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Bryce A
04-27-2008, 11:13 PM
http://www.lost-productions.com/north/Unfinished/poster01.jpg


North: A Work In Progress


Well, we've finally got this up, but as a general disclaimer to all those that watch this... it's still in a very, very rough form. The film is basically a work-in-progress due in large part to us filming way too much story for a 6 minute short.

Technical issues such as vfx work, sound and cc are all things we are looking to still finalize and improve, but what you'll see should give you a good idea of our general aim. The narrative structure itself, was revamped to accommodate 6 minutes, so it will be interesting to hear your responses.

So, we're very much appreciative of any feedback anyone has -- it'll help determine the direction we go from here. Thanks and happy viewing!


Posting Legend:
Bryce A: co-director/writer/production design
jojopop: co-director/editor/VFX
danielleus: actor in the role of Older/all around swell guy

Mark Johnson
04-27-2008, 11:27 PM
Cool. Congrats on the wrap.

jasonthewho
04-28-2008, 02:19 AM
Is Elijah Wood in your movie?

:grin:

Mark Harris
04-28-2008, 04:38 AM
Cool! Congrats!

Michael Anthony Horrigan
04-28-2008, 07:20 AM
Awesome! Good luck.

Dustin R. Rogan
04-28-2008, 07:45 AM
Good Luck

Bryce A
04-28-2008, 12:24 PM
Is Elijah Wood in your movie?

:grin:

ha. that did come to mind in the naming process. But as you'll see, the movie is in fact Hobbitless (do i need to apologize for that? :huh:). Nor was it directed by Rob Reiner. just turned out that the word summed up the story.

Danielleus
04-28-2008, 01:57 PM
Glad to see you back doing narrative, Bryce. Though, I GUESS you could call "Taillight" a narrative, in a weird sort of way. And the double Whammy of you and Jason? Killer.

P.S. I hear your actors are uber good looking.

Bryce A
04-29-2008, 03:03 AM
P.S. I hear your actors are uber good looking.

That's the magic of film, Daniel. Deflate that head of yours! :laugh:

jasonthewho
04-29-2008, 06:08 AM
Glad you already knew about the Elijah Wood North. There's nothing worse than coming up with an awesome name, and then having someone tell you a movie already used that title.

I do hope that your movie involves Bruce Willis in an Easter Bunny costume.

Danielleus
06-16-2008, 11:52 PM
Yay, this is finally up. Happy viewing all.

Matt Sconce
06-16-2008, 11:59 PM
Whoah! Is there by chance an asian flare...wondering from final letter in North...I am very interested in seeing this work in progress!

Danielleus
06-17-2008, 12:16 AM
Indeed there is. Can't wait for everyone to see and feed us back. Good luck all!! Thanks for stopping by.

jojopop
06-17-2008, 12:26 AM
I'm just glad we got SOMETHING in for people to see! Thanks all for checking it out...

totitefilms
06-17-2008, 01:24 AM
Nice font! I'm curious about the Asian flare in your movie now.

Bryce A
06-17-2008, 01:59 AM
hmm... asian flare. kinda like when a studio adds an asian martial arts "babe" into an otherwise lame action flick... or when i have ramen. I think NORTH has a buzz word!

Dustin R. Rogan
06-17-2008, 04:05 AM
Like the poster! Good Luck

Drew Ott
06-19-2008, 06:23 PM
Sweet film. Lighting looked great.

Acting felt real to me. It almost always does though when it's not in English, so I can't comment much on that.

A "room tone" track of audio would have helped. The white noise cuts in and out with the dialogue. Wasn't too noticable though.

Good short.

Mattykins
06-19-2008, 07:43 PM
Rolling and reviewing:

Looks pretty good so far. I like the music for sure. Has a rather epic feeling to it. I am wondering if you did an ADR session on this? The dialog didn't seem to come from the actors at parts.

I am actually really enjoying the feel of it. Though you can hear some white noise come in with the dialog. I'd say an ambient track to cover the fuzz. I am loving all of the shots through the grate thing. It looks great. And at 3:25. That shot looked really cool. No doubt.

