Cat Sitting (Short Film)

 
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Logline

Alex finally agreed to do the cat sitting for her ex wife, while she is away with her most recent girlfriend. This traumatic first visit back to what used to be their home culminates in an unexpected confrontation with her nemesis, a feisty cop called Finn, and things get a little out of hand.

Synopsis

Alex, after a painful breakup with Teresa finally agrees to do the cat sitting for the sake of the cats. This is her first visit back to what used to be their home. All goes seemingly well until Alex discovers that her nemesis, the person responsible for breaking up her marriage, Finn, is not only due to do half the week’s cat sitting but she (Alex) had got her days mixed up and Finn is due to arrive any second. Little does Alex know about exactly HOW out of hand this encounter is about to get.


Director’s Notes

“Cat Sitting” was inspired by an original story by Jude Dempsey which humorously highlights the odd idiosyncrasies of lesbian life such as the proliferation and love of cats, the weird and sometimes mind bending complexity of the web of relationships and the close sometimes incomprehensible friendships that develop between women as friendships mature, change and new family ties are made for life.

Cast

“Alex” – Lara Jane

Lara Jane is a new actress developing her experience both in Theatre and film. She studied a course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama appearing in productions of ‘As You Like It’ as ‘Rosalind’ and in ‘Invisible’ taking the role of ‘Lara’. She is currently rehearsing for a production of ‘Blithe Spirit’ appearing as ‘Ruth’ at the Eckington Theatre in Derbyshire. Lara is a passionate, lively and enthusiastic individual who is intrigued and inspired by the art of acting. She is always trying to learn and develop herself as an actress – and is excited to continue her journey.

“Finn” – Lauren Karl

Lauren Karl is an American actress who recently moved over from Los Angeles. She received her BA from the University of California Berkeley where she graduated with honors in Theater and Performance studies. While in the States she was a supporting actress in feature films such as The Mighty Macs, Bottleworld, Venus and Vegas, Cuttin Da Mustard, and Feel as well as numerous short films. She recently received her Masters in acting from East 15 and is now in London working as an actress in theater, television, and film as well as being a stand up comedian, DJ, and voiceover actress. She feels the world is her stage and looks forward to what is to come!

“Teresa” – Sonja Wirwohl

Sonja Wirwohl discovered her passion for acting at the Actors Centre London. Being bilingual (English and German), she has since continued her training both in the UK and Germany. She enjoys acting as a way of playing with imagination and impulse.

So far, Sonja has acted in several short films and theatrical performances (e.g. the award winning You Me Bum Bum Train), and has also been involved in experimental photography projects.

“Dawn” – Victoria Ashford

Victoria has only been acting in film a short while but has already appeared in three feature films Last Night At Emilio’s, the Brit comedy flick Field Trip and the soon to be released drama Chakara.

Also an accomplished stage actress, Victoria has excelled in roles such as, Madame de Tourvel in Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Helena in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream along with more comedic roles such as Michelle (I shall say this only once) in Allo Allo.

Project Crew

Producer, Screenwriter, Director – Wollie Boehm

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Wollie (pronounced Volley) is originally from South Africa, currently living in London. She started her creative career with an English degree, which progressed onto an exciting journey into the technological worlds of business, IT, Telecoms, New Media and 3D Virtual World R&D which inspired her to do a post graduate degree in Artificial Intelligence. She is a skilled experienced film maker with a growing portfolio of award winning short and feature scripts and films.

She studied script writing and film directing at the National film and Television School in Beaconsfield and works as a cinimatographer, editor, colourist and director on commercial and corporate projects. >>read more>>

Original Story Idea, Production Design, Location Management – Jude Dempsey

Cinematography – Henriette-Mercedes Spiering

Born in Germany, Henriette-Mercedes works as a cinematographer and camera operator in the Netherlands and the UK. After finishing her studies in Film & Television at the University of Amsterdam, she began working for several Dutch TV channels and was one of the main camera operators for a Dutch TV show. As Director of Photography she is now focussing on short films, features, documentaries and experimental films. Henriette-Mercedes worked on two feature films in the Netherlands, ‘Kink’ and ‘Lenteveld’, and a number of short films in the Netherlands and the UK. Many of these films have been shown at film festivals and ‘Lenteveld’ was released commercially on DVD in the Netherlands.

