
Special Thanks to: Jo Simpson, John Jakes, Still Family, Jae Holden, Barrie Aburn
Location: Old Freezing Works, Burnside, Dunedin, NZ
Production Company: CMPNZ
The project was shot on a BMPCC6KG2 with a cine modded Meyer Optik Gorlitz Lens kit.
*Pentacon 135mm f2.8/Rebranded Meyer 135mm f2.8/
*Lenses primarily used were the Orestegon, Oreston & Pentacon.
Thank you so much to everyone involved! - Director/DOP/Writer - Dan Eady
