Give up the Ghost

[PurpleNiobe]

I really like how this movie ended from the ghost's point of view. It forces you to feel her lonliness as she watches the car and all its occupants drive away, off to continue the life she no longer has.

[myspaceisbetter]

i thought this was a fucking band. asshole.

[splitphilly]

I thought this was the band. Asshole

[myspaceisbetter]

i thought this was american nightmare. fuck.

[PeacheFizzIdiot]

wow i logged in just to comment on how much rank it was

[iamonacomputer000]

at the beggining i thought it sucked-- but i watched it till the end and once again realized it sucked!

[faeriefire78]

I don't understand the negative comments here. The cinematography is awesome - love the sepia and "old-time" camera effect. The music is perfect. The timing is wonderful. The is a classic ghost story - what could be lame about that? Even more powerful because of the twist and because there is no talking to water it down.

I think people were disappointed there was no cheesy zombie screaming at you toward the end. ::rolls eyes:: Been in my favorites a long time.

[mizzLilShawty]

i ddnt get it~

[SANDwest12]

nice vid like the black and white backround

[ellied]

a very arty and beautiful piece of film

[odddISDED]

the ending was too predictable, but it was well shot and the music suited it perfectly, very atmospheric

[erem456]

that was awsome!

[SirLoinMcGrill]

The car's a ghost? Did it died in an accident?

[bonethug68]

lol

[hasamichan01]

very well done :D great twist

[stolensmile]

beautiful... absolutly beautiful

[PacisAlive]

that was gay

[ekanta]

Nice film.

[SnakeBigBoss24]

nice honda Accord

[dejitarus]

Nice combination of horror and love.

[Markzgurl4eva]

awsome

[astralkidd]

absolutely brilliant!!! so much said without one word used.

[brownprincess11]

This reminded me about the movie "The Others" with Nichole Kidman....same twist in the movie. Very good.

[rudedog4]

Good music and setting. I also liked the old fashion black and white film.

[BLEACHmegaFAN]

i wish i could see ghosts just not scary evil ecto just nice happy ghosts that wont pop out of no where

well then i dont wanna see ghost at all!

[moviewatcherguy]

nice... now i wanna do something similar... how do you add in computer generated effects?

[nmcgillicuddy]

Which effect are you going for and what program are you using?

[r33d2006]

Sony Vegas ftw

[johnnard]

i love the mini film

nice job

[garasan]

Very nice work! Keep up the good work...You have skills. ;)

[bbaritone]

isn't the child's mother an actress in the Philippines, she looks kinda familiar to me.

[Tobearockstar]

Amazing.

[RPD452]

Bravo...that was an excellent film. loved it

[joazim]

What a wonderful concept! Bravo!

[arkdov]

Cool short movie, loved it alot !!

[ciarafan]

awsome

[skateincaza]

http://myspace.com/thecatholic­comb

(FOR GHOST STORIES SONGS) I LOVE GHOST STORIES !!!

[nmcgillicuddy]

Thank you. Creating a silent film feel was definitely the core idea when I came up with the story. The women in the film are not Filipina, actually.

[lachryma]

I love this. Very silent-film genre. Am I mistaken or are they Filipinas?

[atrybus]

Oh, man I cried at the end!! Loved it.

[nmcgillicuddy]

Aw, thanks. That's really sweet.

[Mrbiffy]

Cool

[pinkpunk168]

ok......

[RagnaroksBreath]

Beautiful! I loved the Sepia tone and sad violin music. They really do compliment each other. The ghost lady looked a little like Pele, the firebreather. Very nicely done. Bravo! Bravo!!

[sosogood]

This was awesome! Very Shamyalayndnfnsdkjf (however you spell his name)-ish. Original, well-put together, and legit quality. Nicely done.

[zekeisgay]

WTF is this???

this isn't ghost footage it's like a phaedofilled lesbian version of Romeo+Julliet?????

