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Film Review Context Sub-heading = Perplexity at its best Quote – “A ??? film with an unusual twist” Upcoming directors Sukhraj Gill and Emilie Hardcastle showcase their first film I’ll Be Watching You. They nailed the thriller genre with their unique interpretation of it. Both directors screen wrote the sensational plot, which is about an unknown identity stalking a school student, is being shown at Greenhorn Short Film Festival this March. The 5-minute film tells a story about popular student Leo (Calum Lewin) who arranged a date with the “different” girl Eliza (Kirsty Davenport), however she stands him up. Poppy (Danielle Uttley) whom is part of Leo’s popular group sees him waiting and goes up to talk to him. Out of friendship, Leo buys himself and Poppy a coffee, however Eliza approaches to the door and sees her date with another girl. After the coffee shop incident, Eliza she sees Poppy flirting with Leo, fuelling Eliza with anger. Throughout the next couple of days at school, Leo receives unwanted notes and endless phone calls from an unknown individual, similar to Knowledge Is Key, leading
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Film Review Context
Sub-heading = Perplexity at its best
Quote – “A ??? film with an unusual twist”
Upcoming directors Sukhraj Gill and Emilie Hardcastle showcase their first film I’ll Be Watching You. They nailed the thriller genre with their unique interpretation of it. Both directors screen wrote the sensational plot, which is about an unknown identity stalking a school student, is being shown at Greenhorn Short Film Festival this March.
The 5-minute film tells a story about popular student Leo (Calum Lewin) who arranged a date with the “different” girl Eliza (Kirsty Davenport), however she stands him up. Poppy (Danielle Uttley) whom is part of Leo’s popular group sees him waiting and goes up to talk to him. Out of friendship, Leo buys himself and Poppy a coffee, however Eliza approaches to the door and sees her date with another girl.
After the coffee shop incident, Eliza she sees Poppy flirting with Leo, fuelling Eliza with anger. Throughout the next couple of days at school, Leo receives unwanted notes and endless phone calls from an unknown individual, similar to Knowledge Is Key, leading to Leo becoming cautious and scared of everyone around him.
A great production, this film has a lot of qualities that makes this the perfect twist to a typical thriller film. Hints of a horror element such as the dark score are used within the film to create more suspense visually for the audience. It changes the conventions of the thriller genre making us see new ideas we haven’t seen a dozen times before. I’ll Be Watching You is one of the best thriller films created in a long time; twists, turns, tension.
Film Information
Release Date = 13th May 2016
Running Time = ….
Certification = 12
Directors = Sukhraj Gill & Emilie Hardcastle
Cast = Calum Lewin, Danielle Uttley & Kirsty Davenport
Rating = 4 stars
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The film tells a story about Leo (Calum Lewin) a school student who gets stalked because of a misunderstood incident that takes place at the beginning of the film. Eliza (???) believes that she has been stood up by Leo by Poppy (Danielle Uttley) and wants to make it up to him. At school the next day, Poppy becomes flirtatious with Leo, with Eliza seeing this making her want to get revenge. It builds up the suspense through unwanted messages to endless phone calls by an unknown individual, leading up to the pinnacle moment with a twist that will shock the viewers.
