THE CLOSURE - a Bernie Hipos film

[Bernie Hipos]

"THE CLOSURE"

Here's my 2nd short film after TimeFest. It's been awhile...

Synopsis:

They were separated for so many years...everything has changed, then one day...

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EDIT: Changed the name of my production from 4Real Media to Interwoven Films.

[Bernie Hipos]

Here are the behind the scenes photos:

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Location:

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[Bernie Hipos]

Our main characters:

MHARYZ ACOSTA

She is Margarita in this movie and she was also the main character of the short film "Happy Ending". It was a lot of fun working with her. She's funny and easy to get a long with.

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BERNIE HIPOS

He starred and directed the short film "Happy Ending" and was one of the characters. He also loves to act, direct and edit. This film was edited, written and directed by him.

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[Dustin R. Rogan]

Good Luck!

Rogan

[Bernie Hipos]

Whoa! That was fast Dustin...Thanks! Cheers!

[Dustin R. Rogan]

Whoa! That was fast Dustin...Thanks! Cheers!
lol It'll be a long night, just surfin the boards drinkin a beer!

Rogan

PS my initial response was "thats what she said"

[Anthony Pierce]

Good luck.

[Bernie Hipos]

lol It'll be a long night, just surfin the boards drinkin a beer!

Rogan

PS my initial response was "thats what she said"

hahaha...enjoy your night. cheers!

[Bernie Hipos]

Good luck.

Thanks Anthony!

[ZazaCast]

Looks good! Always like to see the BTS shots. Best of luck on this one.

[Bernie Hipos]

Looks good! Always like to see the BTS shots. Best of luck on this one.

Thanks ZazaCast!

[pauly_the_hitman]

Cool good luck looks like you are on your way. You have more done then I do.
Pauly

[Simon Höfer]

Welcome to the fest!

[Bernie Hipos]

Thanks Simon and Pauly... i'm almost done with my editing and this time it's a little bit longer than the required time limit, have to delete some scenes. Cheers!

[Bernie Hipos]

I'm done with post and just waiting for the DVX leader.

[Romane19]

Awesome BTS pics Bernie.

[Bernie Hipos]

Thanks Romane.

[Mike Insane]

nice bts! it always makes me happy to see people documenting the process. Looking forward to your entry.

[Bernie Hipos]

Hey Mike thanks! I like your DIY set, it looks cool. Cheers!

[MOVIE MASTER]

Yeah!!!!!!! Good luck

[Bernie Hipos]

Here are some of the color corrected screen grabs of the final film. Let me know what you guys think. Thank you.

[Danielleus]

Congrats on the upload. Nice to see you back in the game.

[Danielleus]

The CC'd stuff looks good. No idea how the three different looks are going to play out, but looking good.

[ZazaCast]

Uploaded, verified & approved!!! Congratulation Bernie...looking forward to watching this film.

[Bernie Hipos]

Uploaded, verified & approved!!! Congratulation Bernie...looking forward to watching this film.


The CC'd stuff looks good. No idea how the three different looks are going to play out, but looking good.

Thanks Zaza and Danielleus. Looking forward to your films as well. Cheers and let's have some fun watching!:beer:

[gabrielflorit]

I really like the CC'd grabs. Has an interesting old world look to it. Like something out of the post-colonial era in South America. No clue if this is what you were going for. But it looks good.

[Bernie Hipos]

I really like the CC'd grabs. Has an interesting old world look to it. Like something out of the post-colonial era in South America. No clue if this is what you were going for. But it looks good.

Thanks Gabriel, appreciate it.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Sweet dude. Glad to see you back again. :beer:

[Bernie Hipos]

Sweet dude. Glad to see you back again. :beer:

Thanks Jack! Goodluck to you.

[Brian Parker]

Nice grabs and locations. Looking forward to checking it out. Good Luck!!

[Bernie Hipos]

Thanks Champloo, looking forward to your film too. Cheers!

[Marlon Ladd]

SPOILERS:
This was a nice sentimental film, Bernie. I liked the story. I think the opening scene with the couple was pretty good. The film lines though made it seem as if it wasn't for real though. I think I know the look you were going for though - maybe like we were watching a 8 mm reel, but maybe you could have skipped a frame here and there to make it jumpy to really get that feel. Anyway, glad you're in the fest. and good luck.

