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Light Decision[1] is a short film produced by Work Of Art Films that raises awareness about social issues associated with teenage knife crime in London.
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Light Decision is a touching film about knife crime in London. It was written by Ewa Cichon and produced by Ewa Cichon & Kay Headley, who also plays the role of the father-Cassius Paterson, who is the main character in the film. However, on this occasion the production company invited Juriaan Booij to direct the film-See BEGINNING below:
Light Decision was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2010 Short Film Corner. Light Decision on IMDB
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TRAILER
The trailer for Light Decision can be found on IMDb [2]
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Writer and Producer Ewa Cichon first came up with the idea for the film in 2008, when knife crime in London seemed to be on a very worrying rise Crime in London#Gun and knife crime. With each press report of yet another appalling murder, there always seemed to have been someone stating that "lessons must be learnt...", which eventually became the theme of the film Light Decision. How many "lessons" [3] do we have to learn before we finally decide to do something?
BEGINNING
In April 2009 Juriaan Booij, an RCA graduate and a filmmaker best known for his documentary about a sinking nation of Tuvalu "King Tide", was filming his graduation short film "Conformists" [4]. Juriaan cast Kay Headley and Tom Bonington, both actors who went on to star in 'Light Decision'. Ewa Cichon had been asked to take stills from the set and that's how Ewa and Juriaan met. Having been very impressed with Juriaan's style as a director, Ewa and Kay set up a meeting with him and "Conformists" DOP Justin Brown for August 2009 to discuss the script for "Light Decision". Principal photography commenced on 6 October 2009, when the beginning of the film had been shot. After finding a new DOP (Tom Turley), the filming continued in November 2009. By the end of January 2010 the film had been edited by Kay Headley and Ewa Cichon with a very valid input from the director. After studying music at Goldsmiths in London and working alongside such talented music producers as Skip McDonald, Kay Headley composed the music for the film and designed the sound. In March 2010 the film had been entered to Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner and the London Film Festival.
Due to the plot and multitude of characters and scenes, Light Decision has been called a "brilliant mini feature film about teenage knife crime in London".
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SHORT FILM: 14min57sec ENGLISH, HDCAM, COLOUR, COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: UK, 2010 Produced by Work Of Art Films