Nightshift

Built backwards from the tagline so the reveal lands on time.

Two stories on one timeline, meeting at the last verse.

Fifteen seconds, one idea. The whole cut is the last shot.

Shot at dusk over two evenings. Graded warm to hold the light.

Shot on tape and kept that way. No cleanup.

Ninety hours of rushes. The story was in the quiet takes.

The edit gets slower as it goes. That is the whole point.

Followed one shift for a year. Cut in order, then cut again.

Cut to the runner's breathing, not the track.

Eighty seconds from a nine hour shoot. Most of the job was choosing.

The long one. Twenty two minutes and nothing spare in it.

No cuts in the chorus. The band asked, we agreed.

Performance cut. Three cameras, one take that mattered.

Our own film. Six months of nights, cut in the gaps.

Broadcast delivery. Every frame cleared before it shipped.