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Heavily cropped still from Turn On — Episode 15 of The MUTE Series. A woman and a man kiss passionately on the sofa.

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MUTE CREATOR

Andy Lambert, the writer and director of The MUTE Series, is a London-based filmmaker. He explains the origins of MUTE:

"I was on a shoot for a commercial in Barcelona and the schedule got slightly jumbled up, which meant that we were going to have a free hour or so left over at the end of the last day. I had a crew, I had actors, I had props... it seemed a shame not to use them for something. Maybe I could make a short film? I just didn’t have a script.

But that was a mere detail and, using our most striking prop, a sousaphone tuba, I hastily thought of a chain of events that became a one-and-a-half minute film. Because we didn’t have a sound recordist that day I couldn't have any dialogue, and as I wasted most of the hour coming up with the idea I only had enough time to shoot one shot. In addition, the dolly grip had already been wrapped so I wasn't able to move the camera."

And that's how the three rules of The MUTE Series came about.

Andy Lambert, filmmaker, creator of The MUTE Series, an experimental short form comedy series

MUTE CAST & CREW

Big thanks to all the cast who have been in MUTE films:

Stewart Alexander, Kevin Millington, Sinead MacInnes, Bobby Dosanjh, Akie Kotabe, Peter Lofsgard, Clemente Lohr, Hollie Harrington, Kashif O’Connor, Ronan Cullen, Matt Hunter, Laura June Hudson, Peter Matthews, Kate Ashcroft, Chloe Sulaj, Feodora Freienstein, Jack Pjetergjokaj, Karen Martinez, JD Kelleher, Anthony Harwood, Janet Etuk, David Alwyn, Zulekha Chaka, Angus Kennedy, Grace Carter, Tom Ashley, Dominic Brewer, Anna Chessher, Michael Higgs, Kate Bowes Renna, Colin Mace, Richard Lock, Tim Bartholomew, Tessa Gallagher, Rebekah Casey, Fabio Barbato, Ben Brookes, Jack Wright, Zadoc Nava, Conrad Martinez-Lambert, Sean Carney, Ava Martinez-Lambert, Glenn Tillin, Andrew Clifford, Kiki Kendrick, Ben Slotover, Felix Lozano, Jamie Tyler, Xavi Roqueta.

Written & Directed by: Andy Lambert

Director of Photography: Oliver Curtis BSC
Additional Photography: Toby Elwes, Nanu Segal, Laszlo Andreas

Hair & Make-up: Leah Clarke, Carol Hart, Bev Toby
Art Direction: Eileen Aldous, Zoe Lambert, Laszlo Andreas
Casting: Kate & Lou + Ro Casting

Post-Production: Absolute Post
Additional Post-production: Yann Secouet

Sound Mix: Bark Soho
Sound Recording: Conrad Martinez-Lambert, Ava Martinez-Lambert

Produced by:
Riposte Pictures
Andy Lambert, Karen Martinez

76 Ltd
Mark Murrell, Phil Barnes, Alex Katz, Mabel Hooper

Thanks to:
October Film Studios, 76 Ltd, 750 mph, Itch Film, Colin Smith, Zadoc Nava, Mitra Tabrizian, Sorcha O’Sullivan, Bongsu Park, Ged Clarker, Simon Hassard, Julian Bivol, Jeremy Goold, James Woodmass, Ava Martinez-Lambert, Conrad Martinez-Lambert, Susan Chedgey, Jana Nouskova, Rana Darwish, Jack Wright, Ben Brookes, Hilda Sealy, Monika Lambert, Roger Lambert