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All of the on-screen interactions in this film - both musical and conversational - are actors lip-synching to the words of real people whose identities have been protected. 

 

Our brief was to tell the authentic story of a young person who has chosen to live 'knife free' with the help of a mentor and creative outlet, but for safeguarding reasons we weren't able to show the real people on screen. The challenge therefore was how to capture the strength of the relationship and the newfound passion for music, without actually seeing either of those things. 

The innovative solution was to tape a recording session with the real 'Dean' and 'James', to create an edit from audio only and then use actors to lip-synch all of their words on screen. Hopefully the result is a film that preserves the authenticity of the story but does so whilst still protecting the identities of our protagonists.