AMBER (A Student Horror Film)

This is my first film production as a dramatic writer -- a supernatural, suspense horror short. It was shot in about 12 hours over the course of 3 days, on a budget of less than $80. I know it's not perfect, but here it is. Enjoy and leave feedback.

This film was made in the Dramatic Writing Program, School of the Arts, at Purchase College.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• short
• film
• horror
• student
• Amber
• ghost
• suspense
• scary
• dramatic
• writing
• Purchase
• college
• supernatural

[DarthBug1]

I should probably add that you wouldn't have to do any of the editing. Just email me the footage and I'll put it together myself. Unless you wanna do it; which is fine too

[NexusNine]

@DarthBug1 I may be interested. It wouldn't be a student film for me, as I'm not a student anymore. All the directing I do now is for fun and to build my resume. I'm going to be directing a music video fairly soon, and I have several screenwriting contest deadlines to hit in the coming months, so I may not be able to direct this project right off, it may be a few months before I can get to it if that's fine by you. So let me think on this for a bit. send me a message with the premise.

[Bernachaeleeckson]

lol .. in the conversation part it looks like that the girl in white dressed is not a ghost .. cu'z the ghost talk like she is just a normal person .. and why the ghost is available to touch? the ghost is a spirit right?

[NexusNine]

@Bernachaeleeckson Ghost rules are never consistent from myth to myth and from culture to culture. Some ghosts are able to take on physical, tangible forms. The conversation that took place... I was never happy with it. I really wanted an ambient, silent atmosphere. You can tell. The first half of the film almost feels like a different film from the second half. It goes from almost complete silence to this long conversation. I had to add that in to fulfill the assignment requirements.

[xtbails23x]

I enjoyed it. It could of been better but if you are still doing the short films that's great. I'm guessing Gina she really didn't get into character. She could of been more convincing. Other than that it was great!

[DarthBug1]

Wasn't that bad. If you're still making short films, I've been working on a script that you would be perfect to direct. I'd do it myself if I had any actors. It could also be your next student film. Reply back if you're interested. I promise you won't regret it

[thewhitechick13]

Wow. . . LOVED IT!!! My only problem was Lindsays acting. She just didn't get into character, and I've read the previous comments about how she was good reading her lines, but she didn't do to good when it came time to actaually film. Other than that I thought that the film was really good. My favorite line was "We can't fix dead" I don't know why but i liked it.

[hellpony48]

That was the worst acting of all times..... pretty scary but would have been 300 times better if the main actor(s) didn't suck

[NexusNine]

@rafaelliization My actress read fine during casting, but she lacked motivation to learn the lines. She was more convincing on script, but off script she was totally lost. Every line had to be fed to her. It was a nightmare. But lesson learned. And in the original script, the ghost didn't talk. It was supposed to be Marie desperately trying to plead with Amber to stop while Amber did ghostly things to scare Marie. The second half of the film was intended be as silent as the first. 

[NexusNine]

@KOSMOSandTELOS Your right. And nice conversation here. I like the fact that this film, as flawed as it is, is able to draw a discussion like this.

[JaredGivens1]

I watched the first 30 seconds and knew it was gonna be good! LOVED IT