Eidolon

[kyle.presley]

Loved it! I would have worked more on the costuming, and getting the right kind of grass to chew on, but the story was very, very good.

[thetvirus513]

Loved it! I would have worked more on the costuming, and getting the right kind of grass to chew on, but the story was very, very good.

Kyle,

I'm glad you liked it, if I may ask.....what is the right kind of grass to chew on??? Seriously though, thanks for the kind words....I'll be watching yours shortly and I'm really looking forward to it!

[dre83]

I just need to point out that the composer did the flashback sound. ;) Thanks, Jason. It's all the same instruments as in the music, mostly backwards or pitch-shifted out of their normal ranges.

Indeed, thanks for that. Because it saved me some time to concentrate on other things.

Although, I would have been able to make them too

[dre83]

I have to say the composer and sound designer both did an amazing job getting us the feel we wanted for the majority of the story as well as the flashbacks, and the colorist too for that matter. As far as the horse, our intro had to get cut due to time constraints, but basically the older man was riding up to meet the younger man on the bridge. We couldn't say no to throwing a couple shots of the horse in there though

The most important rule of filmmaking: kill your darlings.

[thetvirus513]

Yah but if we didn't have them then our opening shot would have been at the bridge, and I just think it would have been boring to not have any change of location the whole movie......it's all about weighing your options.....

The most important rule of filmmaking: kill your darlings.

[Brandon Rice]

Eidolon

Really enjoyed this one. The story was well told, and you did a good job of revealing it in a natural way with dialogue. Sometimes when a film is very dialogue driven the writing can be spot-on, but I am glad you stayed away from that. The look of the film was nice too. Would have liked to see more coverage on the bridge, maybe a medium shot of each character, to mix in with your three other shots? Overall a great effort, especially considering this was your first festival! Good job!

[randin]

Indeed, thanks for that. Because it saved me some time to concentrate on other things.

Although, I would have been able to make them too

Yeah, I'm sure you could've. I'm apparently just desperate enough for validation to claim that little bit of credit. I like in theory that it is the same instruments pulled out of the score for those sounds, but of course the viewer would never know the difference!

Great job, by the way. Viewers will be totally unaware of the difference in rain noise between the different shots thanks to you! Those things that everyone takes for granted make the film.

[Rodney V. Smith]

Hey guys, watched your film and for the most part I enjoyed it. Iit was an impactful story and told simply. Good use of sound effects on the transitions, but some of the background noise was a little distracting and could have been faded away as the scene got more emotional. One of the things that I found really missing was the use of a good soild closeup as the old guy divulged more iinformation about the past. Really take us into his his and let us feel his pain. That hurt the storytelling aspect.

Overall I liked your actors, especially the young one. The older guys didn't draw me in and at times it felt like he was reading a speech instead of speaking from the heart. This may be the fault of the director or just circustances on the day of the shoot, whatever it is, I don't know. All I know is that the guy was looking back on his most shameful secret, something that led to a lifelong psychotic condition where he imagine his son alive for decades, and he's finally able to talk about it... and it's an eloquent speech. It's not soul tearing for him or us and I really didn;t find myself feeling the pain or his madness. Iit was just anohter story. The actor had a great voice that could have pulled us in more, but the performance on that piece was lacking entirely.

I saw alot to like in this movie and wanted it to do so well, especially after reading the script. Great effort putting it together and I commend you for that.

[dre83]

Hey guys, watched your film and for the most part I enjoyed it. Iit was an impactful story and told simply. Good use of sound effects on the transitions, but some of the background noise was a little distracting and could have been faded away as the scene got more emotional. One of the things that I found really missing was the use of a good soild closeup as the old guy divulged more iinformation about the past. Really take us into his his and let us feel his pain. That hurt the storytelling aspect.

Overall I liked your actors, especially the young one. The older guys didn't draw me in and at times it felt like he was reading a speech instead of speaking from the heart. This may be the fault of the director or just circustances on the day of the shoot, whatever it is, I don't know. All I know is that the guy was looking back on his most shameful secret, something that led to a lifelong psychotic condition where he imagine his son alive for decades, and he's finally able to talk about it... and it's an eloquent speech. It's not soul tearing for him or us and I really didn;t find myself feeling the pain or his madness. Iit was just anohter story. The actor had a great voice that could have pulled us in more, but the performance on that piece was lacking entirely.

I saw alot to like in this movie and wanted it to do so well, especially after reading the script. Great effort putting it together and I commend you for that.

I think in this case, fading away sounds would have been more "shoking". Because when you fade away a sound, and you fade back in... You can hear it. In this case because of rain, no rain, rain, no rain, rain no rain, rain, no rain...

Normaly things like this is 100% ADR. And then you can fade away from the rain as much as you like without someone noticing.

But I wanted to keep it "one line" also... Not to much up and down

[Rodney V. Smith]

I getcha Andre. Believe me I know all about limitations and bet the bugs just shouldnt shut up around that time.