‘Where the Skin Lies’ is the first feature film of the creative team behind the award-winning short ‘Penrose Triangle’ (2016). The story was penned by David Boucherie to be set in the specific location of an existing 1970s rental home in the Scottish Lowlands. The director further developed the script and characters through an intensive rehearsal process with the cast and with the help of supporting actors to populate the pre-screen story.
The result is a tense psychological horror which explores how deep, or shallow, our relationships go when your life is on the line.
Director: Michaël Boucherie
Michaël is a director and choreographer with a strong interest in the complexities of human relationships. Trained as a dancer from a young age, he performed professionally throughout Europe, with additional apprenticeships in Australia and the USA. His fascination with behaviour, storytelling and cinematography led him to work extensively with narrative on film. He holds master degrees from both Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and the Drama Centre London.
Cinematographer: Edmund Curtis
Edmund joined Michaël for his feature debut having shot Michaël's last short film 'Penrose Triangle' in 2016. He has extensive experience shooting commercials and short films and continued this in to 'Where the Skin Lies'. He believes wholeheartedly in how his cinematography can help reflect the narrative truthfully and he paid particular attention to this in Where the Skin Lies in how he helped shape the lighting and camera work as the film progresses to a darker space. His website can be found at http://edmundcurtis.com .
SFX Designer: Alexandra Knights
Alexandra Knights got her BA in Hair and Make-up for Film and TV at London college of Fashion, specialising in prosthetics and special effects. It was through UAL that Michaël Boucherie got in touch to collaborate with her as the head of make-up and SFX for 'Where the Skin Lies.' When considering the designs of the character's deaths, Alexandra and Michaël agreed that the aesthetic would not necessarily be horrific in gore but instil an unsettling effect in distorting and deforming the skin.
Alexandra felt that the tangible aesthetic of prosthetics over CGI would contribute to the reaction of horror. Her website can be found here.
Composer: Jan Borré
A graduated music producer and jazz pianist Jan Borré continued studying composition with internationally renowned composer and conductor Dirk Brossé. His creations range from classical to modern and pop music, but he is also professionally involved in arranging music for small ensembles, strings and big bands. He accompanies Belgian’s finest interpreter of French chansons Jo Lemaire on the piano.
As a composer, he has written scores for musicals as well as adverts, while his various compositions for films show a particular endowment for distinctive atmospheres, intimate sensitiveness and epic splendour.