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Andy returns to directing with his first short film Blink.

Andy makes the transition from screenwriter to director with a haunting tale about a nightmare come to life.

Blink is a short suspense horror film about a woman who wakes from a nightmare to find that each time she closes her eyes she can hear the 'thing' from her nightmare in the room with her and each time she closes her eyes it draws closer to her.

Andy: "I've recently been working on shorts again after quite a break from the medium. A few years ago I found the shorts I watched to be frustrating. There were too many shorts that were nothing more than an anecdote or heavily stylised pieces that lacked meaning. It was a frustrating genre where writers and directors were often content to hinge a short on a camera technique or a cheap punchline than looking to take the genre forward. I didn't want pretty or particularly expensive I wanted characters and depth."

In the short the central character of Kate is played by
the actress Emma Dennis. Blink was filmed over
four long nights in October 2004. The short is
currently in the final stages of post production and
will be screening here on the site when it is completed.
In the meantime here are some captures from the film.



Andy: "It was tough given the constraints of the kit
that we shot on but important to me to try and keep
the darkness as true to life as possible. If Kate could
barely see I wanted the same to apply to us. I wanted
us to share her nightmare, be in this with her."



BLINK

STARRING EMMA DENNIS

PRODUCED BY KIM SIMPKINS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MATT SUTTON
LIGHTING RICHARD MILLIKEN
SOUND GRAHAM HICKS
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ANDREW CULL