Crystal Math

A Film by

• Kathy Hubbard & Roseanne Watt

Directed by

• Roseanne Watt

Written

Kathy Hubbard

Camera

• Roseanne Watt

Starring

• Anne Watt
• Leslie Watt
• Chris Halcrow
• Jane Matthews
• Bob Gunn
• Donald Anderson
• Christine Ferguson
• Gwilym Gibbons
• Richard Weymss
• Kathy Hubbard
• Puzzle the Dog

Fun facts!

Chris actually studies Mathematics at Cambridge, where he has a reputation for being "very enthusiastic" about the subject.

Chris's own parents found the task of participating in this documentary too harrowing, so Anne and Leslie stood in to re-enact these depicted true events.

The Flight of Kathy

Can you build a flying machine using a shopping trolley, some glitter and a huge pile of optimism?

A Film by

• Ceidiog Saxelby & Roseanne Watt

Directed by

• Roseanne Watt

Written & Starring

• Ceidiog Saxelby

Camera

• Roseanne Watt
• Chris Halcrow
• Joe Christie
• Aidan Nicol
• Harry Whitham

Thanks To

• Anne Watt
• Alec Watt
• Eamonn Watt

Music

• Norman & The Folding Deckchairs
• Sigur Rós

Fun facts!

This film was dedicated to Kathy Hubbard, Shetland Art's development worker who has been a huge help to Maddrim over the years.

Battle of The Juices

How does a human choose which juice to drink with lunch? It's time to find out!

Starring & Written by

• Maddrimers

Directed & Edited by

• Chris Halcrow

Fun facts!

Eilidh is in genuine pain during the toothpaste torture scene. Oh, the things you put up with when you're a Maddrimer!

Clawprints in the Sand

A nice walk through the beautiful landscape of Fladdabister goes terribly wrong thanks to those pesky evil scientists...

Written by

• Chris Halcrow & Cara McDiarmid

Starring

• Lorcan Henry, Iona Leask, Aidan Nicol & Ellis Robb

Edited by

• Chris Halcrow

Fun facts!

This was a film made on a whim, a throw-back perhaps to the good old days of pre-Maddrim filmmaking!

Under the Moon of Love

A Nice Day

A man is going to have a good day.

Written/Directed/Edited by

• Lorcan Henry

Starring

• Connor Johnston, Lorcan Henry, Mairi Coutts & Chris Halcrow

Assisted by

• Cara McDiarmed & Ellis Robb

Fun facts!

The film only took 2 hours to make, but 2 weeks to edit!

Prom

Social outcast Maisie is a lonely girl who finds hope in love only to face a deep betrayal.

Written/Directed by

• Joe Christie

Starring

• Roseanne Watt, Eilidh Jones, Joe Christie & Maddrimers

Edited by

• Joe Christie

Fun facts!

The school the film was shot in (Sandwick Junior High) is the school where many Maddrimers attended or still attend.

If you look closely at the prom poster, the details are the exact date and time and our slot at the film festival!

Joe left the poster up in the school after filming and everyone got excited about the All-American Prom. It stayed up for a term in a prime location!

Stallionhead 2

Written by

• Chris Halcrow and Lorcan Henry

Starring

• Chris Halcrow, Lorcan Henry, Maddrimers

Edited by

• Chris Halcrow

Fun facts!

The clever editing may have lead you to not notice the fact that the bomb is actually a kitchen timer! Woah now!

This was one of the film's of Screenplay 09 that addressed the festival's sub theme: Making Mhairi Explode.

Roseanne still finds all scenes with Thobin Pigface difficult to watch due to the terrifying nature of the pig mask.

Lorcan was in the bath fully clothed!

Dance Heroes

Written, Directed and Choreographed:

• Chris H
• Ruth M

Edited:

• Chris H

Starring:

• Chris H
• Ruth M
• Harry W

Fun facts!

HUGE thanks to Stems who gave us free roses to throw over Chris!

Those useless t-shirts took DAYS to make! Painting is not our strong point...

Believe us, at one point this film had some sort of reasonable plot. But then it just decended into PURE DANCE! :D

The Trails and Tribulations of Spacebot

Written

• Mhairi McNeill

Directed

• Mhairi McNeill

Edited

• Jason Gray
• Mhairi McNeill
• Chris Halcrow

Starring

• Aidan Nicol
• Max Tyler
• Jason Gray
• Cara McDiarmid
• Ceidiog Saxelby
• Mathew Nicolson
• Chris Halcrow
• Jessica Thomson

Costumes

• Harry Whitham

Crew

• Willem Cluness
• Martin Summers
• Owen Barber

Fun facts!

