Straight 8
Directed by Shane Davey, Ben Gregor, Nick RutterEd Sayers and Ben Gregor came up with a novel idea for making films and engaging the film community. They bought a load of old super 8 film cartridges and sent them up to various filmmakers. The challenge to each was to make a 3-minute film without any edits or post-production and not to see that film until it is shown in front of a live audience and on television. Attracting well-known directors and students alike, the project spawned quite a following as well as this short television series, showcasing about 10 of the shorts over two episodes.
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Straight 8 was released on 4 november 2004.
Straight 8 was directed by Shane Davey, Ben Gregor, Nick Rutter, Ed Sayers, Edgar Wright.
Straight 8 has a runtime of 60m.
Straight 8 was produced by Ben Gregor, Ed Sayers.
Ed Sayers and Ben Gregor came up with a novel idea for making films and engaging the film community. They bought a load of old super 8 film cartridges and sent them up to various filmmakers. The challenge to each was to make a 3-minute film without any edits or post-production and not to see that film until it is shown in front of a live audience and on television. Attracting well-known directors and students alike, the project spawned quite a following as well as this short television series, showcasing about 10 of the shorts over two episodes.
The key characters in Straight 8 are cast (Nick Frost), Yorkshire Rapper (James Lewis), Heartbroken Girlfriend (Sylvia St. John).
Straight 8 is a Komedi, Drama film.
Straight 8 has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10.