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SCATTERED.
WHEN THERE IS NO HISTORY, IT'S HARD TO FACE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PAST
- a film by joshua bregman and victoria naumova
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Story
- Scattered is a near-future sci-fi film, which tells the story of a young man who finds himself caught up in the aftermath of an act that changed the world.
After a 15 year wait, Conal is going to meet his father for the first time. His father Keith is the world's most notorious criminal, convicted of a crime which changed history itself. Convinced of his father’s innocence, Conal needs Keith's help to set the record straight. But his quest for justice takes an unexpected turn and Conal soon finds himself confronted with the unimaginable.
This atmospheric film is the first ever screen-adaptation of the work of award-winning sci-fi author Ken MacLeod. Scattered examines society’s relationship with its past through a son’s relationship with his father, and challenges our established ideas of destruction and terrorism through a crime that is as surprising as it is all-consuming. As all great sci-fi should,Scattered offers a vision of the future that illuminates the present.
Scattered will be released in Autumn 2012.
Ken's original story, "The Surface of Last Scattering", was published in an anthology by TRSF, who have kindly permitted us to adapt it for the screen.
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Posts
- Aug 23, 12
Simon’s previous theatre productions include tours of Macbeth, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice and Hard Times. He’s also performed in Deck The Halls, Richard 3, The Snow Queen, A Christmas Carol and When Santa Fell To Earth. Recently Simon appeared in Bollywood Cinderella for Tara Arts, followed by Count Oederland at The Arcola Theatre and London 4 Corners 1 Heart at Theatre 503. Recent films include The War Room and the Virgin Media short Last of the Lollipop Men.
- Aug 18, 12
Keaton Makki plays Conal.
Keaton has many credits in short and feature films to his name, and won the Cannes in a Van Award for Best Actor in 2011 for his work in short film Speechless.
- Aug 18, 12
Elisabeth Hopper plays Emma.
Elisabeth amazed audiences and critics alike with her performance as as Miranda opposite Ralph Fiennes in Trevor Nunn’s The Tempest at the Royal Haymarket Theatre.
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Artwork
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Posts
- Oct 13, 12
Every week we will be uploading production stills from the set of Scattered. Right now you can see photos from the first day in the LAB.
Photos are done by our wonderful Stills Photographer Nicci Gelnar. You can see more of her photos on the website http://www.niccigelnarphotography.com/
Victoria, Producer
- Sep 14, 12
Our fundraising campaign has now ended and I’m incredibly pleased to announce that we’ve exceeded our goal by $100!
Thanks to each and every one of our IndieGoGo supporters for their generous contributions! It’s really put a lot of wind in our sails to see the support and enthusiasm this project has generated. Keeping tabs on the campaign while we went into shooting kept morale very high on set. (as you can see from this morale-filled photo)
Our intrepid Producers Victoria and Sabina are hard at work on the perks and of course updates will continue to be posted on our website as post-production proceeds apace.
From all of us here, many heartfelt thanks. You’ve all made this possible and we can’t wait to show you the finished film. Thank you all so so much!
- Josh, Director, and the SCATTERED Team
- Sep 07, 12
After four intense days of filming, Scattered wrapped on Wednesday evening. We closed the shoot with a beautiful tracking shot of the main character, Conal, that was elegantly executed by Matthias (DoP) and Emmett (Key Grip).
All of the equipment was returned intact yesterday and we’ve had a little time to unwind from the intensity of the shoot and reflect. It was an incredible experience. Everyone on the cast and crew really stepped up to meet the challenges we faced.
After the whirlwind first day that Sabina told you about below, we spent the next two days shooting on location at Trinity Buoy Wharf. As the Wharf is next to City Airport we had plenty of sound issues that Nathaniel and Bryn, our sound recordists, kept on top of. In addition to the planes, we had cranes, metal drills, piledrivers and buzzsaws jockeying for a spot on the soundtrack.
It was a warm day and hot on our set, but everyone kept their focus and we got through our schedule step by step. The discipline and professionalism of Elisabeth and Keaton who had to deliver their nuanced scenes piece by piece as sound was cleared was impressive. They were both such a pleasure to watch, that I wanted to write more for them to work on. Why can’t we just throw a few more scenes in?
Our second day at the Wharf was even longer with more setups, but thanks to the deft Assistant Directing of Victoria Naumova we got through it all and were even able to do a bit of reshooting. This was the day we shot the longest scene of the film, between Simon and Keaton, and they were both exceptional as they soldiered through the same sound issues of the previous day to deliver great performances.
Our third day was rescued at the last minute by Ben Zeferework who kindly permitted us to use his building for our location. We picked up the shots easily before we moved on to our skateboarding sequence. And in case you’re curious, yes Keaton Makki does all his own stunts.
I could go into more detail, as there were many moments of reversal that were turned into successes, and every single person involved really shone. I can’t really describe how exhilarating it is to work with such talented and professional cast and crew. I’ve learned so much from each of them and they all pushed me to be better. I can’t wait to do the next one!
