The Hallway Gets Longer

Create a psychological horror short in a narrow apartment hallway with identical doors. Start with a centered symmetrical composition using a twenty-four-millimeter lens, the camera slowly gliding backward as the subject walks toward it. Warm ceiling bulbs should switch off one at a time behind the subject, leaving a crawling wall of darkness. Use subtle wide-angle distortion so the hallway stretches impossibly with every step. The subject reaches for a door, but the handle appears farther away each time. Add muffled footsteps from the ceiling, peeling wallpaper, and a pale figure barely visible at the far end. End with the camera backing through a door into the same hallway.