HorseFilms - 334 Lost Lake Drive

hmm i have nothing to say really about this movie.

the tv flicker was the most annoying thing ever. My eyes hurt watching it. also what was the point of the sotry i couldnt find it was she a monster or a killer or something? underlit. good lighitn but underlit or no cc'd enough.

nice shots just annoying things and lack of story.
 
lol sorry but the flicker effect threw me off. i was distracted from the story more than I wanted to be. what did you do for the effect?
 
I wanted to go with the TV flicker thing. The flicker box doesn't let you adjust the rate, which is unfortunate. I think it was a little too much and not random enough. That said, I may use it again in a similar situation, but I'd probably diffuse the hell out of it (or even bounce it) to decrease the intensity. It was my first time using that piece of equipment.
 
yea diffusion and perhaps a color switch from time to time remember tv can also work with random jumps of color tv cut from shot to shot so its normal to see a bluish frame a whiter one to a red one and so on flciker not so much next time. practice it and get it down.
 
Hey horse,

The story and camerawork on this one were pretty good.

The acting was great, the editing was fine.

Loved the shot of the guy by the door with the blinds-light on him.

Cool.
Sorry, don't have much more to say than that.
Good work!
 
hvxabuser said:
hmm i have nothing to say really about this movie...
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HA! :grin: 5 posts later ... lol

I liked this a lot. The 1st time I didn't notice the infamous flicker effect which is probably good. 2nd time it didn't bother me.

I like the john carpenteresque score and the shots of the house exterior with the tree shadow were very creepy.


My biggest crit was that that guy was really tough looking and it I can't imagine many things that go bump in the night that he wouldn't be able to handle. Sure if a werewolf shows up he's probably dogfood ... but then again ...

So I think if you have a tough guy like that better establish that Alien or Predator or something is out there.

I'm only half serious, but I did think "this dood's kind of a badass" at one point so it was less scary.

It would be a good start to a horror film to show a cool looking guy like that get up in the middle of the night to investigate and then get quickly shredded, then you would know whatever was out there was a bad MF for the rest of the scenes, but in the short it kind of worked against the fear factor.

But it had a cool vibe to it and was a good watch!

thanks!

Jack
 
Thanks, Jack! Yeah, the shot I dreaded the most was the second to last shot where you actually see Allison and Danny standing next to each other. Allison is 5'5" and Danny is 6'7", yet Danny is supposed to be terrified.:)
 
Sorry, man. I'll be over there. I'm having a hard time downloading the movies. My cable modem is being a pain. It keeps disconnecting me and I have to continually recycle the power on the damn thing. I think that's a big reason why I was having a hard time uploading.
 
I am on cable, that's what's pissing me off. My cable modem is screwing up. I have to unplug it for a few seconds, plug it back in, and then things work again for awhile. It's taking me forever to download anything.:(
 
Hey horse, great to see your film. Congratulations!

I have das a great time with this festival.

Best of luck to you!

Ted
 
Hello Horse.
Interesting film. The score was minimalistic but effective. I found it stuck in my head throughout the week. It left an impression.

The lighting and camera work was decent. I liked your use of shadows.

The story was ok. I found the ending a bit jarring. I think you could have done more with the concept.

You did well building tension as we followed the man throughout the house.

Not too bad at all. I'd like to see more of your stuff. Any links?

Have a good weekend.
 
HorseFilms said:
I might put that on the poster.
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LMAO-you never cease to make me laugh out loud!

I finally am able to view the horrorfest movies, but am too late to vote. Sorry guys! I tried! Between my wife wanting to be Miss Horrorfest and making her video despite being in pain-which I thought I hid rather well, hey she wanted to do it, so I did it for her-and having more so-so days than I thought, I really missed the boat on voting!

As usual Horse yours was the first movie I checked out and really liked it. Your shots feel good overall. There's a definite tone and mood evoked by your images and I really like it. (how did you get that blind shot? its awesome!)

The acting was really even throughout. I totally bought it. Nice job!

I enjoyed the sparse score. I thought it worked for the piece.

The flicker didn't bother me. You can put that on the poster too. :)

One continuity thing: there's a beer bottle in the first shot of the bed and its gone when he goes back in later. Intentional?

You should have had the actor's POV looking into the shower more when he pulled the curtain. That was the only scene that felt "off" to me visually.

And yes, I know its been said before, but... the ending. NOt really sure what happened. But I liked it anyway! It didn't take away from the piece as a whole.

As usual, a pleasure to see your work! Will write more to you soon.

Robert

Say hey to Alison for me! Tell her she did (another) great job1
 
Just finally getting the time to copy the notes I compiled in a Word doc while watching the shorts:

Sound needed work (0:50, for example … definite cut in the covers, should have blended the sound clips from one to the other, or simply carry the SFX from one over the next clip/cut – also a few level jumps with scene/angle cuts, but minor & rare). Solid performance from the actor, wasn’t sure if the female was supposed to be in a trance or what though. Also didn’t understand the story, specifically the green light in the window from the street view. All that said, still one of the highest scoring films on my list so far. Great work, and though your ZombieFest entry was fun, I felt this was a HUGE improvement in filmmaking for you. J
 
I am finally getting around to checking out and commenting on some of the entries.

Your film in general reminded me to no end of the original Holloween in lighting, coverage, and acting. Please take that as a compliment.

The lighting in general I found to always have a motivation and not be that normal 'where is this light coming from'. I liked the TV flicker and thought it worked well and the harsh shadows didn't bother me during the night scenes in the house. I found the coverage, nice close up cuts, and good variety to work really well, pulling me into the story. The acting, while not exactly what I would call seemless was strong enough to keep me into the story and not draw attention to itself.

Great solid entry.

Now the score. Dude, this worked for me, reminded me of holloween and just flowed. Overall great job.
 
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