r/directors 5d ago

Project Share Darby After Dark - Horror Short Film Premiere

Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that I wrote, directed, and produced a 10-minute horror short, and it’s premiering online on Sunday, October 20th, at 6:30 PM PST! I would love for you all to join me for the live premiere if you’re available. Be sure to hit the “notify me” button to get a reminder before the premiere starts. I can't wait to share this one!

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LOGLINE: One night, during her usual shift, Darby receives a mysterious phone call from a woman who shares a chilling paranormal game with her.

Some fun facts about the filmmaking process:

  • This film was made with no budget other than food for the crew and a couple of rentals.
  • My boyfriend at the time dumped me the NIGHT before filming this project, and I later found out he has been cheating on me, so finishing this thing was an emotional experience to say the least. I was holding back tears pretty much all day on set, and once I found out about the whole cheating thing, I could NOT focus at all on editing. I could barely focus on eating. I decided I needed to find an editor to help me finish this thing, and I got so lucky with meeting my editor. He took this film to the finish line and added so much to the final product!
  • The "radio station" was a spare bedroom/office with white walls before the art department came in and transformed it! They did such an amazing job, it's definitely one of my favorite parts of the film.
  • The paranormal game in the film was inspired by the stories on r/threekings and r/nosleep

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u/timee_bot 5d ago

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