Guild director Craig MacLean has made it through to the final 16 for this year’s Sony Tropfest with his comedy “White Linesâ€?.  Written, directed and cut by MacLean, the short film was shot by DOP Katie Milwright early this year and features Colin Lane, Scott Harrison and Michael Sweatman in his debut role.
An ex-agency creative, MacLean has built a solid reputation as a performance based director since making the switch to the production company side.
The skills required to make commercials were invaluable during the production of White Lines according to MacLean: “Seven minutes isn’t long to tell a story, but it’s a hell of a lot longer than 30 or 60 seconds.  We shot 85 set-ups in two days, so there was a fair bit of cutting to do and a lot of the shorthand story telling techniques used in creating TVC’s really saved me in a lot of scenes.â€?
Sony Tropfest will be held on Sunday, 17th February, 2008 to an audience of more than 150,000 people.
Craig can be contacted at The Guild:  Helene Nicol