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The Hidden Truth

The darkness is closer than you think.

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A short film by Artistry · Written by Charles Dones · Cinematography & editing by Maxwell Hadden

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THE FILM / HALLOWEEN SHORT

The Hidden Truth

Lights low, sound up. Best watched in the dark, full screen.

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THE STORY

Safety is closer than she thinks. So is the truth.

One night, Kendall is running through the dark, pounding on doors with a killer behind her. Every light she passes is another place to hide, and every door is another question.

Some masks come off. Some never do.

The Hidden Truth is a short Halloween film about fear, what we run toward, and what has been waiting for us the whole time. We’re keeping the rest in the dark.

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STILLS / THE HIDDEN TRUTH

From the film.

Frames from the finished film. Tap a frame to enlarge.

A pale mask in the dark beside a burning torch — The torch

A masked figure in a dark coat standing in the night — The figure

Four night-vision security camera feeds, with the masked figure in one of them — Camera 02

A woman with a bruised eye lit by cold blue light — Kendall

Listening

BEHIND THE SCENES / THE HIDDEN TRUTH

From the set.

Night shoots, practical lights and a lot of cold hands. Tap a frame to enlarge.

The mask and the camera

A glowing jack-o-lantern inflatable against black — Pumpkin light

A masked figure in a dark coat standing beside a house at dusk — The mask

A figure lit only by the open refrigerator in a dark kitchen — Fridge light

A glowing pumpkin-stack inflatable in a dark driveway beside a truck — Driveway, after dark

A woman pounding on a lit front door in the dark — Knock, knock

A young woman at a front door at night, a masked figure standing behind her — At the door

A camera on a tripod with a night-vision monitor behind it, operator framing a shot — Watching the take

A man in a green hoodie at the fridge while a dark figure enters the edge of the frame — Edge of frame

Camera gear and a gimbal laid out on a living room floor between setups — Between setups

Crew members waiting at a doorway in the dark — Waiting in the dark

Under the floodlight

A gimbal-mounted camera casting a shadow on white siding — The shadow behind the lens

Two crew members reviewing footage on a laptop in the dark — Playback in the dark

The whole crew on a dark driveway lit magenta beside a garage — The whole set, one frame

A cinema gimbal in the foreground while a hand holds a pale mask — Ronin and the mask

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