Click

The first director’s name I connected with the films I loved to watch was John Carpenter. Watching The Fog and Escape from New York late at night as a teenager made me hunt out his other films and he remains one of my favourite directors.

I’ve always been a fan of genre films, with horror films being a particular favourite. The original idea for CLICK came from the practicality of film making...write a genre short, small cast, one location...simple to film (!). Once the script was in place, we looked at the areas that would enhance the film and raise the production value sometimes overlooked in short films. Without the right location, our ‘haunted house film’ wouldn’t have a haunted house. We fortunately found a location that had both an imposing exterior and the right layout inside to provide some tension to the story. The building had to be decaying, dropping to pieces, and yet solid enough for it to be believable that the characters could not escape easily.

The characters and their specific relationships had to drive the narrative forward and had to convince the audience that they would stay in the building without escaping at the first supernatural sign. This was probably the trickiest thing in the film and hopefully the believability comes through, and the audience are with the characters as the story unfolds.

I want to leave a lot to the audience’s imagination and I’ve always loved films that ask questions but don’t necessarily answer them. An audience’s imagination is more powerful than anything that can be shown on screen and I hope CLICK will leave a few images or thoughts with the viewer after the credits have rolled.

William Prince
Writer/Director