AN ASTRONAUT

A lone astronaut finds himself trapped far from home.

CAST

Scott
Alice

Kit Clarke
Sophie Jones

CREW

​Written & Directed by
Produced by

​1st Assistant Director
​Cinematography by
1st Assistant Camera
​Sound recording
​Costume & Makeup
​Production assistants



Original score by
Editing & VFX

Benedict Jewer
​Louis Taylor-Baggs
​Jake Brown
Isabella Goh
​Ben White
Loveday May
Kjetil Muri Skarstein
Laura Jenkinson
Enrique Saunders
Jenny Sanders
Diane Pognan
​Gian Ortiz
​Tom Fallis
Benedict Jewer

SPECIAL THANKS

Brooklands Museum - Jenny Tye
Michelins Caliendo-Siers - Susan May
Martin Whapham - Pebble - Trina Dyas
Thibault Rabet - Kjetil Muri Skarstein
Adam O'Brien - Chris Bacon - George Ormisher
​Peter Jewer - Julie Jewer

PRODUCTION STORY

An Astronaut was my final year film production at the University of Reading. Shot over the course of around a week in a variety of locations, it tells the story of Scott, an astronaut stranded in orbit when his craft suffers a catastrophic malfunction. With perhaps only hours to live, Scott makes a radio call to his girlfriend, Alice, left behind on Earth - and must decide whether to attempt a risky return to the surface. 

An Astronaut was my most ambitious project to date, aiming to combine photorealistic visual effects with an emotional story about love, loneliness, and the indescribable isolation of outer space.