andrewscottfans | Chester film wins praise from top critics

Staff at Rapport Creative, in King Street, produced and screened the film ‘Sea Wall’ to an audience of film and television experts in London. The 30-minute film was created in collaboration with award winning writer Simon Stephens and leading actor Andrew Scott, who is to star as Moriarty in Sherlock for BBC1.

Philly Martin, Emmy-nominated director, said of the film: “What a moving and thrilling film. A great achievement.”

Adam Smith, director of Dr Who and Little Dorrit, added: “Brilliant. Really powerful.”
Oscar-nominated director of photography, Barry Ackroyd, said: “Mesmerising.”

Sea Wall was originally written as a 30-minute play for the Bush Theatre in London and subsequently staged at the Edinburgh Festival, attracting unanimously positive reviews from the national and theatre press.

The challenge facing the producers was to capture the intensity of the writing and the supreme naturalism of Andrew Scott’s performance in a very different medium.

Managing director at Rapport Creative, Andy Porter, said: “It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to work on a project as original as Sea Wall, with such brilliant people.

“All involved in the production are thrilled with the initial response to the film and we hope to feature it in national and international film festivals during the rest of the year.”

Source: http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/101000/chester-film-wins-praise-from-top-critics.aspx