The Charge

The Charge poetically explores the notion of isolation and containment, and the need for expression that burns within us all.  

No matter how far we are pushed there is always a human compulsion to join together and break free, themes that may be more relevant now than ever before.

Shot in Sydney on 16mm film, the project was written in 2019 about the notion of isolation than can affect and see many suffer, but the project has added poignancy in light of the current Covid-19 Pandemic which is seeing isolation and containment now affecting us all.

CREDITS - CREW

WRITER & DIRECTOR: Lester Jones
PRODUCER: Benjamin Flaxman
DOP: Campbell Brown
EDITOR Lucas Vazquez
COLOURIST Fergus Rotherham (with thanks to The Editors)
COMPOSER Ryan Walsh
SOUND MIX Georgia Collins
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN Electric Sheep Music
AD: Mike Green
1st AC: Jani Hakli
2nd AC: Charlie Slessar and Luke Tysoe
STEADICAM: Justin Besser
GAFFER: Mat Wilson
BEST BOYS: Nicholas Gascoine and Nathan Grant
GRIP: Moose
RICKSHAW OPERATORS Tom Brooks and Jack Levanes
PRODUCTION MGR: Leilani Tomaszewski
PRODUCTION ASSISTS Max Bibby, Minh Nhat Pham, Jack Rockliffe
ART DIRECTOR Ben Garvey
ART ASSIST: Coen Horwood @coenhorwood
MAKEUP: Victoria Anderson and Cherry Cheung
CATERING: The Catering Dept
UNIT DEPARTMENT: Cato Logistics ATTACHMENTS: Matthew Simmons, Danielle Payne

CREDITS - CAST
MALE #1 Makhosi Mpofu
MALE #2 Thabani Mpofu
NARRATOR: Aiden Harmitt-Williams
EXTRAS Coen Horwood, Oscar Doane, Jett Farkas, Miller Brand, Justin Lim Wei Hang, Emmanuel Peters, Ben Mitchell, Gabe Wahl, Zac Panyar, Mitchell Craig, Cameron Walker, Thamid Chowdry,
Joel Appleby, Samuel Passmore, Kyle Coad, Cameron Nicholls, George Collins, Ali, Varmich Dulleh

Tags: Kodak, 16mm, Arri, Panavision, Sydney, Art and Isolation