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KNIGHT TERRORS
Intimidation, violence and
nerve-shredder – Wolf Manor . Even his passion projects confront themes that many turn away from. “I’ve been a cinematographer since 2010, initially doing mostly commercials and motor sport, but have been pushing towards narrative since 2013, starting with short films, then features,” he tells us. “I’ve now shot 20 feature films, but still love to get involved in a short if the script is right.” Recently, the script was right for Tea , a 15-minute thriller that grabs you by the throat in the opening 30 seconds and doesn’t relinquish its grip until the credits roll. Set in Bognor Regis, it tells the story of Amelia (Maja Laskowska), a young Polish woman living with her father (Bogdan Kominowski) on a run-down caravan park. There, she’s terrorised by two local youths, Donnie (Jamie Bacon) and Steve (Craige Middleburg). With an uneasy post-Brexit dynamic running through the narrative, Tea sets out to encapsulate the turmoil “A 15-minute thriller that grabs you by the throat in the opening 30 seconds and doesn’t relinquish its grip until the credits roll”
IF YOU ENJOY films that have you perched on the edge of your seat or cowering behind the sofa, you’ll get on famously with Vince Knight. A quick scan of his IMDB profile confirms his professional penchant for the horror genre, with cinematographic exploits including Madness in the Method (method actor slowy loses his mind), Midnight Peepshow (man discovers a darkly magical erotic show) and Override (female AI is hacked, forced to carry out an execution on live TV). Indeed, when we speak to him, he’s in-between night shoots for another
menace – all in a day’s work for DOP Vince Knight as he creates the visceral short film, Tea
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