[Bernie Hipos]

SPOILERS:
This was a nice sentimental film, Bernie. I liked the story. I think the opening scene with the couple was pretty good. The film lines though made it seem as if it wasn't for real though. I think I know the look you were going for though - maybe like we were watching a 8 mm reel, but maybe you could have skipped a frame here and there to make it jumpy to really get that feel. Anyway, glad you're in the fest. and good luck.

Hi Marlon thanks for that glad you liked it, yep you're absolutely correct, i was trying to get that 1940's and 60's look but I think it's a bit too much for that old film filter...

[stinkpot]

I love the irony! Great way to finish. The film lines not so much. Subtitles were cool.

:beer:

[Bernie Hipos]

I love the irony! Great way to finish. The film lines not so much. Subtitles were cool.

:beer:

Thanks man!

[alex whitmer]

Great to see something out of the Philippines. Nice place!

Lots to like here. Opening scene was nicely done. For me the lines added to the theme of the film, like it might have been in the old box along with the other memories.

I feel there should be some kind of hint that he had been killed. I had to piece that together by process of elimination. Nothing too contrived, but something.

I like the simplicity of the woman and her life, and then she whips out this gamma zapper gizmo. Nice juxtopostion. What's missing is her motivation for zapping the photo of the rosary in the first place, unless I missed something.

Tennis ball was a little 'after-thoughtish' and could have been better utilized, like something that was in the photo and is the first thing to get materialized, so you can better tie it to the history already in motion.

Lot of washout in the exterior shot.

At the end, the guy is walking along a little too happy-go-lucky to have a bullet in him. I'd have liked to see him limping to her.

Anyways, the story is certainly in theme, and enjoyed it. Not a fan of people talking to themselves - though I do use it as well. Somehow this felt like a better solution could have been found, or even no dialogue at all. The photos will tell enough.

Enjoyed it.

Alex

[Bernie Hipos]

Great to see something out of the Philippines. Great place!

Lots to like here. Opening scene was nicely done. For me the lines added to the theme of the film, and might have benn in the old box along with the other memories.

I feel there should be some kind of hint that he had been killed. I had to piece that together by process of elimination. Nothing too contrived, but something.

I like the simplicity of the woman and her life, and then she whips out this gamma zapper gizmo. Nice juxtopostion. What's missing is her motivation for zapping the photo of the rosary in the first blace, unless I missed something.

Tennis bass was a little 'after-thoughtish' and could have been better utilized, like something that was in the photo and is the first thing to get materialized, so you can better tie it to the history already in motion.

Lot of washout in the exterior shot.

At the end, the guy is walking along a little too happy-go-lucky to have a bullet in him. I'd have lied to see him limping to her.

Anyways, the story is certainly in theme, and enjoyed it. Not a fan of people talking to themselves - though I do use it as well. Somehow this felt like a better solution could have been found, or even no dialogue at all. The photos will tell enough.

Enjoyed it.

Alex

Hi Alex, thanks a lot for this great review...I really appreciate it and yes we were supposed to finish the film without any dialogue at all but it didn't happen... I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Cheers!

[ZazaCast]

Thanks for taking me on a ride in your Bizzaro World! Good job on the film Bernie. I liked the idea of the story, but didn't really understand where the zapper thingy came from? ..amd if everytime she 'zapped' something out of a picture and it appeared in the dresser in the other room...why didn't the guy appear there too? The story seemed to jump around and you lost me here & there. I did like the old film look though...gave me that 'Grindhouse' feel.

None of this kept me from enjoying the film...really good job and I'm looking forward to your third film!

[Bernie Hipos]

Thanks for taking me on a ride in your Bizzaro World! Good job on the film Bernie. I liked the idea of the story, but didn't really understand where the zapper thingy came from? ..amd if everytime she 'zapped' something out of a picture and it appeared in the dresser in the other room...why didn't the guy appear there too? The story seemed to jump around and you lost me here & there. I did like the old film look though...gave me that 'Grindhouse' feel.

None of this kept me from enjoying the film...really good job and I'm looking forward to your third film!

Hey Zaza thanks for your great review! Appreciate it. The girl was basically thinking of the other room because she's planning to clean it, so everytime she zaps something either the ball or the rosary, those items appear in the next room, as to the soldier, she said that she wants to see him by the sea/beach but she said it right after the guy/soldier disappeared from the picture.

