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Rachel Carter
On graduating in English & Film Studies (Southampton) Rachel’s first industry experience was gained at the UK Film Council, as an intern reading scripts for the New Cinema Fund. After a Masters in Film & Television at Warwick she started out running for the Documentary & Contemporary Factual department at BBC Birmingham, and also did live set work for CBBC. Rachel then line produced a feature trailer for Fullrange Media, and was consequently taken on to produce and sometimes direct their corporate films. Rachel has set up a TV and film production company from the basis of Fullrange’s platform, which has been supported by development funding from Screen WM. Over the past year Rachel has produced a number of short films, including two for the final year acting students’ ‘Brummiewood’ scheme at the Birmingham School of Acting. She line produced a pilot for a feature by Egyptian writer/director Khaled El Hagar, and is currently producing and directing an observational documentary film about young parents funded by the Princes Trust. Rachel has very much enjoyed the creative collaboration of working with John on the script development for Caterpillar so far, and shares his ambition to succeed in short film and beyond.
Rachel has been selected onto the Digital Shorts Scheme by Screen West Midlands with the project Caterpillar
Caterpillar is the story of a ‘loss of innocence’ moment in the life of a boy on the delicate brink of his teenage years. Twelve-year-old Nathan, an intelligent, sensitive and nature-loving boy who also happens to be profoundly deaf, lives with only his mother since the death of his father some years earlier. Caterpillar takes us on Nathan’s milestone journey of being taken on his first shoot by his remaining male family – his uncle and grandfather. Accompanying Nathan is his brash, unruly and rebellious best friend Connor. Opposites clearly attract in this dynamic, as we are bought into this genuine friendship and the world of boy-hood, but for Nathan the fun is brought to a stark halt at the end of his journey. The doubts he had suppressed by trusting his family, particularly his affectionate and close granddad Gangie, are sharply realised as he is confronted with the resulting scene of the shooting party reveling in their kill.