Interesting to know where you found the sets for this. And I really liked the 3D work. Actually, the 3D work is fantastic. Very nice.

And such a great concept as well...The more I watch, the more I enjoy it. But the dialog seems to get muffled towards 5:00. Excellent conclusion to the third zip file. :)

Bryce A
06-19-2008, 10:44 PM
Thanks for the feedback guys! I'm very obviously glad you're diggin it.

Audio: Certain sections of the film were done ADR. We had some issues with the white noise/room tone, though others can address that better than I.

VFX: i love those guys

Sets: Built from scratch... and blood.... and sweat.... and tears.... i still bear the scars.

jojopop
06-19-2008, 11:15 PM
Thanks for the feedback guys!

The audio for the most part was ADR, but I still think of this as a whole as incomplete. Audio is still unprocessed and yeah, no room tone / ambient was added at all. I still plan on finishing up a lot of the VFX work and taking care of the sound...

Thanks again for checking it out... this one's definitely still a work in progress so any feedback you guys give is super appreciated!

Drew Ott
06-20-2008, 01:51 AM
Sets built from scratch? Great work then.

Definitely post the final version once you get some little things smoothed out. I really liked the short.

totitefilms
06-20-2008, 03:07 AM
I like the feel of your movie. Nice music and FX. The acting is good also. I just can't relate the use of Chinese language to the overall story of the movie. The actors seem to be able to speak English :-) and I guess your movie was made in the US and one of the actors doesn't look like he's from China. I think it might make the viewers feel more involved with the movie if the actors speak English. Sorry I don't mean to be racist here but it's just my observation :-). I know there are many films in this fest that are not from the US and I feel totally fine watching the actors in those films speaking in their native language. Maybe it's just me that expect different thing from your movie ;-). Nice job though.

Bryce A
06-20-2008, 10:54 AM
I just can't relate the use of Chinese language to the overall story of the movie.

totite: Well, i'm glad you liked the feel of the flick. I'd be interested in knowing what you think of the original cut of the movie. There is a lot of subtext as to why they are speaking mandarin (which is a completely natural and fluent second language for both our actors) in a movie shot in the US. Unfortunately most of these hints got cut to make the 6 min mark. What we have here is (hopefully) the heart of the story minus of lot of the minor details. The original version is about twice as long and has at least one other language... er, involved.

Drew Ott: Thanks. We'll def be posting the final. One thing: the interior introduced at 1:11 was a trailer secured and decorated. So i guess that wasn't technically "built."

Thanks for the feedback!

Danielleus
06-20-2008, 11:51 AM
Think FIREFLY or Serenity and the way Mandarin is worked in there. Bryce can go into detail about how the world he's conceptualized works in regards to them speaking mandarin. But to his credit, it's definetely not JUST so they can be speaking mandarin. And, like he said, much of that probably got lost in the time frame.

Mark T. Aro
06-20-2008, 12:14 PM
FIRST OFF and MOST IMPORTANTLY... Great Film guys!


SPOILERS:

The white guy speaking Chinese... sold it for me. It immediately brought me to the thought that this is a subculture that has evolved or sometihng like that. I too thought Firefly... and if you are going to be compared to something that is not a bad something to be compared to!

like PUSH, I feel the CG/composites were note complete. They looked great, but I could see that you may have some tweaking to do. The whole Magnetic twist was awesome... I wasn't sold at all until that point and then you had me. The markings on the guys hands and hologram... very cool. In my mind it was a great success due to the fact that when I think about it now, I want to know about the person that stopped/caused it... I need to watch it again, but didn't it suggest that the guy in the end still has a way to go and that he needs to find his purpose in all of this... That is what I got out of it! GREAT JOB GUYS and if this is not complete... I can't wait to see what COMPLETE IS! Put me on the list to see/get a finished copy!

