Actress Kelly Campbell - about playing Katie

‘‘Katie is married to Mark and Mark and Katie are friends of Jonathon and Hannah, It is very much Mark and Jonathon’s relationship that brings them to the house. The way that Conor describes it is that the house belongs to Hannah’s family and Hannah and Jonathon had a choice of who to bring and they decided to bring Mark and Katie. I get the sense that they have known each other for maybe ten years and the complication in this situation is that Katie and Jonathon have been having an affair which precedes this event, so they are bringing this to the house. From Katie’s perspective, Conor sees her as very pragmatic and adaptable, she is a survivor but not neccesarily as pragmatic as Hannah.’’

‘’I think playing off the others and what there giving me I found it easy to throw myself into the imaginary world because it is made very real by interplay. We have a very solid world and everyone has done their part to make it seem real and ultimately Conor brings that and the location brings that. It makes you think about what your priorities are in the way that things are simplified in this world it makes you understand what you need most.’’

The Story –
‘‘It is kind of like a greek drama in the sense that the crisis is being described off screen or off stage outside the main action of the story and you do to a certain extent have to imagine how bad it is, but for the most part you have to have faith that the story will tell itself and ultimately it is about human emotion and the effect that the situation has on their nerves and on their relationships and mood. I think the other little dramas and the interplay between the four of them says a lot about how they cope with the situation and how your priorities change.”

The Filming –
‘‘I have found that getting into this world and understanding what happens to four people in this situation has been made very easy by the location, the fact that we are in the one place and also the four of us are spending an awful lot of time together, we got to know each other quite well quite quickly and also had the luxury of a week’s rehersals beforehand. I feel that this film is a directors piece; it is very visually driven and it is Conor’s story so in a way we’re just fitting into that and it is made very easy by his clarity and vision. Even his collaboration with Suzie you can see that they have thought very hard about the way they want each set up to be.’’


The Catalyst Scheme –
‘‘The Catalyst scheme is a great programme and it’s really great to see the Film Board supporting writers and directors. I think this film is almost ideally set up because it is all set in one location and it is a small cast and it is manageable on a low-budget. It is delightful to be with a crew who are always learning because everyone has been bumped up a grade and everyone is on a steep learning curve and it has been a really lovely crew and everyone has bonded well.’’