LITTLE SCOUT FILMS
Based in St. John’s, Little Scout Films is a fresh film collective consisting of founding members Anna Wheeler, Jamie Pitt and Adam Penney. They strive to create hilarious and poignant performance pieces on film and on stage.
The inaugural project and original short film script, Face It, focuses on the tale of two teenage girls who seek revenge on the high school bully. Drawn from personal experiences while attending high school in downtown St. John’s, the story explores themes of bullying, belonging, and the perils of high school, all woven together in a bizarre and witty 22-minute script. The film’s soundtrack will feature St. John’s pop sensation The Gramercy Riffs, winners of the Atlantis 2010 Music Prize. With each Little Scout Films venture, the goal is to keep the characters and stories, as well as cast and crew, ‘freshly local.’
Upon completion of the project, the company will submit it to the Nickel Independent Film Festival, the St. John’s Women’s International Film Festival, and beyond, to national and international arenas. Little Scout would like to acknowledge the support from the City Of St.John's, NIFCO, Holy Heart of Mary High School and thank everyone who is helping make this film possible- it could not be done without you! Through the help of donations the crew is able to cover the incredible production costs and equipment rentals.
"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."
-Georgia O'Keeffe
Who We Are...
Anna Wheeler, Writer/Director/Producer
A native of St. John’s, Anna has had the unique experience of growing up in the age of ‘Berry picking meets Facebook’. Anna holds a BFA in acting from Ryerson University. Notable credits include Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Gertrude, Hamlet (The Classical Theatre Project) Masha, Three Sisters and work with The Grose Morne Theatre Festival, Trinity Theatre festival, the Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival and History Television. Also a songwriter and violinist she invites you to check out www.myspace.com/annawheeler.
As a writer, Anna currently is working on a new script for Suitcase Theatre, a non for profit theatre company for kids, created by the creator of Mr.Dressup. Anna has also directed and produced the short film Boys and Girls which won the Atlantic Student Screen Arts Award and went on to be screened at the Nickle Independent and the Women's International Film Festivals.
Jamie Pitt, Production Manager/Producer
A soon-to -be Memorial University B.A. graduate in Honours English and Gender Studies, Jamie has had a fruitful upbringing on local and national stages, improvising at a competitive level since 2003, and starring in many plays, concerts, emcee gigs, and musicals, most notably with lead roles in Guys & Dolls as Miss Adelaide (2007), and in Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad (2010). Jamie is also the proud founder of the Gonzaga Film Festival (now Gonzaga High School Arts Festival), and is also a two-time Newfoundland Improv Games Champion and Canadian Improv Games Competitor, representing the province at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 2007 and 2008.
In the fall of 2011, Jamie had the opportunity to live and learn at Memorial’s UK campus in Harlow, Essex, taking courses in British Drama in Performance and Creative Writing (Satire) with award-winning actress, writer, producer and director Mary Walsh.
Adam Penney, Cinematography/Producer
Adam is a freelance photographer and videographer living in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He started his passion with photographing live music in 2007-2008, moving to portraits and models as well as landscape and architectural photography. In 2009 Adam moved to London, Ontario to study photography at Fanshawe College. In the summer of the 2011, with the help of Justin Davis, Adam formed HEAVYWEATHER, a production website that specializes in filming and recoding live performances of local musicians in various public or unconventional spaces. Since its conception in 2011 over 200 videos have been produced and HEAVYWEATHER has won two MusicNl awards and has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award. In 2013, HeavyWeather aired a one-hour special on CBC. Also in 2013, Adam was the cinematographer on two Ataltinic Film Festival selections: The Passanger and One More Song.
