Short film / Storyboard Artist
2024
The Head on Him
Written and directed by Seán Gallen, The Head on Him is a story of a young, biracial boy who moves to Ireland in the ’90s.
He shaves off his Afro in order to fit in and it works…but then his Afro grows back, bigger and bigger, until it traps him in his room and he has to find a way out.
For this 15min short film, I worked as a storyboard artist, collaborating with director Seán Gallen on the film’s visual development. Through two sessions of discussion and sketching, I translated onto paper what Sean hoped to achieve cinematographically, thereby also facilitating the cinematographer’s work on set.
Director and writer: Sean Gallen
with:
Ethan Lieghio – Jamie
Clare Monnelly – Sarah / Mum
Shane McCarthy – Simmo
Barry McNamara – John Paul
Philippa Carson – Lauren Rose
Marie Esohe Enobakhare Ighodaro – Granny Yonawan
crew:
Ciara Gillan – producer
Kevin Napier – producer
Quintin Ahern – line producer
Daniel Lloyd – associate producer
Composer: Vital Sparks
Cinematographer: Rua Meegan
Editor: David Byrne
Production Designer: Tracey O’Hanlon
Art Director: Pearl Naude
Ian Adams – first assistant director
Shane Mulrennan – assistant director
Roberta Maddalena – storyboard artist
Kurt McCarthy – assistant art director
Ray Shannon – graphics assistant
Simon Murphy – sound mixer
David Dolan – first assistant sound
Peter Delaney – first assistant camera
Ronan O’Reilly – second assistant camera
Andrej Pacher – gaffer
Orna Indie Murphy – lighting technician
Richie O’Connor – grip
Tom Reynolds – DIT
Elaine Cruz – makeup artist
Debbie Millington – costumer
Brian Rossney – visual effects artist
Dominic Lord – on-line editor
Mary Duffin – script supervisor
Martin Nee – colorist
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