Producing Hit and Run

Hit and Run is a short film directed by Jack Hancox, produced by Sam Bauld, and filmed by Harry Snowden. It was filmed in Makarau, north of Auckland, New Zealand in September of 2024. The film took 3 days to shoot with a cast and crew of 15.

 

Live the experience of Producer, Sam Bauld, as he navigates his way through production...

 

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ABOUT THE FILM

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LOGLINE

After hitting a cyclist with their car in the early hours of the morning, two teenagers must act quickly to dispose of the body before they are caught.

 

SYNOPSIS

Early on a brisk morning in a rural county, the sun barely peaks over the horizon, Freddy and Max stand over a cyclist as he lays lifeless on the ground. Illuminated only by the first few strands of sunlight and the headlights of the teen’s car. 

 

After standing over the body, the boys realise the situation they are in. The two begin arguing, Freddy is calm, strangely making jokes about the situation, wanting them to squeeze the body into the car and drive off. Max is overthinking and trying to rationalise a solution, and refuses to take the body with them. The boy's are interrupted by the distant sound of a car approaching. Max scatters back to their car, willing to ditch his Freddy to avoid being caught while Freddy moves the cyclist off the road to hide the evidence from the oncoming car. As the car approaches, the boys make it seem like they have pulled over so they can go to the toilet, getting dirty looks from the passersby in the oncoming car. 

 

After narrowly escaping being caught by the oncoming car, Freddy yells at Max for almost leaving him, the argument is short lived as the boys still need to dispose of the body. The boys discover the cyclist has a smart watch, which alerted emergency services after the collision, destroy the watch, but emergency services are on the way. Max finally gives in to Freddy and his idea of taking the body with them, upset and disappointed that he has to admit that Freddy's idea is the best for their situation 

 

Max gets in the car and sulks while Freddy deals with the body. Freddy opens the boot to reveal 2 other cyclists and bikes packed into the car, showing that this is not the first cyclist the pair have hit today, and the pair of teenage delinquents are in a lot more trouble than it originally seemed. Freddy squeezes the cyclist into the car and finally drives off into the distance as the faint sound of police sirens ring out in the background.