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Warm sunlight flaring across the hospital room

Film · 2022

Hope, held between two heartbeats.

Laura’s pregnancy after loss, told mostly in her own words: the fear she carried the whole way, the long wait at the hospital, and the tired, honest weeks at home after. Nine minutes, shot and cut by Will.

Her story.Laura speaks for herself in this film. The page keeps to the light she was in and the moments she chose to share.

  • 9:03running time, published on YouTube November 12, 2022
  • 152shots, counted by scene detection on the film file
  • 1.5sthe median shot
  • 2heartbeats in the title, and the whole film between them

01 · The span

The drive in. The way home.

Seven frames in film order, with the film time under each: gas on the way, the road in, the long wait in lamp light, and home again.

  1. His hand with a hospital wristband, filling the car with gas0:06 the drive
  2. The road to the hospital, a phone map on the dash0:29 the road in
  3. Will filming in the mirror, Laura beside him2:29 the two of them
  4. A laptop on the bed, storm clouds in the window2:37 the wait
  5. Laura and Will side by side in lamp light3:29 together
  6. The room at night, Laura standing in the warm light4:05 the night
  7. Laura at home, resting on her hand and talking7:30 home

02 · In her words

She tells it plainly.

Laura talks about the losses before this pregnancy and the worry that came with it, without softening any of it. The film holds on her and lets her finish.

Laura in profile in warm lamp light, looking across the room
Laura, in the lamp light of the room, 2:57.

03 · The two of them

Two people, one long wait.

Will is in the film too: in the mirror with the camera up, and on the bed beside her while the hours pass. The waiting is the story.

Will filming in the bathroom mirror, Laura standing beside him
In the mirror, 2:29.
Laura and Will side by side on the bed in lamp light
Side by side, 3:29.

04 · The light

Then the room turns gold.

The film is shot in the light the room had: a storm in the window, a single lamp, and at the turn of the story, sun flaring across the frame.

A laptop on the bed, storm clouds in the window behind it
Storm clouds in the window, 2:37.

05 · Home

The film doesn’t stop at the hospital.

It follows them home, where Laura is honest about how hard the first weeks were and how busy the house stayed. The ending is tired and real, not tidy.

Laura at home in bed, resting on her hand and talking
Laura at home, 7:30.

06 · The cut

152 shots in nine minutes.

Every bar below is one shot, as wide as it runs on screen. Fast music driven runs at the start and end, and long holds where Laura is talking.

Each bar is one shot, in film order; the median shot runs 1.5 seconds

Counted with scene detection (ffmpeg, a cut wherever the scene score passes 0.35) on the 1080p copy of the film. Soft dissolves and quick flashes can read differently, so treat it as a close count, not an exact one.

07 · Watch

Between Two Heartbeats, in 9:03.

Between Two Heartbeats, the film: the road to the hospitalPlay the film 9:03
Watch the film on YouTube ↗

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CreditA film by Will Mosley, who shot and edited it. Laura tells her own story. Published on Will’s channel on November 12, 2022, and shown here with Laura’s yes.