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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/2 As the event was broadcast the zoom lens helped me stay out of the way of the cameras as much as possible – and I was pleasantly surprised by the results 📸 . . . #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Photography #Cinematography #Photographer

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1/2 Shooting stills earlier this week at a conference with this beast. I have to admit, I usually use smaller primes, so this did make me feel rather like a paparazzi!

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

2/2 Kit, technique and practice then accentuate that. Don’t focus on kit and specific software, focus on developing your craft. That said, I’m very happy to have purchased a new 85mm prime lens and making some magic with it 🎬📸 . . . #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Photography #Cinematography #Photographer

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1/2 If there’s one thing I can’t stress enough, it’s that the kit you own doesn’t determine how good your filmmaking or photography is. It’s not even about technically knowing how to use the kit. The fundamentals are talent and taste.

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Had a fabulous time at FrightFest. Catching up with lots of talented fellow creatives and amazing cinephile friends. Throughly enjoyed watching SYNTHESIZED (2026) – authentically 80s inspired, visually stunning, with an original plot. 11/10 ⭐️ . . . #FrightFest #Filmmaker #IndieFilm #FilmFestival

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📸 Just under 80 professional portraits with retouching now complete, following on from my recent creative corporate shoot. Quite the edit session, as I allowed for plenty of variety and individualism for each participant while shooting . . . #corporateheadshots #portraitphotography

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Support original writers, artists and independent print media. We Belong ‘Beano’ Issue 49, with retrotastic cover art by Paul Garner out now! Find my regular column DARK CORNER inside (pp. 14–15) 📖 . . . #ArtsAndCulture #Magazine #Journalism #Column #Film

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📸 X marks the spot and the completion of me shooting 27 creative corporate headshot sessions over the last two days. Portrait photography direction is easier when you offer small hacks like giving subjects a defined place to stand. Combat boots optional! . . . #portraitphotography #creativeportraits

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📸 Quick mobile snap while testing out my new softbox kit for an upcoming shoot. Also featured, my vintage Zenit TTL SLR, which I used in the 90s before digital! . . . #filmphotography #vintagecameras #SLR #behindthescenes #photographygear

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🎬 Fabulous to catch-up with actor friend Chris Hampshire from my films SEIZE THE NIGHT and SALIENT MINUS TEN at the Shy Films event earlier in the week 🙌 . . . #IndependentFilm #FilmCommunity #FemaleFilmmaker #FilmDirector #WorkingFilmmaker

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🎙️ “Episode 22 of The Contagious Podcast is another out-of-this-world blast with director, producer, writer, and actor, Emma Dark! … hosts Chris Rennirt and Lien Mya Nguyen Oost cover everything, with questions spanning the spectrum of Emma’s career” 🔗👇

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨 Excited to announce I’ll be returning once more as a guest and appearing on the Creative Voices Panel at Shy Films networking event ‘Pitch to Screen – Summer Social’ at Karma Sanctum Soho, London on Thursday, 16th July. More info via the link below 👇

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Woman vs camera. Day 2 behind the scenes filming and directing a commercial production earlier this week 🎥🎬 . . . #BehindTheScenes #FilmmakingLife #OnSet #DirectorLife #FemaleDirector

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Earlier today... getting set up to film in a really nice space 🎥🎬 . . . #BehindTheScenes #FilmmakingLife #OnSet #ShotPrep #Symmetry

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

2/2 Jake talks about his remaster of Razor Blade Smile (1998) and more. His multi-part interview contains a wealth of inspirational filmmaking experiences that every filmmaker, aspiring or established, can learn from. Available on all good podcast platforms, now! . . . #Podcast #Filmmaking

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

1/2 🙌 Check out this lovely mention I spotted from ultra talented filmmaker / director friend Jake West in podcast RE-VAMPED with host Drusilla herself, actress Juliet Landau from 90s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ep. ‘Bonus: Interview with creator Jake West - Part 2’.

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Weeping Bank @weepingbank.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We're blown away to be spotlighted for the second time in @emmadark.bsky.social's DARK CORNER column in #WeBelongDead magazine after she joined us for a reading of 'Pock' at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London, which, she writes, included "one heck of a jump scare".

An article from the Weeping Bank Gazette about the Librarian's London show being spotlighted in We Belong Dead magazine

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

2/2 Stunning artwork of the late, great Udo Kier on the front cover by Josh Ryals, as depicted in Andy Warhol's Dracula (1974), dir. Paul Morrissey . . . #ArtsAndCulture #Magazine #Journalism #Column #Film

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

1/2 📖 Issue 48 of WBD Mag is out now! My column DARK CORNER (pp. 61–62) covers my latest film project, creative work from friends and peers, plus my current movie, TV and book recommendations.

