86th Street Studios: "Catherine" by Nic Aragon

Thanks man! Really appreciate the kind words. There is an MP3 in the first post of this thread for ya to grab, its the closing credits theme for the longer version of this short. Didnt get used in this, but hope you enjoy it. Jordan worked hard on the music in a really short time to get it done by the deadline, im very pleased with it. Its different than everything else, the music is themed through out the movie , only a few are like that in this fest. Thanks again , ill get your sneak review , :) dont worry bout that, i have 10 minutes to finish up my voting and email it, LOL. take care
 
Great screenplay, one of the few in this fest with a true beginning, middle and end. You really thought it out -- it was tight and it definitely had me waiting to see what was going to happen. Your actors did a great job, as well. One of my favorites.
 
Just finally getting the time to copy the notes I compiled in a Word doc while watching the shorts:

This is where an anonymous contest may work better for some, because unfortunately when I know I’m watching a film by someone who’s character I’ve less than admired at times, it skews my perception of the film … perhaps making me even more critical than I should be when initially watching it. That said, here are my thoughts … pretty well shot, though the constant softening/darkening around the edges, most likely from the 35mm adapter, got bothersome at times. The shallow DOF was GREAT, but at times was overly prominent or felt overused. The acting for the most part was unimpressive … delivery of dialogue not seeming realistic (specifically the dialogue in the hallway), and especially when she was in the bathroom, knowing she’s going to die … she gets all tough? I’d expect her to freak & plead for her life … it seems only natural. Sound design and/or onset sound just didn’t sound good … although the kick to the face (though a touch sharp sounding in tone) was effective & had a real OUCH to it (great blood splatter) … but when she turns her head back, she’s clean with … not a drop of blood? The ending felt a little rushed … only because we see her sitting on the steps with a single cop & an exchange of keys … considering what just took place, there’d be a heck of a lot more folks & action than that going on, so I’d rather have just ended it prior to seeing them on the steps, since we weren’t delivered the production value/set/players I’d expect after such an incident. Score/melody was fine, though I’d preferred to hear more than just piano the majority of the time. Sound, score & acting pulled this one down for me. Oh, although the opening title was simple, I LOVED how it just came into focus & back out … just looked slick, organic, and part of the picture.
 
I assumed people would know the cops are coming on their way since the ending scene is about 5 minutes after the scene before it. I was going to ad sirens but it would have distracted from the feel i wanted to go for the movie.

That was not a cop on the stairs with Tori either.
 
Oh, my mistake then. It was a wide enough shot that I was looking to see who it was, and it looked like the person had a hat on (like an officer's patrol cap, etc.), and was taking notes of somekind. At least that's how I remembered it when writing up the notes.
 
Im going to be realigning this page so if some grabs go down and some links are broken, i apologize and will fix asap.
 
Cynic821 said:
Oh, and btw Norm, thanks for admitting you arent mature or professional enough to put your personal feelings aside when reviewing someones movie. I expected as much after learning more about you and reading your other reviews though.

Cheers!
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Wow, why don't you tell me what you really think? And ending it with "Cheers!" too ... well, that makes it all better, thanks.

You know, the only reason I had that in there was really as a disclaimer. Because if you look back at our thread, and the replies that you gave back to Ryan Walters (235 Studios), who was extremely kind & non-combatative in his response ... it looked like you were trying to pick a fight ... just trying to antagonize him.

So I thought to myself, no matter what I do, Cynic is going to think that my opinion is influenced by what he did in our thread, and the other comments he's made around the board ... so quite frankly, while it's absolutely true that people can be effected when they watch something by how they feel about that person, I thought I'd go ahead & head you off at the pass (so to speak), and just be upfront about it.

I don't believe it has anything to do with a maturity level, or professionalism. It's a part of life. If you notice, I believe I DID have some positive things to say about the film. So I'm not sure why you have to make this comment now, which only seems like a personal attack & trying to pick a fight.

Please move on from it. As I said, I went ahead & voiced it ahead of time, knowing you'd probably be thinking it anyway.

I TRULY apologize if doing so offended you, and if you'd like me to edit that post (the beginning statement), I'll gladly do so.
 
thats not a personal attack, those are facts, you just took an attack at me brandon. and when im getting personally attacked in PM's i think i have the right to say one thing.
 
so its ok to skew results because of how someone feels?

and no i didnt assume that anyone would vote because of how they feel about someone, but it was expected subconsciously.
 
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