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DirectedbyLisaAmonProducedIfeAkande
WrittenByPeggyKapinga
CountryofproductionBarcelona,SpainGenreHorror/Thriller
2016
Awomen(RociaMaizGracia)comeshomefromworktofindherfrontdooropen,thishasneverhappenedtoherbefore.Sheiscertainthatshelockedthedoorbeforeasshegoesintothehouseshestartstonoticedoorsopeningbythemselves.Itisasifshewasnotaloneinthehouse.
RociaMaizGraciahasbeenhearingvoicesandfeelinglikesomeoneisfollowingherbuteverytimeshelooksaroundthereisnoonethere.ShehavepreviouslysufferedfroHallucinationbuthasbeengainingtreatmentwhichhashelpedher.Couldtheprevioushistoryofhallucinationbethecauseofherhearingandseeingthingsorissheactuallybeinghauntedbysomethingorsomeone?ThesupernaturalforcethatseemstobehauntingRociatendtousedoorstogainattentionandmakeitseemasifsomeoneisphysicallythere.OnedayRociacomeshometofindherfrontdooropen,
knowingfullywellthatshehadlockedthedoorwhenshehadleftforwork.Sheentersherhouseanddecidedtogetsomethingtoprotectherfromwhatevermaybeinthehouse,shegoestothekitchenandreachesforaknifeassheexploresthehousetofindoutwhatishappening.
Howlongdidtheprojecttake?Thisprojecthadbeenunderdevelopmentforoverfourmonthsanditisfartosaythatwillallthechangesthathavetakenplaceandobstaclesthathavebeenovercome,theprocessinallwasgreat.Intermsofthefilmingdaysittookaboutaweektofilm,thiswasdifficultduetothefactthatthefilmingtookplaceaboard.Inpreproductionresearchwiseittooktwomonthsofwatchinghorrorfilmsanalysingtheminordertoproducesomethingdifferentbutwiththesamecodesandconventionsofanexsitinghorrorfilm.Whatwasyourinspirationforthefilm?MyinspirationcamefromthefactthatIhavealwayshadaninterestinhorrorandthrillerandIwantedtocreateamediaproductthatrepresentedthat.Ipreviouslyhadaninterestincreatingdocumentarieshoweverrecentlythereseemstobeadocumentaryaboutanythingandeverything.PersonallyIfeltthat
makingahorrorfilmwouldbeachallengeandIwouldbeabletoreflectontheprocessafterandseeifcreatingshorthorrorfilmswasadirectionIwantedtoperuseinthefuture.Ilookedandfilmslike‘Rec,Saw,Psycho,theunitedandThegrudgeforfurtherinspiration.Alsotheeventsthatpeoplegothroughintheireverydaylives.
Mediahasalwaysbeenaninterestofmineandthehorrorgenreinparticularinterestmeinasensethatpeopleabletobeplaceoutsideoftheircomfortzoneorevenputintoeverydaysituationswhichtheyneverthoughttheywouldbein.HorrorisagenrewhichIfeelplayswiththemind.Thearedifferenttypesofhorrorsandhorrorcanalsobejoinedtogetherwithothergenrestocreateahybridgenre.Peoplehavegoneontoacceptfearandwatchinghorrorfilmshavebeenanormtothosewhomwatch
itonaregularbasisorthepeoplewhomtendtonotbeafraidofmuch.WhenIwasyoungerIwasalwaysexcitedtowatchhorrorcartoonsforexample‘ScoobyDoo’.Thisintroducedmetocharacterswhich,IwasmeanttobeafraidoffbutneverreallygotthechancetobescaredofthembecauseIfoundthemsoentertaining,fromthecostumestheyworetothepalemakeupontheirface.
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ChloeGibsonWhoplayedtheleadingroleasRociaMaizGracia.
MamaCyndiForallowingmetouseherhouseforthesecond
location.
AjuntamentdeBarcelona(Barcelonacitycouncil)
Forgivingmepermissiontofilmatmychosenoutdoorlocation.
IfeAkande
Forproducingandcodirecting‘EllaVe’