- RECURRENCE - a MAH Film

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Had a location fall into my lap and figured I would try to make this happen. Fingers crossed I get it finished in time.

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Thanks to Matt Harris for the last minute poster!


Shot with the T2i. Stock lens and 50mm. Nothing fancy.

Crew: Me
Score: Justin R. Durban

A few grabs...

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BTS, Poster and jazz coming later.

MAH

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

BTS


http://www.morecowbellpictures.com/Movies/BTS_sml.mov

Damn. It was cold.
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[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Last one. Reserved for jazz....

[Chris Messineo]

Those locations and images look fantastic. I really hope you finish it.

[AJ Brooks]

Awesome! Best luck getting it all done before the deadline.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

You are just the man for locations. Makes me sick! lol, I have the hardest f'ing time getting cool places.

Glad to see you back, the fest just got that much more interesting :-)

[Hawk Teflon]

Nice! Can't wait!

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks, guys. It's in the can but I have a s**t load of editing to do.
It was also very run and gun at times, as you can imagine.

Just me and the actor(s), that's it.

Shawn, I wasn't even looking for a location. I just met a guy who said "I know this place that would be cool for a movie."

Crazy.

Thanks, guys.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

BTS posted.

http://www.morecowbellpictures.com/Movies/BTS_sml.mov

I just walked the camera around the 'set' a little.
Looks like crap but you get the idea of the environment I was dealing with.

One word: Brrrrrrrrr

[Chris Messineo]

That location is awesome! I can see why you jump at the chance to film there. Ice inside might not be pleasant to film in, but I'm sure it will look great!

[Charli]

That looks like my old high school - lol, kidding. Actually, I do remember kids throwing rocks at the old elementary school up the block, so actually not kidding.

I saw those icicles and I'm thinking - move out the way, MAH!!! Geez, freakin' cold in there buddy. Let's make it hard for the actors, really make 'em work for that demo reel! Nice set, btw. Good luck!

[Marlon Ladd]

This is gonna' be SWEET!!

[ZazaCast]

I have a feeling this is going to be a good one...some of the best things happen by accident.
Killer location + super talented filmmaker = great film.
Really looking forward to this one Mike!

[ashpatel]

Nice BTS, Mike. How did you come across that location? Definitely looks like you can do a lot of nice shots in there.

[Matt Harris]

Need a poster? :)

by the way, see how your grabs are small on screen? what's up with that? same thing happens to me. i upload large grabs and then they end up looking small on the thread?

[ZazaCast]

^ just click on them for a bigger version.

[Matt Harris]

Doh! never realized that. Thanks.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks everyone.


Nice BTS, Mike. How did you come across that location? Definitely looks like you can do a lot of nice shots in there.Pure luck. Came up in conversation just as I was leaving. I ran over right after to have a look. :)
I just wish it had happened sooner.



Need a poster? :)


Yes, please.

[Edgen]

Good luck maing! :)

[Mr Blue]

by the way, see how your grabs are small on screen? what's up with that? same thing happens to me. i upload large grabs and then they end up looking small on the thread?

Select the "Go Advanced" button for the post instead of "Post Quic Reply".

When you upload the photo hover over it till you see the pencil in the top left corner.

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click it and a box pops up. Select the desired size.

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Click save and good to go.

[Chris Messineo]

I'm psyched you got it finished in time.

[Matt Harris]

Thanks Mr Blue, your new to this site and have already figured out more than me, thanks for the heads up on that.

[Matt Harris]

Lookin' good Mike! Congrats on another fest under your belt. You're a true vet.

[AJ Brooks]

Love your location!

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I'm psyched you got it finished in time.Thanks. Me too!


Lookin' good Mike! Congrats on another fest under your belt. You're a true vet.As are you. In fact, you've been doing this longer than me. Old timer. :)


Love your location!Ditto! I think you have a vastly superior location. Looking forward to seeing it.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Good luck maing! :)Thank you!
Justin came to my rescue with a great moody score. Thanks again.

[Noel Evans]

Got a location last minute and made it work very well for the story. Good job.

[Zim]

Nice job Mike.

[Hawk Teflon]

"Dude, you gotta check out Mike's stuff, man! Trust me!"

Marlon has told me that at LEAST 10 times. I'm glad I was finally able to. I love the way each of your shots look. Was this on the t2i?! It looks awesome, man!

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Yeah, T2i, stock lens and the cheap ($99.00) 50mm.

Thanks! Glad you liked it. It was hell shooting in that locoation. No control.

