the WAITING KINDRED ---"A HORRIFYING MUST SEE MOVIE!!!"

WOW Rez! I think I'm gonna make you my spokes person. "How much do you charge" lol:thumbsup: You are definitely one of the people I have in line for a free animated banner for the next fest! Your comments are always inspirational for me to do more or better!

Thanks! And also thanks for being one of the people who told me I can make it when I felt I couldn't go on.:beer::beer:
 
Okay I have a funny story for you as your movie is only one of three movies that made me feel this way.....

I was sitting at the computer thinking about the scene when the demon girl thing comes out halfway from the wall. It was really creeping me out and then I heard a noise in the house. I turned to see what it was, and my cell phone rings on vibrate, making this incredibly weird clacking noise against my keyboard. I jumped sooo high! I was really freaked! All thanks to you! :-)

I thought the effects were amazing. You have mad skills at VFX! I enjoyed the movie and look forward to seeing more from you!
 
NOW THAT"S COOL! I wanted to see how many people I could get with that scene! You are a proud 1 of many! You should have seen my mother and sisters reaction. They're so used to me doing happy lil home movies that I came over one night, popped it in and left the room. Oh that was priceless! I could hear my mom saying " Aw look at this that is so AHHHHHHH!!!:eek::eek:" When I came back they both had such distorted shocked looks on their faces. And now they're mad at me cause I did't let them get a part in it. :grin:

Thanks Bro.
 
that was a lot of fun and it looked kick ass
my favorite parts were the non scary parts though, not because that part wasn't really cool, but because I really liked the design aesthetic at the top with the Oriental type line drawings and I really liked the composition here. I liked all of it that was just my favorite in terms of visual elements
my 2nd fav part would be when one of you is holding his hand out of the door to the other one of you - I like the way the door shuts there and how that whole shot is framed
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noice!

EDIT: Oh yeah ... I wanted more.
 
OH YES! THE KANG <king) OF HORROR FEST HAS SPOKEN!!! lol
I value your opinion to heart Jack. Thanks for such a good review. It means a lot to me that you can appreciate my art. Oh and thanks a BILLION for talking me back into entering. You where one of the first, and for that I truly thank you Jack. Up until now I've never shown any of my movie creations outside my own home.

Oh yes! i wish I could've had time to put the other scenes in. I did the main part first then ran out of time for the tween shot editing. I will definitely try to add the extra scenes for the DVD if I'm on it.

Again Thanks! Coming from you, That means a lot.:dankk2::dankk2::dankk2:
 
great fx, really loved the opening animation. this film didn't score very high on other parts but might win best vfx
 
Man, mameragex... now I know why you worked your butt off to get this in the festival. BECAUSE IT ROCK'D DA HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, that was fun. You are something of a master at graphics and fx. Good for you. I hope that you do more. I WANTED TO SEE MORE!!!!

Great, great, great!

Congratulations!

Ted
 
:thumbup:THANKS MAN! I'm glad you likes. Too bad I dont think many are gonna bother to see it! But at leat you guys did. I'm already working on my next script. And adding more to this one of course! THANKS MAN . IT MEANS A LOT!:beer:
 
That's cool with me! THANKS! I wish they wouldn't have agreed on removing VFX points! It's really not fair! But Hay I'm not complaining! Thanks Buddy! I also have you on my list for a free animated banner for the next fest. I'll be issuing tokens soon!

Thanks for the heads up also.
 
Review | POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT! I watch the movies first time around strictly for enjoyment, second and third for review.

Hey dude, your entry was interesting. Neat Special Effects and stuff. I have to say that your person coming out of the wall reminded me of Silent Hill 4, where the person comes out of the wall the same way. Just something I noticed.

Neat intro. Seemed more like an experiment than anything else. Glad you guys had fun!
 
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Your comments are always inspirational for me to do more or better! Thanks! And also thanks for being one of the people who told me I can make it when I felt I couldn't go on.
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That's what were all here for . . . to inspire each other to go on!
 
I'm not sure where to start here. This one is completely all over
the place. I'm not even sure this can be defined as a short but,
rather more of an interlude.

I wish I could share some of the excitement that others have had
with this one but, I can't. I know this is a one man effort but,
I do not need to be beaten over the head with credits proclaiming
that fact in excess. Please show some semblance of modesty.

I liked the plot idea but, I think it was written from the
perspective of pop music rather than what could be found in ancient
texts. After the narration the story stumbles to a stop where one
of the main characters injects a bit of a comedy relief followed
by video game style looks and action then... followed by credits
in under 1:38.00secs w/spanish guitar? I'm so confused because it
all feels so unfocused and most likely unfinished.

Now to the effects. Correct me if I'm wrong but, I believe you
used AE as your compositing program. The opening animation feels
chunky, nonuniform and lacks the camera zeal that AE can deliver.
Study what www.Psyop.tv has completed and you'll see what I'm referencing.
The open could have used some of the textures and vibrant qualities
from the poster. The presentation of the box, ring & chain felt
out of place in the animation too. Maybe these items could have
been better served as illustrations instead of actual photos/video.
The red and black bg seems to use the well known PS texturizer effect
which is a canned effect. Try using actual paper texture if possible.
The grass seems to be low res and the blur accentuates that. Up the
res or scale down and use more layers.