Mobie540
06-20-2008, 12:26 PM
Excellent film. I question whether those two were native speakers of manadrin but it didn't bother me b/c I guess the one guy was a foreigner. I absolutely loved your elevator effect! Some of the cgi with the mountain took from the experience but you said it's rough form right now. Maybe a way to fix that is have a friend near the rocky mountains or other mountain range shoot footage of a stand in from behind.

At around 4:49 you're subtitle drops too quickly to read it all. I liked the mood of the film, the lighting, the shots, the whole thing general. I felt the manadrin gave it an authentic feel.

WO XI HUAN!!!

ZazaCast
06-20-2008, 12:28 PM
Good film! I liked the 'darkness' of it and thought the CG's were cool. I did get lost a bit and had to watch a second time to understand the story (I think?).

Spoilers------
*subtitles - I know it's just me, but they always pull my attention away from the visuals
* audio could use some work, but you already know that

Excellent job!

jojopop
06-20-2008, 04:25 PM
FIRST OFF and MOST IMPORTANTLY... Great Film guys!


Thanks!

...but didn't it suggest that the guy in the end still has a way to go and that he needs to find his purpose in all of this... That is what I got out of it!

That actually makes me really happy -- it's exactly what we were going for!

In regards to the comments about the Mandarin and our actors -- these two are actually brothers (white/Chinese mix).. the idea behind the "diversity" being that we were attempting to create a world & culture that indeed had evolved... and to try and create a place where you weren't entirely certain where/when it was. A hard sell, I know, but sounds like it worked for some, not for others!

Thanks all for checking the flick out....

pauly_the_hitman
06-21-2008, 03:39 PM
Hey guys this is actually one of my favorite shorts in the competition. Loved the SFX and the shots are clean and well thought out. Good actors and great locations. Great Job.

sean90291
06-21-2008, 05:39 PM
I liked the tone. I loved the use of Chinese. It made the whole film feel very distinctive. Some really cool shots and cool style. I didn't follow the story at all though.

Susanne G.
06-21-2008, 06:43 PM
I didn't understood the whole story, but I like the atmosphere and the special effects in the film. I like also the use of Chinese, because it gave the film more authentic. The photography and the music were great.

Susanne

mik
06-22-2008, 02:32 AM
I share what Susanne said; i need to re-watch it, but i really liked it. For me is a sorta of Mad-max/Serenity but with a more epic and dramatic tone. Great!

Ben Sliker
06-22-2008, 01:42 PM
In the past few days, DVXusers Ben Sliker and Justin Kuhn sat down and chatted over AIM while simultaneously watching the same TIMEFEST films. We call them, "The AIM sessions". Here's their thoughts on "NORTH"

spesliker (12:36:42 PM): north
happygobo (12:36:57 PM): count down
spesliker (12:37:00 PM): 3
spesliker (12:37:01 PM): 2
spesliker (12:37:02 PM): 1
spesliker (12:37:05 PM): go
happygobo (12:37:43 PM): where are they?
spesliker (12:37:50 PM): is this a giant elavator?
spesliker (12:38:13 PM): this is kinda neat, don't really know what's goin' on tho.
happygobo (12:38:40 PM): nice costumes
happygobo (12:39:04 PM): what is it with foreign languages that adds instant credibility to acting?
spesliker (12:39:12 PM): lol
happygobo (12:39:32 PM): that key needs a little work.
spesliker (12:40:05 PM): are they trying to restart the earth? that's badass.
happygobo (12:40:10 PM): word.
happygobo (12:40:31 PM): it IS an elevator
spesliker (12:40:48 PM): it's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
spesliker (12:41:44 PM): nice 3d
happygobo (12:42:51 PM): heh
spesliker (12:43:28 PM): man, saving the world and trying to find himself, that's deep.
spesliker (12:43:38 PM): nice effort. like to see it finished.
happygobo (12:43:53 PM): huh?
spesliker (12:44:14 PM): apparently it's a "work in progress"
happygobo (12:44:30 PM): ah ...
spesliker (12:45:58 PM): alright off to shower.*

Keep us up to date guys, like to see this one polished off, if not expanded. Great work. :thumbsup:

alex whitmer
06-22-2008, 02:15 PM
I picked up on the Mad Max feel as well.

