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SHORT SYNOPSIS Up-and-coming artist Max is returning to Italy, but at his leaving party one of his prized paintings is trashed. Someone clearly bears a grudge. But who, and why? And will the petty jealousies bubbling underneath the surface lead to a happy farewell? LONG SYNOPSIS Max is an Italian artist, living in London, who has just gained a big commission back home in Italy. Surrounded by adoring women, the artist seems to have the perfect life. Not only is he planning to return home to Rome taking his English girlfriend Laura with him, but he has given his most recent subject, Anita, a new lease of life. Laura and Max's easy-going flatmate Heather is in awe of them all. But at his leaving party one of his prized paintings is trashed. Someone clearly bears a grudge. But who, and why? And will the petty jealousies bubbling underneath the surface lead to a happy farewell? [ back to top ] MOVIE PICTURES                             [ back to top ] BACK-STAGE PICTURES                                                   [ back to top ]   STORYBOARD scenes 22-27 | art by Graham Hill submitted to Glasvegas's management to outline to use of theme song It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry download storyboard | scenes 22-27   [ back to top ]
PRODUCTION NOTES Perceptions of a Portrait is the second short film produced by 2tails films, a London production company founded in 2008. It was filmed over four days in November 2009 on location in London. The film was shot using the RED camera and has a duration of 12 and half minutes. The perceptions of a portrait represent the different ways in which everybody can perceive the same thing in very different ways. Up-and-coming artist Max is returning to Italy, but at his leaving party one of his prized paintings is trashed. Someone clearly bears a grudge. But who, and why? And will the petty jealousies bubbling underneath the surface lead to a happy farewell? [ back to top ] PRODUCTION INFORMATION Perceptions of a Portrait is the second short film produced by 2tails films, a production company founded by Silvia Felce and Susan Hodgetts in 2005. Their first short The Last Stop was shown at the Cannes, Deptford and Portobello film festivals and now they have joined forces for a bigger and more ambitious project, investigating physical and emotional perceptions, and the very modern desire to get noticed.   It was filmed over four days in November 2009 on location in a flat in Bermondsey, South London . The film was shot using the RED camera and has a duration of 12 and ½ minutes. The perceptions of a portrait represent the different ways in which everybody can perceive the same thing in very different ways. As the story unfolds, the slashing of the portrait allows writers Silvia Felce and Susan Hodgetts to delve deeper into the murky territory of emotional bonds, jealousies and betrayals.  "What we were interested in exploring are the emotions that art can create, and the artificial emotions that it can perpetuate in people: that artificial construct that surrounds it and the rise of the celebrity culture”, says Felce. The first person on board was artist Martina Mollin, who was spotted by the producers on the Camberwell College of Art and Design’s website. Hodgetts says "We were looking for an artist that had the sensibilities that we felt Max would have, and who viewed women in the way we thought Max would. Martina's work had the exact style that we were looking for, something very soft and feminine, seeing women through a soft-focus lens." Having worked with Anna Wollin on their previous short film The Last Stop, the role of LAURA was written especially with Anna in mind. Marco Foschi for MAX was a lucky discovery. When a casting director in Italy suggested that Felce have a look at Foschi’s résumé, Felce believed she had found her Max. “I saw a recording of a theatre piece he did for TV and I was completely spellbound by him, his voice and his eyes. He was Max!” Felce flew to meet him in Rome and he agreed to play the role.  The role of ANITA went to newcomer Lia Visva while Hodgetts took on the role of HEATHER  and a selection of young up and coming actors from Central School of Speech and Drama was recruited to round out the cast. The style of photography was crucial to the film, as, although it didn’t have to be intrusive, light and colour were important to enhance the continuous jumps in the time line of the narrative.  