A desk lamp over a stack of blank index cards and a notebook

Scrivane Ardo

One lamp, a stack of blank cards and the night a story finds its order.

A short about the first night of writing a film, lit by a single desk lamp so the room stays as dark as the screenwriter's head before the first card goes up.

The first night of writing a film looks like nothing much: one man, a desk and a stack of index cards with nothing on them yet.

The lamp moves, the room doesn’t

Pim wanted the room to brighten as the story did, so the lamp changed over the night while everything around it stayed black.

Hour

Lamp

Cards on the wall

22:00

Low and warm

None

01:00

Pulled closer

A handful

04:00

Full

A whole wall

Dark on purpose

Everything outside the lamp sits at black in camera, not in the grade. That meant no second chances, and it made the cards glow.

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Client

Isaksen Pictures

Client

Isaksen Pictures

Category

Short film

My role

Shot

My role

Shot

Year

2025

Year

2025

Running time

0:18

Running time

0:18

Credits

Director

Pim de Wit

Director

Pim de Wit

Production

Northbound Pictures

Production

Northbound Pictures

Producer

Jonas Wilde

Producer

Jonas Wilde

Cinematography

Noel Aydin

Cinematography

Noel Aydin

Editor

Sami Kader

Editor

Sami Kader

Colour

Harbour Grade

Colour

Harbour Grade

Sound design

Kiln Audio

Sound design

Kiln Audio

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

Call time

00:00

in Rotterdam

Booking from February 2027

© 2026 Noel Aydin

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