POPPI MAY KNIGHT
Freelance producer & AD.
Based between London and Barcelona.
Film (short & feature), documentary, tv and podcast.
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THE BIRTH OF A MALL GOTH - short film (April 2025)
May’s (Emily Carey) sister Gemma (Lola Blue) has become a goth overnight, causing May to explore the fantastical reasons for the sudden change, while also going on a journey of self-discovery. What causes someone to become a mall goth... Accidental septum piercing? Stained t-shirt? Hatched from an egg?
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May’s (Emily Carey) sister Gemma (Lola Blue) has become a goth overnight, causing May to explore the fantastical reasons for the sudden change, while also going on a journey of self-discovery. What causes someone to become a mall goth... Accidental septum piercing? Stained t-shirt? Hatched from an egg?
CREW
Writer and director: Samantha Locock
Producer: Poppi Knight
Executive Producer: Victoria Emslie
Street Goths: Frankie Harrold, Henry Hakanson, Rachel Kiki
Director of Photography: Toby Martin
Production Designer: Omar Kent
Costume Designer: Marouane Joubba
Hair and Makeup Designer: Lily Simmonds
Sound Designer: Calum Sample
Composer: Leah Tatjana
First Assistant Director: Jemima Stephenson
Third Assistant Director: Cecily Thomas
Executive Producer: Brigit Willment
Production Manager: Alfie Turner
Production Runner: Tom Davidson
Casting: LANE Casting UK
Casting Directors: Priyanka Patel + Hannah Ashby Ward
1st AC: Jonny Iseli
2nd AC: Danni Baxter
Steadicam Operator: Devan Clarke-Sheward
Gaffer: Will Pope
Spark: Ross Murrell
Sound Mixer: Ryan Beauchamp
Graphic Designer: Louise Morris
Art Dept Assistant: Joshua Liles
Moth Wings: Oksana Osadchuk, Crystal Wings ua
Principal Standby: Javiera Imbert
Editor: Samantha Locock
VFX: Ewan McIntosh
Colourist: Maruf Khan
Colour Producer: Dan Hills
Colour House: Fawn
Unit Stills: Robbie Gray
Camera: The Unit Bag
Lighting: SHL
Location: Les Elston
Catering: The Gleaners Cafe
Insurance: Performance