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Robert McElwee playing the Rushing Man

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Second Moon on the Right:
A Glasgow bar owner manages to get a mysterious figure from another dimension to visit his bar when it's closed to the public. The short tempered owner is working to his own agenda, but why the mysterious figure takes an interest in a disgruntled barmaid, and what The Figure does to her when left alone with her, is anyone's guess.
Robert McElwee plays the Rushing Man in this short 10 minute film.
Robert couldn't be more different in real life - he's a real gentleman and a very conscientious actor that had to put up with a massive light shining in his eyes for hours on end during the shoot. I also had him running on a hot day with a briefcase and a heavy coat on: hence "The Rushing Man" label.

Louisa Thornton playing Suzy

Suzy —
maid to suffer. Suzy, an actress looking for a big acting break, is made to suffer in the employment of the Rushing Man.
She's jaded and dragging a lot of personal baggage around with her. Has she been working in the theatre bar to maximise her chances of being spotted for that big part?
Is there more to her and the Rushing Man apart from employee and employer?
Louisa Thornton had to give the emotional charge to this film, a lot was asked of her. She was given the background story of Suzy and it was up to Louisa to deliver the satisfying and riveting end to the film — she did it in spades.

Kevin Mains playing Tom — Robert McElwee

He's a real
bar- steward!
The malicious Rushing Man makes life difficult for another worker, Tom.
Tom is a conscientious employee in the theatre complex and just wants to do his job as well as possible. Tom, played by Kevin Mains, does a very good job in this small role: being abused by his boss. Hopefully this makes the Rushing Man into even more of a cinema villain.
Kevin was really under used in this film — he has some big future parts with his name on them — remember, you saw him here first!

Louisa Thornton — Kal Sabir playing The Figure

You Figure it out .
The Figure had to be a very strange entity and had to be more other worldly in appearance (at no time did I ever refer to the Figure on set as the alien as I really didn't want the audience watching the film to know where the heck the entity came from (see, I even said 'it' instead of 'him' just then)). It was very important that The Figure came across as ambivalent to his surroundings and the situation it found itself in.
Kal Sabir played this part with great enthusiasm and practised diligently to get the strange mannerisms this unique entity would display as natural behaviour.

On the Dark Side of the Moon:
Making a Film - Ken Rice.
One of the major worries I had in pre-production was the issue of light — would there be enough of it in the Arches theatre bar. I knew that I wouldn't have the time or the money to light the space the way I really wanted it and I knew the cameras that were going to be used in the production couldn't cope too well with low light. Myself and the crew only had around 16 hours to shoot a 10 minute, multi camera angled, special effect film — we had set up and make-up/costumes to do as well. So the solution was to shoot the film organically: that meant a hand held camera and to a large extent using mobile lighting.
Second Moon on the Right is my debut short and my first collaboration with a producer (Paul Darroch from Oak Tree Productions) — I've wanted to make a movie for years now, and I've always wanted to make a matter of fact science fiction (kitchen sink sci-fi as I used to refer to it). I had seen "The Man that Fell to Earth" years ago and loved it. I never understood it fully (in fact I still don't… although I just bought the 2 disc DVD edition and I'm going to have another bash at understanding it). What impressed me was that there was no laser beams in the film, and it had an intelligent air to it. I also found it strangely haunting: the scenes of David Bowie on his planet with his family. I love films that make you feel that way - 2001: A Space Odyssey is another film that left me with a unique feeling.

Just like to thank the other members of the team that made things possible: first and foremost Paul Darroch (producer) Bruce Downie (lighting),
James Clark (Figure's costume/make-up), and Jonathan Darroch (sound).
And last but not least Andy Arnold at the Arches for believing in the project and allowing me to shoot on his premises.

Second Moon on the Right is the first film from Inner Eye Interactive Films. Inner Eye Interactive (IEI) is primarily a multimedia company specialising in visual communication. Film making has always example image been an interest and a goal of IEI and in a relatively short space of time the company has produced one short 10 minute film and three short documentaries.
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