I'm off on holidays but I'll be checking back in later from the hotel!

Thanks, guys!

[Chris Messineo]

"Dude, you gotta check out Mike's stuff, man! Trust me!"

No doubt! I've been a fan of Mike's stuff for a long time. He always seems to be working "run and gun" and yet he always get's the most out of his gear, his actors, and his locations.

As for "Recurrence", I really liked it a lot. The mood and atmosphere you create is amazing. The location, as we discussed before, is awesome, but the way you shoot, the way you frame your shots and move through the space (with a purpose) is what makes it all so effective.

I love Justin's score here and what I love even more is the sound work. Did you do that? I was listening to this with my headphones on and it was phenomenal. I especially dug the way you use "Auld Lang Syne" and the way the volume and echo kept changing based on our location in the world. It was some of the best sound work I have ever heard in a short!

Your actor also had a great presence. Between his performance and your direction, the tension was palpable. However, I'm not sure I fully understand the ending and what he was after and what has happened to him? There are many hints and I have guesses and maybe that's what you wanted, for us to try and put the puzzle pieces together for ourselves.

You craft is excellent and this is another great film you should be proud of.

[Chris_Keaton]

It has a great feel. And I more than most love a mystery, but this left me with too many questions. I liked the vibe and the performance, but what was going on? I need to know. If that was your goal you aced it.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

No doubt! I've been a fan of Mike's stuff for a long time. He always seems to be working "run and gun" and yet he always get's the most out of his gear, his actors, and his locations.

As for "Recurrence", I really liked it a lot. The mood and atmosphere you create is amazing. The location, as we discussed before, is awesome, but the way you shoot, the way you frame your shots and move through the space (with a purpose) is what makes it all so effective.

I love Justin's score here and what I love even more is the sound work. Did you do that? I was listening to this with my headphones on and it was phenomenal. I especially dug the way you use "Auld Lang Syne" and the way the volume and echo kept changing based on our location in the world. It was some of the best sound work I have ever heard in a short!

Your actor also had a great presence. Between his performance and your direction, the tension was palpable. However, I'm not sure I fully understand the ending and what he was after and what has happened to him? There are many hints and I have guesses and maybe that's what you wanted, for us to try and put the puzzle pieces together for ourselves.

You craft is excellent and this is another great film you should be proud of.

Thanks, Chris.

Yeah, I did all the sound design. Took some work. :)
Glad you used headphones. :). And yeah, Justin added some great atmosphere to it.

As for the story, it's up to you. The basics are there and I think you got exactly what I wanted you to. It's pretty obvious what happened to him. The how and why is up for grabs.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

It has a great feel. And I more than most love a mystery, but this left me with too many questions. I liked the vibe and the performance, but what was going on? I need to know. If that was your goal you aced it.

Love it! Thanks, Keaton. You made my day. :)

I'm at the hotel now. Going to try and play catch-up tonight.

[Hawk Teflon]

Taking a second look, I'm very impressed with how clean you get everything looking. I didn't see any grain / noise. When I was shooting Jenny, I had noise at ISO 400 (shutter 50, f2.0). It was killing me.

[lyonfilms]

Loved the location. Sound design rocked. Performance was just fine. I do need to re-watch and maybe noodle it a bit more. I am dense.

[Richard J. Johnson]

Great job as usual. Loved the location!

[Matt Harris]

Dude you know i love this short, but i'm seeing the final final version and its stellar. Great color correction, it adds so much.
I really feel like i'm watching the intro to a real movie when i watch this. it's very mature filmmaking. I think the best compliment i can give you is,
i'm on the edge of my seat when i watch it. you have a real knack for building tension through shot usage and sound design. great score by justin as usual, it adds a lot. congrats on another success.

[djbobbyrhodes]

The Good:
Dude, awesome work. The sound was amazing. Really polished, top notch stuff. The shot design and the location was awesome as well. Real tension, the kind of stuff that is missing from shorts, but you've got it in spades.

The Bad:
There were inklings of a story, but nothing really happened. I was really engrossed for all but the last bit of the film. Yeah, I know what happened (presumably) but I feel like how it went down was a cop-out. I understand the limitations that you had going into this thing that was kind of haphazard to begin with. But I felt cheated in the end. I really wish there was more to it.

This feels like a cold-open to Criminal Minds or CSI or maybe even a Hollywood feature. That's respectable in and of itself. I just wish that there was some payoff in the end. Maybe it's just the sickest camera test in the world. :grin:

Good stuff though, I need to get my skills on your level for sure.

