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Sometimes uses dissolves at emotional moments within a scene, rather than hard cuts.

Often uses sound effects that rise in pitch toward the end of a scene then are suddenly cut off. For example, a whistling kettle or a passing car.

There is a pivotal scene in each of his films where music is used dramatically and lyrically to convey the emotion the lead character is feeling at a high-point in the story, with no words being spoken.

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Production Designs his films under the pseudonym Christopher Sutton.

When editing, doesn't work with a rough cut but starts at the beginning and fine cuts from the start of scene one till he reaches the end of the film, fully tracklaying in the process.

Works closely with German film editor Heidi Stiene, who also meticulously tracklays the films as she edits.

Woodcock knew the film director Lindsay Anderson, who directed the film version of David Storey's first novel This Sporting Life, and many of his plays.

Woodcock was born on July 13th. He has been quoted as saying that British writer David Storey, who was also born on July 13th, had the greatest influence on his film Between Two Women. Steven Woodcock's next film is an adaptation of a David Storey novel called Flight into Camden.

With modelmaker John Lee he designed and made most of the special effects models for the Gerry Anderson TV series Terrahawks, for which neither was given a screen credit. To make up for this they secretly put their own initials, birthdates, and hidden codes on the sides of various spaceship models in large letters.

Shares his birthday with Harrison Ford, David Storey, Patrick Stewart and British satirist Ian Hislop.

Studied Industrial Design at Manchester University, England.

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Steven Woodcock (Wyrd Wyrks)