Beware of Trains / Beware of Trains
Emma Calder
United Kingdom / 2022 / 12' 50''Screenings
Synopsis
Beware of Trains explores today’s voyeuristic culture of fear and uncertainty. A woman with extreme anxiety is devoured by four major preoccupations – the man she met by chance on a train, her dying father, her daughter’s safety and the murder she dreams she has committed.
Emma Calder studied Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art. Whilst at the RCA she began making animated films, including the cult 80’s classic Madame Potatoe. After college she set up a studio producing graphic design, illustration for magazines and work for pop videos and commercials. She co-founded Pearly Oyster Productions making many successful and award winning animated films and commercials, including The Queen’s Monastery (BBC). Emma is currently developing and writing a Random Person 52 part art animation series and has written several adult/children’s illustrated books.
Director
Emma Calder
Production
Pearly Oyster Productions Ltd
Screenplay
Emma Calder
Storyboard
Emma Calder
Sound
Emma Calder
Music
John Webb, Oliver Cripps
Editing
Emma Calder
Animation
Emma Calder, Sofia Negri, Luke Ramsay
categories
GRAND COMPETITION - SHORT FILM 5