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Headlight

2022 · 13 min

A short, quietly tense moral pressure cooker that sits with a young man's guilt and lets the dread build without release.

Overview
When a high school senior with a bright future ahead of him hits a local child with his car, he decides to cover it up, leaving him to face his mounting guilt.

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How it feels

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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
    • guilt
    • morality
    • deception
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Enzo Goodrich
    Written by
    Enzo Goodrich
    Starring
    Jacob Goldberg, Michael Goldberg, Jayden Newsome, Kristen O'Neill, Zach Schnitzer, Marla Seidell
    Cinematography
    Isabella Siska
    Runtime
    13 min

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