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Take an exclu­sive look at Isle Full of Nois­es, nar­rat­ed by David Oyelowo

18 Sep 2017

Words by Emily Bray

The British actor reads Shake­speare in this drone-lit dra­mat­ic short by Jamie Whitby.

Isle Full of Nois­es is the lat­est short film from up-and-com­ing British direc­tor Jamie Whit­by, fea­tur­ing spe­cial­ly-com­mis­sioned nar­ra­tion by British act­ing heavy­weight David Oyelowo (Sel­ma, A Unit­ed King­dom).

The short is an inter­pre­ta­tion of Calilban’s mys­te­ri­ous ​‘Be Not Afeard’ mono­logue from Shakespeare’s ​‘The Tem­pest’. Oyelowo’s soft, lilt­ing voiceover plays over an inter­pre­tive per­for­mance from Edward Kagutuzi and Michael Ajao with dance col­lec­tive Sigh.

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Shot at night using a hand-built drone light­ing rig, cor­ners of the dark­ened for­est land­scape are flood­ed with light, enhanc­ing the dreamy qual­i­ty of the action. The dra­mat­ic per­for­mance and eerie nar­ra­tion gives the clas­sic verse a con­tem­po­rary twist. It’s Shake­speare, but not as you know it.

New­com­er Whit­by is one half of the direc­to­r­i­al duo Jamie & Jamie. Based in Lon­don, they spe­cialise in pro­mos, com­mer­cials and online con­tent. The film is part of Chan­nel 4’s Ran­dom Acts shorts pro­gramme and will be broad­cast at mid­night on Mon­day 18 September.

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