GHOST STORY

 

Short Film, Produced March-Sept 2004

Shooting Gauge: DV CAM, Duration: 8 minutes

 

Inspired by an about to be demolished hotel in Canberra (less than a minute from Parliament House) we wrote a story about what could have happened there.  It was an old Public Servant Hostel (where all relocated public servants stayed until they found homes in the 1960s to 1980s) and many stories circulate Canberra about happenings at the Hostel.  We decided to find the ghosts who lived there and tell their stories. 

 

The actors were given the story and character arcs and asked to improvise all the dialogue.  As the hotel was about to be torn down, we were able to do all the art direction we wanted (including smashing windows, kicking down doors, graffiti and filling a whole room with fake blood).  The experience of making this film was an utterly joyful and terribly frightening one.  The hotel had an incredible presence and we believe the film captures it well.  The building might not be there anymore, but the stories will forever remain.

 

CAST

John	James Inabinet
Jess	Leah Wheelhouse
Little Girl	Victoria Allen

 

CREW

Director/Producers	Marisa Martin, Matthew Fallon
Photographed by	Simon Cadman
Art Direction and Makeup	Therese Engel
Story	Matthew Fallon, Marisa Martin,
	Therese Engel, Simon Cadman
Improvised Dialogue	James Inabinet, Leah Wheelhouse
Edit	Marisa Martin
Final Sequence Edit & Effects	Ben Nunney
Sound Recording	James Moller
Music	Michael Caruana
Catering	Clare Young

 

SCREENINGS

Eyescream Horror Film Festival, Sydney, Second Scoop, 2004

short::seasons summer'005, Canberra, 2005

Trasharama A-go-go, Travelling Screening, 2005