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I watched the first film on the list (im assuming its the latest one), and here is what i think. First off, the story. It wasnt horribly orignal, and the there was no character development. Even though i was a comedy, you could have still made it a little more in depth. From a comedy aspect, the jokes were funny, but i have heard them all before. I did laugh at the beginning, but over time the movie dragged on and i lost interest.
From a directors point of view, you know how to use a camera, however you need a lot of work. The lighting in many spots were poor, and you crossed the line a lot. If you dont know what the line is, i suggest you dont make another film until you learn that and other basic stuff. I recommend picking up some books or take any classes to further inform you of the process of filmmaking.

nothing struck me as anything new. The short was pretty basic. It seemed like any kid in my last years TV1 class can do. Try to put a little more into them, film is not just putting the camera in a good spot and telling some jokes. Keep at it tho, hate to put u down like this. But what do i know, Who am i anyways?

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Alex Conway
Mind-Trip Films

The 180 degree rule is one of the most important things in cinematography...it can affect the viewers' perception and cause them to sense something very wrong, even if they didn't know exactly what it was. Take a hallway for example:

------B-----
-->
------A---C-

Consider the "axis of action" the path the subject is walking. Now if the camera is placed at point A, it appears the subject ( --> ) is moving left to right on the screen. If it were to cut to point B, thus crossing the axis, it would make the subject appear to be moving right to left on the screen. Now if you were to reposition the camera to point C and change the angle of the camera by at least 30 degrees, you would not cross the axis, and this would look fine. The 180 rule is not for babies.

I loved the storyboards.

Haha thanks, was bored so thought I might as well put something visual to it.

*reads below post then reads above* my bad...

[This message was edited by hawk1646 on January 02, 2004 at 07:36 PM.]

I think drew was refering to the storyboards on their site, but never the less, i like the way u described it hawk. The "line" is important, it can be a little diffucult to fully understand at first. At the begging I would rack my brain because i would say "dont cross the line, dont cross the line" when i made storyboards. After a while, you wont even notice and you can do it right without even noticing. I guess its like walking, the basic is hard at first, but once you get it it's like instinct.

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Alex Conway
Mind-Trip Films

What? Why break it when it makes your film look bad? Maybe I'm just missing something here...please explain.

After actually watching this revenge movie, I have to question why you're trying so hard to defend it. It really isn't much of a movie. I didn't find it very funny, and it was rather pointless. At least good comedies have semi-plausible story lines. You made this out to be a cheesy flick from the beginning. Full of senseless random jokes and no real substance. The jokes are really all you had going for it, but they weren't even funny at that! That's when you know you've really got nothing, sorry man.

My suggestions? The camera work was rather good, I suppose. Some shots could've been better, could've tightened it up a bit more in the editing room. You should put these skills to better use. Actually write an entertaining story that follows a structure, that makes sense and is engaging. This 'movie' was none of that. Just a little more effort can go a long ways.

AMF PRODUCTIONS

This could have been a lot shorter.
Some good shots sprinkled on top of a bowl of bad or boring shots.
Some places where you could have had some editing or variety in camera angles, you just sit there holding the same shot, moving the camera around violently and zooming too much.
I saw your tripod in the background of one shot, maybe you should have used it more often.
You crossed the line once in the kitchen, and although it wasn't dissorienting, it was a distraction.
Some funny one liners, yet mostly slow-paced and sleep inducing.
The homosexual nature of the two main characters was definately disconcerting.
Bad lighting plagued many shots.
Editing needs serious work.
Plotline could have possibly worked, but came nowhere near plausibility.
The pulp fiction homage was poorly executed, and embarassing.
I have no idea why I watched the whole thing, or how any of you got into film school. However, good luck in the future: if you can learn from mistakes you just learned a whole hell of a lot.