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Age 31, Male
Artist
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Joined on 5/29/07
Sorry i never commented on this at the time! What did you use to shoot with? It's got a nice wide angle and depth. Interesting camera work, you use a Steadicam?
Just took a chance on a used version of my old camera, hope to have some stuff up in a month.
It's cool, man! This is just a student film me and a couple of friends filmed in Fox Chase in April. My one friend did most of the camera work, and he's insane with it. We didn't use a steadicam, just a regular old tripod, with the occasional handheld for shots like inside the car and whatnot.
And cool, looking forward to seeing your stuff!
There was a lot I liked about the video, and a few things that could be improved.
Unlike many home-made mini-movies, this video has many shots which utilize pans and zooms to add to the cinematic effect. If you were to play a gif of those specific shots, I'd probably believe that they were taken from a professionally produced movie. On the negative side, many shots were obstructed by branches, which detracted from the watchability of the movie (however, other shots, like the "looking around the tree" shot really told the story from the perspective of the character). There was one particular scene which has to be mentioned: the scene at 3:10 where the camera tracks a man exiting a car. The way the camera was used to follow the man's legs and so on gave me a moderate headache as a result of the dizzying close-up filming. I'd recommend avoiding shots like this as it detracts from the viewer's ability to enjoyably watch the rest of the movie.
The dramatic opening scenes of this short film were facilitated by the aforementioned brilliant camera work (effective pans and zooms) which were complemented by a quite sparse audio track. This resulted in an artistic explanation of the plot, narrated by crystal-clear camera work.
While realistic dialogue can be quite tough to produce, I was not very impressed with the "talking on the phone" scene, which felt forced and canned. Overall, the acting was good enough to successfully express the goings-ons of the plot, even if it brought the general sense of professionalism down.
In terms of plot, this short film had an adequate one. Really, telling an entire story from start to stop in five and a half minutes is impressive. The plot was pretty simple, with no tremendous surprises, although no facepalm-inducing cliches, either. It was successful in allowing the camera technician a chance to test techniques and efficient in facilitating dialog between actors, hopefully giving them a more experience and confidence.
I watched this film with no context or explanation as to what it was. I do not regret watching it. While there's certainly room to improve, quite a lot is already being done right. I hope this review isn't too harsh, I am just trying to expose what I perceived as strong and weak points.
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh, nice
which one are you
Knights
I didn't actually star/cameo in the video, but I recorded the audio and helped write the script and editing.