"frozen in time" short film | Daniel Duane

Brief synopsis: A man's vengeful spirit becomes trapped and desperate to escape after being murdered by his girlfriend for cheating. Story: This was the first short film I ever made and I was a one-man crew. I made it with a camcorder in my apartment. I experimented with hand-held and knew I was going to have to convey visual effects in some form to reflect the main character, who was a ghost. So I experimented with different lighting techniques. The sounds effects, music, beginning and end titles were done by an editor I hired. Inspiration: The story is loosely based on my favorite horror films that have influenced me over the years. One of the biggest happens to be arguably the most well known: "Psycho". There's techniques from silent era horror classics that came in to play, like sharp black and white shadows, reflections, silhouettes. Movies Like "The Phantom of the Opera", "Frankenstein", "Dracula", those were heavy influences.