Reviews & Congratulations.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Well, I finished yesterday. :2vrolijk_08:


Watched and commented on every entry. I think I may have missed one or two exhibition entries. If so, I'll get to those today.
If you have an entry and for some reason I missed it... please post here and I'll be sure to give you some feedback. I think I got them all though.

Pretty good fest all around and it was nice to see some improvement from many of the regulars.
If I had to pick out a 'most improved' I would have to say that Marlon knocked it out of the park with the Jones'.

Nice job to everyone who got off their collected asses and made this happen. That includes filmmakers, mods, admins, etc...

Cheers,

MAH

[EditPhish]

Thanks for your feedback Michael, JTyner and I both appreciate it very much!

[Marlon Ladd]

If I had to pick out a 'most improved' I would have to say that Marlon knocked it out of the park with the Jones'.

Nice job to everyone who got off their collected asses and made this happen. That includes filmmakers, mods, admins, etc...

Cheers,

MAH

Thanks, Mike. You importance to this community is definitely understated.

[mobiledeli]

yeah, thank you for all your feedback! it's great that you took the time to comment on every entry.

[Rodney V. Smith]

Damn. I'm still working down my list. Good job there Mike. Your comments are always insightful and welcomed.

[hotcocoaproductions]

Wanna take a look at ZOMBIE: The Movie and give it a review on this thread? It's one of the exhibition films and it's discuss link is broken. Just keep it in mind that it's our first movie.

[Rodney V. Smith]

Zombie doesn't have a thread.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Wanna take a look at ZOMBIE: The Movie and give it a review on this thread? It's one of the exhibition films and it's discuss link is broken. Just keep it in mind that it's our first movie.Do you want me to review it here? You should probably make a thread.

[lordambrai]

Thanks for the feedback without destroying my film! =) I have yet to actually finish the whole listing of films, made it halfway through and got bogged down... by the time they finish the contest I'll probably just get to the last 1/3 of the films to see ><

And btw, loved the style of your film... loved... err, I'll put that in the correct thread.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks! I answered your question BTW.
Looking forward to seeing what you do next fest.

Cheers,

Mike

[Marlon Ladd]

I'd like to go on record and say that I think I've seen all the films and I've been impressed with what seems an overall improvement. There was maybe one film that I saw that was bad in terms of lighting, acting, directing and story, but other than that I've been impressed by alot of the films here. Usually there will be several that have lots of technical issues and basic fundamental filmmaker issues, but I didn't find that in this fest. There were alot of surprises. We must all be learning something and getting better!

[Barry_Green]

I will go on record with Marlon and say that I think this fest has definitely shown significant growth on the part of all the filmmakers entering. I think I rated more films higher in this fest than ever, and there were way, way, way fewer films that merited the lowest marks. Congrats to everyone for raising their game!

[Blaine]

I thought the good films were quite good and the bad ones weren't as bad as previous fests, so there was definitely growth there. A lot more of the films fell into the middle range which was also an improvement over past fests.

I'm not sure I saw a single film where the actors weren't age appropriate for their roles. In and of itself that shows a lot of growth from the filmmakers. And overall, the acting is getting much better. It looks like a lot more thought is going into casting than ever before.

[Jason Ramsey]

I would tend to agree with the sentiment that there was a larger middle pack this time around... There were films that I enjoyed for various different reasons this time. Some b/c of technical execution/production value, some b/c of creativity, some b/c of how they chose to embrace and interpret the theme... etc... There seems to be more films this time around that I was more forgiving of technical shortcomings b/c of other areas that I thought they did very well in.

Oh... and voting is now closed. we'll post the results in a moment and open up round 2 voting as well.

later,
jason

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I try to every fest, not everyone can though. Best thing about these festivals is getting some feedback.
I know I take a lot of it to heart and have learned quite a bit in the process.

Cheers,

Mike

[Marlon Ladd]

Best thing about these festivals is getting some feedback.
I know I take a lot of it to heart and have learned quite a bit in the process.

Cheers,

Mike

That makes 2 of us.