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[Jim Montgomery]

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A simple lie and a best seller, all things become clear Late in Life

[Jim Montgomery]

Cast

Jasper..........................Wally Gagel

Maria............................Pam Rochowiak

Lauren..........................Hannah Rockey

Alex..............................Philip Thorson

Ted...............................Tony Della Rocca


Crew

Director.........................Jim Montgomery
Director of Photography Jim Montgomery
Camera.........................Joe Carney
Gaffer...........................Jim Montgomery
Writer...........................Dawn Calvin
Grip..............................Jim Montgomery
Original Score................Dennis James
Editor...........................Jim Montgomery
Sound Design...............Jim Montgomery

[Jim Montgomery]

March 2, 2008

Four scripts have been submitted for consideration.

March 12, 2008

All script submissions are in and the field has been narrowed down to three. Why is my stomach starting to hurt?

March 13, 2008

Script selected, Dawn Calvin's Late in Life. Paid a visit to the local Theartre Guild looking for a resource for actors and actress'. Kind of got a scoff type laughter but they did say they would put it in the Directors box. Waiting on that call. My local real estate agent has become the location scout, I guess I should tell her tomorrow.

March 19

Locations scouted. Found a couple of good ones, now all I need to do is nail them down. Met with Hana, the casting supervisor, and began the process of locating talent. The local theatre guild has not returned a phone call so I guess the movies are beneath them! I will give them the benefit of doubt and pay them another visit today.

Well my stomach quit hurting and now frustration is starting to set in. I like to work fast and it is just not happening.

March 27

Well the production meeting went remarkably well. I just hope the cast lives long enough to finish the movie. Its one thing to say they are old, another to say they are funny. These guys told stories for hours, had me laughing so hard I peed my shorts. This may be fun after all.

Shooting starts Saturday!

March 30

Shot 3 pages of script yesterday, almost done with the initial color grading. Unfortunately I have 3 pages still to go and only 1:47 left. Trouble.

April 10

It's over. Finished downloading the stuff shot last night and this morning. I will have to mention Hannah, she is an absolute joy to work with. Without her this movie could not have been make. Thanks darlin'

[Jim Montgomery]

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[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Looking forward to seeing more about this one.

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Good luck Jim

[Simon Höfer]

Good luck! Gimme a poster! Or some other info about this project pleeeaase :)

[Jim Montgomery]

God I wish I could. As soon as my writers get off strike, ahhh wait a minute they are off, those piss ants!

[Jim Montgomery]

Well we have had one script submission, lets see where it takes us.

[Matthew R. Rodwell]

Sweet poster

[Simon Höfer]

Yep, nice poster! Caught my attention :)

[Jim Montgomery]

Things are starting to come together.

Thanks for the welcome, hope the new poster is as well received as the first.

[Jim Montgomery]

Follow focus just arrived, and the car mount will be here tomorrow. The location is still up in the air, If I can get it secured shooting will start this Saturday.

[Jim Montgomery]

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[Ted Arabian]

Excellent! Glad you found your location.

Happy shooting!

[Jim Montgomery]

Did I read somewhere that we could do multiple entries? This is to much fun. 2 hours of filming, OK 6 hours, and a five hour party!

[Jim Montgomery]

Done. Camera is locked back up in the basement. Now on to the good stuff, making this things look and sound good.

[Mark Harris]

Wrapped? Nice feeling, ain't it?

[Jim Montgomery]

Actually it was kind of a let down. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad its over, but it just never seems to go as good as you saw it in your head.

I did have an amazing time with all the actors. It was my first with professional people and I have to tell ya, I can't go back. At least thats what I told my first wife!

[Mark Harris]

Ah. I was reallly lucky with the crew on mine. The stuff I got was closest to what was in my head of any film I've ever done. The only letdown was leaving Minnesota and all of the amazing people I got to meet and work with there.

Yeah, when you get real actors who actually collaborate with you, rather than just learn their lines, bring in ideas and preparation for the role, etc. it's a dream.

[conrad_johnson]

Hey, nice lighting in the pic with the guy throwing the pill bottle. Are you guys done shooting?

[Jim Montgomery]

Yea we are all finished, but that was the easy part. Making it flow and putting all the little sound nuances in place is the next task at hand.

[totitefilms]

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A simple lie and a best seller, all things become clear Late in Life

Welcome to the fest! Your actor looks like Jack Nicholson by the way.

[Drew Ott]

Good short.

It was well lit and the story was solid, but the sound was very lacking.

Really had a lot of potential but the sound takes away from the professionalism tremendously.

[Existentialist]

"Jasper" does a pretty good job with the acting. I enjoyed watching him.

There's some interesting shots and good cinematography there, but as Drew pointed out, the sound throws the viewer off completely.

Good story and great job overall!!

[Mobie540]

I liked your actors and the feel. The sound levels and other noises really affected your short.

[Mobie540]

Geez, it seems every review I do is basically already been said.

[Dustin R. Rogan]

I really loved this one, maybe thats because I have daddy issues...thats another movie in its entirety. But i don't know if it was my d-load, but there were black frames through out the flick. Then a big let down...


SPOILER!!!

HE WAS GAY...WTF! I loved, but then he was gay, I didn't care for that ending, maybe cut it when the couple is walking down the sidewalk. Audio didn't bother me that much. Loved the Cinematography! Acting spot on, (besides the nurse and wife they were ok) Great flick sir!

