An unsuspecting girlfriend received a surprise marriage proposal on the big screen, which was all captured on film.
Tom Welham, 28, a media lecturer at Colchester Institute, invited girlfriend Abby Howlett to the monthly Unseen Cinema night at Firstsite gallery.
But the seemingly low-key cinema date took an unexpected turn as Tom himself appeared on the screen with a declaration of love on the couple’s third anniversary since their first date.
The former University of Essex student said: "When I was thinking about proposing I was never going to go down on one knee in a restaurant because that’s just too normal."
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