"Nine to Five Ninja" by msconce

[Matt Sconce]

For the most part I liked the camera work and lighting. Some spots seemed a little too dark. Like that transitional dolly shot at the beginning. The music towards the end with all the fighting seemed too muffled. After he gets called to the office the audio seems to take on the muffled, slightly reverby sound. Nice fight sequence. Congrats. Oh yea, liked the way you did the opening title with the throwing stars.

Yeah, we definitely had some audio issues. I've learned a lot from that process. I have never heard that the shot was too dark, and never thought that before. Interesting. Anyone else think the shot was too dark? and why?

[Matt Sconce]

I would have liked if the story had envloved him being a nine to five ninja vs. working nine to 5 and THEN being a ninja, as it was, each hafl was unrelated and you didn't get full comic potential out of it as you would if they da job had interfreared or intruded into the ninja storyline or vice versa

thanks
Jack

I just realized a little link. The entire day he is wanting to put on the headband, and he is carying it with him so there is a connection it is just very vague. Also we see the different Kanji Symbols throughout the first part of the movie. Oh well, live and learn.

[penfever]

The stylized dialogue was a lot of fun here. I thought the last line about forest fires was particuarly hilarious, but then, I like random things, so what can I say.
The kung fu sequences were OK, but could have used more rehearsal. I mean, I understand we're not talking Peking Opera here, but when you shoot a sequence like Tsui Hark, you expect Tsui Hark performances, and your stars weren't quite at that level.
Also, what's the point of making the first half of the film so long? It really drags out the part we don't care about (his boring life) at the expense of the part we DO care about (his exciting ninja-life). The point was made by the combination of the title and the toothbrush shot. The whole office sequence was basically extraneous (although a little bit is funny).
I like your hero - I think he needs another movie to play around in.
Thanks, see you next fest.
-Ben

[the_on_call_kid]

"Kid with Fire" here, well it sounds like most of you all really liked 9-5 Ninja! And thats great! It was really fun to film, and Matt is awesome! (And you to "scott") FREEEDOMMM!!!! LOL, Matt always had a smile on his face and has the patience I think you would need to be a great director. Isnt the randomness in this film great?! And when I watched the movie after it was finished, I was amazed! Mostly Amazed that the fighting scene they filmed a parking lot came out so...great! AWESOME WORK MATT! (and tall guy)

-Josh Borden a.k.a "KID WITH FIRE"