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 Niall
Johnson, scriptwriter of White Noise is a
director of bladon subsidiary Purple Haze Productions.
When
Niall first got underway creating the idea that would
be developed into White Noise, he began from the idea
that perhaps, if it were possible to contact a lost
friend, relative or loved one then the enticement would
probably be too strong to resist, and that your average
person would actually go to enormous lengths, even putting
themselves at huge risks in order to
try.
 In
order to move this from an idea to reality Niall submerged
himself in deep research and found that a strong base
of EVP enthusiasts not only exists but has done so for
some time. Niall also found these enthusiasts to be
deeply scientific and very organised about their findings….
The idea developed into the movie release we have today
after much surfing the web and in-depth meetings with
a few EVP gurus like Sue Macdonald,
the Butlers and Sarah Estep.
Niall Johnson
Niall studied
film and drama at Bristol graduating with a first class
BA honours Degree in 1987.
Niall
spent the next decade working in various capacities
in the british film industry until 1998, when he wrote
and directed The Big Swap for Intermedia.
From then, has focused mainly on writing, having scripted
the TV movie The Ghost of Greville Lodge
and the TV series Legend of the Hidden City.
Switching his focus to features he wrote White Noise
in 2002, which was optioned and made in 2003 by Gold
Circle Films.
Johnson now has a number of film projects in development
including Before, a supernatural thriller for Mostow/Lieberman
Films; Trunk and William Tell
for Tusk Productions; The Gatecrasher
for Meteor Pictures and Angel Face
for New Town Films.
White Noise Synopsis
 Michael
Keaton plays successful architect Jonathan Rivers, whose
peaceful existence is shattered by the unexplained disappearance
and death of his wife, Anna (Chandra West). Jonathan
is eventually contacted by a man (Ian McNeice), who
claims to be receiving messages from Anna through EVP
(Electronic Voice Phenomenon), the process through which
the dead communicate with the living through household
recording devices. At first skeptical, Jonathan then
becomes convinced of the messages' validity, and is
soon obsessed with trying to contact her on his own.
His further explorations into EVP and the accompanying
supernatural messages unwittingly open a door to another
world, allowing something uninvited into his life.
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