A young woman falls asleep but soon becomes trapped in her dreams.
Blink (2015) Online
A young woman falls asleep but soon becomes trapped in her dreams.
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 | Helen Magowan | - | Unnamed |
Actress Helen Magowan, who plays the film's protagonist, is actually quite afraid of blood despite having to work in a scene with it. Like, she's really afraid of blood. Like you can't even say the word "BLOOD" around her or she'll freak.
Magowan sites her heavy breathing scenes as her most superb acting to date.
Co-director Isabella Dalla Betta caught actress Helen Magowan in a plethora of trust falls in order to achieve the proper effect when Magowan's character falls into the frozen lake.
The book on the protagonist's bedside table is open to a personal essay that hold special significance to the story.
The film won multiple awards at student film festivals, including "Best Editing" at the Boulder International Film Festival's Teen Short Film Showcase and "Best of the Fest" at the Niwot Student Film Festival.
The film marks the start of a romantic relationship between co-directors Josh Whitaker and Isabella Dalla Betta.
More hours were spent filming the bathroom scenes than any other scenes.
Audiences are divided as to whether the young woman dies in her sleep at the end of the film, or is just a really heavy sleeper.
When filming at a butterfly pavilion, Magowan was terrified of butterflies, referring to them as "Satan spawn".
Whitaker sites the frozen lake scene as his favorite of the film.
The students who made the film were juniors in high school at the time.
Filmed over the course of two weeks.
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