Simple Sins

[lordambrai]

Simple Sins

A house sitter finds his night interrupted by an intruder that has more on his mind than theft.

Starring:

Frankie Morales

Andrew Giaccone

Rohan Alexander

Written Directed and Edited by Christopher Clairmont

[lordambrai]

A last minute entry. I wasn't sure if this would be done by the deadline. My production and post production schedual was.

October 23: Filming
October 24: Transcoding
October 25: First attempt at a rough cut
October 26: Special Effects
October 27: Special Effects Pt 2
October 28: Special Effects Pt 3
October 29: Fine Cut, sound effects, scoring, color grading
October 30: Rendering and submission

Anyhoo, I am glad I was able to pull it off before the deadline was out! I love these fests and it's an honor to participate =D

Oh and for the geeks out there it was shot on a nekkid HMC150.

[Defcon]

i love the last minute entry, it's all about just participating and putting in the effort. good luck, i'll watch it for sure.

[lordambrai]

Thanks! I hope it turns out to be an enjoyable experience =)

I like these fests. Always fun to work within constraints even if you loose your hair about it.

[Rodney V. Smith]

Welcome to the fest dude.

[EditPhish]

Too wordy, and it got to the point of preachy. The score seemed to go silent for a long time, and was noticeably missing. I thought some of the effects were a bit cheesy and needed work... however, other than that, it looked really good... well lit. Overall, it only hit middle-of-the-road for me though. Keep at it... there's room for growth with all of us, and I think you have the talent to tell an even better story.

[lordambrai]

Thanks for the review! Yeah, definite room for growth and you're right about the music. I've had a few people comment on the same thing. I shoulda just stuck with either book ending it, or keeping it throughout. Sorry about the effects looking cheesy, I tried to at least make em look cool ><

[EditPhish]

Originally Posted by lordambrai

Thanks for the review! Yeah, definite room for growth and you're right about the music. I've had a few people comment on the same thing. I shoulda just stuck with either book ending it, or keeping it throughout. Sorry about the effects looking cheesy, I tried to at least make em look cool ><

They didn't ALL look cheesy, there were just moments when they did... I think it's admirable to even try doing them, for sure! I've only begun to learn After Effects myself and know it's hard to pull off. The angel didn't bother me at all... it was the other guy and some of those effects that could use some improvement... so keep up the good work!

[Chris_Keaton]

I liked this story. Probably because I got several where a demon and a angel discus or fight over a soul. I think the abortion speach got a tad bit preachy. Why didn't the angel have more than one glowing eye? Good job overall, this certainly high on my list of favorites.

[Gord.T]

I thought you began using CU's on the villian too soon. As I undertand it, it's best to get to know the character first before getting too close to them.
In this case it may have been better to start off distant and slowly approach the character in increments, in terms of close ups, as the story progresses.

Again, as I understand it, CU's and in this case medium close (?) CU's are generally reserved for capturing emotional moments, once the character is received by the audience as in my first mention.

So I think you could have went with longer shots overall to begin with and work up to the CU's, and in that process direct the camera around with better effect and make it more fun/interesting visually overall also.

Congrats on your entry and getting it in. Just that one thing threw me this time.