Shadows of Amber - Roger Zelazny

This was a short project we did for our Video class. We needed to make an intro scene to a show, we wondered what if Roger Zelazny's Book of Amber was turned into a show? The title was chosen because it's a cool title, but also the plot is from Nine Princes in Amber. I never read any of John Gregory Betancourt's Amber books. It's nothing against him. I just didn't want to read another unfinished Amber series. If you have not read the original Amber series, you are missing out! So here it is. Done over the weekend to finish lol long story there...Produced with After Effects + Premiere Pro. Thanks to freeplaymusic.com for providing the track, awesome free music there btw if you need something for your films.

Sons of Amber Film has just been completed. Please view the film here:
Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE6zmlYvtBM
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN75B2kwjvM
Bloopers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDiJ8LxHIaY

Also, visit our website @ www.katietoomey.com/zelaznyproject

Please, if you've not read the book, familiarize yourself with the basic plots and characters. We tried to sum it up in the intro, but it's a fascinating book with way more than we could have ever described here. A good place to start is here @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Amber :) ENJOY!

By: Aaron Whiteford & Katie Toomey
By the way, that symbol is from the book - Drawn in Illustrator. :D

Aaron Whiteford @youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/merlinlordofchaos

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My name is Corwin, and until recently, that's the only thing that I could remember. I do remember that my siblings tried to kill me. They took my memories instead of my life. My memories are returning slowly, along with a strange power that allows me to walk between realities. I can remember my home now...I come from a world known as Amber. The only world that is real. My path to revenge leads home...and through the Shadows of Amber.

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[PerformanceLoverC]

Anyone with the guts to adapt this wonderful Saga on a film-course budget has proved themselves braver than huge production studios. You know that SciFi (SyFy now?) said they had a mini-series in the works, and then suddenly nothing more was heard? Major props for this effort - it's a good adaptation. I probably would have tried to copy the books almost word for word, which... I'd rather you imagined the results, had I tried. Great job, keep me informed about what you do next.

[Desolationangell]

@PerformanceLoverC Thank you Performance for your kind words about our video. Appreciate it, and I would love to see something like this adapted on television or film. If I thought we would have a chance of assisting with that, I'd be delighted lol.

[Desolationangell]

hey guys, be sure to check out our film, Sons of Amber, more information in the sidebox or search "Sons of Amber" as we just completed it and premiered last night! Thanks! Also, check out the website to see production photos, etc.

[levensregt]

Sorry, don't think the mandelbrot is fitting. I'd rather see the Pattern (full size) devised first and then projected very faintly over the person. In that situation, small changes in hue and detail begin to work the screen corners. When this slight chaos touches the person's sihouette the shifting of the pluriverses can begin.

I like the music, though. I look forward to see an Amber film serie.

[Desolationangell]

Perhaps that's something we can think about trying for the episode we're making of it - especially since we did the pattern from the book already in Illustrator. If we had more time than a weekend, the things we would have liked to do HEHE, but thank you nonetheless for your suggestion :D Glad you liked it!

[levensregt]

Morphing a background. That's what I should have called it. So easily done nowadays and so close to the visualization of 'walking in shadows'. Most video editing programs can do something like that: Coloring blue skies to red, to brown, adding mountains, cartoonish shapes..

Only a weekend? If someone is going to produce films of the Amber sequence he shall have more than a weekend, I hope?

[Desolationangell]

LOL I'm a She actually. ;D We only had the weekend allotted to do this particular project for the class...so that time has nothing to do with the filming of the series...lol!

Obviously, we're a low budget student film crew of 2. One can hope someone will see the potential, and then fund a real production of it since sci-fi/fantasy genres are dependent upon really great effects to make it believable.

We've settled on trying another way to show them shadow walking. We shall see what happens!

[ghoststun]

All roads lead to Amber!

[StreetGerbil]

@ghoststun

Dammit, I must be walking backwards...

[LaJaDiSc]

BTW, one of my facebook accounts is Corwin Ofamber. (Primarily to play Castle Age.)

[LaJaDiSc]

I still have the 2 volume hardback editions of: "The Chronicles Of Amber", from the late 70's, when I was a teen. It's great to see people still enjoying the series.

[orangeshadow83]

@PerformanceLoverC I am a big big fan of Roger zelanzy and I have been looking out for a movie or video game on this for sooo long. Anyway, I just created a Chronicles of Amber wiki called Amberpedia. So far I havent met anyone who has read the books. I'm not very goot a wikis but I could use all the editors that are interested. If your interested in helping edit check out

[thnikkaman6495]

This is so awesome! I hope and pray that some day you'll be able to make this a big movie. I love the Amber series, I wish it was better known.