[Brian Parker]

Nice job Bernie. Glad you made it into this fest. I really liked the old filter look, especially the one from the 60's. I think it worked for the piece.

It's kind of hard to keep a scene going for too long with only one person and not have some outer-inner dialogue...I've been there. You handled it fairly well but you want to try and be careful about expostion.

I think that there was a huge improvement in some of the technical areas from your last DVXUser Fest entry. Everything seemed to come together a lot better and I enjoyed the film. Kudos!

[Bernie Hipos]

Nice job Bernie. Glad you made it into this fest. I really liked the old filter look, especially the one from the 60's. I think it worked for the piece.

It's kind of hard to keep a scene going for too long with only one person and not have some outer-inner dialogue...I've been there. You handled it fairly well but you want to try and be careful about expostion.

I think that there was a huge improvement in some of the technical areas from your last DVXUser Fest entry. Everything seemed to come together a lot better and I enjoyed the film. Kudos!

Hi Champloo, wow! Thanks for this great review. I really appreciate it and good thing that you enjoyed the film. :beer:

[heccky]

hmmmmmmmmm

[hoz]

the film was good. the acting was good, not great, but not bad. the story... not sure it worked all that well, i didn't get why the hairdryer thing started to change things for the woman, why that day in particular? why at all? maybe the story would've worked better for me if i knew. i thought the rosary would figure more into the story. the ending was sort of predictable but that is okay.

music was good for the most part except for the beginning of the movie where the pace seemed to be slow and then boom, credits. there the pace change might've been better if it was a bit more gradual. maybe shift a couple of stills of the woman alone through the years while you overlay your credits?

credits... good to have them and you did a fine job with how they looked but they distracted me with the subtitles. too many credits up front.

outside shot ending... too blown out for my taste, but this might've been a look you were purposefully going for along with the context of the story so, take my opinion for what its worth on that...

otherwise, good work! i really liked the chances you took with the filtered looks of the different time periods, that was fun. different! oh, using another actor to talk with the woman in her apartment would've been cool too, ( hard to find another actor, i know! but that would've eliminated the need for her to speak to herself so much and would've given us some more drama with another person going ," what did you do?!? " and " you can't bring him back!!" that kind of thing!

thanks!

[Adam J McKay]

my thoughts.

I thought the grain was distracting. I think it would have looked better without it. I enjoyed the look that was underneath all the dust and scratches. I dont know if the music helped or not it seemed to jump around a lot.

I think it could be better if you had more time to extend the story, the ending seemed a bit rushed.

There is never enough time it seems.

I enjoyed the film overall and congratulate you for getting something done.

( something which I can't ever seem to do )

[galbach]

Looking forward to watching!

[Bernie Hipos]

Thanks for all your comments and review, this would really help me improve a lot.:dankk2:

[gabrielflorit]

I really liked the look of this, starting with b&w and vertical scratches, then sepia with blotches, I dug. Great locations and art design, her clothes looked totally out of the 50's.

I think this would have been a stronger entry if you got rid of the exposition in the middle act. There's no need for us to know what she's thinking - who speaks out loud like that? It would have been better if you didn't include any dialogue and just showed us what she did, and then show us a reaction shot of her face. Otherwise it comes across as totally contrived.

Great scene at the end, but dude if I ever find my buddy shot, the last thing I'll do is hug him. I'm off to call 911, you know?

[bosindy]

There is something charming about your film making that always makes it worthwhile. I also think there may be a cultural aspect to it that might be lost on an a western audience. I feel like you are a bit more confident since "Happy Endings" and I hope this will continue to the point where you won't feel the need to have a character explain what is happening to the audience. Keep at it and congrats on the film.

[Bernie Hipos]

Great scene at the end, but dude if I ever find my buddy shot, the last thing I'll do is hug him. I'm off to call 911, you know?

Hi Gabriel that was a great observation, although we don't have 911 in the Philippines...lol, and the emergency staff are gonna arrive late for sure. lol.:dankk2:


There is something charming about your film making that always makes it worthwhile. I also think there may be a cultural aspect to it that might be lost on an a western audience. I feel like you are a bit more confident since "Happy Endings" and I hope this will continue to the point where you won't feel the need to have a character explain what is happening to the audience. Keep at it and congrats on the film.