Sound Recordist, Production Design Assistant, Production Assistant, Cat Wrangler – Ellie Mumford

Emily_Ellie_2015_100x120_02Ellie’s passion for filmmaking developed after receiving a video camera for her 21st birthday. In the years that followed she worked on several short film projects including a promotional film for a local restaurant. Since finishing university, Ellie has gained practical experience working for a German television company as a Sound and Production Assistant and has been involved in a number of projects with VolVentures and Whipped Cream Productions including “Cat Sitting” (2014). She has also made two independent stop motion animations “Nobody” (2011) and ” The Dog Song” (2014).

1st AD – Mark Umphrey

Born and raised in Canada, Mark made his first short film when he was 16. Thereafter, he put his film dreams on hold when invited to tour Canada as a lead actor, singer and dancer in a multi-million dollar production commissioned for Canada’s 125th birthday celebration. The show lead to a ten-year career as a professional actor, touring Canada, the States and Europe before finally making his home in London, UK. Wanting to return to his first love of writing, directing and producing film, Mark spent the past few years preparing by honing his business skills. Working within the head office of one of the UK’s largest retailers, he carved out a successful financial management career. Whilst working in finance he trained at The Metropolitan Film School and most recently The Central Film School where he directed his first short, “The Factory”. Now turning his energies full-time to film, he has just completed his second feature screenplay “Standing Still” and is working on several projects in various stages of development.

Pre-Production Assistant – Helen Ibach

Helen Ibach’s passion for film started early in her life after receiving her first camera at the age of eight. After studying photography and enjoying the magic of story-telling through her writing, she became interested in merging her interests and her love for film was born. She recently discovered the art of film making and is now fulfilling her ambition with like minded women at Whipped Cream Productions where she is enthusiastically gaining both skills and experience.

Editor – John Weeks

After a career switch from computer games programmer to film maker John has covered just about every position in Post Production working on Feature Films, Shorts, Commercials, Corporates, Music Videos and Promos. As lead editor at the creative agency Evidently he edited projects for clients such as Dove, Nicorette, Lifebuoy and Axe as well as the multiple award winning “Dear 16 Year Old Me” campaign for the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund.

Moving freelance has led to narrative projects such as the feature film “The Watcher Self”, multiple short projects including the award winning “The Day My Fish Died” and “Cat Sitting” as well as work for the BFI and V&A museum. John’s next project includes the feature film “Something Changed” and the documentary “7 Legends” featuring some of the greatest names from boxing and wrestling history including Mike Tyson and Bret Hart.

Sound Editor – Stewart Dugdale

Stewart is a full time Composer, Sound Designer and Audio Editor. He has 5 years experience scoring to picture, creating sound design, dialogue editing as well as sound FX and Foley. His music has appeared across a wide range of platforms including Chanel 4 and SKY. He works very closely with companies such as Future Publishing, Fantom films and KOTV and licenses a royalty free music library, Royalty Free Tunes and a production music library, PPM Music which provide music for immediate licensing.

Original Music by – David Mumford

David released his debut album, ‘Bonfire Music’ in April 2013. The culmination of ten years of songwriting, combining influences from the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, the album weaves together nursery rhymes with old blues fables, songs of fear with those of hope. In the past year alone, David has supported Joan Armatrading, The Charlatans and The Dylan Project, and has played live on BBC Radio Kent and BBC Introducing.

Pre-Production Assistant – Jennie Lazenby

Associate Producers

Rob Heller & Adri Heller

Jude Dempsey

David Mumford

Linda Chapple

Paula Moss

Ellie Mumford

Valsofo

Sasha Marchant

Jenny Reaper

Henriette-Mercedes Spiering

Jemima Strydom

Mark Umphrey

Jennie Lazenby

Special Thanks to

>> David Waterson from Haringey Film Office

>> PC Gavin Barnet from Haringey Police

>> Linda Chapple – for the wardrobe contributions

>> Abbey Wright – for the wardrobe contributions

>> Gemma Berongoy – for the wardrobe contributions

>> Moira Murphy – for the wardrobe contributions