Ted tries his hand at football in How I Didn't Become a Piano Player (2014) by Sebastian CortNational Film and Television School
Synopsis
Ted, 9 years old, is the clumsiest boy in the world. Desperately searching for his vocation, he can’t find anything he is good at. The breakthrough arrives the day his father comes home with an old piano. Ted has the revelation: he will become the next Mozart.
Ted reads music in How I Didn't Become a Piano Player (2014) by Sebastian CortNational Film and Television School
FILM FACTS
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2014
LENGTH: 17 mins 40 secs
COLOUR OR B&W: Colour
SOUND: Dolby Digital
Tommaso Pitta directs Logan Shearer in How I Didn't Become a Piano Player (2014) by Esrael AlemNational Film and Television School
Directing Actors
Logan Shearer as ted being directed by Tommaso Pitta.
How I Didn't Become a Piano Player Set Sketch (2014) by Jamie H BurrowsNational Film and Television School
Set Design
A Pre-visualisation of the main set of How I Didn't Become a Piano Player. Set Design by Jamie H Burrows.
How I Didn't Become a Piano Player undressed set at the NFTS (2014) by Esrael AlemNational Film and Television School
Set Design
The skeleton of the main set for How I Didn't Become a Piano Player designed by Jamie H Burrows.
How I Didn't Become a Piano Player set at the NFTS (2014) by Esrael AlemNational Film and Television School
Set Build
The set of How I Didn't Become a Piano Player on the NFTS main stage.
How I Didn't Become a Piano Player (Trailer) (2014) by Pawel SlawekNational Film and Television School
The painful truth hits Ted in How I Didn't Become a Piano Player (2014) by Sebastian CortNational Film and Television School
Awards
Premier Award - British Universities Film & Video Council Awards
Best Postgraduate Drama - Royal Television Society Awards
Best Comedy - Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Audience Award & Special Award of the Jury - Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
Audience Award & Aspen Shortsfest
Runner up Audience Award for Best Short Film - Gold Coast International Film Festival
Runner up Audience Award for Best Short Film - Portland International Film Festival
Honorable Mention for Best Student Short Film & Honorable Mention Audience Award for Best Short Film - Cleveland International Film Festival
Best Up-and-Coming Director - Cinefiesta Italia in Santa Fe
Critics Award (National Union of Critics) - Genova Film Festival
Best Film & Kinodromo Award for Best Performances - Visioni Italiane
Best Italian Film & Best Sound - Roma Creative Contest
Audience Award & Best Adapted Screenplay - Metricamente Corto Film Festival
Audience Award - Corto Dorico
Special Mention for Best Student Short Film - Roma Independent Film Festival
"Giovani Monselice" Award - Euganea Film Festival
Best Comedy - Taranto In Short
Best Short Film - Social Plus Festival
Special Mention Scenography - Roma CinemaDoc
Audience Award - Visioni Corte Film Festival
Creativepool Silver Award for Best Production - "FIREFIGHTER'S DILEMMA"
Cinematographer Sebastian Cort lines up a shot in How I Didn't Become a Piano Player (2014) by Esrael AlemNational Film and Television School
Selected Cast and Crew
Logan Shearer as Ted
Gabrielle Hamilton as Mrs. Chin
Tom Felton as Voice of Ted
Director/Writer
Tommaso Pitta
Producer
Chris Hees
Cinematographer
Sebastian Cort
Production Designer
Jamie H Burrows
Editor
Pawel Slawek
Production Sound Mixer
Jonathan Riddell
Boom Operator
Dom Corbisiero
Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer
Luke Shrewsbury
Composer
Arran Price
