Drama

DN Ep 032: The Shovel – Nick Childs

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Director Nick Childs’ approach to adaptation holds a lesson for us all, as his choice of material centres on pieces which already have a strong cinematic spine within them and don’t need to be mangled into something unrecognisable to make it to the screen, which would explain why writer Steve Hamilton was willing to give him the go ahead on the adaptation of his short story A Shovel With My Name On It for his short film The Shovel.

The Shovel Materials
Stills
Script
Shooting Schedule

Showlinks
The Shovel
Buy The Shovel on iTunes
High Score
SXSW Film Festival
Steve Hamilton
A Shovel With My Name On It
David Strathairn
Tim Guinee
Neal Huff
Panasonic VariCam
Autodesk Flame
Shorts International