I’m also incredibly excited that writers and thinkers whom I admire and respect have also lent their support to our IndieGoGo campaign and shared and tweeted our site. It was great to see the people like William Gillis, Roderick Long and C4SS get excited as I am about seeing a Ken MacLeod film. I’ve been reading them for years, and it’s a thrill to see their tweets and posts.
We’ve only got a few days left in our campaign, and need just a touch more to get us over the finish line. Of course anything over that will be welcomed too and go into post-production. Thanks to everyone for all your support so far. And thanks for any reposts, tweets and shares that will help spread the word even further and bring this film to the screen. It’s gonna be great and I can’t wait for you to see it!
- Josh, Director
- Sep 03, 12
As everyone continues to beaver away on set on this, our second day of shooting, here are some reflections on our first…
1) 4 locations are a lot of locations.
We decided to kick off our shoot hardcore-style by filling our first day with as much travel as possible. The locations included the “prison” (Northfield’s Transport Depot) from which Keith is released after his 15 year imprisonment, a newsagents in deepest West London, a high school in Bloomsbury and a balcony in Paddington. You really feel the value of a super-organised crew when you have to pack up again and set up again this many times.2) It’s looking good.
We shot some important scenes on Day 1 – the picture you see at the top of this post is one of them (no more detail on that though, spoilers are a no-no…). We’ll be posting more photos from set (courtesy of our fabulous on-set photographer, Nicci) as we go along – check back for more. And we’re hopeful that our footage will look as good these stills – from what we’ve seen so far our Arri Alexa camera (in the hands of a darned good DOP) is creating some beautiful images.3) Shelf-stacking is not an easy task.
And finally, not to be forgotten, is the important lesson we all learned at our second location, the newsagents. In order to transform the pristinely (and extremely fully) stocked newsagents into something rather more bleak and, well, something you might find close to a near-future prison, we had to remove a lot (a LOT) of stock from shelves. Think 1000s of chocolate bars, crisps, cans, bottles, milk cartons – you name it, we moved it. The end-effect was indeed, pretty bleak. But of course, filming done, all the stock had to go back up on the shelves. In the same order. Identical to its original state. It took a team of six people over an hour to re-stack the shelves, consulting over 50 carefully captured photos of the products. Green Aeros, Orange Aeros, Peanut Lion bars, White Chocolate Lion bars. White polos, green polos, Fisherman’s Friends. These sequences will be engrained on my memory for a long time to come. Conclusion: shelf-stacking is not an easy job. But – we hope! – worth it.Sabina, Line Producer
- Aug 27, 12
Getting the right team together is such an important part of making a film, so we want to say a huge thank you to Katy Swarbrick and the team from Four Corners Film who have been amazing in helping us crew up. Thanks guys, you’re the best! Four Corners is London’s centre for film and photography, and they work to promote artistic participation and to enable people to achieve their potential through their experience, skills and facilities. They’re amazing; you should check them out.
We’re really touched by all the support we’re getting for Scattered - financial, emotional and every other kind imaginable. Our IndieGoGo campaign continues over here - come and get involved!
Sabina, Line Producer
- Aug 26, 12
We’re thrilled to welcome on board Simon Norbury who will be playing Keith in Scattered. Simon has done phenomenal work in productions as diverse as Macbeth and The Snow Queen and we’re delighted to have him. We’re confident the character of Keith is in very safe hands! Find out more about Simon here. Sabina, Line Producer
- Aug 25, 12
The team of SCATTERED is very glad to welcome Petr Svoboda as the Production Designer.
Petr has always been interested in films and for the past few years worked on a variety of short films, TV series and music videos.
We are very pleased that the style of the future world in our short film is going to be created by this talented Production Designer.
You can check Petr’s credits on his IMDB – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4603077/
Victoria, Producer
Photo @ “I Wouldn’t Wish the Eighties on Anyone”
- Aug 21, 12
We promise you that costumes in our film are not going to be Scattered!
We have great news that Grace Nicholas joined the team of Scattered as a costume designer.
Grace will bring her experience and creativity into making the wardrobe of near future for our sci-fi film.
Grace has graduated with first class honours from Wimbledon College of Art specialising in costume design and is very driven and inventive person.
We are very happy that Grace joined our team and looking forward to this collaboration.
Check out Grace’s website to see her previous works and portfolio.
Victoria, Producer
Photograph by @Darkling Images
- Aug 21, 12
What a brilliant first day of Crowd-funding campaign!
Your support is amazing!During the first 36 hours we have collected $1,525 thanks to your help! 23% of our goal is already achieved!
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the making of our film:
Tom Callard
Angelica Smitham
Elisar Cabrera
Jim Temple
Josh Reisner
Alana Lopez
Reese Rowe
Adam Noll
Kelsey Cummings
Jane Lewis…and everyone who shared the links and news about our IndieGoGo campaign!
Victoria, Producer
- Aug 21, 12
…Matthias Pilz.
We have amazing news, Matthias Pilz joins our team as the Director of Photography.
Matthias is an NFTS graduate with MA in Cinematography. While studying he has worked with different styles and forms, working on animations, documentaries and fiction.
His short film “Back of Beyond” directed by Michael Lennox, got the RST award as best post-graduate fiction.
