overview

Written by Tommy Draper, Directed by Tom Wadlow, Shelf Stackers is the first  UK comedy to have been produced by Light Films to date.  The film follows several diverse characters and watches their lives unfold during the graveyard shift at a mini-supermarket. From love and lust, to divorce and hatred; the film is full of emotion and contains lots of funny tweaks. 

It was a challenging shoot, that ended up being a huge amount of fun and we think the trailer shows just how much fun the entire project was!

synopsis

Written by Tommy Draper, Shelf Stackers is the first comedy to have been produced by Light Films to date.  The film follows several diverse characters and watches their lives unfold during the graveyard shift at a mini-supermarket.

From love and lust, to divorce and hatred; the film is full of emotion and contains lots of funny tweaks.

production notes

We spent 4 months recruiting cast and crew to fulfil the project, which was shot on Friday 11th March to Sunday 13th March 2011 inclusively.

We stumbled across a number challenges, the main one being location of the film, where we ended up building a shop from scratch at a conference centre! A lot of hardwork, but the most fulfilling film we have ever produced because of the amount of effort that was input by such a fantastic crew.

cast

Fish: Nathan Cook
Mike: Jordan Hollis
Gloria: Buckso Dhillon-Woolley
Katy: Lucy Alex Varney
Lolli: Kate Lindley-Robinson
Stoner: Brett Chapman
Zombie: Angie Bird

crew

Director: Tom Wadlow
Director of Photography: Neil Oseman with Colin Smith as assistant/gaffer
Producer: Chrissa Maund assisted by Brett Chapman
Art Dept (costume & set design): Sophie Black assisted by Racheal West
Sound Engineer & Designer: Hadrian Cawthorne
Production Photography: Emma Chadwick
Make-Up & Hair: Deborah Bennett
Runners and Set Builders: Ian Cudmore, Mike Rhodes, Lee Martin

production stills

the premiere

We set ourselves a target to exceed all previous film premiere achievements with our big film premiere of "Shelf Stackers" which took place on Thursday 12th May 2011 at The Great Hall in the Assembly Rooms, Derby.  The event included attracted over 350 people, including over 40 business exhibitors.  For more information on the event itself click here.

publicity

Designing the publicity for a Light Films Production is always a challenge but enormous fun. This time round Luck Design was set the brief to create branding for a lo-cost supermarket which certainly adds authenticity to the look and feel of the film. Now you know where not to pop in for a pint of milk!

production artwork

By Sophie Black