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🎙️ What a pleasure to have appeared as a guest on Reece Manigan’s MOVIE MUSIC show, aired on @lovedabeatradio this morning. Our insightful film production chat is now available on YouTube, link below 👇 . . . #FilmTalk #MovieLovers #RadioShow #FilmCommunity #OnAir

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🎙️ Listen in this Friday, 10am–12pm, when I join as a special guest on Reece Manigan’s MOVIE MUSIC show over on @lovedabeatradio, talking all things film! . . . #FilmTalk #MovieLovers #RadioShow #FilmCommunity #OnAir

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

2/2 Congratulations again to my cast and crew, without them the film wouldn’t be what it is! . . . #ShortFilm #IndieFilm #WomenInFilm #FemaleDirector #10YearAnniversary

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

1/2 🎬 Celebrating TEN years since the general release of my self‑produced, self‑directed action/thriller SEIZE THE NIGHT – 60k views strong across YouTube and Vimeo and still going. Also available autographed on BBFC rated DVD in my Etsy store.

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Buy here: UK > www.nucleusfilms.com US > severinfilms.com

nucleusfilms.com

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🚨 Huge thanks to Jake West for my contributor copy of the restored RAZOR BLADE SMILE (1998) – limited edition and loaded with goodies. Catch me in the release’s VAMPIRES FOREVER feature length extras documentary, which also includes clips from my film SEIZE THE NIGHT (2015)

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

2/2 …but cinematographer AJ stepped in and saved the day – turning it into an impromptu filmed interview session with the kit he had on hand, promoting Dave’s book Straight From The Force's Mouth. Photo by AJ Singh 📸 . . . #MayThe4thBeWithYou #DavidProwse #StarWars #DarthVader #StarWarsDay

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

1/2 MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! Throwback to 2015, filming inside David Prowse’s (Darth Vader – Star Wars) summerhouse. A production meeting for a project I was set to act in took an unexpected turn…

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🎤 Released TEN years ago TODAY, Haemophobia from The Death Chillout Sessions electronic / industrial album by Non-Bio, feat. vocals by me. Link below 🎧👇 . . . #ListenNow #MusicDiscovery #SupportIndieMusic #IndieElectronic

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

2/2 Pictured here with filmmakers Reece Manigan (who hands down gave the best 60 intro / pitch in the room) and Nina Romain. Photo by Reece ✌️📸 . . . #WomenInFilm #Filmmaker #CreativeIndustry #FilmNetworking #LondonEvents

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

1/2 At the Shy Films ‘The Easter Edit: Networking in Bloom’ event a few weeks ago at Karma Sanctum Soho, where I attended as a guest and appeared on the Creative Voices Panel & Q&A.

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

2/2 Grateful to my client, exec producer and lead talent Jaymi Odedra, for the collaboration. Supporting talent Paddy Dixon. Direction / production / cinematography / photography / editing / colour / animation and voiceover by me 🎬 . . . #CommercialProduction #FilmmakerLife #BrandFilm

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

1/2 Fantastic to have produced this commercial for the IFRS Foundation’s new digital product feature. The IFRS Foundation develops globally recognised accounting and sustainability disclosure standards. It’s been a pleasure shaping the creative for this release.

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Unlock Blacklining with an IFRS Digital subscription

YouTube video by IFRS Foundation

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

2/2 If you’d like to learn more about the festival, visit blackcountryhorror.com. I look forward to watching your brilliant entries! . . . #Filmmakers #FilmFestival #ShortFilm #IndieFilm #CreativeCommunity

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

1/2 🎥 Excited to share I’ll be a judge at The Black Country Horror Shorts Film Festival 2026. Previous judges include acclaimed authors Kim Newman (Anno Dracula) and Adam Nevill (The Ritual), and this year brings more wonderful talents from independent film, fiction and beyond.

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

2/2 Link to buy the restoration (with the doc) below 👇 UK > nucleusfilms.com US > severinfilms.com . . . #RazorBladeSmile #JakeWest #FilmIndustry #DocumentaryFeature #ArtsAndCulture

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

1/2 🚨 I can finally share that I’m featured in this documentary included with the new restoration of Jake West’s RAZOR BLADE SMILE (1998), alongside Reece Shearsmith of INSIDE NO. 9 and other brilliant creatives. It also includes clips from my film SEIZE THE NIGHT (2015)

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🏆 Honoured to be nominated for a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for ‘Best Column’ – my fifth year in a row – for my regular column DARK CORNER in WE BELONG DEAD magazine. To vote, email David Colton at taraco@aol.com by midnight Friday, May 1st. Full details at rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📢 Delighted to announce I’ll be a guest and appearing on the Creative Voices Panel & Q&A at Shy Films ‘The Easter Edit: Networking in Bloom’, Karma Sanctum Soho, London on Thursday, 2nd April. The event also boasts a ‘Pitch & Hatch: Connect Session’, live entertainment and much more 👇

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EMMA DARK 🎬 @emmadark.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

That’s a shame! There might be a way you can translate them in app, but imagine it would be rudimentary if so!

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