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Simeon Halligan

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How did the idea for Splintered come about? The idea was brewing for some time in different shapes and forms through a bunch of different treatments and script ideas. The consistent elements being: a young female central character on the run from an abusive past and her relationship with an estranged man, living outside society in an abandoned building. At first it wasn’t a horror film, more psychological thriller. What is the 4K red camera system and why was it chosen for the production? We worked at 4K resolution, which meant that the quality of image is hugely detailed but it requires an awful lot of memory drive space to store the footage. The camera captures onto cards or hard drives and the material can then be transferred to an edit system directly without using film or tape as a recording medium. Did you shoot predominately on location and where were these locations? Finding the key location, the abandoned catholic orphanage, was a journey in itself, as I knew so much of the fi

Simeon Halligan

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How did the idea for Splintered come about? The idea was brewing for some time in different shapes and forms through a bunch of different treatments and script ideas. The consistent elements being: a young female central character on the run from an abusive past and her relationship with an estranged man, living outside society in an abandoned building. At first it wasn’t a horror film, more psychological thriller. What is the 4K red camera system and why was it chosen for the production? We worked at 4K resolution, which meant that the quality of image is hugely detailed but it requires an awful lot of memory drive space to store the footage. The camera captures onto cards or hard drives and the material can then be transferred to an edit system directly without using film or tape as a recording medium. Did you shoot predominately on location and where were these locations? Finding the key location, the abandoned catholic orphanage, was a journey in itself, as I knew so much of the fi