The Note: The short that won me a film festival

[VoodooXT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BYFg3P4Qo

Here is my (official) second short titled "The Note." I made it for the student film competition at the UC Davis Asian American Association Film Festival this year, and I ended up winning.

Enjoy. :D

[Zim]

for some reason I thought the girl was going to be a guy,,,,,

[naughtygeorge]

I liked it.

[tommysixtoes]

sweet and short. good work man

[VoodooXT]

for some reason I thought the girl was going to be a guy,,,,,

Ha, you're not the only one. A couple of people (including my dad) thought Rachelle was a dude. :crybaby:

[Ian Slessor]

Congrats on your win.

It was an amusing little short.

That "nerdy asian guy" was pretty lucky.

sincerely,


ian

[Northainan]

Short and nice,and to the point. I can see it won.

[Lake Films]

Cool, enjoyed it. Was happy for the asian guy!

[AdvanTech]

hahaha that was good. Congrats on the win!

[Kdawg]

You mean Most chicks dont dig guys that sit around playing computer games?? I've been working on the wrong skills!! GOSH!! I'm a Figgin Idiot!!

[PaPa]

Cool little story.

I liked the music you used, fun :)
But im afraid to say a few negative quailties, such as the actors. Not up to par, nor was the lighting. Im sure with a little bit of lighting, colour correction and maybe a bit of sound tweaking, you could have yourself a better piece.

Maybe edit it a little more, found myself asking why im still watching. So maybe a little more editing out the most unecessary clips out.

Kewl short! Congrats.

[Lawsuit_Boy]

I agree with the previous poster on most of their comments. This short could use a little tightening in those departments. Overall, it was still pretty good. I'm glad it won you some recognition! :)

[marlenedegrood]

I really liked it!

[VoodooXT]

Cool little story.

I liked the music you used, fun :)
But im afraid to say a few negative quailties, such as the actors. Not up to par, nor was the lighting. Im sure with a little bit of lighting, colour correction and maybe a bit of sound tweaking, you could have yourself a better piece.

Maybe edit it a little more, found myself asking why im still watching. So maybe a little more editing out the most unecessary clips out.

Kewl short! Congrats.

I don't think I mentioned it here, but yea, I'm well aware of the editing issues. Some of the shots linger a little in the beginning and those could use some trimming. There are also some continuity issues I noticed after watching it a couple of days after I finished editing it, but those were pretty much unavoidable since pretty much all of the shots you see in the final product are the first AND only takes I shot.

Some of the stuff you mentioned I already have on my list of "goddammit, I need to fix these" (such as sound and color correction) since I noticed them when I watched my film a couple of days after finishing the short. However, I would've addressed these issues if I had more time to mess around with it since I edited this thing in only three hours and I had to edit them in a computer lab near closing time. But, I had to delete the source files since I had nowhere to put 'em (no external hard drive on me), so I can't really fix 'em now unless I did a total re-edit of the film.

As for the lighting, it's all natural, which was something I really wanted to work with. For what it's worth, I think the natural lighting turned out okay, and I've gotten comments on the other side of the spectrum where people liked the lighting.

Oh well, can't please everyone.

[slimchrisp]

excellent man. too funny.

[Bradbro]

I enjoyed this, I thought the music cue was right on the money. The only thing I would've done differently is the framing on the shots of the girl. She's supposed to be the object of desire, but the profile shots were a little unflattering and made her nose look large (hence the man comments). I think it just could've been framed better to de-emphasize that angle and use shots that make her look her best.

[abalex]

How did you do to get the rights for that song?

Did you use that song at the festival?

thanks
g.

[FilmMakerr]

for some reason I thought the girl was going to be a guy,,,,,



lol, me too.


Cool short though.

[VoodooXT]

How did you do to get the rights for that song?

Did you use that song at the festival?

thanks
g.

I didn't get the rights. Shhhhhhhhhhhh.......

As for showing it at a film festival, I asked about their policy on copyrighted music. They told me that it would've been preferable if I used original music, but if I had copyrighted music, they would let it slide. I was willing to cut out the song, and replace it with an original, but they let it through. However, I thought about submitting it to other film festivals, so I might just have to replace the music/re-edit the film anyway.

I am a naughty filmmaker. :crybaby:

In all honesty, if I get a C&D from a rep of Peter Gabriel, I would gladly do it for him since I'm a big Peter Gabriel fan, and I feel bad for going over him like that.

[gabi]

Very good short film, actors are excellent.

Gabi

[jpsheets]

Well done! I agree with some of the other comments, lighting, actors could have been a bit better, but hey, overall it was done well. Great job.

[markcheng]

cool man. i like the warcraft question. dude, i felt that guy's pain! was like watching myself in study hall! never got a note like that tho....except in my dreams!!!!!

[ROKOKO]

Good short. The ending was definitely amusing.

[Justin Marx]

for some reason I thought the girl was going to be a guy,,,,,

me too!

[VoodooXT]

Maybe that's what my director's trademark should be: ambiguous sexualities.

[tradur]

sorry man, I thought it was very boring. hate to see the losers