This film began when it was joked that Mhairi should make a film (having been in media club for 3 years and yet never having made her own film). And somehow, she pulled it off!

All of the background sets were designed from scratch by Jason and here are some shots of the spaceship's bridge and Spacebot's quarters:

The props budget for the entire Screenplay festival took a big hit when Harry bought the gold material for the excellent shiny costumes.

The God of Tennis

Take one up and coming sportstar, your favorite neighbourhood deity and add one big lot of tennis, and what have you got??

... this ...

Directed

• Chris Halcrow
• Mhairi McNeill

Starring

• Joe Christie
• Gengus McNeill
• Mhairi McNeill

Music

• Stuart Thompson
• Amanda Palmer (Another Year, from "Who Killed Amanda Palmer")

Fun facts!

This film was conceived and filmed all in one evening (just over an hour, where most of the time was spent trying to find tennis rackets...).

Gengus is a very stupid dog - and when we tried to get him to sit still by giving him a squeaky chew toy, he instead ran away cause he didn't like the squeaking noise.

Mhairi and Chris joked that this would be a best film of the festival (they've convinced themselves it is!). Simon Miller's daughter said it was her favorite which has significantly boosted the ego's of Mhairi and Chris who now refuse to associate themselves with the rest of the group, and insist they are carried around on a throne.

Trapped on Mousa: the WORST film...

Directed, Written, Edited & Enjoyed by:

Lorcan Henry

Starring:

• Aidan Nicol
• Chris Halcrow
• Mhairi McNeill
• Joe Christie
• Max Tyler

We're sorry, very sorry. You have to understand - this film was just a big mistake waiting to happen... four friends trapped on Mousa; they all die horrifically in a Final Destination-esque style. At least their dead now, no chance for a sequel!

Fun facts

We woke up at 3am to film Masks. After this we had to finish Stallion Head and then went to St Ninian's (and later Mousa) to make this film. You have to understand how tired we were, explaining the poor quality

This film began with the plot premise of aliens using Mousa Broch as a base for their evil activities - and a war with trowies and other such thing happening. Unfortunately (or luckily) we didn't have time. :(

Pork 'n' Beans

Directed:

Cara McDiarmid

Starring:

• Lorcan Henry
• Chris Halcrow

Maddrim's first attempt at stop motion animation - made over the course of 2 days. Will Lorcan ever get his pork 'n' beans back??

Fun facts

This film has 2928 still pictures in it, and it yet still only 1:22 long! We'll never make a full length Stop motion..!

Stallion Head: Protector of the Neighhhhbourhood

Written, Directed and Edited

Chris Halcrow

Starring:

• Chris Halcrow
• Jason Gray
• Roseanne Watt
• Cara McDiarmid
• Aidan Nicol
• Mhairi McNeill
• Lorcan Henry

Stallion Head is not your everyday superhero - he's a little rubbish infact... Can he rescue the residents of Horse City from Thobin Mine the evil life insurance salesman?

Fun facts

The pony actually bit Chris on his leg. Suffering for his art! :p

The horse mask was bought in Sendai in Japan and managed to travel all the way to Shetland.

The blood mixture was mainly milk and red food colouring — next time we plan on looking up a more professional fake blood recipe... Lorcan also didn't wash his jacket and wore it to the Screenplay festival.

Masks

A short film we made for Screenplay 2008. The film examines the destruction of identity that can result from drug misuse.

Written:

Roseanne Watt

Directed:

• Lorcan Henry
• Roseanne Watt
• Aidan Nicol

Edited:

Lorcan Henry

Cast:

• Roseanne Watt
• Mhairi McNeill
• Joe Christie
• Aidan Nicol
• Cara McDiarmid
• Chris Halcrow
• Jason Gray
• Max Tyler

Fun Facts!

We were put on ITV because of this, though it was a bit rubbish cause they twisted everything we meant and wanted to say into "Shetland has a drug problem". Darn!

To get the street empty, we all stayed at Lorcan's house then went out on the street at 3am. After filming this we had to go and film some of Stallion Head, Trapped on Mousa and "The Running Film". It was quite a painful day!

Amanda Palmer (the singer and piano player in the song) mentioned this in her blog. She said:

starts slow, but stick with it. for high school, i'm impressed.
jesus. cocaine that young sort of makes me want to cry. why aren't kids dropping acid anymore? wtf.