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Automaton

Synopsis

Karl uses a form of electronic telepathy to spy on his ex-lover, Sarah. Her apartment block is remote, badly lit and in a state of redevelopment. Karl ensconces himself outside in the shadows and uses a radio device to scan the cerebral bandwidth of those in the block until he painfully tunes into Sarah's mind. When he finds her with Paul he uses his electronic puppetry to force her to kill this new lover.

Unable to live with murder, Sarah commits suicide whilst Karl, with the telepathic link still intact, experiences a digital first person perspective of what it is to die.

Automaton is a contemporary re-imagining of Classic Horror, which digitally plots the path of a marked and maddened Peeping Tom.

Details

Year
2007
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
35mm
Director
William Sinclair
Producer
Carol Murphy
Editor
Andy Hague
Screenwriter
William Sinclair
Director of Photography
Fredrik Callinggard
Production Designer
Caroline Storey, Alison Adams
Sound
Thomas Joyce, Paul Cameron
Composer
Dead Next Door

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Picture Press

3rd Floor
60 Berwick Street
London W1F 8SU
UK

T +44 (0)20 7287 1664

info@thepicturepress.co.uk

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