Le Donk was shot in five days and is the first film in what will hopefully be a challenging new idea for film-making... The Five Day Feature which will be championed by Warp Films.
The Arctic Monkeys gave Shane permission to film back-stage at their gigs. The band also appear in the film as themselves.
The first promo trailer for the film was created at a time when the film was originally going to be shown in black and white. The final film is now in colour.
After entering a short animated film into a mini-film making competition on the FORUM of this website, Bill Edwards (aka Chromebaby) was approached by Shane to make the opening credits of the film.
The entirety of the film's dialogue was improvised.
The story behind Bill Edward's animated opening sequence for the film, featuring previously unseen character development sketches. Click the image below!
.... (visit the
MEDIA page for audio and video links).
Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee press release / film notes
PDF document
which contains a few pieces of interesting info, including a brief Q&A about the 5-Day Features idea and the credits for the film (which of course include a run-down of the films soundtrack).
EIFF Photo Call
Edinburgh International Film Festival Photo Call pictures.
EIFF After Party
Edinburgh International Film Festival premiere after-party photos.
INDEPENDENT.co.uk interview
Shane talks about Le Donk and the 5-Day-Features idea.
GUARDIAN.co.uk interview with Bill Edwards
Interview with Bill Edwards (aka ChromeBaby on the FORUM) about creating the animated title sequence for the film.
EyeForFilm.co.uk World Premiere After Party article
Short article about the after-party-on-a-budget. With some photos.
RottenTomatoes.com
Short article about the Le Donk premiere.
Guardian.co.uk
Shane talks about the 5-Day Features idea.
TheSkinny.co.uk
Shane talks about the 5-Day Features idea.
ViceLand.com
Interview with Shane about Le Donk
Guardian.co.uk
Shane and Paddy Considine interviewed about Le Donk and 5-Day Features.
British Film Institute interview
Shane talks about Le Donk and 5-Day Features
TimeOut.com
Paddy Considine interview.
EmpireOnline.com
Short article about the opening premiere party.
TimesOnline.co.uk
Shane and Paddy Considine interview.
IGN.co.uk
Interview with Shane, Paddy Considine, and Scor-zay-zee.