Thanks for this bosindy, appreciate it.

[Susanne G.]

I like the romantic side of your film. You gave the audience on a simple way with this atmosphere a positiv feeling - very refreshing. :) I agree with the comments before, it would be better to tell the story with acting instead of dialog.

Susanne

[Bernie Hipos]

I like the romantic side of your film. You gave the audience on a simple way with this atmosphere a positiv feeling - very refreshing. :) I agree with the comments before, it would be better to tell the story with acting instead of dialog.

Susanne

Thanks Susanne and you liked the film...this will really help me improve the next time I make another short. Thanks for watching!

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Very enticing movie. I really liked the choice of music as well, especially early on.

I think you've come a long way since last fest, that's really nice to see.
I liked her response at the end as well. Seemed appropriate.

Nice work and keep at it!

Mike

[Bernie Hipos]

Very enticing movie. I really liked the choice of music as well, especially early on.

I think you've come a long way since last fest, that's really nice to see.
I liked her response at the end as well. Seemed appropriate.

Nice work and keep at it!

Mike

Thanks Michael for this awesome comment and review. It's a nice feeling that someone appreciates what you do...thanks to dvxuser for this wonderful fest, I'm thankful and privileged that I'm a part of it and learned a lot from it too.:dankk2:

[Rodney V. Smith]

One of the first things that i noticed was the dialog. It's not a reflection of how real people talk at all and came across forced. Took me immediately out of the story.

Too much music. not enough silence.

dialog is too expository and the acting doesn't reveal. the VFX shots are way too weird.

You needed another actor. Someone for her to actually talk to. That was the weakest part of the story for me and would have been a better device rather than her talking to herself.

I liked the ending and the reactions of the character, but one thing that raised a question mark was this: the photo wouldn't have been taken while he was wounded!

You've improved a lot on the visual aspect of your storytelling since last fest, but need to work on the actual storytelling and building a solid story and script.

[pauly_the_hitman]

I enjoyed the story but the effects kind of took me out of it. I would have gone either high tech or super low tech on purpose and left it as a theme in the film kind of a character in the effects, sort of thing. I did like the passion of the characters and just wished there was more even if she had a pet to talk to or something. Overall I did like it though.
Pauly

[John LaBonney]

What I like about this film is that you take chances and experiment, which is something that you can do in short film. While many of us are out there trying for a "hollywood" look/story, you went your own direction and I have a lot of respect for that. Having said that, not all the choices that you made, especially the the music and titles/special effects weren't my cup of tea. The dust/scratches were a little overdone I thought. But an interesting little film overall.

[Bernie Hipos]

Wow, thanks guys for taking time to post your reviews for my film...I'm looking forward to the next fest and I would say that I learned a lot here and I'll definitely take note of all the comments. :dankk2: again!

[Ben Sliker]

Carrying on the tradition from Timefest, the AIM sessions have returned, a live stream of whatever may come out of our heads as we watch your films. Here are Ben Sliker and Brad Mate's thoughts on "The Closure."

