Very moody, sinister and different. The music sets the mood very well, and the grittiness of the footage suits the film excellently.
Moving on....
Originally Posted by moldytoaster i am in a very bad mood so this might see harsh but..
1) its not a film so dont call it one..
2) The ending credits were way to long, it was almost half of the whole thing..
3) I can tell you use mini dv because it had the wavy lines in several parts..
4) The contrast was up way to much, i understand what kind of effect you are going for and i don't think it needed to be set that high.
5)there were a few times where it looked like you were trying to match the music but it just didn't work.
6) Some of the shoots where you are following people walk is shaky and could have use a steady cam or a dolly or something..
7) The song keeps saying "it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to" and that just makes us think the same as your video. I might be wrong but that is just how it seemed.
 The part were the van door opens too like 5 seconds, and that is just completely unnesisary, it could have been done faster.
9) After he gets out of the van the speed clearly changes, and it seemed like a mistake, i would have been less jumpy if it just faded up.
10) At the very end there are just 10 seconds of black, there should never be that much black as the only thing on screen for that long..
On the other hand i liked how the blood actually stuck the the camera, that was a nice effect..
It was better then i am making it sound, i know but i am in a bad mood... Sorry... |
point 1: You really, really don't get it do you?
Language, just like technology,
evolves. A 'film' doesn't have to be recorded on celluloid any more, to be called a film. Just let go of that. You're not helping people by nagging at them every time somebody (quite rightly) calls a DV-shot presentation a "film". People just think you're being a pedantic, whining moron!
Point 2: I'm inclined to agree on this one. For a short movie, maybe the credits could do with being trimmed a bit.
Point 3: If you're such an expert on movie (am I allowed to call it a movie?) making techniques, you'd know the "wavy lines" are called
interlacing.
Point 4: I disagree. The story was dirty and rough, the soundtrack likewise... if the contrast wasn't that high, it would have lost its impact.
Point 5: Not sure I see what you're talking about.
Point 6: No, no, no. In some films, yes, you'd have a point. But this isn't a conventional film! The shaky and uneven footage complements the style!!
Point 7: That just seemed like an excuse to have a bitch.
Point 8: What? What? Eh? Hello? Is the van the wrong manufacturer as well? Has it got too many wheels? Should the driver be wearing a different pair of pants? What?
Point 9: Personally, I thought that was deliberate. As in, slightly unconventional. I'm not trying to claim that the style has not been done before, of course it has, but come on, are you so deluded that you think every "rough edge" in this movie is a mistake? Come on, no one makes that many "mistakes". Certain exceptions apply of course.... *cough*
Point 10: So? Why?
Feh. You're in a bad mood. So what? Everyone gets in a bad mood occasionally! Get over it. If it's *that* bad then for god's sake do something constructive instead of randomly jabbing the keys on your keyboard and taking it out on someone you've never met.
Just seems like you've thought "hmmm, I feel bad, what can I do to make someone else feel bad?". Well, if you were trying to make someone look dim-witted, you succeeded in that part; however, you probably didn't intend for that person to be
yourself. What you've done here is display a blatant (or even deliberate?) lack of understanding for anything that's trying to be even remotely different, therefore making yourself look like some bizarre traditionalist middle-of-the-road nearly-critic! I mean, it's not like this film was some surreal performance art type thing, it's a relatively straight forward concept, yet your inane drivel contains weak and ill-thought out opinions that adhere to the most mundane, conventional and oh my god boring as hell filmmaking traditions. Your reasoning carries about as much weight as Calista Flockhart chewing a helium balloon.
For god's sake, pull yourself together and get out of this pissy mood. If something is genuinely up, then find a friend to confide in and be honest rather than spewing out nonsensical bile that makes no sense and makes you sound like a bitter teenager throwing a tantrum.
If you can't confide in a friend for whatever reason, go to bed, get drunk, listen to relaxing music, have a long bath, take a paracetamol overdose, do whatever you do to relax and chill out a bit!
Finally, if you're going to say something, at least say it with some sort of actual conviction otherwise you just make yourself look stupid.
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