The Shark Was
Aware of Me
Design and
Micro Cinema commission
The Mull Theatre – Part of The Braw Tales - 2021
Jemima gets out every day come rain or shine and walks the same route
to her local shop. But this day, reeling from news from the doctor, she wanders
the city in a daze until she finds herself at her childhood safe place the local Sea Life Centre.
Amongst the bright little fishes and echoing corridors, she is mysteriously
drawn towards a telepathic shark who confirms her place in this world
and reassures her about the next.
Filmed in Micro Cinema with specially made sets, foley soundtrack
and unfathomably auspicious music, this story is both beautiful and profoundly moving.
mini DV camera, iPhone, low energy lighting, fan
Headphones recommended 7:13 mins
Watch on Vimeo link below..
THE NATIONAL
“The Shark Was Aware Of Me by Alan Bissett is, for my money, the pick of the bunch...visualised and animated with the distinctive brilliance of master Puppet Maker Gavin Glover”
★★★★
cardboard city streets
20cm towerblock
on the way to the shops
swimming amongst the chimney pots
amongst the fishes..
'the blood I've been shittin..'
Written by
Alan Bissett
Performed by
Alison Peebles
Animated by
Gavin Glover
VFX by
Fergus Dunnet
Music by
Rowan McIlvride
Additional Sound
David Moré