[glamourandcallum]

beautiful =]

[NachtPhoenix]

I loved it! Beautiful, beautiful graveyard shots, the music set the mood very well, the color scheme was wonderful, and I'm very glad you cast real women instead of bulimic headcases with more botox than brains. You deserve to be very proud of this film.

[nmcgillicuddy]

Thank you.

[gangstaboy224uk]

yeh, bit wierd but it could be made betta wid a boiled egg

[ricaeleatsbananas]

i new that girl in the begining was the gost!

[ricaeleatsbananas]

that moveie was really long

me and bestfriend watched holding hands waiting for the scary part...

we are still waiting!

wtf was that idk is it just me or the video..

SORRRYYY it sucked! =]

[sosogood]

Aestheticism = Style vs content. You should've looked for the story, not the scare.

[elishamriv]

A little predictable and unoriginal.

[CozyKiwi]

Really nicely done. <3 Thanks for sharing it with us. :D

[Calvinwiresner]

Who is the Ghost? i didn't see it, the horrible woman must be, the only good thing was the music...next time cast a pretty mother and girl, idiots!

[vintageedoll]

pertyperty :D

[animetay]

that was so sad..but good^^

[SilenceSpoken]

and that music was wonderful too.*

[SilenceSpoken]

I don't care what anyone has to say bad about this video. It was absolutely wonderful. It had a gentle feel between the girl and the lady and that music was wonderful.

It really does make you think. You did a marvelous job. I wish that there could be more videos like this on YouTube. I am certainly glad I found this one though.

[nmcgillicuddy]

Thank you for your kind words.

[evaninfamous]

i dig the 20's sepia tone. a lot. what made you decide to go with that instead of black-and-white?

also the only thing id change is cut the first shot of the woman A LOT. there's like ten seconds there if not more that you dont need at all.

[ultimatedude1]

what was that? a stupid college film?

[FlowerGirlAeris]

Excellent idea, good job.



[SausageJOE]

Considering what crappy equipment you had to work with, this is really good work, Nicky, dahling! Your succeeding videos will be even better and better.  I can tell. But stay out of my back yard! The lady stepped on my flowers. Love always.

[Sexums]

THAT WAS THE BEST EVAR!@)@+@)(#_0382-4

[bunnybaby6515]

actually it was fake "deathacus"

[puckman]

Great. Something creative instead of the usual dumb pranks.

[scorpionxxx]

Great film! Thank's for sharing!

[deathacus]

hey at least it wasn't fake crap

[MelaMan]

Boring boring boring! And what's with the cello music? Total crap! Save yourself 6 minutes!

[zomiequeen]

this is nice nice job

[VilleHIM7]

boring.

[Brennna]

Finally... something worth watching.

[nmcgillicuddy]

That is so sweet. Thank you.

[marlen89]

The woman was the ghost!

[Donnerstag]

it was great! If it were me though i would've just left it like the girl runs away.and then the woman looks to see around the corner and shes gone then the woman goes behind a tree and doesn't come out the other side. so it makes you think which one was the ghost, the woman or the girl? the girl could've ran very fast and the woman would be then ghost but maybe the girl really did disapear and the woman just stopped behind the tree to rest and not keep going.

[retrohippie]

That was very beautiful. It was very much liked a 1910's theatre/movie film. Although I have to agree, the Honda Civic took away the real early feel. But it's not too big of a deal.

I enjoyed it very much cause I was led to beleive that the little girl was probably the ghost.

[Abhishiktananda]

Im just glad this was original. This is the first ghost vid on this site that didnt involve something popping up and screaming.

[spazz141]

that shud win an academy award! i loved it.

[lilyKane]

it is well done work

[kittiesman12]

Wow. i really liked this. Im going to add it to my favorites. Great job.

[summerywinter]

I am so sorry to the person that made this but Im to scared to watch it bcause I just saw that fake car ad that scared the shit out of me now Im to scared to watch any more ghost vids. Whaaaaaa

[SausageJOE]

Fake car ad? What is it with the car?!

