Play Dead (2012)
Written, Directed and Edited by Adam Harvey
When a city mum living rurally is driven to extremes by her neighbour’s noisy dog, she must embrace the country ways to protect her family.
Play Dead is a dark comedy about the Waikato rural lifestyle, featuring lots of cows, a disruptive dog, an insensitive neighbour, a shotgun and a claw hammer. Kate lives by city rules, and is routinely dismissed and patronised by her male neighbours. But when her daughter’s safety is threatened, she readily adopts the country way of doing things.
"This film is loosely based both on my own experiences of living in rural New Zealand and on rumours about a local farmer who allegedly killed a colleague’s pet."
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Play Dead Credits
Cast
Kate – Alex Ellis
Jenny– Tashaan Petersen-Shaw
Richard– Sasha Rinaldi
John- Dennis Ralph
Sylvester– Macca
Crew
Written and Directed by Adam Harvey
Produced by Scott Granville and Ben Woollen
1st Assistant Directors- Scott Granville and Ben Woollen
Cinematographer- Joe Hitchcock
Additional Cinematography- Ben Woollen
Camera Operator- Dan Inglis
Key Grip- Moehau Hodges-Tai
Best Boy- Stefan Dimitrof
Sound Recordists- Brad Griffiths, Stefan Dimitrof
Make Up and Effects- Edwin Petersen
Script Supervisors- Luke Sharplin, Chris Williams
Sound Design- Edwin Petersen
Foley Artists- Katrina Knight, Corey Petersen-Shaw, Tashaan Petersen-Shaw
Visual Effects- Ben Corcoran, Adam Harvey
Stills Photography- Lecars Li
Catering- Leigh Harvey, Alana Granville
Original Music- The Scorelocks Collective
Editors- Adam Harvey, Luke Sharplin
Special thanks to
Creative Communities Scheme Hamilton City
Terry and Joe MacDonald, Brogan Collins, Shaun and Shona, The Johnstone Family, Colin and June Speake
