An estimated 115 people piled into the end. theatre in Downtown Florence on Halloween night to watch “The Untitled Silent Film Experiment.” The event brought together local writers, filmmakers, musicians, photographers and artists — many of whom were UNA students — to create silent films that were shown for the holiday.

The event came together by accident, said Scott Long, founder and artistic director of the end.

“I was trying to decide what I wanted to do on Halloween,” Long said. “I realized what other shows were playing in the area that night and I was (thinking), ‘OK, we need to do something really different.’”

The writers wrote scripts for the short films and then drafts were randomly distributed to the filmmakers, musicians, artists and photographers. The filmmakers produced a small film based on their perspective on the stories, the musicians wrote scores to coincide with the film and the artist and photographers created or snapped images based on their interpretations.

But here is the catch: There was absolutely no collaboration between the individuals who contributed to the films until the day of the event, Long said.

After each film, those who worked on the film went forward to discuss their perspectives on the story, as well as accept questions from the audience.

Tate Hipps, one of the filmmakers for the event and a UNA student, said he liked the fact that there was no collaboration.

“Sometimes in this life collaboration is one of the greatest things we can do to make something better,” Hipps said. “But sometimes no collaboration can also make something wonderful. I hope they do it next year.”