As far as the 3d goes it's pretty standard fare. You show great
understanding of 3d space but, the final rendered scene is not very
believable and varies greatly to the actual dvx footage. Don't under
estimate the challenge of plate matching! GI/HDRI kicks ass if you
have the time.

Now I know I've come off pretty strong here but, you have to
understand that I take my job as an fx artist pretty seriously.
I think most of what I've said is constructive and is no different
from the comments I make everyday to clients and colleagues. Drop
me a pm and I'd be glad to discuss fx stuff with you.

Good effort though mameragex and I look forward to your next project.
 
Oh that must be why your movie sucks so much. Talk about my movie, but damn! you did realize this was a horror fest contest and not a boring over-narrative sad excuse for a movie that no one would bother to watch on regular tv! Oh and since you're giving me tips! How about finding a way to tell the story without telling the story literally! Or how about if you're so serious about graphics, try to not have your all black & white movie, have all white text that seems to fade into the background sometimes, try using a thin black or grey border around the text... a lot of know it all amateurs make that mistake! Your movie seems to me to be something that you had sitting around collecting dust, then threw it into the first fest to come along. Yeah it was horrifying...Horrifyingly long and drawn out! Hay do me a favor buddy! If you didn't like the movie and you don't have a million dollar movie in the brinks.... Save a long a$$ bashing commentary for your dull life. Please don't get me started on anything you may have done. As for my boasting I did it myself. Don't hate if It may have taken you and damn near fifty people together to make one full length suck a$$ movie compared to a guy who chucked a 1.5 min movie together in a few days just to show what he had in the contest! As for what software I used... How many variations do you think are available smart a$$! and for your info.... It wasn't AE! But I bet you would love for me to tell you. I can accept criticism but what you said was nothing but blatant ignorance and down poring on a movie that would smash any of your best efforts to dust! So please before you tell me to humble up and try to give tips... CHECK YOURSELF BUDDY!!! Cause as BORING AS YOUR LONG NON INTERESTING MOVIE WAS! I WOULDN'T TALK BUCKO!!! But thanks for such an in-depth non-helpful hater review! Oh and i wonder what of the few obvious programs you used to edit your movie. By the way... I hope to see more movies from you as well! HATER!:nads: "FROM ONE ARTIST TO ANOTHER!":violent5:

To anyone else who didn't like my movie...Please leave helpful comments, opinions or none at all! I can accept criticism, good or bad but being plain ignorant will not be tolerated!:Drogar-Thinking(DBG
 
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I guess you can blame him for being assuming--

But you can't blame him for being dead honest. I pointed out that your wall creature seemed to be pulled right out of Silent Hill 4. I mean, I know that you did it in a few days and all, but you can't expect people to praise an incomplete product.

I know you guys had fun, and all, which my comment reflects but I wouldn't go off on a vindictive tangent about another person's complete piece. In all rights, if you got down to comparing, Inexistence's piece was complete and while not horror... got the praise it deserved as an artistic piece.

I think that he might've done you a service by being [brutally] honest. A lot of people on the boards really aren't and such honesty could save you embarassment in showing someone a shoddy product.
 
No that wan't it at all Kholi. There is a bigger picture here and I don't think you caught it. As with your review, I had no problems with it. And when you said the reference to silent hill I was like whoa! let me see for myself and went and found that you are right! They do have a monster coming out of a wall too "not like mine but they do". I only played Silent Hill 1 but never made it to 4 so I didn't copy. But as with any movie, I'm sure there's gonna be something out there similar, including CANDY GRAM. But I had no problem with your review or his as pertaining to my movie. But this.. (Excuse me for assuming you are not a graphic artist Kholi) This guy has out right insulted me and my know how of graphics and software all together! He even went further to diss my poster when his could have been created in any cheap graphics app in five minutes! So trust me... I already know my movie wasn't complete! I know it was rushed! Telling me that is fine! You can say you don't like it all day and that's fine. I have no problem with that. I love honesty. A review will not make or break me. Cause just the same as you don't like it, there are another few billion people that will. But this...He's basically an FX artist who saw another FX artist, and tried a pathetic attempt to lower me to him. I'm glad he went to school and learned a little bit and now wants to prove it. But please.....Don't try to teach the teacher son you'll only look like a fool in the long run.

But thanks Kholi. Good reference to SH4 Now I'm gonna buy it to see if anymore of my dreams are in that game! lol Cause that where I got the idea from.:thumbsup:

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I think mameragex that your talent, your enormous talent IMHO as an fx artist went downhill after your attack on Inexistence. I read carefully his review and found no bitterness in it. Maybe the fact that he as an fx artist has strong objections about your work made you angry, its different when one focuses on one talent rather than comment in general on a piece of work, but still I am amazed about your reaction. You ask for helpful comments and helpful his comments were young obi-wan...or whatever....

I would never expect 'artists' and 'creative minds' to feel the need of attacking one another like that. I read again Inexistence's comments and I know he comes off somewhat like trying to teach you...but he sounds so sincere and honest and ask for PM as well so that opens the gate to discussion and sharing. You feel that what he said about your use of AE is wrong ? Ok, discuss it, civilised, make your points, make some arguments, show some of your BTS...prove him wrong for christ's sake. What on earth are some people thinking in here? A few posts like this and we'll have Jerry Springer between us!!!!!
 
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