Chair

She said it’s not bacon, it’s gammon…

A short film about the life of a little wooden chair and its many owners.

From the forest where the tree is felled, to the shop windows and living rooms the chair finds itself in, this film illustrates the life journey that all people and objects – no matter how simple – progress through over the years.

Shot across the seasons, this film acted like a vast 2-year experimental learning curve in directing, camera work, editing, and all the other joys of film production. It formed Alaric’s final degree project at the University of Kent.

To date it is the only film that features all members of The Bakery. It also roped in tons of our Canterbury-based friends, thus becoming (for us at least) a rather nostalgic snapshot of that period in time.

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Credits
  • Written & Directed by: Alaric King
  • Narrative support:
    Richard Dadd & Dan Fryer
  • Camera, edit and post: Alaric King
  • Cast:
    Dave Adams
    Ben Cuenco
    Richard Dadd
    Matteo Dekketh
    Adam Droy
    Dan Fryer
    Tom German
    Sam Giles
    Jan Grimshaw
    Max Heide
    Jack Jamison
    Shola Jones
    Alaric King
    Lucy Kitt
    Alex Ogilvie
  • Score Composed & Performed by: Owen Hewson
  • Filmed in Stroud, Canterbury & Whitstable – 2007 to 2009