[EditPhish]

My criticisms: Everything was really strong in your film, so I'd have to be nit-picking to come up with faults. There was one shot that confused me... the shot towards the end where it's a closeup of a box (?) and the christmas tree... I wasn't sure what it meant/represented or was.

My compliments: It looked fantastic, and for that location to fall in your lap... amazing! What a great location.
When he walks into the final room with the music playing, it was very "Fallout" - which I liked a lot. There's something about music playing through an old radio that creates nostalgia and memory immediately. The overall score was a perfect fit as well. Lighting was great.
Your actor did a great job.
The whole thing came together really well and was a terrific short film. In our little viewing party, it was definitely one of the favorites. We all gave it a big thumbs up.

[Blaine]

This was very MAH-ish. It definitely had your look and feel. In the beginning it felt like a sequel to one you had done before, but of course it wasn't. I guess that was my overall reaction to it...it felt like something you had done before. You did all the right things and hit all the right notes, though.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks for all the great compliments and critiques everyone, I really appreciate it.

I'm in a hotel and my daughter is sick so I'll be brief. Just wanted to touch on this.


My criticisms: Everything was really strong in your film, so I'd have to be nit-picking to come up with faults. There was one shot that confused me... the shot towards the end where it's a closeup of a box (?) and the christmas tree... I wasn't sure what it meant/represented or was.

The ornament was pertaining to his situation. The chain link fencing on it like a cage. Trapped in a box if you will, in limbo really. :)

Glad everyone at your viewing loved it, that means a lot.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Loved the location. Sound design rocked. Performance was just fine. I do need to re-watch and maybe noodle it a bit more. I am dense.There's not much to get. The scrapbook at the end tells you all you need to know. The rest is up to you.


Great job as usual. Loved the location!Thanks!


Dude you know i love this short, but i'm seeing the final final version and its stellar. Great color correction, it adds so much.
I really feel like i'm watching the intro to a real movie when i watch this. it's very mature filmmaking. I think the best compliment i can give you is,
i'm on the edge of my seat when i watch it. you have a real knack for building tension through shot usage and sound design. great score by justin as usual, it adds a lot. congrats on another success.Thanks, Matt. Wouldn't have finished this without you pushing me along. Thx again!


The Good:
Dude, awesome work. The sound was amazing. Really polished, top notch stuff. The shot design and the location was awesome as well. Real tension, the kind of stuff that is missing from shorts, but you've got it in spades.

The Bad:
There were inklings of a story, but nothing really happened. I was really engrossed for all but the last bit of the film. Yeah, I know what happened (presumably) but I feel like how it went down was a cop-out. I understand the limitations that you had going into this thing that was kind of haphazard to begin with. But I felt cheated in the end. I really wish there was more to it.

This feels like a cold-open to Criminal Minds or CSI or maybe even a Hollywood feature. That's respectable in and of itself. I just wish that there was some payoff in the end. Maybe it's just the sickest camera test in the world. :grin:

Good stuff though, I need to get my skills on your level for sure.When the bad includes comparisons to Hollywood features... I'll take it. :D. Thx
Great review.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

My compliments: It looked fantastic, and for that location to fall in your lap... amazing! What a great location.
When he walks into the final room with the music playing, it was very "Fallout" - which I liked a lot. There's something about music playing through an old radio that creates nostalgia and memory immediately. The overall score was a perfect fit as well. Lighting was great.
Your actor did a great job.
The whole thing came together really well and was a terrific short film. In our little viewing party, it was definitely one of the favorites. We all gave it a big thumbs up.Answered your other question above. Thx again. Love the Fallout reference. :)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Michael!!

You have definitely arrived at a place where it is just impossible for you to turn out anything less than a very professional piece :-). Congrats!

Good acting, great atmosphere!

What didn't work for me was no real narrative to speak of until something at the end. He's walking around a bitchin location and I had no emotional investment in anything. I don't know who he is or what he's looking for and haven't been given the slightest reason to wonder or any clues to guess. He could be the good cop or a child predator. It's like you fell in love with the location and just wanted to shoot that. Which I've done too, it's an easy allure.

Your professionalism is constantly rising every short. Just help me get involved and care about what's going on and I'll be there every minute.

PS Awesome set design and dressing.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

and awesome sound design!

