"Bits and Pieces" by: Justin R. Durban - Page 14 - DVXuser.com -- The online community for filmmaking

dsto · 11-14-2009, 06:48 PM

Really enjoyed your piece. Fantastic look. The sound design was great. Holding back on giving us a peek at the monster's face was a nice touch. We may have guessed the ending, but it is a fantastic film, and highly enjoyable.

SpenserS · 11-14-2009, 08:16 PM

Love the film. Thanks for showing us what the 7d can do in a narrative situation!

abalex · 11-15-2009, 02:00 AM

Great piece of work Justin! I thought this was one of the best, got some Q's about the storyline but overall this was really good. The canon 7D did great!

Leah · 11-15-2009, 07:11 PM

What ?'s regarding Storyline. The Backstory??
Leah
(writer)

gi-jones · 11-18-2009, 10:41 AM

I can't see it. Says that something is wrong with the codec. The other films work just fine though.

Edgen · 11-18-2009, 10:58 AM

you can try: VLC player. it plays just about everything.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

good luck!
/j

Tom Marshall · 11-18-2009, 01:27 PM

Justin... very nice job with this one. Your stuff keeps getting better and better. Tell Nicholle she did a great job. I really like her as an actress.

That was a weird little twist at the end and I was thinking, "Wait... wtf??" The twist slowly revealed itself which was nicely done.

Cinematography was fantastic. Nice job on that, John.

I anxiously await your next film dude...

Arturo Sanchez · 11-20-2009, 08:46 AM

One word..... "AMAZING"

Edgen · 11-21-2009, 07:53 AM

Bits and Pieces just placed 2nd in the Jury Panel vote and 3rd place for the DVXuser.com panel vote!!

wew hew!!

here's the winner thread:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=191215

*************

Congratulations to each and everyone of you. As always...

The fest is here for you guys.

This was a real tight battle this time around. Both the member vote and the Juror's vote. In fact, we really had no idea what the juror vote was going to turn out to be until all of them were in.

Was a fun and interesting ride this time.

So...... First, the results of the Panel Vote

1st (8.57) DISPATCH by Nobelo
2nd (8.29) BITS AND PIECES by Edgen
3rd (7.29) RED AND THE WOLF by AJ Brooks
4th (7.00) ONE PERCENT by Michael Anthony Horrigan
5th (6.86) THE TELL by lyonfilms (5)
5th (6.86) THE DEVIL’s TOY by Sprocketboy
7th (6.57) MERCY by Troy Ruff
8th (6.43) THE JONES' by Marlon Ladd
9th (6.29) MONSTERS BEWARE! by cinealma
10th (6.14) THE COOKIE JAR by chstick
10th (6.14) SINNERGY by Geoff_R
12th (6.00) ATTACK OF THE KILLER AUTOMOBILE by mobiledeli
13th (5.71) LEARNING TO PREY by Shawn Philip Nelson
(link to view each juror's ballot)

Jack Daniel Stanley... Tell 'em what they've won! (Jack really kicked ass for you guys. Make sure you tell him thanks.)

SCREENING SLOTS not only for first place as announced, but for the TOP THREE FILMS @ BOTH
TEXAS BLOODBATH
&
FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL

*In addition FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL has offered to screen the top three films from each year's horror themed fest moving forward! Too cool!

Fee waiver for DISPATCH at SHRIEKFEST

REVIEWS for the 1st place film, but other finalists may receive reviews as well.

At least one film not in the final top 3 has peaked interest from a distributor (we'll put you in touch).

And Justin Durban will be contacted for a blog talk radio interview on Indie Horror Radio with Parrish Randall.

THANKS AGAIN TO OUR JURORS!!!!

BC (reviewer/blogger BLOODY DISGUSTING & HORROR-MOVIE-A-DAY, Editor, Some Guy)

KEN DANIELS (FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL Founder / Festival Director)

DENISE GOSSETT(SHRIEKFEST Founder / Festival Director)

CHRISTIAN REMDE VP of Acquisitions at R SQUARED FILMS

ANDREW ROSE (TEXAS BLOODBATH Founder / Festival Director)

DEVI SNIVELY (writer/directrix)

STEPHEN SUSCO (producer/screenwriter)

:

---

DVXuser Member vote results:

