Short film

The Shift

2014 · 8 min

A quiet domestic evening slowly curdles into unease, leaving you unsettled by what waits behind an ordinary door.

Directed by: Francesco Calabrese
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller
Starring: Molly C. Quinn, Ryan Patrick Welsh, Whitney Hoy

Overview: 1964. An ordinary day turns out to be anything but, when Joe comes home to find out that his wife Betty hasn't been cooking dinner. And there's a very good reason for that.

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Directed by: Francesco Calabrese
Genres: Science fiction, Thriller
Starring: Molly C. Quinn, Ryan Patrick Welsh, Whitney Hoy

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
love
Places: home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: science fiction, thriller
Directed by: Francesco Calabrese
Written by: Francesco Calabrese
Starring: Molly C. Quinn, Ryan Patrick Welsh, Whitney Hoy
Cinematography: Francesco Calabrese
Runtime: 8 min

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