Hi everyone. Check out my film, "The Elm Street Book Club," just posted today.

Thanks!

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Camera work was nice, good placement.

Though I don't know what it ment...maybe cause I only watched it once and it was late....can u explain? They all exchange books, then one guy decides NOT to exchange?

??

-TacoWagonProductions

"Kyle Johnson, definately my favortie of all. He is brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant!" - Kris Kimlin

oh now i get why you "don't get" WALK AMONG US. it's because your movie just came out and his movie is doing better than yours in Top Viewed poll. You even had to make a desparate post saying "Hey, check out my movie" whereas no one else on that list had to do that. By the way, if you don't get W.A.U., you should do some reflecting. I don't get your movie at all.

You're an asshøle

-TacoWagonProductions

"Kyle Johnson, definately my favortie of all. He is brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant!" - Kris Kimlin

back off Kyle. This **** has nothing to do with you.

I do what I want, when I want.

and don't think I'm taking sides on this....I'm not defending JW, I just think your post was extremely ignorant and or retarded.

-TacoWagonProductions

"Kyle Johnson, definately my favortie of all. He is brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant!" - Kris Kimlin

you're the guy with a quote about how great you are...you're also the guy with a huge stick UP HIS ASS

Hardy fückin' har.

Its there not to make me feel good, its there to make Kimlin feel like a retard.

-TacoWagonProductions

"Kyle Johnson, definately my favortie of all. He is brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant!" - Kris Kimlin

jw, very nice timing, camera, mood.

i don't think i quite understand it... but that's ok cause unlike some movies i don't understand i still LIKED it.

it had an old film look which worked very nicely.

tell us more about it!

"...where wings take dream..."
- G. W. Bush

that was really good. nice pacing for a silent piece such as that, great music, and great composition. only thing that was kind of a ...well not a flaw but...the kid in the white shirt blended in with the sunlight and was a little hard to see in some shots. (hope that made sense). i thought it was very simple which is why i liked it, nothing to really get, just a nice relaxed expiremental piece. good job.

oh and, just cause JW doesnt get one film which its film maker asked everyone to view doesnt meant he is trying to compete with the guy by promoting his piece.

if youre looking for a witty signature, youre looking in the wrong place.

Go kyle!

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Originally posted by titaniumdoughnut:
tell us more about it!

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Well, what do you want to know?

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what camera? how long did it take? was it for anything in particular?

and of course, did it mean anything which i didn't realize?

cheers

"...where wings take dream..."
- G. W. Bush

Well, let's see.

I shot the film with an Arriflex 16s using 16mm Kodak Ektachrome 7239 stock. It was my "final" film at the New York Film Academy program I was attending. The film was shot on a set on the Universal Hollywood backlot (referred to by the studio staff as "Elm Street," which is where the title comes from). The shoot didn't take long, about 8 hours total; all in one day. I had a good crew working with me, so it went smoothly. Only real problem I ran into was the fact that were a few other crews shooting on the same set, so in any given shot, there is usually some crew members just outside of the frame, waiting for us to finish the setup so they could go back to their shooting. Because of this, the "wide shot" of the street was especially difficult to get, because I had to have one of my PA's coordinate the other crews and make sure they didn't step into the frame by accident. I had literally 5 minutes to setup, focus, adjust the aperture, and block the talent. I used a good 75 feet of film on that one shot (which is a lot with a 16mm roll), because I had so little time to do it and I wanted to get it right.

That's pretty much the gist of the production.

The story was never meant to have that beginning-middle-end structure. It was more of what my producer called a "state of being" film. There wasn't any real character development, nor any dramatic conflict, nor any resolution. It was, as someone else in this thread called it, just a nice, relaxed story. It's really supposed to depict a contrast between what is expected to/supposed to happen with some things, and what really happens in reality. I tried to adapt the concept into something that most people would "get."

When the film screened in LA, I got lots of mixed reviews, just as I've gotten on this site. Some people loved it. Some people hated it. Some people just didn't get it. I sort of feel like the way a person interprets a film like this can be a testament of how they look at any film; the people who say that there was no conflict and no character substance and no apparent point are the people who view everything as a puzzle piece: if it doesn't fit into the picture like every other piece, then what's the point of it? The people who like this film are the ones who appreciate the effort I made to create a simple and evenly presented story, with some meaning but not much. Just a nice story that is meant to entertain and please, not to send a message to the world or to alter the way people view filmmaking as we know it. Not for any greater good than to give the viewer four and a half minutes of intrigue, insight, and images.

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wow! that was all very enlightening! thanks

amazing that it was shot on a set!

"...where wings take dream..."
- G. W. Bush