Context
We entered Cynon Valley Film Festival and their short film competition with our first independent horror short film, Control Room. It's a festival run by a filmmaker with the emphasis on great visuals, great soundtracks and great storytelling. Cynon Valley Museum in Aberdare. Their goal is to promote the work of independent film makers and embrace cutting edge digital techniques. Traditional film making is most welcome, of course but so are films made on smartphones.
Response
“We’ve done it again! Thrilled to announce that we won Best Narrative Short at the Cynon Valley Film Festival on Saturday, alongside two of our amazing actresses. While Black Swan Productions is known for creating impactful videos for purpose-led brands, we’re also expanding our portfolio with horror short films. Our first film, Control Room, is gaining momentum on its festival run. 💪"
Check out the trailer: https://lnkd.in/gevPJzbt
Learn more on our website: https://lnkd.in/e-dd8YvG“
Pictured: Haydn Wakeling, Nikolina Holuk, Anna Shaw.
Story
Singer/songwriter Eli Fretter’s manager, Gill, has booked him into a state of the art studio space, in an attempt to encourage him to leave his traditional sensibilities and penchant for acoustic music and analog recording techniques behind, instead taking his place in the digital landscape of modern, electronic, music. The night before his booking, Eli finds himself stranded in the studio with the strange receptionist, who insists that, with nowhere else to go, he spend the night in one of their live-rooms. Things take a surreal and nightmarish turn for Eli as reality appears to bend and distort, transporting him to-and-fro from the studio to a mysterious music venue and eventually to a dungeon, followed by a monstrous cloaked figure. Able to trust neither the eerie receptionist nor his controlling manager Gill, Eli discovers an otherworldly connection between his rapidly mutating body and the studio’s electronic equipment, which builds into a shocking climax that goes out with a flash.