This film had some stunning visuals and FX. Very nice. Music never dominated the film, but added some great mood. well done.

I lost some of the meaning as well, and at one point the dialogue got just a little expositional in an attempt to explain it.
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Alex

jpsheets
06-22-2008, 03:04 PM
I really liked this rough cut. It really felt like a long trailer to a really cool movie length Chinese Sci Fi film, which it looks like it's supposed to be. I really dug it! It feels like something I could potentially see with IFC as a distributor.

best,
JP

dopeyname101
06-22-2008, 03:07 PM
Did I read correctly that you built all the sets from the ground up?

Great flick. I might not fully understand it, but I got a very solid "feeling" from it, definitely that it's part of a bigger story that I'd love to see in more detail.

Bryce A
06-22-2008, 04:04 PM
Hey all, we’re really grateful for the feedback. It’s exciting that film is resonating or at least evoking a response amongst the truly talented community here at dvx. The positive feedback is blowing our minds here. ESPECIALLY since we were emotionally crushed at entering a unfinished piece.

I’m gonna touch on a few common posting trends. As I stated before, a lot of this subtext had to get cut.

BUT PLEASE DON’T READ ON, if you plan to write a review and have yet to formulate your initial opinions of the film!

SPOILERS!!!

Language:
I wrote this film specifically for these two actors. It’s supposed to serve as, of course, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi, as well as an exploration of brotherhood. …with an emphasis on how far we follow on older sibling’s tracks (I know it was not clear at all they were brothers… but that was kiiiinda the point). Knowing these actors for so long, I knew it had to be in mandarin, because there is something more intimate and almost tactile about how they speak their language within their family. Like it represented a bond of sorts. So that was the origin of it. I wanted to to pull on something real and immediate and translate it into the world of the film.

In the context of the story, the Mandarin serves as a character/world trait and plot device. As Jojopop put it
we were attempting to create a world & culture that indeed had evolved... and to try and create a place where you weren't entirely certain where/when it was.
We wanted to get across the sense these characters having traveled to a foreign place... and to give the audience the view of them as foreigners... being the primary audience is in the US. On the surface level, the fact that the character of Younger was unable to read a book he’d found was meant to convey the idea that they had traveled into a land far from home. This also plays in with the location being named “Joshua.”

There are also larger ideas of how and why... for example it was better they not be interpreted as native speakers as Mobie pointed outI question whether those two were native speakers of mandarin but it didn't bother me b/c I guess the one guy was a foreigner.
and the fact that the actors are half white haf chinese helps. But that's neither here nor there, if it's not expressed in the film.

ALSO,

happygobo (12:39:04 PM): what is it with foreign languages that adds instant credibility to acting?
spesliker (12:39:12 PM): lol
Yes, I DID think of that. I knew we had to up the "authenticity" and "credibility" of our no budget sci-fi flick somehow. We thought it would be distinctive. But the decision was made on a story and character basis.


Story:
This was our BIGGEST concern. It seems like it can go either way: understanding or confusion! But yes, on the surface the story is about restarting the earth after an alluded catastrophe. Something caused an electromagnetic pulse that has stopped everything making our Earth function (whatever those things may be). Rotation stops, communication stops, our socially accepted construct of time stops. Everything we've used to keep our lives going... stops. The Calender is based on earth's orbit, months the lunar cycle, a day is based the rotation of the earth, seasons are gone.....

Under that is the story of Younger trying to find his own way/meaning in life and the larger mechanics of the world around him. As the character Older said, “ I know my reasons, find yours.” The nearing of task completion and the earth's standstill are suppose to be a metaphor for that moment of standstill and fear before we press on in life. In this case, the younger of the two finding his way without his brother to guide him. :violin:


Unfinished:
The original cut of the film was linear. We’ll eventually have two cuts and see which or both work best. We'll def be posting them. I’m glad that the unfinished aspect has snuck under some noses! Heh… :D


Thanks again! We’re definitely digesting the feedback.

