ANIMAL

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Director: Russell Sharman

Produced by: Kris Katrosh

Produced by: Dan Robinson

Produced by: Russell Sharman

Executive Producer’s: Kerri Elder, Blake Elder

A RockHill Studios Production

ABOUT // A short film about the existential terror of coming of age.

PLOT-LINE // Set in rural Arkansas, ANIMAL centers on a young boy still deeply connected to the wilderness around him, unformed and unpredictable, but struggling with his own identity. He’s repelled by the toxic masculinity of the adult men he encounters, but also ill at ease with the softly civilized, maternal femininity of his own mother.

But more harrowing than either is his own suspicion that something… happens to him at night. That he may, in fact, be some kind of shape-shifting monster that prowls the countryside capable of terrible, unspeakable violence.

When he meets a young girl his age, there’s an instant connection, a familiar sparkle in her eyes that suggests she may understand his struggle. That she too might fear what she could become.

Director: Russell Sharman

1st Assistant Director: Mathew Martens

Director of Photography: Stephen Greathouse

1st Assistant Camera: Hezekiah Condron

2nd Assistant Camera: Layne Blank

Gaffer: Stephen Tatem

Key Grip: Luke Gramlich

Grip: Landon Harris

Grip: Pearce Hungate

Location Sound Recordists: Colin Anderson

Location Sound Recordists: David Franco

Location Sound Recordists: Kelsey Wexler

DIT: Ethan Smith

Hair, Make-up, & Wardrobe: Bethany Kasper

Hair, Make-up, & Wardrobe: Emily Thomlinson

Catering: Amanda Robinson

Publicity: Finley Daniel

Editor: Russell Sherman

Colorist: Brian Singler

Sound Edit & Mix: Russell Sharman

Additional Sound Mixing: Dwight Chalmers

Original Music: Amos Cochran

Violin: Miranda Baker-Burns

Production Designer: Brandon Roye

Prop Master: Jacinda Fletcher