yeah, We finally finished it. Go check it out at


WMV

http://www.archive.org/download/TheHit/The_Hit.avi


Quicktime

http://www.archive.org/download/TheHit_0/The_Hit.mov



And be sure to give us some feedback!

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I'm too tired to list all the things that were fantastic and a refreshing change from regular student films, so I'm just going to say the things that I thought could be improved upon.


Sound.
Your guy's attempt at sound mastering was delicious, but you could definately use a program like SoundSoap on your side. The worst parts were when you could hear the dialogue track being muted on and off because there was background noise. You need to add what's known as environmental ambience. It covers up the nastiness of cutting the dialogue track in and out, and makes sure the track is never too unearthily silent, so it doesn't sound like sound effects are just placed in there, i.e. the footsteps and especially the car door opening. Look for a desert/wind prarie effect that can be looped over your existing track. But I do want to let you know your work at sound did not go unappreciated. Just watch your levels--sounded like it was clipping a lot with the punch sound effects and whatnot.

Effects.
Most people would be wowed and amazed, and I will admit the compositing was impressive. However, try adding a dirt map to the ejected bullet casing and motion blur when rendering. That'll help add to the realism.

It would've been nice if your actors could've pulled off recoil when shooting the weapons so they looked even more realistic, but your cinematography prevented an angle that would've really given that away.

Other than that, I really don't have anything else to say other than you did a fantastic job of entertaining me. Well done.

I do have a few questions though: What camera did you use, and what post-processing did you do to acheive that look? Obviously high contrast, but did you use anything like Magic Bullet or Cinelook?

EDIT: I also wanted to add that the discontinuity of the back window of the car breaking yet later being unbroken really upset me. Poo.

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I tried watching it on VLC and putting it through Divx Doctor. Couldn't get it to work.

Joemomma, Did you check out the quicktime version? the link is at the top of the page.

Anyone else see this yet?

Nice.

Some of the cuts were quick, and the cinematography surrounding the two guys talking in the warehouse was disorienting; it clouded perspective, and the editing there was jumpy.

Everything else was great, I thought. As funkbomb said, some finesse in the sound department would help, but, as it was, it was adequate. Most all the shots looked great, and the action was well-choreographed (though I do wonder, why didn't they shoot UNDER the car?). Very impressive effects, too.

Good job. It makes me want to make a movie with lots of guns.

Thanks harris, i appreciate the response. since this was released, we've fixed all the technical errors and should have a newer better version up sometime this month

Hey Bryce,

REALLY loved the film and would like to get to work rescoring it ASAP, as per your request. I sent you a private message - you can reply to me by email, my address is wilbert@rogetmusic.com.