"Lakeside" - by: Matt Thompson & Justin R. Durban

Edgen said:
you're gonna hate me, but I've never seen evil dead. and I have no clue what the raimi cam is. Unless you are referring to the running into the cabin shot. :) (which was, btw, the very very last scenes shot that night. we were picking up and cleaning the cabin and I was just running around out like like a friggin' idiot. I'd love to show some of that footage too when its all said and done.

Thanks Flint! that's the point! Sell the feature for the teenie boppers. It sells :)

/j
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Yeah, if you haven't seen Evil Dead, your "make a horror film" license is officially revoked. :):)

Run, don't walk, to the video store and get it.
 
desperatecomfort said:
Yeah, if you haven't seen Evil Dead, your "make a horror film" license is officially revoked. :):)

Run, don't walk, to the video store and get it.
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Ha!!! My "make a horror film License" expired as soon as I saw the movie, "Troll". about 15 years ago. I've never watched horror movies since. (at least the supernatural/slasher/jason/zombie genre). and to be honest..(can't say the same about the rest of the cast and crew of Lakeside) I really don't like those horror films. HOwever; sci-fi creatures and aliens have always fascinated me. I assume that's consider horror too correct?

perhaps I will check the film out. But, i doubt it anytime soon. :beer::thumbup:

/j
 
This film is so well done. I am just floored at the production values. The action is captured so wonderfully. I loved it!

The shots are so professional. The story is cliche but I think that is one purpose. (I hope!)

I found the ending to be jarring. Maybe it is because I didn't want it to end.

I will be watching this again and will post more. Just wanted to pass this along.

BTW, the actor who played the "cop" was great! What a find!!!

Again, fantastic action!
 
Wow, it was really well made.

What killed it for me is there was no real end. Where's the gore and the nasty killings? In this kind of story everyone is supposed to die except for one person who barely makes it out alive. Or everyone dies, either way... ;)

Needed more blood and an ending. If it had that you I'd give you the prize right now.....as it is, screenplay is getting a lower grade because it has the beginning and the middle, but no end.
 
We knew someone would comment on the no blood part.

Do all movies have to have blood to be successfull and tell a story?

It's an excerpt from the feature. They don't die... yet!!. MUUHAHAHAHAHA In the script the creature toys with them like pets. One by one, it survey's its surroundings and plans its next move.

We chose not to have blood is the bottom line. We figured this fest would fill enough blood and gore scenes to lick everyone's chops.

Thanks for the review Virum and Aram! keep em coming. :)

/j
 
Review | POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT! I watch the movies first time around strictly for enjoyment, second and third for review.

Edgen you're such a designer. From the moment the Lakeside title came in I was like "this guy". Man, excellent work. I want to check out the feature, so please keep us updated.

Script - Straight forward cabin trip gone wrong. Asshole for the leader, a weird crazy cop trying to keep the legend a secret. This is what the horror genre is made of. I'm surprised you haven't seen Evil Dead, though. You're on punishment. It's going to suffer from cheesy hero lines, people knowing too much about a legend, but hell that's what it's supposed to be. So please, DVD?

Direction - STRONG! Even for an excerpt I can tell the production value and directing is going to be SEVERED. I want to see it dude. I love the way you tracked that flash light. It was probably on the camera but I'll have to do a third time around to make sure. I also LOVED the shots on the vehicles. And the Dialogue coverage in the car. NICE.

Acting - I hope to see your Hillbilly Cop shows up a lot more. He's your strongest actor IMO. I was grossed out when he spit. So gross. The chics fell short, so did the guy in the back-seat but your driver wasn't too bad.

Cine/Lighting - Nice night-time scenes dude. I saw the dog get swooped and it was great. Poor puppy. Nice scene comps and all.

Editing - Clean editing in this one. Seamless where it needed to be, like the tire running over the rock. Nice one.

Sound - Heard it all. The growl when she was outside messing with the dog was neat in my headphones.

Special Effects - Tire over the Rock was well done. If there's anyway to composite the rock and some more dirt that'd be good. But I can see the process you used and it was effective. Dog getting swooped, I can dig it.