[Charli]

I don't think this was one of your better films, MAH. I wasn't sure where it was going, felt "zombish" to me, or maybe "alienish" whatever you stated was left to the imagination. I don't think this had the MAH film quality we're used to. It just left me, eh, which isn't what I expect from ya. So, well, there it is.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks, Blaine, Shawn and Charlie. I appreciate the feedback.

A little info on the shoot.

Just me and the actor, zero crew. What else is new. We wouldn't allow anyone else as it was far too dangerous.
Sound design is 100% foley, right down to the gum chewing.
It was my first time directing a solo actor with no one else to play off, so I had him play off against the location. It was the other actor in a sense.

That made this a very new experience for me and a complete opposite of my last entry, just two actors in an empty room.

And Charlie, at least I used the scrapbook (prop) as more than just a part of the backdrop. That should make you happy. Lol! :)

Thanks again.

[Charli]

Funny you should mention that MAH. I watched this with hubby and said "See! He's using the book as part of the story." So yeah, I noticed. I understand it was a difficult shoot. I thought you were crazy to shoot there. But you got a film out with what you could. Understood.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Funny you should mention that MAH. I watched this with hubby and said "See! He's using the book as part of the story." So yeah, I noticed. I understand it was a difficult shoot. I thought you were crazy to shoot there. But you got a film out with what you could. Understood.I actually almost gave up on this location. We could only shoot for very short periods and couldn't really do what I first intended. Matt Harris pushed me to go back and get the shots I needed to get it done. :)

In the end I like how it turned out. Anyone who says that they can't make a movie because they have no help isn't trying hard enough. Yeah, it's rough. But as Zaza and a few others have shown, it can be done. Get out there and shoot!

[Mr Blue]

To start with I loved the location (not sure if anyone has complemented you on it yet). I liked the lighting and composition. The tension was definitely there and was helped along with the sound design. As someone mentioned the music on the Radio gave it a nostalgic feel, it definitely was a very good touch. As with a lot of other comments on here the ending was kind of a let down. I get the premise of it, but you did such an amazing job at building up the suspense that I was waiting for the felling of "Damn, I sure am glad I am not in your shoes" and instead I was more like "Oh, that must suck". Other than that I really liked it great job on everything, and even more points after finding out you did that all on your own.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks, Mr. Blue.


I was more like "Oh, that must suck". Other than that I really liked it great job on everything, and even more points after finding out you did that all on your own.Perfect. That's exactly how the ending should have felt. :)

Thanks again.

[ZazaCast]

NICE... great job on this one! I really love the new edit and think you totally nailed it.
Thanks.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

NICE... great job on this one! I really love the new edit and think you totally nailed it.
Thanks.Thanks, Zaza. That means a lot.
Going to try and nail down a few more reviews today. Yours included. :)

Cheers!

[Marlon Ladd]

Another great one, Mike. Your location was off-the-charts and you built suspense like nobody's business. I always like your shooting style too. You're able to tell your story with your cinematography in ways that are clever and intriguing. As filmmakers we can always go to the wide, MCU, CU and all that jazz, but you knowing all the basics seem to shy away from the norm and still manage to give style, professionalism and polish. Yeah, there could have been a little more punch at the end, but this is still an excellent piece. I've seen almost all of the films and yours stands apart - again. LOL!

I don't know if you mentioned this or not, but I know how much foley you had to do and sound design and it came out great. As filmmakers sometimes we don't pay enough attention to detail when it comes to sound. Sound is underrated and so important. As a viewer there are certain things you expect to hear and certain things you expect to sound a certain way. If it doesn't it can totally take away from what you were trying to get across to the viewer. So, great work on this all around.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Another great one, Mike. Your location was off-the-charts and you built suspense like nobody's business. I always like your shooting style too. You're able to tell your story with your cinematography in ways that are clever and intriguing. As filmmakers we can always go to the wide, MCU, CU and all that jazz, but you knowing all the basics seem to shy away from the norm and still manage to give style, professionalism and polish. Yeah, there could have been a little more punch at the end, but this is still an excellent piece. I've seen almost all of the films and yours stands apart - again. LOL!Wow! Thanks, Marlon. Very high praise.




I don't know if you mentioned this or not, but I know how much foley you had to do and sound design and it came out great. As filmmakers sometimes we don't pay enough attention to detail when it comes to sound. Sound is underrated and so important. As a viewer there are certain things you expect to hear and certain things you expect to sound a certain way. If it doesn't it can totally take away from what you were trying to get across to the viewer. So, great work on this all around.
I really appreciate that. It was a lot of hard work adding the gum chewing, leather jacket, footsteps, breathing, crunchy footsteps, etc....
Not to mention all the other sounds and noises.

