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BA Film & Television Production

The Doorway Effect

The Doorway Effect is a thrilling three-act paranormal drama centred on Harry, a grieving father searching for any lead on the case of his daughter Kate’s disappearance. A thrilling story of connection and reunion, this film uses literal, supernatural doorways as Emotional Gateways, forcing Harry to confront his emotions and accept his wrongdoing in pushing her away after the loss of her mother

Harry must navigate the doorway realms and find himself, the person he wants to be, before it’s too late and his daughter disappears from his life forever. Join us on this thrilling, beautiful story centred on love, connection and breathtaking scenery.

Behind the scenes of the doorway effect is a group of talented young filmmakers, eager to entertain and tell their stories through the art of cinema. We are all very excited to work on The Doorway Effect, and as a team of hungry professionals, we are certain the results will blow you away, so sit down, get comfy and enjoy the ride!

Transcript

0:06
6 Seconds
“Mr. Alessandro. Yeah. 7:00pm. Try to be civil”

0:15
15 Seconds
“Okay. Okay. Okay.”

0:25
25 Seconds
[Sigh] Let’s start from the beginning. Give me some of your history

0:29
29 Seconds
“It’s not uh it’s not one thing, you know. It’s years.

0:35
35 Seconds
“It’s uh it’s stupid things. It’s little things. A table here, a customer there”

0:40
40 Seconds
“Uh it’s not that I just uh decided tonight, you know. You didn’t?”

0:45
45 Seconds
“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This started years ago. Then we don’t start here.”

0:51
51 Seconds
“We were always different, don’t you think? No. Not always”

0:58
58 Seconds
“But um you cook to prove something. Me? I cook to feed. Who did you feed exactly?”

1:07
1 Minute 7 Seconds
“I fed this whole street. And you choke on it”

1:11
1 Minute 11 Seconds
“When?”

1:13
1 Minute 14 Seconds
“I don’t know. Uh not long. Couple minutes maybe. Uh we were eating. He liked it actually. Not that it matters, you know.”
1:35
1 Minute 35 Seconds
“You killed a man, Mr Alessandro. And if you don’t want to be put away for a long time, I suggest you tell me everything.”

1:41
1 Minute 41 Seconds
“He didn’t make you my enemy. You did, the day you opened across the street”

1:47
1 Minute 47 Seconds
“Mmmm”

1:48
1 Minute 48 Seconds
“Salute Motherfucker.”

film crew

Two women on a film set at a bar. One operates a professional camera while the other poses with a peace sign, with a backlit liquor shelf behind them.
A cameraman films a young woman in a white dress standing in a sunlit meadow, with bare trees and construction cranes visible in the background.
Two crew members — one holding a boom mic, one operating a camera — film an actor standing in front of a freestanding blue door in an open field with cranes behind.
An actor in a dark coat walks through a freestanding blue door in a dry grassland field, with bare trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
Two crew members adjust a professional camera on a bar counter during a night shoot, surrounded by cocktail equipment and warm ambient lighting.

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Want to become a filmmaker? Our BA Film and Television Production programme will equip you with the varied skillset, experience and portfolio required to enter, work and succeed in today’s film and TV industries. Well served by high-end film cameras, a multi-camera TV studio as well as a state-of-art Virtual Production film studio, our film students are also taught by experienced, professional practitioners. As such, this is a practice-based course that aims to train the complete, contemporary film-maker.

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