‘Learner’ was filmed in a widescreen aspect ratio (2.40:1) with post-production running until March 2019. Professional mentors on the shoot included: Director – Samantha Harrie (Call the Midwife, Holby City), Director of Photography – Emma Dalesman (Turner Prize 2017, Ruth the Musical) Sound – Robert J Brown (Eaten by Lions, The Banishing) and for Art Department – May Davies (Calibre, Swallows and Amazons).
An entire set was built within an emptied room at Cooke’s Studios, Barrow-in-Furness for the interior scenes and exteriors were filmed on location in Askam, making use of the amazing landscape in the area.
During film festival submission periods, we are unable to show the film publicly, however you can check out the Behind the Scenes film from the shoot which took place in November 2018 below.
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