Writer: Adam Ransley
Producer: Rogan Brown
Executive Producer: Abi Binning
Director: Daniel James
Script Editor: Tristram Baumber
Mentor: Di Drew
Animations: Benjamin Nelan
Production Design: Jane Howard
Genre(s): Comedy, Thriller
Release Date: June 2016
Format: Short
Duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds
This project was funded through the Step Up initiative, organised by Wide Angle Tasmania. We are most grateful to them and to the sponsors and
donors of the Step-Up initiative.
Outline:
Bloodgurgler is a dark comedy/thriller which highlights the potential dangers of a life online, particularly when playing games with people whose real-life identities we don’t know. Computer-based role play games have become a significant part of the lives of many adolescents and young adults, and Bloodgurgler taps in to the excitement, the thrill, the terror experienced in the game world by our potential audience.
The film explores this “world” through the eyes of Brian, a young office worker. He sneaks time at work to play his favourite game, unaware that his victories and some of his other behaviours have offended his opponents who are out for revenge, and not just in the “game world”.
In the virtual world, you can run, but you can’t hide!
Produced and developed in association with
Wide Angle Tasmania through the
Step-Up Initiative
