“Nowadays, the attics and alcoves of England are bare…”
Imagine a future where books have died out. Where holographic computer systems replace not just entertainment, but all media and retail too. Where high streets become desolate and abandoned.
The Last Bookshop is a 20-minute short, exploring this fictional world through the eyes of a small boy.
Down an unexplored alleyway, the boy makes an extraordinary discovery…
The last ever bookshop.
Inside he meets the Shopkeeper, a kindly old man who has been patiently waiting for his first customer in over 25 years.
Post-production on this short film was completed in April 2012, and it is currently submitting to festivals. You can track progress on our regularly updated Last Bookshop Blog
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Credits
- Directed by:Richard Dadd & Dan Fryer
- Written by: Richard Dadd
- Shopkeeper: Alfred Hoffman
- Boy: Joe Holgate
- 3D & compositing: Adam Droy
- Animation: Chris McDonald
- Colourist: Mikey Rossiter
- Motion graphic design: Alaric King
- Composer: Owen Hewson
- Trombone: Thomas Harmsworth
- Violin: Rosie Holden
- Accordion: Aidan Shepherd
- Music recorded by: Barney Pidgeon
- Script edit: Rose Canning & Dan Fryer
- Book prop illustration: Jan Grimshaw
- Boom operator: Gate Lambert
- Camera:Dan Fryer
Alaric King
Matt Wilson
- Producer: Rose Canning
- Huge thanks to:Hall’s bookshop, Tunbridge Wells
Baggins Book Bazaar, Rochester
City Books, Rochester
MR. Books, Tonbridge
Pleasures of Past Times, London
Goldsboro Books, London
Treadwell’s, London
Filmed in Kent and London – March to May 2011; Post-production completed in April 2012
