It's the same quiet routine, day after day, for retired detective Nate Wardman. A walk down memory lane that always ends the same way, reliving the events of that fateful day. He and his partner were the first on the scene where a serial arsonist had struck, ending his partner's life and changing his forever. Determined that his partner's death would not be in vain, he makes and delivers his silent promise.

This film was shot for the 48HourFilm.com competition, July 21-23, 2006. Each film in the competition had to include a prop (Napkin), a line of dialog ("I promise it won't happen again.") and a character (Nate or Natalie Wardman, Retired Police Officer ). In addition, each team picked a film genre from a hat. We picked "Silent Film."

We used a Panasonic DVX100a.