SMART ALEK

1993
Film 16mm colour – 18 mins

Inspired by adolescent angst and familial back-story the film depicts a quarrelsome family en route to Jaywick Sands for their summer holidays. Seaside iconography and the coastal ‘edge’ influence this cruel and discordant universe.

A first for writing collaboration with Sean Lock (who is also in the film along with Simon Munnery) and production collaboration with Ben Woolford.

Shot around Pevensey flats in East Sussex, close to where I now live.

Director Andrew Kotting
Producer Ben Woolford
Written by Andrew Kotting and Sean Lock
Cameras Nick Gordon Smith Gary Parker Barry Badblood
Sound Toby McMillan
Music David Burnand
Produced by Tall Stories
Editor Jim Carew and Andrew Kotting

Cast
Amy Hodge
Sean Lock
Simon Munnery
Bill Monks
Stan Nelson
Penny Prosser
Patricia Varley
Gavin Wilkinson

Collections:
The Lux - London
BFI - London