1. Dispatch - NOBELO 8.6421%
2. Red and the Wolf - AJ Brooks 7.2809%
3. Bits and Pieces - Edgen 7.2255 %
4. Sinnergy - Geoff_R 7.2083%
5. The Tell - lyonfilms 6.7841%
6. One Percent - Michael Anthony Horrigan 6.5876%
7. The Devil's Toy - Sprocketboy 6.5824%
8. THE JONES' - Marlon Ladd 6.4943%
9. Monsters Beware! - cinealma 6.3774%
10. Mercy - Troy Ruff 6.3000%
11. Learning to Prey - Shawn Philip Nelson 5.8878%
12. Attack of... Automobile - mobiledeli 5.8700%
13. The Cookie Jar - chstick 5.7722%

--

Prizes for the member vote will be announced tomorrow. Still wrapping up a couple of them. They will be listed in the following post as well as who won what. I'll try to do much better with getting the prize stuff taken care of quicker this time.

---

Thanks again to everyone who entered. I'm really glad to have been able to watch such a wide range of films in the fest, to see some filmmakers grow, and others mature, etc, etc, etc.

Thanks to JDS for putting together a kick ass panel to mix things up a bit and hopefully introduce something new that we've been wanting to do with the fests for a long time in addition to the member vote.

Thanks to Larry, our FestMaster. Though, he may never see daylight, he is always hard at work behind the scenes making sure everything runs as smoothly as possible.

Thanks to all the other mods as well for helping to make DVXuser a great place, and DVXFest the coolest and most open fest on the web. Always free. and it will remain open to all who wish to participate in the process.

Thanks to everyone who picked up their camera and made a film. That's what it's all about. Doesn't really matter if you fell on your face or rose to the top. It's the process, and the experience of it all and actually doing it that matters most. I hope you will all continue to make films for fun, for work, or for any reason that you may decide to pick up a camera.

Thanks to those of you who took the time to rate the films, and to those of you who also took the time to provide such wonderful feedback for the filmmakers.

----

Enough thanks? Next Fest?

...

...

...

BetrayalFest. Betrayal. yup.

AJ Brooks · 11-21-2009, 08:18 AM

Congrats on the placing! Really great work.

11-14-2009, 06:48 PM	#131
dsto Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dayton,Ohio Posts: 397	Really enjoyed your piece. Fantastic look. The sound design was great. Holding back on giving us a peek at the monster's face was a nice touch. We may have guessed the ending, but it is a fantastic film, and highly enjoyable. __________________ "I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing." Francis Ford Coppola

11-15-2009, 02:00 AM	#133
abalex Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: x0\|utah\|USA Posts: 628	Great piece of work Justin! I thought this was one of the best, got some Q's about the storyline but overall this was really good. The canon 7D did great! __________________ No middle ground

11-18-2009, 10:58 AM	#136
Edgen Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lost Angels, CA \| Austin, TX Posts: 1,628	you can try: VLC player. it plays just about everything. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ good luck! /j __________________ justin r. durban - yup & yup.

11-18-2009, 01:27 PM	#137
Tom Marshall Actor!!!!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,151	Justin... very nice job with this one. Your stuff keeps getting better and better. Tell Nicholle she did a great job. I really like her as an actress. That was a weird little twist at the end and I was thinking, "Wait... wtf??" The twist slowly revealed itself which was nicely done. Cinematography was fantastic. Nice job on that, John. I anxiously await your next film dude... __________________ Actor / Musician