Bryce A
06-22-2008, 04:19 PM
Did I read correctly that you built all the sets from the ground up?

Great flick. I might not fully understand it, but I got a very solid "feeling" from it, definitely that it's part of a bigger story that I'd love to see in more detail.

Hey, dopeyname101 (think yer names clever don't ya),
Thanks! More detail is something I'd love too.

Yes, the sets were built from the ground up. It involved a lot of scrap, junk and tinkering. Bleeding fingers too. Oh and production delays!! Who could forget those? Definitely not the dearest and endlessly patient co-director!

I have a shamefully large amount of pride about it all (minus the production delays).

:D Thanks for noticing!:D

dopeyname101
06-22-2008, 04:22 PM
Yeah, I should probably scrap this name... but I like how nobody ever gets what it refers to.

And hella good work on the sets, top-notch production quality.

Blaine
06-22-2008, 05:05 PM
This is an interesting concept, though I feel the science has been completely disregarded, but it's still interesting. My biggest criticism would be that this really came off as a talking heads story, told and not shown.

The music was good and as much as I hate reading a movie, I thought your use of Chinese was a good one.

Matt Sconce
06-22-2008, 10:56 PM
I got tired of the long shots in almost darkness, but I thought the acting was good and a lot of the effects were cool. Good and interesting movie. I liked the language too! I would do as blaine suggested and show more of the story rather than tell it.

Bryce A
06-22-2008, 11:49 PM
show more of the story rather than tell it.

That right there is what got lost in the 50% cut down. We just had no way to "show" the amount of information needed to explain what the heck was going on. We totally misjudged our script to run time ratio!

So, unfortunately, instead of what we planned as a slow unraveling of the plot, we had to just straight explain. Showing the story either meant cutting the deeper meaning character aspects or the plot and explanation of why the story was taking place. ...so we ended up with a lot of talking. It seems to sit well with some and not so well with others. Either way I feel ya.

Thanks for the feedback!!!

Danielleus
06-23-2008, 01:44 AM
Thanks to all that have been commenting. Hard being in the middle of the alphabet cause I can't tell if people are watching and hating it or NOT commenting (again, cause they hate it) or, even worse, just not watching it.

Or maybe, like me, their slow at making their way through (I'm at H, so even I'M not to our film yet. But oh the scathing criticism that will follow once I get here. You guys better watch out).

But seriously, thanks all. Like we've said, it's unfinished but these comments are gonna help us fine-tune the final product. So please keep it it. We're loving it and will keep it all in mind for the final piece. ANd then, for those who would like, will get to watch and see where their comments paid off.

Not to mention, it just helps us in the future for the other projects we do.

SO thank you all. Much much much appreciated.

And thanks for all the positive feed back. It helps immensely in what our

Beat Takeshi
06-23-2008, 04:14 PM
I agree with some of the comments like I like the use of Chinese and that there was a lot of explaining going on but for some reason the slow pace felt right for the film. The long ride down would feel like that I think. The use of Chinese helped with the slow pace to me because I associate it with calm, inner peace and Martial Arts. There were a few of the same kind of moments in movies like Crouching Tiger. It did need a bit more conflict between those characters I thought, it felt like the calm before the storm in a bigger movie. Good work.

Michael Anthony Horrigan
06-23-2008, 07:18 PM
Yes, this did feel like a part of something larger. Very well put together. I liked the editing and the effects were cool.

I think I needed a little more emotion from the actors though.

Overall this was pretty good. Great music as well.

Cheers!

Mike

Mark Harris
06-23-2008, 10:06 PM
Um, maybe I am crazy, but I thought this was completely mesmerizing. I mean, if this is rough, imagine how inadequate I'm going to feel when it's done.

I love your guys work, and loved what you did in LoveFest.

