Unfurnished Room for Rent

As a trench coat-clad protagonist enters the room, the jazzy soundtrack and copious shadows promise a claymation exercise in film noir. But the room advertised in director Barry Prescott’s first short film is no ordinary rental. It soon becomes apparent that a more unusual threat is responsible for the lack of furnishings and tenants — and it threatens the man and his oversized revolver. Television has been accused of rotting brains, but this short takes the allegation to the next level. Unfurnished Room for Rent screened at the Palm Springs and Seattle film festivals.

A TV with a mind of its own, a man determined to stop it.

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Key Cast & Crew

Barry Prescott

Director, Writer, Producer, Camera, Animator

Richard Baron

Director, Producer, Composer

Paul Frewin

Composer

Anne Gummer

Cinematographer

Simon Sedgley

Editor

Glyn Frewin

Composer