“So we are on this island, sunshine bleaching our hair,
driving some piece of shit hire car. Following this tractor, which is hauling this trailer, big red fucker. Beautiful puppy leashed onto the back of this open bed..."
Dog is a short film by Alastair Cook and James Norton, was shot on location in a series of derelict [now demolished] buildings at Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed and also on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Dog is a recital of a true story, which happened on a small sunny Island, a long way away.
DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.