I guess yeah, this needs more to make it complete, but your sheer ability to create a living breathing world is so far above most of us, that that alone carried much of it for me. I believed what I was seeing, and my brain was working overtime to conceive what was happening. I thought it was beautiful and haunting.

If you ever decide to let me, I would love to read the script too.

Your efx at the control panel were probably the best in the fest, used with subtlety and packed with intricate detail, like how when the earth hologram came up, it started to turn ever so slightly. And how behind it, on the panel, several little pointers came up, indicating areas on the display. Detail like these would be lost on many of us at this level of filmmaking.

I never got bored for a second. I was entranced.

I hope you are going to continue on and finish what was in your heads, because...DAMN.

mjjason
06-23-2008, 10:40 PM
I loved this film. It didn't feel incomplete at all. The ending and the final line made everything in the short crystal clear. I love those moments were you are not quite sure of what you are seeing than suddenly, with 1 line, it all snaps into place. Great film and definitely in my top 10 if not top 3. I would love to see the extended version.

As for the actors speaking Mandarin, I thought it worked well. The white actor had the inflections perfect so it sounds like he is very fluent in the language and not just mimicing it for film. I completely accepted it.

hazelwould
06-24-2008, 09:09 AM
Hey guys,

Overall great effort on the short. I felt the composition was nice, and it flowed well. I got a sort of textured ("The Fountain") vibe from it. I really dug that aspect. Generally I'm not a huge fan of the midi-generated scores, but the music worked really well.

Keep up the good work, and I hope to see more soon!

Take care,
Aaron G.

Horncastle
06-24-2008, 10:10 AM
Certainly a rough cut diamond.

On a first viewing I got a really good feel from this film although I didn't really understand what was going on. On the second viewing, I got all the part about starting up the earth again. I didn't really understand why it had stopped, apart from vague mentions of the magnetic field and time, but I didn't really feel that mattered in this short, although it might matter more in a longer film (Blaine's comment about the scientific background might be important if you intend developing this further).

I'm afraid the part about brotherhood passed me by, although I liked that the older guy, who obviously was the one who knew how to restart the world, knew he had to stay behind but send his companion to the surface to watch it.

Above all, I thought the atmosphere you created of some distant, post disaster future was pulled off really well. I loved the music, the colours, the special effects, the slow pace and the chinese.

It needed a little more hammering into shape, but even as it is, it's definitely one of the best films in the fest.

majikfraug
06-24-2008, 12:11 PM
I love this one. Seriously. This is the kind of film I aspire to make. Nothing is spoon fed to the audience -and I like it when movies make me think. Minor sound issues, but not enough to pull me out of the story. My wife (the heroine/victim(?) of Survival) loves it too.

conrad_johnson
06-24-2008, 12:27 PM
This one I'm not sure I get. but that doesn't surprise me, I'm bad at "getting" movies.

It seems like the actors are bi-locating. To me this is distracting.

Wonderful lighting in the elevator (?) shots.

Good CG too. That's something I could never pull off.

Thanks,
-Joe

Danielleus
06-24-2008, 01:30 PM
It seems like the actors are bi-locating. To me this is distracting.




What is bi-locating?

Mark Harris
06-24-2008, 02:27 PM
What is bi-locating?

Yeah Joe, I thought that was the thing you did with your elbow where your arm spins all the way back...

Mark Johnson
06-24-2008, 11:41 PM
whoa. I loved this film. This hit me really on the sweet spot. Great score and wonderful concept. LOVED these actors. Your film is definitely in my top tier. Jayzus, you done good.

jojopop
06-25-2008, 12:53 AM
I'm effing flattered at all this positivity. Seriously, thanks guys. Means a huge amount coming from such a range of talent here! We will definitely finish this one up!!!

Geoff_R
06-25-2008, 03:58 PM
I enjoyed your film and it kept my attention thoroughly. Your actors did a decent job and the story/concept was very interesting. I only wish you had shown us more rather than tell us so much; lots of ongoing dialogue. I think many of your beats/moments would have greater meaning had they been expressed in visual terms. I do understand that this was a challenging film to make with lots of VFX but still, the more visual the storytelling can be, the better. I do think the writing was good, and highly creative.. I just feel that there wasn't enough room to really develop certain moments or give certain beats enough air, which would make them more emotionally impacting.. does that make sense?