Felce worked closely with DOP Doug Walshe to create an invisible yet poignant photography. “We played with different lighting and camera movements to focus on the different relationships between the different people, letting the camera observe that, sometimes in a kind of voyeuristic way, letting the characters being at the centre of everything while time moves around them” says Felce. New artists like Spencer De Vere and Illegal Immigrant provided the songs for the soundtrack and It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry by Scottish rock band Glasvegas from their award winning first album was used for the final scenes.  “When I heard It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry I knew I wanted to end the story with this song. The lyrics seemed to tell the story in a way that almost exactly mirrors the images that were in my head”, says Felce. Felce fell in love with the characters of Perceptions of a Portrait as she felt that there was much more beneath the surface with these intriguing characters, and she is working on developing a feature film based on the short film. [ back to top ]
MARCO FOSCHI - Lead Actor "Max" Marco Foschi is a well-known Italian theatre, television and film actor, whose versatile and eclectic work has won him numerous prizes in Italy, including the UBU prize (the Italian equivalent of an Olivier award) as Best Newcomer, and Best Actor at the Annecy Film Festival for Fame Chimica. A graduate of Rome’s famous stage school, Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico, Foschi has acted in several major plays, including the recent theatre adaptation of Moby Dick, which delighted audiences in both Rome and Paris. He has starred alongside Giovanna Mezzogiorno in the acclaimed television drama Virginia, La Monaca di Monza, and in the cinema, he has played the leads in both Fame Chimica, for which he won a best actor award and Peter Del Monte's In Your Hands, as well as appearing in Le intermittenze del cuore, Come tu me vuoi and Riprendimi and television drama Sotto il Cielo di Roma, directed by Christian Duguai. Foschi was also the voice of Heath Ledger in the Italian version of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. [ back to top ] ANNA WOLLIN - Lead actress "Laura" Anna has made numerous appearances on television, in features, commercials and short films, and on the stage. She played Big's girlfriend in the first series of HBO's Sex and the City and has also appeared in Yianni Stamas' Diary on Time Warner Cable and Outbreak Investigation for the National Geographic Channel. Her film credits include The Ciderhouse Rules for Miramax and The Computer Virus for Wild Iris Productions. Her vast stage and musical credits include Marta in Stephen Sondheim's Company, Miss Spider in James and the Giant Peach, Queen Isabel in Richard II, Ariel in The Tempest and Viola in Twelfth Night. Anna recently played Lesley in a UK Nr.1 Tour of Michael Frayn's Alphabetical Order opposite Imogen Stubbs. Anna is also a professional singer and has sung the title songs on soundtracks for The Wolves of Kromer and Personal Justice. LIA VISVA - "Anita" A newcomer to film, Lia is a promising new actress to stage and film. Having trained in the purist form of the Meisner method for the past 2 years she brings a natural directness and honesty to her work. Described as a delicate and sensitive actress her work continues to grow in depth and form, as she embarks on her film debut in Perceptions of a Portrait. Her performances include both contemporary and classic pieces demonstrating the diversity and capability of her roles. Her experience in south asian classical dance adds to her skills. She works as a voice over artist for commercials having a flair for working in dialects and accents. She was also involved in scriptwriting and voice over for a documentary on Tsunami. SUSAN HODGETTS - "Heather" Susan has recently studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama and played the role of Helen in Network Theatre's Remember Me in September 2009. She returned to Network Theatre in April 2010 as the pianist in Rosie de Vekey’s Time For Love. She has previously performed at the Teatro La Vela in the experimental theatre play Briciole di Realtà (Crumbs of Reality) for I Poliedrici Theatre Company. DOUG WALSHE - Director of Photography Doug Walshe graduated in Film production from Farnham College for the Creative Arts in 2008, and has worked on a variety of films as Focus Puller