9:44:44 PM Brad Mate: indeed
9:44:45 PM Brad Mate: brb
9:44:48 PM Ben Sliker: ok
9:47:50 PM Brad Mate: its your lucky day my friend
9:48:16 PM Brad Mate: i am now in possession of two, count'em, two guitar hero cereal prizes
9:49:59 PM Ben Sliker: BOOYAH
9:50:03 PM Ben Sliker: I WANTS!
9:50:11 PM Brad Mate: you gets
9:50:19 PM Ben Sliker: what cereal are you eating?
9:50:21 PM Brad Mate: i'll tell you if you drive me to the airport when i want
9:50:41 PM Brad Mate: raisin bran
9:51:02 PM Ben Sliker: you sound like the PC guy ... "now you have to pay me cause you took a bite"
9:51:05 PM Brad Mate: actualy im eating cheerios right now, but got the prizes from a raisin bran box
9:51:23 PM Ben Sliker: well, thanks for the clarification
9:51:26 PM Brad Mate: IM AN ENIGMA
9:52:04 PM Ben Sliker: ok, the closure
9:52:32 PM Ben Sliker: ready?
9:52:33 PM Brad Mate: soo tiny
9:52:41 PM Ben Sliker: yeah ,.,, they'll never learn ..
9:52:47 PM Brad Mate: go
9:52:55 PM Ben Sliker: 3
9:52:55 PM Ben Sliker: 2
9:52:56 PM Ben Sliker: 1
9:52:57 PM Ben Sliker: go
9:53:27 PM Ben Sliker: YAY! MATCH MOVE TEXT!
9:53:32 PM Brad Mate: lol
9:53:47 PM Brad Mate: if you are goign for a certain time period....the text doesnt really fit...
9:53:55 PM Ben Sliker: i wonder what the motivation behind the "old film" look
9:54:19 PM Ben Sliker: WTF TEXT
9:54:39 PM Ben Sliker: they upgraded that old film cam to color
9:54:54 PM Brad Mate: hey kids, lets play with filters!
9:55:04 PM Ben Sliker: 2:00 of credits ...
9:55:12 PM Ben Sliker: essentially
9:55:18 PM Ben Sliker: think this guy is dead?
9:55:24 PM Brad Mate: ....
9:55:24 PM Ben Sliker: WTF?
9:55:28 PM Ben Sliker: LASERS!
9:55:31 PM Ben Sliker: ROBOTS!
9:55:44 PM Brad Mate: this movie just got exponentially better with teh inclusion of lasers
9:56:02 PM Ben Sliker: she zapped him with the laser ... now he's audi 5000
9:56:06 PM Brad Mate: im waiting for shaft to burst through the door
9:56:22 PM Brad Mate: WIPE
9:56:45 PM Ben Sliker: i wish he'd give me a clean copy of this to put my own subtitles in, that would be fun. like those hitler videos on youtube.
9:56:59 PM Brad Mate: lol.
9:57:00 PM Ben Sliker: these effects are stock from Apple's Motion...
9:57:11 PM Ben Sliker: i've seen them before
9:57:23 PM Brad Mate: DRAMATIC MUSIC
9:57:33 PM Ben Sliker: WHAT IN THE HOLY HELL IS GOING ON HERE
9:58:01 PM Brad Mate: is there a reason other than "we have these two filters" for the two time periods? like it took her 20 years to figure out that she has a laser in her house?
9:58:03 PM Brad Mate: wtf is goign on
9:58:07 PM Brad Mate: its like im taking crazy pills
9:58:33 PM Brad Mate: the music is a bit ridiculous as well
9:58:44 PM Ben Sliker: apparently he's in NAM
9:59:02 PM Brad Mate: KL;HGAKL;HDFG
9:59:03 PM Brad Mate: ASDFKHAS
9:59:03 PM Brad Mate: KLGHA
9:59:03 PM Brad Mate: KJA;
9:59:03 PM Brad Mate: HJA
9:59:03 PM Brad Mate: KHGHA
9:59:04 PM Ben Sliker: HE GOT SHOT IN NAM
9:59:04 PM Brad Mate: K
9:59:11 PM Brad Mate: IT WASNT NAM
10:00:05 PM Ben Sliker: i don't even think eisenstein could understand what just happened here.
10:00:25 PM Ben Sliker: BOOM I JUST WENT RUSSIAN FILM HISTORY ON YOU.
10:00:53 PM Ben Sliker: technically soviet ... but i think sergei was making films before they took over ...
10:00:56 PM Brad Mate: WHERE THE F*CK DID THE LASER COME FROM?!?!
10:01:26 PM Ben Sliker: lasers were apparently all the range in 1965 Manila
10:01:28 PM Brad Mate: if they wanted to do soemthing cool with the filters and be really inventive she should have brought him back and he would be in the class b&w filter
10:02:14 PM Ben Sliker: he apparently just got Motion 3 and wanted to try out every filter/particale emitter/tracker in it.
10:02:18 PM Brad Mate: as opposed to teh new b&w filter of course....
10:02:57 PM Brad Mate: like citizen kane black and white, not clerks black and white
10:03:10 PM Ben Sliker: we'll have to explain to them that you had a seizure on your keyboard up there.
10:03:28 PM Ben Sliker: but i guess i just did.
10:03:36 PM Brad Mate: i thought if i bashed my head against the keyboard enough the movie would make more sense to me.
10:03:46 PM Ben Sliker: ZING!
10:03:59 PM Ben Sliker: dude it's a foreign film
10:04:11 PM Ben Sliker: of course it's not going to make sense to us silly americans
10:04:33 PM Ben Sliker: we're un-ed-u-ma-cated.
10:04:42 PM Brad Mate: can we move on...
10:04:52 PM Ben Sliker: we can't talk about lasers anymore?
10:05:24 PM Brad Mate: no
10:05:33 PM Brad Mate: not in regards to this film at any rate
10:05:38 PM Ben Sliker: lol

