Impulse is a 2010 suspense thriller short film starring Chris Masterson and written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods. The film is about the last day on earth as deadly events unfold around a man (Chris Masterson) racing to his final and most significant act. The film made its debut on the closing night of the 2010 LA Shorts Fest

LA Shorts Fest

Robert Arentz founded the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival AKA LA Shorts Fest in 1997. LA Shorts Fest is among the largest short film festivals in the world with more 250 film screenings per annual festival...

 and was later invited to the Sofia Independent Film Festival alongside Oscar-winning short The New Tenants

The New Tenants

The New Tenants is a 21-minute Danish live action short film directed by Joachim Back, written by Anders Thomas Jensen and adapted by David Rakoff...

 and The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker is a 2009 American war film about a three-man United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team during the Iraq War. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a US bomb...

. Impulse was picked up for distribution by Shorts International and is available worldwide on iTunes

ITunes

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, DirecTV

DirecTV

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, Dish Network

Dish Network

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 and AT&T Uverse.

Production

The film was produced by Bluebox Limited Films

Bluebox Limited

Bluebox Limited Films is a film production company based in Bettendorf, Iowa and Los Angeles, California. The company, headed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, produces feature films, shorts, commercials, and television content. The company's film-maker founders were among the top 50 in the Director's...

 and shot in Perry, Iowa

Perry, Iowa

Perry is a city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States, along the North Raccoon River. The population was 7,633 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 in November 2009. Post-production was completed at Skywalker Sound

Skywalker Sound

Skywalker Sound is the sound effects, sound editing, sound design, sound mixing and music recording division of George Lucas' Lucas Digital motion picture group. Its main facilities are located in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California...

 and Company 3

Company 3

Company 3 is a comprehensive post production facility for features, commercials and music videos. Company 3 is led by Stefan Sonnenfeld, President and Managing Director. The company is part of the Deluxe Digital Studios network of media facilities. Company 3s sister company, Method Studios,...

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