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On A Roll (2020) | Director of Photography & Colourist

#finalyear #short-film

Herbert, Herb for short, is a first year university student stoner learning how to roll an ordinary joint. In the fear of being rejected by the other students down the hall he is encouraged to visit Grand Master Piff. An ancient guru who lives in Chinatown. Herbert needs to learn the way of the roll rather than be rejected by Kye, the leader of a friendship group he is so desparate to join. On his journey of adversity the protagonist learns the art of self-respect and eventually dismisses Kye and the other ‘cool’ students down the hall, to share his newfound rolling skills with the neighbour he’s helplessley in love with. On A Roll is currently on a film festival circuit for a year. Trailer coming soon.

Crew Credits:

Writer and Director. Ellis Gardiner

Producer. Megan Bussey

1st Assistant Director. Surya Miranda Peixoto

Director of Photography. Charis Mills

1st Assistant Camera. Grace Pogonoski

2nd Assistant Camera. Natasha Zossimova

Gaffer. Xuemeng Li

Production Designer. Jinyu Qi

Costume Designer. Ai He

Construction Manager. Leonie Bodman

Art & Construction Team. Tzu Wen Hung, Xinge Hu, Lara Jensen, Finley Lucas and Brett Grant

Sound Designers. Finley Lane Mcelroy and Evan Lawday

Sound Recordists. Evan Lawday and Tom Bradshaw

Editor. George Bradley

Grading. Charis Mills

Make-up and Hair. Iris Oshin

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