Rogan

[Jim Montgomery]

Note to self. Be more careful with audio.

Dustin - Glad you like the ending. Its not about being gay but choosing a lifestyle or life choice, so to speak, that seperates you from loved ones.

Thanks all for having a look and especially making time, oh geez!, to leave comment.

[ZazaCast]

Good film! I agree with all the comments above, but the audio thing was killing it for me. I thought Jasper was great.

You did a really good job on this one....although I kept looking for the fishing scene!

[totitefilms]

You got a nice and touching story however the fact that he is gay is kind of overdone. You could have used some better excuses for Jasper ;-). The acting is great. The lighting is not consistent across the movie. The sound is off sometimes also. But overall your movie is one of the well made in this fest. Great job!

[pauly_the_hitman]

Not my favorite but good effort.

[Bryce A]

Hey, nice to see you working with older actors. That's something i sometimes feel is missing (with some fantastic exceptions) from the dvxfests. You really had some technical issues with sound. Also, some of the editing erked me. When the book sfell from his desk, i would have rather not seen them instead of the quick fade cut.

But, good job on the pic. I liked that it was a relationship flick. Dealing with some very real passages of time issues instead of something chaotic and edgy (how i do love all manners of film =) ). keep it up

[alex whitmer]

Kinda hard to find your thread. Took me a few loops through.

I enjoyed this a lot. As mentioned, good to see older actors. It gives film a much needed layer.

I think you could have gone a few scenes with-out dialogue to show the guilt/anguish both me felt. As it is, some of the stuff just repeats itself.

I think the ending is a nice payoff. Maybe drop a red herring to get the audience to believe something completely different.

Nice job.

Alex

[Susanne G.]

This one sucked me sentimentally in - I have to admit I started to cry. The story has a very clever end - so it is my favorite one between the late subject films. Very nice work. Thank you for have done that.

Susanne

[Horncastle]

This was a very touching story. I would say that the script, and especially the ending, were pretty much perfect. The acting, especially of Jasper and the doctor, were magnificent. Unfortunately the film was prevented from being perfect by the audio quality. I also thought that the cinematography in Jasper's house was very good but elsewhere it didn't reach the same level.

Nonetheless, this is definitely among the better entries in the fest.

[mjjason]

Audio hurt this short for me. Sound quality was difficult to listen too. Everything else looked top notch but for the sound. That is definitely an area you can improve on next time, or just get someone else to help you with sound.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I really liked some of the shallow DOF shots in this. Nice looking entry.
I won't mention anything that's already been covered.

I really liked this on although. Nice story as well.

Cheers!

Mike

[Jim Montgomery]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to watch and post comment. Yea help will definitly be the next step.

Thanks again.

[Danielleus]

Hey,

Just caught the flick. I enjoyed it and thought it was a big movie to tell in such a short time.

Unfortunately, it might have hurt that it was such a big idea because I felt like it rushed along. We never stayed with one bit long enough, for my taste. For these emotional rides I feel like we need a slower pace so we can see/feel the characters pain.

I'm sort of mixed about the look. I love it, but wasn't a fan of the iris effect with the darkening of the edges. But I thought the sharpness and the colors were really nice.

I think, storywise, it might have been a bit much or handled improperly. It just felt like the "gay" bit at the end was tacked on. I didn't feel the younger guy's pain for having not been with his father. I think even boosting just that would have made me more compelled as to why the father left 25 years earlier. For me, more anguish, more resentment really would have pushed this film far.

Which is not to say I don't think it's an excellent effort. I enjoyed it and appreciated your approach to TIMEfest. Nice to see someone working with older actors and doing a fine job with them. Can't wait to see more of your work.

[iSTy]

Great acting, sound not too good and heard camera movements occasionally. The ending wasn't what I was expecting, maybe if you'd get 'us' guessing...... anyways that's just my opinion ;)

[Blaine]

You did a good job with this and I love the fact that you were able to use age appropriate actors. My complaints with this would be the sound which definitely needed work and the acting was uneven.

[Edgen]

I think with more direction to your actors, a better sound mix, and keeping your fingers off the zoom would have made this film a little stronger. I’m not sure I could follow the storyline as it seemed to cut around all over the place. I think this is due to the score. Was this a loop you used or custom music? The droning sad tune throughout the film needed to change or at least give the film a chance to breath.

As for the ending shot of the book. I suppose that was a political statement?

Congrats on entering the fest.

[Chuklz]

I think more consistency in lighting and sound would benefit this piece quite a bit. I also think the edit is more rough cut than finished in it's nature which is something you can fix. Try and do a 3 minute cut, and use only the essential bits to tell the story. this will help train you to cut around the bad performances and make them appear good.

[ConspiracyPenguin]

I thought that your story was good and fairly well shot. The patchy audio distracted me a bit and the lighting was a bit dim in certain circumstances. The acting was good for the most part. The only real cinematic issue I had was with the zoom on the manuscript toward the end. I felt it was a bit too quick and/or unecessary.

The ending was a surprise and that is good. I think the payoff would have been better if there was more mystery thrown into the ring early on, actually, the more I think of it, the way you did it was quite subtle and it worked. I didn't expect a surprise ending which, in a way, was good. I was wondering why the first paragraph of the manuscript was funny, then in the end I was able to connect the dots. Good job and good luck!