Including the midlands driven feature ‘Shakespeare’s Diaries’, and music videos for Kate Nash and Rufus Wainright. Doug has worked in many different countries as Director of Photography for TVR, European Athletics, NHS and WPP and has recently completed shooting his first funded feature, ‘Handle With Care’. Doug has co-produced and shot several short films which have been privately screened at Film Festivals such as Raindance, BFI and the Royal Television Society. SIMON RUBEN - Editor Simon comes from a strong narrative tradition with a master's degree in Mythology and has worked on a range of different experience across various formats and genres including documentary, drama, commercials and series. Clients include Vertigo films, Disney, BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, National Geographic, and MTV. Ruben worked with Felce previously on The Last Stop. MARTINA MOLIN - Artist The Swedish painter Martina Molin studied Fine Art in Stockholm before moving to London in 2001. After completing a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art Painting at Chelsea College of Art and Design, including an interchange to the French art school Villa Arson, she went on to gain a Master in Drawing at Camberwell College of Arts in 2008. Martina lives and works in London and has exhibited at the Bulgarian Embassy, Wilson Gallery, Decima Gallery, and most recently at Holster Projects and the Affordable Art Fair. Her work is often semi autobiographical, blending appearance with fiction and an inner drama. Martina has painted the portrait of Anita for the film. [ back to top ]
FULL CAST AND CREW LIST
DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY HODGETTS PRODUCED BY WITH ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR SOUND DESIGNER		SILVIA FELCE                        SILVIA FELCE | SUSAN HODGETTS SILVIA FELCE | SUSAN HODGETTS MARCO FOSCHI HUGH HARFORD MAX MCGILL CAMPBELL BEATON DOUG WALSHE SIMON RUBEN MIKE HALL
CAST
MAX LAURA ANITA HEATHER PAOLO PRETTY GIRL FASHIONABLE PERSON MALE MUSEUM COLLEGUE FEMALE MUSEUM COLLEGUE MALE ITALIAN GUEST FEMALE ITALIAN GUEST 1 FEMALE ITALIAN GUEST 2 OTHER GUESTS AT THE PARTY		Marco Foschi Anna Wollin Lia Visva Susan Hodgetts Mauro Bianchi Persia Lawson Katie Brady Gary Mahoney Francesca Haswell Matteo Muscas Laura Felce Giulia Scrimieri Rosa Tranzillo Joseph Mekkatukulan Elionor Perry-Smith Phil Wilden Dawn Brady Carl Creckendon Katie Coyne Gordan Derbogosjian Leanne Sarderson Haydin Chin Sam Griffin Victoria Cartwright
CREW
LINE PRODUCER SOUND RECORDIST PRODUCTIONS & COSTUME DESIGNi HAIR & MAKE UPDESIGNERl CONTINUITY SUPERVISOR 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOCUS PULLER/CAMERA ASSISTANT BOOM OPERATOR GAFFER COLOURIST HAIR & MAKE UP ASSISTANT ART DEPT ASSISTANT PRODUCTION ASSISTANT PRODUCTION ASSISTAN RED DIT RUNNER RUNNER STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER STORYBOARD ARTISTl PRODUCTION & GRAPHICS  DESIGNER POST PRODUCTION @ PIXELKITCHEN PAINTINGS BY		Hugh Harford Marco Iavarone Giulia Scrimieri Sarah Russell Emma Faulkner David Canelo Chamorro Mike  Linforth Nikos Nikolalaios Max Mallen Andrea Pirisi Maz Orlandi Victoria Cartwright Sam Griffin Mette Matthiessen Hugh Harford Laura Felce Matteo Muscas Chiara Meattelli Graham Hill Tosca Leboroni                              www.pixelkitchen.co.uk Martina Mollin
MUSIC
It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry Written by Words by Universal Music Publishing Ltd Against The Grain Written by Words by  Copyright Spencer De Vere @2007 London Feels Written by Words by Copyright Spencer De Vere @2006 What You've Got Written by Words by Copyright owned by Illegal Immigrant @2007 They Tried To Steal The Sun From The Sky Written by Words by Copyright owned by Illegal Immigrant @2007		Performed by Glasvegas James Allan James Allan Performed by Spencer De Vere Dominic Flook & Jonny Hynes Dominic Flook Performed by Spencer De Vere Flook/Hynes/Milton Dominic Flook Performed by Illegal Immigrant Harin Harin Performed by Illegal Immigrant Harin Harin
CATERING BY Amisha Cafe 161, Grang Road London SE1 3GH THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Sandy at Circle Apartments Sam Pers at Circle Apartments All the staff at Circle Apartments All the staff at Amisha Cafe Teresa Razzauti Marco Williams Owen Smith Glasvegas and Denise Allan 2TAILS FILMS www.2tailsfilms.com ‘”PERCEPTIONS OF A PORTRAIT” ÓCOPYRIGHT 2TAILS FILMS 2010 [ back to top ]

last update: 13th/10/2011