11-21-2009, 07:53 AM	#139
Edgen Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lost Angels, CA \| Austin, TX Posts: 1,628	Bits and Pieces just placed 2nd in the Jury Panel vote and 3rd place for the DVXuser.com panel vote!! wew hew!! here's the winner thread: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=191215 *********** Congratulations to each and everyone of you. As always... The fest is here for you guys. This was a real tight battle this time around. Both the member vote and the Juror's vote. In fact, we really had no idea what the juror vote was going to turn out to be until all of them were in. Was a fun and interesting ride this time. So...... First, the results of the Panel Vote 1st (8.57) DISPATCH by Nobelo 2nd (8.29) BITS AND PIECES by Edgen 3rd (7.29) RED AND THE WOLF by AJ Brooks 4th (7.00) ONE PERCENT by Michael Anthony Horrigan 5th (6.86) THE TELL by lyonfilms (5) 5th (6.86) THE DEVIL’s TOY by Sprocketboy 7th (6.57) MERCY by Troy Ruff 8th (6.43) THE JONES' by Marlon Ladd 9th (6.29) MONSTERS BEWARE! by cinealma 10th (6.14) THE COOKIE JAR by chstick 10th (6.14) SINNERGY by Geoff_R 12th (6.00) ATTACK OF THE KILLER AUTOMOBILE by mobiledeli 13th (5.71) LEARNING TO PREY by Shawn Philip Nelson (link to view each juror's ballot) Jack Daniel Stanley... Tell 'em what they've won! (Jack really kicked ass for you guys. Make sure you tell him thanks.) SCREENING SLOTS not only for first place as announced, but for the TOP THREE FILMS @ BOTH TEXAS BLOODBATH & FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL** In addition FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL has offered to screen the top three films from each year's horror themed fest moving forward! Too cool! Fee waiver for DISPATCH at SHRIEKFEST* REVIEWS for the 1st place film, but other finalists may receive reviews as well. At least one film not in the final top 3 has peaked interest from a distributor (we'll put you in touch). *And Justin Durban will be contacted for a blog talk radio interview* on Indie Horror Radio with Parrish Randall. THANKS AGAIN TO OUR JURORS!!!! BC (reviewer/blogger BLOODY DISGUSTING & HORROR-MOVIE-A-DAY, Editor, Some Guy) KEN DANIELS (FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL Founder / Festival Director) DENISE GOSSETT(SHRIEKFEST Founder / Festival Director) CHRISTIAN REMDE VP of Acquisitions at R SQUARED FILMS ANDREW ROSE (TEXAS BLOODBATH Founder / Festival Director) DEVI SNIVELY (writer/directrix) STEPHEN SUSCO (producer/screenwriter)** : --- DVXuser Member vote results: 1. Dispatch - NOBELO 8.6421% 2. Red and the Wolf - AJ Brooks 7.2809% 3. Bits and Pieces - Edgen 7.2255 % 4. Sinnergy - Geoff_R 7.2083% 5. The Tell - lyonfilms 6.7841% 6. One Percent - Michael Anthony Horrigan 6.5876% 7. The Devil's Toy - Sprocketboy 6.5824% 8. THE JONES' - Marlon Ladd 6.4943% 9. Monsters Beware! - cinealma 6.3774% 10. Mercy - Troy Ruff 6.3000% 11. Learning to Prey - Shawn Philip Nelson 5.8878% 12. Attack of... Automobile - mobiledeli 5.8700% 13. The Cookie Jar - chstick 5.7722% -- Prizes for the member vote will be announced tomorrow. Still wrapping up a couple of them. They will be listed in the following post as well as who won what. I'll try to do much better with getting the prize stuff taken care of quicker this time. --- Thanks again to everyone who entered. I'm really glad to have been able to watch such a wide range of films in the fest, to see some filmmakers grow, and others mature, etc, etc, etc. Thanks to JDS for putting together a kick ass panel to mix things up a bit and hopefully introduce something new that we've been wanting to do with the fests for a long time in addition to the member vote. Thanks to Larry, our FestMaster. Though, he may never see daylight, he is always hard at work behind the scenes making sure everything runs as smoothly as possible. Thanks to all the other mods as well for helping to make DVXuser a great place, and DVXFest the coolest and most open fest on the web. Always free. and it will remain open to all who wish to participate in the process. Thanks to everyone who picked up their camera and made a film. That's what it's all about. Doesn't really matter if you fell on your face or rose to the top. It's the process, and the experience of it all and actually doing it that matters most. I hope you will all continue to make films for fun, for work, or for any reason that you may decide to pick up a camera. Thanks to those of you who took the time to rate the films, and to those of you who also took the time to provide such wonderful feedback for the filmmakers. ---- Enough thanks? Next Fest? ... ... ... BetrayalFest. Betrayal. yup. __________________ justin r. durban - yup & yup.

11-14-2009, 08:16 PM	#132
SpenserS Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 95	Love the film. Thanks for showing us what the 7d can do in a narrative situation!

11-15-2009, 07:11 PM	#134
Leah Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Austin Posts: 5	What ?'s regarding Storyline. The Backstory?? Leah (writer)

11-18-2009, 10:41 AM	#135
gi-jones Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aarhus, Denmark Posts: 219	I can't see it. Says that something is wrong with the codec. The other films work just fine though.

11-20-2009, 08:46 AM	#138
Arturo Sanchez Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 48	One word..... "AMAZING"

11-21-2009, 08:18 AM	#140
AJ Brooks Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 368	Congrats on the placing! Really great work. __________________ AJ Brooks - Writer - Director

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