Shattered in a Heartbeat (Part 1 of 2) Short Film

Just over a year after shooting my first short film, Shattered is the forth short I've shot, a labor of love, and a testament to the passion I have for filmmaking. Going back to my roots, most of this film was cut to music, has very little dialogue in it, and relies on visuals to tell the story. Hope you enjoy.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Shattered
• Part
• ghost
• short
• film
• heartbeat
• horror
• jack
• the
• ripper
• student
• supernatural

[Iloveomardogs]

cool.. thanks for clearing that up,  the blood looked cool how did u do that or is that a well-kept secret

[NexusNine]

It's a simple recipe.

-Corn Syrup

-Red Food Coloring

-Blue Food Coloring

-Coco Baking Powder

-Water (optional)

Coco baking powder helps darken the mix and thicken the consistency. Corn Syrup and food coloring alone looks too transparent. So mix corn syrup and a few drops of red food coloring first (for about a half a bowl worth of blood). Drop in a table spoon of Coco powder. Add 1 drop of blue food coloring. Add more red til it's the color you want. Water thins the mix a little if you want.

[Iloveomardogs]

hi,

Really loved this first part it was so realistic it almost looked like a snuff movie! I liked the limited use of dialouge, u leave the horror of the setting to speak for itself.. classy. Anyway.. could you asnwer one question please, what is the modern day ripper's back story? cus u never truly explained why you brought the ripper story into modern day?

[NexusNine]

Thank you. Yeah, this was more of a drama with Horror elements, and I wanted to make sure that this didn't fall too far into the realm of a slasher film. I like slasher films, but that's not what this film is about. Glad it worked.

The Ripper storyline did get lost a bit, which is something I really didn't notice until after the film was made. The reason being is that this film is really about Paige, so I glossed the Ripper stuff. But the killer, Mark, is a copycat killer, not really Jack.

[NexusNine]

I will. And no problem.

[omardogs]

aha, complement your friends band for me! an thanks once again

[NexusNine]

Search -- Incompetech (using Google)

Search -- audionautix (here on Youtube)

All the music in my film came from Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech), except for the opening song, which I made in Garage Band (Mac only program), and the 2 Rock/Metal songs I licensed from a Metal band from downstate New York, in which my friend is the lead guitarist.

[omardogs]

aha i really really liked this! just a question? u mentioned music on my video, where did you get yours from?