SummeryWinter.. That's an Oxy.. uh.. MORON!

[higeki]

The Honda Civic killed it. The whole goth feel mixed with a modern Japanese car totally ruined it. Should have used a classic European car. That would have been better. Even a beat up 70's Mercedes would have worked. Typical SFSU/Academy Of Art film majors.

[SausageJOE]

If she had the budget for it, I'm sure she would have used a 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe. What film school did YOU attend, Higeki, that we might pursuade them to add Budgeting into their film curriculum?

(Psst.. Nicky, the Honda Civic DID kill it.)

[elishamriv]

yeah... that's the first thing I thought too, about the car I mean

[XxsebxX]

wow it's beautiful

[saianide]

.....

[nmcgillicuddy]

Well, I'm quite proud of the film as my very first effort as a director. Thank you for watching.

[SausageJOE]

I'm surprised you responded, Nicky. Waste is a terrible thing to mind. Or was it, a mind is a terrible thing--? Anyway.

Perhaps Maida Khan here has some expertise in what's good in film. After all, Maida watches a lot of Bollywood and Pakistani films on Maida's newly installed Fortec Ultra.

Probably watches almost as many Bollywood films as me.

[khanmaida]

what a waste of time! nothing beautiful or interestig about it, just an age old tale of who really is the ghost in the end. Music is terrible. People are just trying to squeeze out 'hidden' &/or 'metaphorical' meanings out of it, when clearly there are none. 0.5/10

[PurpleNiobe]

Khanmaida was just trolling for a reaction.

[cuponooDels]

That moved me. It was very haunting and delicate, no need for any special effect.

[MrWall]

Interesting

the shots seemed very Nosferatu (or just classic German filming) inspired. What cemetery in Colma has a view of the GG bridge or is that a Matte shot because I didn't think it was visible anywhere in Colma.

Excellent work for the budget constraints you probably had to deal with.

[nmcgillicuddy]

Thank you. It was filmed in Mission Dolores and Presidio Cemeteries. I've heard that the Colma cemetery is beautiful, as well, but I chose the two in San Francisco.

[JaviErick]

Wow, I got the message. Its a sad story indeed. It just goes to show you that not all ghosts are evil. Some just feel lonely and need a friend. :)

[damiensorbas]

Amazing. It was so beautiful. I felt so sad when I watche d it. =(

[nmcgillicuddy]

Thank you. What a sweet compliment.

[fmcnally]

omg im such a wuss i cant stand watching these ghost videos

[Bjerk]

Nice and subtle. The cut were we see the woman/ghost thinking is a bit long, I think.

[nmcgillicuddy]

Thank goodness! Finally someone gets it. No offense to the others who have commented, but I was beginning to worry, there. Thank you for your comments, and thanks for watching!

[PurpleNiobe]

I thought this was very beautiful, very sad and very subtle. From my perspective, the woman was the ghost. She sits sad and lonely in the cemetery and briefly befriends a little girl who is visiting with her family. She looks almost as though he grave may have been forgotten, and looks sad when the little girl leaves. And in the little girl’s innocence, she has no idea she has just made contact with a ghost. And the soundtrack was the perfect amount of sad and haunting. Well done!

[Sirusstar]

im too scared to watch this =[

[MiNiAzN5o3]

So sad..I've heard of befriending ghosts..

[InuyashaQueen]

It was good- except there was nothing about a ghost. That's why I was the first to vote/first to comment about this being the way it is. If one of them dissapeared, or something like that, then I would award it way more than it got for me. Sorry. And I think it really was good, just that it needed to be ghostly in order for it to be awarded a name with something about ghosts in it.

[nmcgillicuddy]

Hey - you see what you see. It was implied that the child appears suddenly in the tree as the woman scans the graveyard. When the child points out the woman on the hill to her mother, the woman has suddenly disappeared only to reappear as they are driving away.  The story was meant to be subtle so maybe you missed it. Thanks for watching.