It's 99.9% foley. Minus two single soounds from the camera mic mixed in with all the foley work.

Anyone care to guess what those two sounds are? :)

Thanks again, Marlon.

[Gord.T]

Wow Mike. Not sure what that was but I think I just shit my pants.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Lol! Good stuff, Gord. :)

Glad I could creep you out a bit.

[4100xpb]

Mad props for using Auld Lang Syne - you often have some cool old song in your entries, it's great. And it irks me you can grab your gear on a whim and put something together better than me with my months of prep work and planning:D My main issue here is the film started to drag. While you did a great job of keeping the tension high and varying shots to keep it interesting, nothing really changes over the first 3:30 – we’re just following some dude around in a creepy environment. That said, he seems like an interesting dude - I’d just like to see him struggle more. Overall, great job capturing the mood and tension.

[dre83]

Soundwise it's very good.

The foley is verry well done. And the 2 things from camera mic. It's those around 1:21, the glass falling (I think...)
and when he drops the torch on the table, 04:07 ?

Maybe the footsteps are sometimes a little to close... So some small reverb to give some distance could be nice maybe ?
But that's more a personal thing I think... Some people like carrots, others like pieces...

It's good you've done breathings also... Sometimes people think "they don't have dialogue... so the sound is not important".
But some "stupid" breathings, small "human" sounds....can do a lot. So that's very good you thought of that also

Also lightwise it's very good and imagewise also.

Only the story.... I don't get 100%

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks, Mark. Mood and tension was what I was going for.

Dre83, I think I passed your sound test! :)
I'm thrilled about that. And yeah, you nailed the sounds. I forgot to add, the falling glass on the stairs was also mixed with the camera mic capture.

Thanks, guys!

[Matt Harris]

The sound design was STRONG. Good work Mike, you may have a side career there. :)

[dre83]

there are some tricks to know if it's sound from a cam mic or boom mic in the room or if it's Foley....

if the Foley sounds are adapted to the room and other sounds from that room which are direct sounds...it's more difficult to point them.

But here the foley sounds are more "dry", less reverb sounding then the original used sounds.

And also the logical thinking: the footsteps were Foley already, the breathing also... and I don't think you had a trained mouse that ran into the pipelines ? :-p
So few things are kept over. Touching the frame...could be, but it was not 100% in sync...

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Ah, so I shouldn't have given you so many hints. :)

[Matt Harris]

I usually set up a few auxillary effect channels and then choose reverbs that suit the room's ambience. Then i route the foley into that aux channel.
That way the foley becomes more subtle and blends in better. I'm not talking about this film, just saying that's a technique that helps make the foley cohesive.

[dre83]

Ah, so I shouldn't have given you so many hints. :)

Well, the fact that I do sound...also has to do something with it...

Ask someone, a farmer or so...if he notices something :-p

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Well, the fact that I do sound...also has to do something with it...

Ask someone, a farmer or so...if he notices something :-p

Lol! Good point.

[Hitaish]

I loved the the suspense of the film and the setting of the abandoned TV station. The music, especially Auld Lang Syne, was excellent and the overall development of the story without any dialogue is very powerful. I just wished that the news article shot was longer to allow the audience to read more of it as it contained a lot of important content related about the story. Other than that, this is one of my favorite films in the contest. :)

I am still wondering about the final scene as the door slams and what that means...

[Susanne G.]

Hi Mike,

your film took my attention the whole time. The location and acting was great. The production quality as well. The only thing - I didn't really get the story - sorry!

Susanne

[Horncastle]

Good work as usual Mike - lots of tension without much happening, something you have got pretty good at: I'm not exactly sure what was going on, but I think that was maybe your intention. It has a little bit of a Twilighty feel, maybe. The newspaper cutting... not giving us a long look at it, I think maybe that's intentional too, to keep the audience guessing - you feel there's meaning there but it's elusive, just beyond your reach. The sound seemed fine to me - I'll have to listen again with my headphones to see if I can spot anything wrong :evil:.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I loved the the suspense of the film and the setting of the abandoned TV station. The music, especially Auld Lang Syne, was excellent and the overall development of the story without any dialogue is very powerful. I just wished that the news article shot was longer to allow the audience to read more of it as it contained a lot of important content related about the story. Other than that, this is one of my favorite films in the contest. :)

I am still wondering about the final scene as the door slams and what that means...

Wow! Thanks so much.

