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Old 07-06-2008, 05:30 PM
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Very good, and I refuse to believe that you dont have lots of exptertise with a still camera.

This film has all the makings of 'argh oh no' - it is really hard to make your intersts communicate to others, and personally i hate 4x4s but I loved the film.

As it was so good I am going to get the knives out!

Overall the film worked really well as a 'pretty road movie' - but a bit more info would hve been good, some input from the peope we saw just talking about the day would have done it and added some human interst.

Editing - on the money.

Shots - many of your still shots were nicely composed but many would have benefited from not being still! I try to think of a shot as a mini film with it's own narrative beginning middle and end - a small amount of careful slow panning / tracking if thoughtfully done can be very powerful.

Backs of peoples heads are fin but if we dont see thier faces next shot it doesnt work for me.

Music - excellent - you too I see - clver bugger.

Length - spot on - most people take years to realise auntie ednas funeral isnt worth 3 hours of thier life.

Sound - needed some contextual sound added - just music dilutes the action on screen.

More info would show this good film better - how about a map showing the route maybe?
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