EXAM
Reeally looking forward to seeing EXAM, the British thriller from writer/director Stuart Hazeldine. The film sees eight candidates succeed to the final step of securing their dream job at a major corporation. When they walk into the room to take their final exam together, invigilator Scott Salmon (with that voice) explains - among other rules – that they have just 80 minutes to complete their final test. It all sounds pretty standard… until they turn over the exam paper to find it is blank. The candidates (all of whom remain nameless), soon realise they can speak to each other and begin to try and work out the question that needs to be answered. But, knowing there is only room for one winner, each person must decide how far they are willing to go for that dream job.
It’s like a creepy version of The Apprentice!
I’m intrigued as to how it will all work cinematically, as the whole film is set in just one room, taking place in real time. 88 Minutes and Phone Booth spring to mind as other pictures filmed in this way and although I’m sure there are many more, few - I bet - place full concentration on just one set.
It’s a great premise for a film and I like that there’s this obvious spin on reality TV. We all bitch about it but - apart from being massively successful - it’s fuelled other artistic ideas such as this one!
