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Film Productions:
THE BARN​
Time Line
Pre-Production
September 2023 - March 2024
Production / Film Shoot
April 2024
Post-Production
Music
Sound Effects
Visual Effects
Editing
Test Screenings
May - July 2024
Additional
Photography
June 2024
Final Proof Edit
1st August 2024
Premiere
4th August 2024
Festivals Season
August 2024 - August 2025
General Release
August 2025
Storyline
A girl dressed in 14th century garb is discovered lifeless in a darkened farm barn. Adopted by the farmer and his family, the girl begins to notice something strange. She doesn't appear to age. Upon the death of her adopted parents, she is accused of witchery and chased from the village. Some years later she is discovered again, lifeless. Her back punctured and covered with dried blood. She is awoken by voices from a distant past and the reminder of something mysterious that she has held close all this time. She doesn't remember her life before, but her path ahead becomes suddenly clear when a message from the King of The Vikings is revealed.
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Background & Beginnings...
The Barn is a community led, zero-budget, production with a professional industry cast and crew supported by local skills and talent. Short film format (20 minutes run time) and first screened at its Premiere on 4th August and again during the Chichester International Film Festival.
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Filming of The Barn took place at The Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester, Ford (near Arundel) and West Ashling, all in West Sussex, UK, during April and June 2024, with post-production from May to August 2024 also undertaken in Chichester, West Sussex, UK.
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More details will emerge here and on the Festivals page as The Barn progresses through the film festivals during 2024/25.
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Film Release
The film of The Barn will become available after the film festival season in May 2025, on general release and streaming.
Meanwhile, the Behind The Scenes page showcases photos, interviews and a Q&A with Director and members of the cast.
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Special Thanks
With Special Thanks for the amazing support given by the many individuals and organisations from across West Sussex, Hampshire, and beyond. Everyone that has helped, supported, contributed, or been in the thick of this production is provided a mention below.
We would like to make a very special mention to
Weald & Downland Museum, Old Chapel Productions, Let's Make Films,
NewPark Cinema (Chichester), WildIndie Film Festival,
for their help and support during the making of The Barn,
with very special thanks to
Kate Winslet
for her valuable support during pre-production
and
for giving us the advice and confidence to breathe life in to Chichester Filmmakers
and to pushing forward with The Barn
Ellen Jasmine Thomas
Old Man Odin Mark Chapman
Father Eiren Callum Madill
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14th Century
Father Eiren Callum Madill
Farmer William Peter McCohon
Farmer's Wife, Cecilia Meg Birley
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16th Century
Alice Lucy Mabbitt
Jake Bradley Hart
Farmer Thomas Christopher Beaumont
Farmer's Wife Mary Lena Richardson
Father Richard Mike Dodds
Catherine Hazel Stock
Agnes Angela Elise-Munnoch
George Simon Willshire
Girl #1 Leila Berry
Woman #1 Kelly Berry
Girl #2 Melis Welch
Acting Consultant Mark Burgess
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1950's
Farmer Gerry Stewart Barham
Michael (Estate Agent) Paul Welch
Barbara (Nurse) Cassandra Monteiro
WITH SPECIAL THANKS
Kate Winslet
Weald & Downlands Museum, Chichester (WDM)
Saint Andrew's, Ford, Arundel
Peter Nuttall - Land Rover
Director
Producer
Story and Script
Script & Production Consultant
Director of Photography
1st Assistant Director
2nd Assistant Director
Storyboard Artist
Script Supervisor
Gaffer
Grip & Rigging
1st Assistant Camera
2nd Assistant Ccamera
2nd Unit Camera
2nd Unit Assistant Camera
Drone Pilot & Camera
Sound Recording
Sound Boom Operator
DIT & Data Wrangler
Art Director
Wardrobe & Costume Design
MakeUp Artist, Hair & SFX
Production Designer
Assistant Producer
Assistant Producer
Location Manager (WDM)
Runner / Driver
Runner / 2nd Sound Boom Op.
Runner
Runner / Camera Dept.
Runner
Preproduction Consultant - Cinematography
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Behind The Scenes
Stills Photographer & Video
Stills Photographer 2
BTS Editor
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Jonathan Brooker
Petrina Rodwell
Jonathan Brooker
Gavin Saville
Ian Coulson
Mira El Bacha
Harry Norton
Matt Goddard
Bradley Hart
Jazz Halstead
Ryan Lackenby
Oliver Davies
Gabbi Wolfe
Matt Goddard
Issie Collier
Jakub Bors
Paul Burton
Cassandra Monteiro
Josh Ilsters
Nikita Dare
Isabel Saunders
Louise Becker
Nikita Dare
Matt Goddard
Ryan Lackenby
Georgia Hockey
John Frost
Eloise Rouse
Gillian Fischer
Charlie Andrews
Fiona Metcalfe
Ivana Raicivic
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Jakub Bors
Issie Collier
Matt Goddard
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Old Chapel Productions, Chichester
Glad Rag Costumes, Brighton
Raindbow FX & Makeup
Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Community Development Trust
Clever Photography, Chichester
Shouting Sound & Motion Productions, Chichester
Coulson Media, Brighton
The Subterranean Light Company
Graded Films, Arundel
DJI Drones, Chichester & USA
Neewer Lighting, UK
Lottery Heritage Fund, UK
Brandon Hire Station (Bognor Regis)
Let's Make Films, London
Chichester Cinema, NewPark
Chichester NewPark Center
Raindance Film Festival, UK
Envato
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Editor
Associate Editor
Assistant Editor
Grading
Colourist
​Projectionist
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Film Score & Music
Composer
Additional Composer
Sound / Mix Engineer
Lead Vocals
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Production Marketing
Press & Media
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Paul Burton
Grace Couzins
Josh Ilsters
Theodore Swaddling
River Robinson
Mark Hoare
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Jonathan Brooker
Matt Summerfield
Paul Burton
Katie Brown
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Rachel Gilbert
Matt Goddard
Interviews
Camera
Stills Photography
​Projectionist​​​​
Lewis Shipgood
Frederick Flemming
John Casey
Paul Gainford
Screened & Premiered
at
Chichester International Film Festival, August 2024
The Barn's Film Festival landscape poster, based on behind the scenes photo by Issie Collier, featuring Jasmine Thomas (Ellen)
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Family Finder
In Development
Storyline
Following the sudden death of their parents, a brother and his sister continue with their own lives, but with time grow apart from from each other. One an architect, the other a renowned historian & archaeologist. They go about their busy lives not realising that their one remaining relative is desparate to find them before time runs out and before their secret legacy is lost forever.
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Short film format, with public screenings anticipated for early 2026, including film festivals, with a view to raising additional public funding for a full feature film production in 2027/28. Production shooting will be taking place in Chichester, West Sussex, UK in Autumn 2024. Schedule to be confirmed.
In My Head
Awaiting Development Funding
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