Scariest Moments - Door opening behind the Blonde who's destined to get it from behind. No Pun intended. That was a nice grab and snatch scene.

Overall consensus - I want to see the feature you're putting out. You got me interested. Stars Above had nothing on this whatsoever. Shows what you can do when you have some of the things you need, dude. GREAT STUFF!!!
 
Thank you kholi! Very kind words :) Credit definitely goes out to Matt. (who played the wimp in the back seat). He's a great graphic artist as well, and we'll most definitely be making more like these. We've got an entire list of scripts and ideas all ready to go!

"Neat in my Headphones".. Ahh yes. The bliss. thank you. That's what I like to hear.

/j
 
Edgen said:
Do all movies have to have blood to be successfull and tell a story?
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No of course not. It's just a bit reminicent of evil dead though, so it would have been nice to have a some outrageous blood tribute....but you haven't seen it so we can forgive you I guess. ;)

It's an excerpt from the feature.
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That's what it feels like. However, this is a 6 min short contest, not a 6 min. teaser contest, which is why I'm keeping the lower screenplay mark.

Cheers!
 
"Lakeside"

Script - good work here. Nothing seemd really out of place and the lines followed very well in the film. Good work, Matt.

Directing - I agree - this was very strong. Some great moments. The dialogue coverage in the car with the cop was great. Also really felt that the bit where the cop gets out of his car was really cool. The line "I don't remember askin' you, city slicker" was delivered superbly and I loved the shot here...was one of the strongest points in the film - all things combined. Good work!!

Acting - Nice work. Cop was very good with his deliveries, expression, etc. Good work there. Others were good too - and I started to get a feel for the characters... nice work everyone!

Cinematography/Lighting: Again, nice work with the shots. I really liked the hazey/warm sun before the cabin scenes. And the night shots were very good..nice!

Editing - Very good! Flowed very well and nothing seemed out of place. Very nice work on this.

Score- Good work Justin! loved the subtle stuff underneath the cop scene but I wish you had've kept the music going a LITTLE bit longer on some of those lines where you brought it out. Otherwise - very good work, some great stuff happening there!

Sound - Nice! Some really good work here with the 'howl' sounds etc. I loved the car shutting when the cop got out of the car...combine this with the shot - and you have a strong piece of film there. Nice.

Overall you should ALL be proud of this film. Well written, shot, acted, cut, scored etc. Good job and I look foward to seeing more from you.

-Chris
 
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Thank you so much Chris! Props again to matt on all the color correcting. While he was doing that, I was on my other computer doing After effects stuffs. :)

Virum. Thank you again. You are most definitely right about the 6 minutes. I think it was mentioned that a lot of these entries are 'teasers'.

/j
 
In terms of length, might be a question for Matt. :)

ya, the creature effects... Well, more or less 3 days. and even then I had to cut them down, fade them out, and blur them more/speed up. uggh. If you watched the cut without the creature, its pretty freaky on its own. I'm curious to your thoughts of course. after all.. there's a bigger one coming down the pipes. :)

/j
 
I really enjoyed this one. Probably the strongest opening scene I've seen yet, looked awesome. I enjoyed it pretty much all the way through, the only thing I didn't care for was the lack of an ending, but I was thoroughly entertained throughout.

Great job guys.
Tim.
 
thanks Tim!! and we owe the opening all to you!
*Ladies and Gents.. Tim with the Jib*

I've been thinking what you guys said about the ending and you know, Im' not sure how that would have worked. Killing everyone but one member, does that actually end it? cause the creature is still out there. I've seen a lot of these shorts and that seems to be the consensus and those that do end wrap it so fast you are caught with your pants down in the dark and no one knows what in the world just happened.

Leaving it open ended we felt would be the best option and people wanting more.

Movie Master.. Where's your manners!? Go sit in the corner or apologize for your comment. The devil has to have a little heart now doesn't he/it?

/j
 
desperatecomfort said:
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS make-up!!!!!!!! He looked digital and that makes it instantly NOT-scary in my eyes. :)
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Ooh. That creature was digital. :) It was a 3d character created by elliot worman.

/j
 
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