Arcadia Lasts - 16 minute Short Film (2022)
Channel: New Waverley Studios
Date: 2024-04-04

Synopsis: 

A teenager, Katy, gets cajoled into skipping school by a friend, Bobbi, both escaping for very different reasons. Katy eventually finds out Bobbi has used her to meet a boy, creating a problem they both have to confront.

CREDITS:

New Waverley Studios & Rustle Up Productions 

Director - Aaron Shrimpton
Writer - Ava Picket
Producer - Barry Castagnola
Executive Producers - Jo Peel, Ryan Callanan, David Walker

LEAD CAST

Marnie Maulkin as Katy 
Scarlett Lennon as Bobbi

SUPPORTING CAST (in order of appearance) 

Marissa Wallder -  The Mother
Rhiannon Wijeratne  - Stephanie 
Detective 1 - Brandon Casanova
Detective 2 - Sara Templeman 
Uniformed Police 1 - Tim Dobby 
Uniformed Police 2 - Lamin Kamara 
School Boy 1 - Hamish Maulkin 
School Boy 2 - Joe Peek 
Street MC - Sonny Green 
MC’s Wife - Zoe Stevens 
School Gang Member - Sophia Bensaard 
School Gang Member - Tom Lappage 
School Gang Member - Isabelle Robinson 
School Gang Member - Maddy Collins 
School Gang Member - Lauren Wright 
Yob - Thomas Cleary 
Yob - Terry Alderton 
Mobility Scooter Riders - Markus Birdman 
Mobility Scooter Riders - Malinda Mukuma 
Arcade Manager - Alan Frost 
Arcade Gamer - Oscar Degirolamo 
Arcade Gamer - Jacob Guyler 

Additional Production Crew 

Production Manager - Hannah Ford 
Director Of Photography - Isobel Jones 
1st AC, Gimbal Op, 2nd Unit DP - Ash Garwood
Assistant Camera - Jude Dulake 
Drone Operator - Jamie Crumpton 
Sound Operators - Tina Maynard & Jack Hamilton 
Costume Designer - Lois Maulkin 
Acting Coach - Sara Templeman 
Production Coordinator - David Roe 
Production Coordinator - George O’Regan 
Graphics - David Leigh 
Set Design - Jack Carrano 
Chaperones - Aimee Singer, Lois Maulkin, Claire Reynolds 
Script Supervisors - Hannah Lovell 
Casting Director (Young Performers) - Sandra Singer 
Additional Casting - Gemma Stoddard 

Post-Production Crew 

Online Editor - George Simpson 
Offline Editor - Hannah Lovell 
Animator - Asher Hunt 
Colourist - Stanton Waro 
VFX - Kirk Slyvester 
Sound Design & Dubbing Mixer - Julius Zubavicius 
Sound Designers - Kelly Buckley, Stuart Bowditch 
Title Design - Jamie Wilson 

Song Credits 

Arcadia Lasts Original Composition - Julius Zubavicius 
Freestyle Challenge Grime Instrumental - Halfbreed 
I’m Still Here (instrumental) - BAIT 
Reflections - Red Eye / Hash Brown / ITES 
Annihilate the World & Start All Over - Paranoid London 
Superlunar Pink - Kelly Buckley

Locations

Noak Bridge 
Wesley Methodist Church 
Milton Hall Junior School 
Basildon Town Center 
Southend Town Center 
The Old Waterworks 
Fantasia Arcade 

With Special thanks to:
Olivia Gifford 
Katie Crook 
Mark Field 
Laura Whiting 
Christopher Glasson 
John Fox 
Mark Rossi 
Verity Belsey 
Martine Cutting 
Jacqueline Cutting 
Rose Clearly 
Alan Frost 
Warren Harper 
Royal Hotel
Metal Culture Southend 
SECAD 
Luke Branch 
Jennifer O’Neil

Copyright of New Waverley Studios & Rustle Up Productions