A summary of our project
We are third-year students at the University of Reading's Film and Television department. We are passionate about bringing our ideas to life, and with your help, we can do that.
Our film follows Detective Wingate, assigned a case in which he was involved in as a child. His stake in the case brings up old childhood trauma he hasn't yet explored. The film is set as an 11-minute short psychological crime thriller. It is set in the 2000's and has a flashback sequence set in the 1980's.
Logline: When a new missing person case echoes the Red Room murders from 30 years ago, a young detective is forced to confront dark family secrets that threaten to unravel his life and bring him face-to-face with an obsessed private investigator on the verge of solving a case. Red Room explores the effects of childhood trauma on the human psyche. Our film offers a powerful narrative that will leave a lasting impression on the audience.
Who are we?
We are a passionate team of student filmmakers committed to bringing compelling and thought-provoking stories to the screen. Our vision is to create powerful narratives for the screen that develop into the human experience.
Fin Hurst
Co-Director, Scriptwriter, Script Supervisor and Lighting Technician
Harry Thomas
Co-Director, Scriptwriter, and Lighting Technician
Monty Rice
Producer, Scriptwriter, 1st Assistant Camera and Assistant Director
Paige Hart
Producer, Script Editor and Art Assistant
Emily Brock
Art Director, Script Editor and Sound Assistant
Luke Evans
Director of Photography, Clapper Loader and Lighting Technician
Helwan Fandi
Casting/Location Manager and Sound Mixer
Eden Olaniyan
Camera operator, Focus Puller and 2nd Assistant Camera
Our story
We are a group of students who have all bonded over our appreciation of cinema, especially Cinematography, Set design and narrative. We want to bring our appreciation of these aspects of the film to our film collaboratively.
As a group, we chose this topic as we are all very interested in how the human psyche is displayed in the film. As a group, we have made various short films exploring this; this project is an amalgamation of all of them and that theme of the human psyche.
Films that have influenced our project are Zodiac, Longlegs, The Black Phone and Mulholland Drive. We are also influenced by the realness of David Fincher's films, and we would like to contrast this with the Surreal Aspects of David Lynch's films to display trauma; the discussion of these films brought us together as a group in the first place.
Where will the money go?
Our budget will go towards:
- Locations: £500
- Transport: £250
- Set Design and Costumes: £250
- Tech: £300
- Catering: £100
- Emergencies: £100
If we raise any extra funds above our target, this money will be used by the University of Reading Film, Theatre and Television department to help promote our film and other films made by our fellow students.
Find us here
Stay updated on our project progress and behind-the-scene highlights by following us on Instagram.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/from.the.redroom
Help us succeed
Please help us in any way you can! Whether you donate, share this page, or talk about the project with your friends or family, you will be helping us create a project that we are all very much interested in! We hope you love this project as much as we do, so sharing it by word of mouth or on social media would be a fantastic way to get people involved and help them passionate about creating it the best possible way!