Bernie, I gotta tell ya, this movie is bat sh*t crazy. I sifted through some of the rest of the reviews so i won't be the repeater, but there's a few suggestions I'd like to make for you. First is fundamentals of story and dialogue, feel free to show your audience what you want to say instead of explaining it to them through dialogue. And on the flip side ... if there is crazy stuff like lasers ... we need some backstory. :) And secondly, I want your next film to not have any filters, just practice with your color correcting (whatever program that may be) Make your images interesting and then add the filter, not the other way around. Keep working at it man, I like the improvements I am seeing.

Later! Cheers! :beer:

[Bernie Hipos]

hahaha...thanks for this, ben...lol

[Horncastle]

Bernie, your film-making has improved since Lovefest. That said, you still have some basics you need to grasp: telling a story with action and visuals instead of monologue, avoiding abrupt changes in score with cuts in the editing, etc. I find you have a rather naive or innocent approach that is rather refreshing and could translate into an original style of your own if you can get better story-telling and technical skills. Keep at it and it will come. :)
Jason

[Dick Campbell]

didn't understand why the date jump (1944-1965) had to be, when you didn't age the actress. the music didn't fit and was distracting, as were the over exposed exteriors. while I didn't buy the weird time shift stuff, I thought the romantic side of the story was nice.

[King Cole]

This concept is very appealing and nice to see that someone tackled it. I'd be echoing most of the other comments to go much further, but the biggest thing about this for me was you told rather than let the audience discover. If you show me the elements of backstory rather than including them as dialogue, I'll remain much more engaged. Thanks for sharing your entry with us.

JC

[Noel Evans]

I really thought this story has a great deal of potential. To me it shows someone who is really thinking about the fest rules and bringing something original to the table.

Seriously, I would consider a re do and get a writer involved to iron out the areas people are commenting on. This could be a great story.

[Bernie Hipos]

Thanks guys for taking time to watch my film, I really appreciate it. Your comments are really important, they'll make me a better filmmaker for sure. Thanks again. Cheers!

[jojopop]

Hey man, I had fun watching this one. I really like the crazy ray gun -- it fits the world you created well. To me this flick was a throwback to a lot of older Asian films... I had a friend who showed me some crazy ass Filipino movies and I remember seeing some older Indonesian films (mostly horror)... and yours evoked the same feeling as a lot of those. Kind of a melodramatic sci-fi special effects mix that tries to pull at your heart strings.

So for that, I thank you. Trip down memory lane for me!

[Bryce A]

I really thought this story has a great deal of potential. To me it shows someone who is really thinking about the fest rules and bringing something original to the table.

Seriously, I would consider a re do and get a writer involved to iron out the areas people are commenting on. This could be a great story.


Hey man, I had fun watching this one. I really like the crazy ray gun -- it fits the world you created well. To me this flick was a throwback to a lot of older Asian films... I had a friend who showed me some crazy ass Filipino movies and I remember seeing some older Indonesian films (mostly horror)... and yours evoked the same feeling as a lot of those. Kind of a melodramatic sci-fi special effects mix that tries to pull at your heart strings.

So for that, I thank you. Trip down memory lane for me!

Noel and Jojopop make two really good points. The potential of the story and the kooky fun of the world you created. I had fun watching the flick. It had it's problems, but like jojopop said it really fit into that crazy throwback world. I enjoyed the different time periods and the visual elements that differentiated them. the laser was as awesome as it was ridiculous and the music was SO perfect.

Like Noel suggested, the writing could have been a lot smoother. But, hey, it worked for me. Here at dvxuser, you have your very own genre, Bernie. Keep it up! :beer:

[SparkyZa]

wow, good idea for a story. very twilighty. the acting was good too.

[Bernie Hipos]

wow, good idea for a story. very twilighty. the acting was good too.

Hi Sparkyza thanks a lot and to all those who watched my film, maraming salamat! (thank you!). Cheers!