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Lights Out Beat Sheet


Can a film hit all the beats, be primal, and eventually score the filmmaker major Hollywood feature deals... in just two minutes? The now infamous short Lights Out from director David F. Sandberg -- whose latest directorial work is Shazam! -- proves that it can!  On this week's blog, watch Lights Out and then immediately relive the chills with a beat sheet from Don Roff. 
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