Yeah, the clipping is a full article with plenty of details about what happened and who he is but I just shared a glance. :)

The door closing is up to you. Personally, to me, it represents that he's trapped. As does the present with chain link fencing. Forever in limbo.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Hi Mike,

your film took my attention the whole time. The location and acting was great. The production quality as well. The only thing - I didn't really get the story - sorry!

SusanneThere is story but it really is up to you to interpret what you can based on what's given. Lots of blanks to fill in.


Good work as usual Mike - lots of tension without much happening, something you have got pretty good at: I'm not exactly sure what was going on, but I think that was maybe your intention. It has a little bit of a Twilighty feel, maybe. The newspaper cutting... not giving us a long look at it, I think maybe that's intentional too, to keep the audience guessing - you feel there's meaning there but it's elusive, just beyond your reach. The sound seemed fine to me - I'll have to listen again with my headphones to see if I can spot anything wrong :evil:.You nailed it as usual. I could show you the full article but that wouldn't be much fun now would it. :)

I enjoy it when people put a little of their own imagination into it. After such a detailed story last fest (At Last) I wanted to step back and create something moody and possibly captivating. It's tough to make a guy walking around a building interesting.

No go throw on those headphones! LOL! :)

[totitefilms]

Cool short for a small crew. Good job!

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Cool short for a small crew. Good job!Why thank you.
There was no crew, just me. So I'll take that praise and hog it all for myself. :happy:

[dre83]

Now you have to give a drink....for all members :-p

[MrFluffy]

This was well produced but IMO relied too much on the newspaper clipping. We could get it from the title of the clipping but it wasn't sold by the rest of the film.

The camera work was excellent.

Well done.

[Anthony Todaro]

You're singing my song with this one, Mike. My only squeak is you made me wait too long for the goods. The jumps didn't scare me at all. However, that photo album and x-mas ornament, scared the schit out of me. So there you have it. I felt like he was seeing something that already happened. But I don't want to know. Not knowing is something I excel at. The production was solid. Sound was creepy and clean. Some interesting shots and you opened this one up which I really enjoyed. I think those jumps would have worked better of you lead them with a patch of quiet. That's a nit pick. Thumbs way up, this is my kinda short.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

You're singing my song with this one, Mike. My only squeak is you made me wait too long for the goods. The jumps didn't scare me at all. However, that photo album and x-mas ornament, scared the schit out of me. So there you have it. I felt like he was seeing something that already happened. But I don't want to know. Not knowing is something I excel at. The production was solid. Sound was creepy and clean. Some interesting shots and you opened this one up which I really enjoyed. I think those jumps would have worked better of you lead them with a patch of quiet. That's a nit pick. Thumbs way up, this is my kinda short.

I really appreciate that. I agree completely. And yeah, that last room is my favorite. :)

Glad you got into it. Thanks again. You made my day.

[Marlon Ladd]

This one should have made the finals for sure. Your level of professionalism was top-notch. The sound design and cinematography was very good and most of the films IMO struggled a bit with these. Especially sound design.

[Darkline]

Hey Mike,

I can certainly relate to finding a wicked derelict location and getting the best out of it with no lights and no crew, so I'm on the same page as you here :-)

As some have pointed out it did feel like a showcase for the building in the first few minutes, but I got into it more as the piece went on. I loved the shot of the glass hitting the floor behind him. Loved the use of the sound echoing in different rooms, but I'm bound to say that as I did the same with my music box. It's such an 80's horror homage. lol.

I get from the title that he's caught in a cycle or loop, but any more than that, or what happened to him... I was in the dark. I also get from the feedback here that's all you wanted the audience know, so I'll say no more.

It felt to me like you found the location and then made a short to fit around it, rather than writing a script and finding a location to suit it. But that's my only caveat. It's a moody, well shot, well executed piece.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I get from the title that he's caught in a cycle or loop, but any more than that, or what happened to him... I was in the dark. I also get from the feedback here that's all you wanted the audience know, so I'll say no more.

It felt to me like you found the location and then made a short to fit around it, rather than writing a script and finding a location to suit it. But that's my only caveat. It's a moody, well shot, well executed piece.That's exactly right. The script we started with got tossed and I had to scramble in the end to really get anything cohesive at all. So in the end it's exactly as you said.

Thanks for dropping by.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

This one should have made the finals for sure. Your level of professionalism was top-notch. The sound design and cinematography was very good and most of the films IMO struggled a bit with these. Especially sound design.No worries. Thanks, Marlon. :)