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The Flying Lesson

  • 2013
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
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The Flying Lesson (2013)
ActionDramaShort

A woman with a promise to keep takes a flying lesson in the WWII bi-plane her recently deceased grandfather flew in the war.A woman with a promise to keep takes a flying lesson in the WWII bi-plane her recently deceased grandfather flew in the war.A woman with a promise to keep takes a flying lesson in the WWII bi-plane her recently deceased grandfather flew in the war.

  • Director
    • Phil Hawkins
  • Writers
    • Ian Bishop
    • Phil Hawkins
  • Stars
    • Jessica Blake
    • Richard J. Fletcher
    • Joel Quinn
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    45
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Phil Hawkins
    • Writers
      • Ian Bishop
      • Phil Hawkins
    • Stars
      • Jessica Blake
      • Richard J. Fletcher
      • Joel Quinn
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Jessica Blake
    Jessica Blake
    • Phoebe
    Richard J. Fletcher
    • Douglas
    Joel Quinn
    • Joel
    Ian Bishop
    • Phoebe's Grandfather
    John Oldham
    • Man with Binoculars
    • Director
      • Phil Hawkins
    • Writers
      • Ian Bishop
      • Phil Hawkins
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    8johnnykentfilms

    A very entertaining short.

    Thoroughly enjoyed watching this, and hope it has a showing on the big screen as a short. A few quibbles, which did not mar the overall quality; Towards the end of the film she calls her 'instructor' by name repeatedly, but I never heard his name mentioned to her.... The Tiger Moth, beautifully photographed on the ground and flying (well done, D.O.P.),has developed a mysterious quality... of it's ignition switches being on the starboard (right) side in the close ups, whereas in reality they are on left, as seen in the long shots... I'm more curious why this came about in production,rather than annoyed, as few would notice it anyway, but I did! Maybe this particular Tiger was modified with 4 switches rather than the usual two? Other than that, and an occasional difficulty hearing dialogue under music (but I was watching the film with headphones on),I was mightily impressed.

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      The film was shot over 5 days mainly on a Canon C300 with some aerial unit footage shot on the Red and even a 5D Mark II. Phil Hawkins became involved when Adrian Alexander (owner and stunt pilot of "Huffy The Tiger Moth") contacted him with a script from a new writer (Ian Bishop) and had already teamed up with James Oldham, an aspiring director of photography.

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    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • The Philm Company
      • Frantic Film
      • Motley Flying Productions
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    • Budget
      • £20,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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