About Amber

Amber Lilly Payne is an experienced actor who received her training at the Metfilm School, where she received a 1st BA in Screen Acting and Film Production. While studying, Amber focused on mastering a range of acting techniques, including Laban, Meisner, and Uta Hagen. 

In addition to her acting training, Amber gained valuable experience working on a variety of student and indie films in a range of production roles. These roles included writer, editor, post production producer, and director of photography. Overall, Amber's diverse skill set and dedication to the craft of acting make her a valuable asset to any production.

Actor

London based theatre and film actor.
Music; Acoustic guitar, alto singing.
Accents; Buffalo (America), York (UK), RP, Cockney, South-west British, Scottish (general), French (general).
Physical; Ballet (Grade 5), Unarmed Combat (Standard BADC), Rapier Combat (Standard BADC), Mocap (MoCap Vaults Intro).
Acting; Meisner, Chekhov, Laban, Uta Hagen, Improvisation, Devising.
Other; Waitressing, bar skills, knitting (yarn and scalemaille), painting, sketching (paper and digital).

Editor

Software; Premiere Pro, Adobe Animate, Krita.
Editor; Rough and final cut, organising files, cutting to music, application of video effects, creative use of frame rates. Colour grading; LOG footage creative and basic edits. Isolation of individual colours and changing to director vision.
Sound; ADR, mix tracks to appropriate decibel levels, clean dialogue sound mix foley.
Export; using premiere and media encoder to relevant formats. 
Other; Basic animation and illustration.

Screenwriter

Software; Final Draft 11, Microsoft Word.Writer; Short films, reels, episodic content.
Genres; Drama, comedies, fantasy, mockumentary, sci-fi.
Other; Keen bookworm of plays, fiction novels, historical novels.


"Fairy tales only happen in movies"

George Melies