The Kid, our debut short film, is a story of a young US Paratrooper, Jack (Emmet O’Riabhaigh), who on D-DAY gets lost in a forest in Normandy following the ambush of his squad. Injured and shell shocked he stumbles across a child (James O’Connor) in the forest and takes it upon himself to get him to safety.
We made this film on no budget as part of our final year project in Multimedia at the Cork Institute of Technology 2011.
The Kid was accepted into the “Made in Cork” Section of the Cork Film Festival in November 2011.
Produced, Directed, Shot and Edited by:
Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost
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Cast:
Emmet O'Riabhaigh - Jack
Kid - James O'Connor
Nazi 1 - Colm Doyle
Nazi 2 - Sean Kennedy
Nazi 3 - Paul Falvey
US Soldier - Colin Canty
US Soldier - Ruairi O'Hagan
US Soldier - Greg Canty
Dead Soldier - Emmet O'Brien
Music by:
Emmet O'Riabhaigh
Sound by:
Conal Thomson, David Hynes and Paddy Lane
Written by Emmet O'Brien and Brendan Canty
Co-Produced by Colm Doyle and Claire Jackson
Costumes, History Expertise and Production Assistance:
Irish Military Re-Enactment Group
Rotoscoping by:
David Hynes
Key Grip:
David Maloney
Tech Specs:
Camera: Canon 7D
Lenses: Canon 50mm f1.8, Canon 100mm f2.8, Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6
For more information about the Production The Kid, it was documented from Start to Finish here: warfilmproject.wordpress.com/