Previously Matthias studied in filmArche in Berlin and worked in camera crew in such films as Ninja Assassin and Inglorious Bastards.
Matthias is passionate about influencing the story using light, colour and composition.
Have a look at Matthias showreel here as it always better to see it with your eyes.
Victoria, Producer
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About us
Scattered is the graduation project of MetFilm School students Joshua Bregman (writer-director) and Victoria Naumova (producer).
Joshua is a director with ten years of experience making TV shows for networks including MTV and Nickelodeon. He has directed several of his own short films.Victoria is an MBA graduate with a range of producer credits, including documentaries, web-series and talkshows, and has previously directed several short films.
Our team:
Line Producer - Sabina Smitham
Production Assistant - Alex Colthart
DOP - Matthias Pilz
Editor - Karel van Bellingen
Casting Director - Suzy Bragg
Concept Artists - Magno Scavone, Anthony Hutchings
Storyboard Artist - Ira Tsochantari
Visual Effects Artists - Kew Zee, Paul Martin
Sound Designer - James Evans
Composer - James Wilkie
Costume Designer - Grace Nicholas Stills Photographer - Nicci GelnarMake Up Artist & Hair Stylist - Mailis Enger
The original story:
"The Surface of Last Scattering" appeared in an anthology published by TRSF who kindly permitted us to adapt the story for the screen.
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Participate
- You can be a part of Scattered by supporting our IndieGoGo campaignOur IndieGoGo campaign finished with great success!This film would not be made without your help.A huge thank you to our supporters! We love you!Tom Callard, AlienAngelica Smitham, GattacaElisar Cabrera, AlienJetemple, GattacaJosh Reisner, Blade RunnerAlana Lopez, MonsterReese RoweAdam Noll, GattacaKelsey Cummings, MoonJane Lewis, Blade RunnerChris Bates, MonsterChris Richardson, GattacaJames Bregman, Space WarriorDiogo Costa, GattacaMarina Throne-Holst, AlienSarah Thornton, Space WarriorRobert Oetting, Space WarriorAllen SearleTodd Green, MonsterJames P JermanokAnna WallerJB Boyer, Dark KnightKatrina 9, AlienAnna Ressman, AlienMarina Khazanov, GattacaPachta, Alien + Children of MenLisa Neeley, AlienMaggie Evans, AlienBrett Snelgrove, Children of MenKelly StirmanRhovit.comJohn Robinson, Children of MenRM Churcher, AlienGodfrey McFall, GattacaMichael GozanRoderick Long, GattacaGozanjXavier Iturralde, Children of MenPlus five individuals who prefer to remain anonymous: a Moon, an Alien, two Gattacas and a Children of Men
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Tweets
- RT @EdinburghNapier: What a beautiful sunny day it's been at Sighthill campus today. Is it sunny where you are? http://t.co/4zfpYcUuXQMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @MouldySquid: @amendlocke @ScatteredFilm Hurray! About time someone adapted MacLeod to film. Now if we could get someone to film The Nig…May 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Anyone in #LA? Don't miss our film screening on the 1st of June in #SantaMonica at the @cinemaatedge film festival! http://t.co/0Utte1wYxmMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @Meliesorg: The European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation launches online platform for European genre film! The European... http://t…
- RT @cinemaatedge: “#Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out” #MartinScorsese #CinemaAtTheEdge #FilmFestivalMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Scattered is officially selected into @cinemaatedge and will be shown on the 1st of June in Santa Monica #LA http://t.co/0Utte1wYxmMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- That moment when you realise that Scattered is also on the biggest Russian movie base.http://t.co/d8dcF4LKfM #kinopoiskMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- One of the scenes in Sliding Doors was filmed at Fat Boys Diner, same place where Scattered was filmed http://t.co/uzjYCIp7nT
- RT @FilmAcademy: Daily #LLF (London Film Festival) is out! http://t.co/RjS1NE7PGO ▸ Top stories today via @ScatteredFilm @jonathanwakeham …
- For more info and pics, join us on facebook - http://t.co/Xyu8HuLQ63 it's that easy. Not that we prefer facebook to twitter...
- RT @amendlocke: Delighted that Scattered is here: Shorts Programme I | SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival http://t.co/MbOOqBFAZV via @scifilondonMay 07, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @movieScope: Winners of the @scifilondon 48 Hour Film Challenge announced. http://t.co/HgvJ7lmkBC #SFL48hrMay 07, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @onlyonecindy thank you for kind words Cindy!
- RT @onlyonecindy: @ScatteredFilm it was one of the best shorts in Programme 1! Keep up the great work!
- Cool talk on budget beating props by @Corsair_Cove. Very useful! #sfl12
- Check out http://t.co/vgou8ogsZU by Sacha Feiner. Pleased to have been on the same bill with this excellent dystopian film.
- Just saw a great talk by @swinefever on writing the SF film. Learned about the genre of 'Mundane SF' can't wait to read his book!
- @FistOfJesusFilm one of last night's standout shorts! A hilarious gore-fest. Catch it Monday at #sfl12
- Huge thanks to everyone who came out to support Scattered and see the other great great shorts of #sfl12 last night!!
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Lab Scene