All in all, nice work. Looking forward to more from you in the future.

Shawn Philip Nelson
06-25-2008, 09:58 PM
I enjoyed this, though I couldnt tell what was happening. One moment they were in that elevator shaft then back to the campfire then back and so forth.

I think it would have been more powerful with less words. As a general rule, the less dialogue you have, the more powerful it is.

Great fx!! Probably the best of the fest next to O2. Loved the earth hologram.

Good acting and solid direction.

justin ewart
06-26-2008, 06:58 PM
mmmmm.... nice.

a very convincing reality. i loved the visuals and even the ambiguity of the story... my only complaint is that it was a one-tone piece. It had a particular mood and that persisted for 6min without much change. I think it was the continuous soundtrack... I did still really enjoy it though, I just wanted a little bit more variety of mood. Otherwise very strong and compelling, but more than anything, just really beautiful. Nicely done!

DChang
06-26-2008, 09:15 PM
Very nice, the story really does begin to intrigue the viewer, and the acting was good. Although perhaps it's more enjoyable to chinese viewers who understand what is being said...great movie, it had an eerie Myst(old PC game)/Apocalyptic feel which I know you were going for, nice job.

Moojangles
06-26-2008, 10:01 PM
This was a little confusing overall BUT as soon as i finished watching it, i rated it really high as i came away having really enjoyed myself.

The visuals including the lighting were fantastic. The set was just complex enough to not make me try to pick it apart.

Thought this was very interesting, a different take for this fest and you pulled it off very well.

There were a few scenes that weren't perfect but overall great job!

iSTy
06-27-2008, 07:24 AM
good effects although I was a bit confused

Edgen
06-28-2008, 12:49 AM
I applaud you for going out on a limb and creating a sci fi film like this. I have to say I’ll have to watch it again to fully understand the story. Tis definitely epic.

Perhaps it was hard for me to understand with reading the dialog and trying to follow the cuts. It seemed to be all over the place so it was hard to keep up. The film itself looked nice and the visual fx seemed to work ok.

Congrats on entering the fest.

ConspiracyPenguin
06-29-2008, 01:54 AM
You mentioned that this is still a work in progress, well let me say it is a pretty damn good work in progress. Was the story fully understood? No. Were the cinematography and graphics fantastic? Absolutly. The audio had a buzzing background noise in parts which was distracting, but overall well done, even if I am not sure what happened. The score was also very good, very subtle.

krestofre
07-01-2008, 10:25 PM
Very nice film that stands out from the crowd. Your effects are impressive, and I'm a sucker for a good sci-fi film. Thumbs up.

There were a few shots that seemed to be of a lower quality than most of the film, a little grainier, and almost looked like they were shot with a different camera. Not sure if that's true, or if it was intentional, or if it's just my eyes going bad, but I thought I'd point it out. :)

Good film!

jojopop
07-03-2008, 01:39 AM
Thanks again all for the comments and feedback. We're going to take everything that was said here to heart and finish this thing off. The feedback we've received has been invaluable and will certainly help to mold and shape the final product. This forum really is a fantastic place to learn and share knowledge!

We'll be sure to notify those that are interested when we do complete this. Again, we really appreciate the time everyone took to watch and comment!

~ Lost

dopeyname101
07-13-2008, 03:19 PM
Out of curiosity - how goes the continuing work on this one? I'm looking forward to seeing the "completed" production.

jojopop
07-13-2008, 03:49 PM
Still chugging away at it. The longer cut is going to be around 10-12 min and all the vfx will be revamped. We'll keep you guys posted.

Thanks for the interest!

dopeyname101
09-10-2008, 03:04 PM
Again, checking in on progress, still looking forward to seeing the "final" version...