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Ginger Nation

Ginger Nation'Critics Choice' Sunday Times
'Watch This' The Guardian
'Pick of the Day' Time Out

In this half hour authored documentary, director Elliot Kew tracks down the gene responsible for giving him red hair. In the course of his investigation into the evolutionary disadvantages of being a red head, he contemplates his own genetic demise, and finally envisions an alternative world where the ginger gene takes over.

Ginger Nation was screened on Channel 4 at 7:30pm on Friday 25th October, 2002, and repreated at 7.30pm, Friday 19th April 2003

Project notes

Elliot KewGinger Nation was a great project to work on from start to finish. Elliot who wrote, directed, produced and hosted the programme had almost daily meetings with me to go over the music and to look over the new cuts - either in the Edit Suite with Gordon (the Editor) or in my Studio. All the music I composed for the score at the (daily) demo stage was used in the film.

Gordon would recieve the music and import it directly into the Avid & cut with it. Later that day I'd have a new cut. All I had to do was wait for a picture lock and do a final mix for all the music.




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Track name: Format: Size: Length:
Sometimes I think (electric) MP3 2.19 mb 2.20
Would you sleep with a ginger? MP3 1.4 mb 1.29

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Music credits

Guitar: Stuart Mason
Additional Programming & Engineered by Jim Hoyland.
Mixed by Jim Hoyland & James Gray at the Adventures In Medialand Studio.
Produced by James Gray

Film credits

Runners HANNAH ROBERTS, JUSTINE WHITE
Sound ROB BLOOMFIELD
Lighting Camera PETE ELLMORE
Composer JAMES GRAY
Off-line Editor GORDON HAYDEN
On-Line Editor KATIE KEMP
Dubbing Mixer DOUG ROBINSON
Production Manager DONNA FERRY
Researcher KATE VINES
Executive Producer RUKHSANA MOSAM
Produced and Directed by ELLIOT KEW for
Two Four Productions Ltd