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Avow
Tony O'Reilly
average rating from 24 members 
       
drama | 2004 | Yorkshire & Humber | 4 min
Published 09 Dec 04
The short film Avow was made by a killer. It is a confession.
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scenes which some may find disturbing
synopsis
This is a four minute confession made for and sent to the police.
short fact
It's good to imagine you are a police officer and this tape has arrived at your station. The address you see at the beginning of the film is local.
crew
  • director Tony O'Reilly
  • writer Tony O'Reilly
  • producer Tony O'Reilly
cast
  • Tera Khan Tania Van Rooy
  • Tera Khan Jennifer Batty
  • Liam McCarthy C Christ
festivals, awards and screenings include:
  • Brief Encounters, Bristol 2004 - BBC Talent finalist
  • Halloween Film Festival, Manchester 2005
  • Dare-TV, Channel 4, California 2005
  • The Hertfordshire International Film Festival 2005
  • FanTasia, Montreal 2005
  • Super Shorts Film Festival, London 2005
  • Shallow Shorts, London 2005 - screening
  • Take 291, London 2005
  • Tromafling, Edinburgh 2005
  • The Free & Easy, Manchester 2005
  • Talent Circle Film Festival 2005
  • 9th Manchester Kinofilm Festival 2005
  • © 2004 Tony O'Reilly

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    comment by Ben  Wharton
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    posted Feb 14, 2005

    Tony -

    Dark stuff but done very effectively.

    Mimimal imagery and good sound design to create a very nasty disturbing mood. A film that surprisingly doesn't require much in the way of actor's performances to get across hatred and fear.


    Your synopsis - well, there's more there than is on screen. I'm not sure how important you think the specific details about the time period and nature of Tera's imprisonment/death were - they're more ambiguous than your written description. That isn't a bad thing, just that I don't think the two mesh.

    It's a believable premise with overtones of several big movie killer perspectives. Whether it's believable that a killer would spend this much time editing/regrading/audio dubbing a short film for confessional purposes is perhaps the point at which we need to suspend our disbelief!

    One technical point: Be careful of "title safe" areas for placing subtitles/text. On the internet we're getting to see the whole frame. But on television, and very possibly on a projected screen, your image will be over scanned. Losing text right on the edge of frame is very probable. Have you action/title safe guides on your edit system? If not, go looking for dimensions on PAL 16:9 frames on the Internet.

    Thanks for an intriguing experience.

    Ben

    comment by Myles  Reynolds
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    posted Jan 13, 2008

    This is good
    Very dark, quite twisted.
    I think it could be better with some shocking imagary, this would give he film more of an edge and keep the viewer interested.
    I know we arent all blessed with top notch equipment but i think this film would be brilliant if it were higher quality, or if it was of low quality considering it's style. But i see it is somwhere inbetween.

    But good work man, i liked it a lot.

    comment by migel  tomlinson
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    posted Mar 21, 2007

    he tasted flesh now he wants more...the making of a seriel killer,...seven,from the killers point of view..good stuff

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    useful links
    • www.avow.info
    • www.bbc.co.uk/talent
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    The film, for realism, was made in the scenario and with the means of the killer being portrayed. As such no funds were sought and no money used.


    BBC Talent selection
    This film was a finalist in the BBC Talent New Filmmakers Scheme 2004.

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