36 Hour Film Fest: Film Noir

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This film was made in 36 hours for the Final Cut Film Festival in Wilmington, NC. Our requirements were:

1. Answering something ringing (doorbell, phone)
2. A chase near water
3. Finding something treasured

The Mystery object: toy uzi
Line of dialogue: "I can't, I've got (Blank)

We won 2nd place as well as most artisic.

My friend and I made this film. I am only 15 and he is 18. We were the youngest at the film festival.

Comments/Criticism welcome

http://www.jcsurfcamp.com/ticklish/tickling.html

-Joey Connolley

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Very funny in a quirky/odd sort of way (and I mean that in a good way).

Acting was a little campy but I think it fit the humor.

At the end, I couldn't hear most of the jokes clearly because the laughing was too loud. Next time, if it came up, you would probably want to have the actor pretend to laugh as the detective talks and then ADR the laughing later or vice-versa (which due to your time constraints you may have wanted to do but couldn't).

Overall, good job.
 
Nice noir feel! I am currently doing the Insomniac 24-Hour Film Festival by Apple, we are waiting to get ready to shoot at the moment...AHHH its crazy!
 
Thanks for the comments!

Invision: I would love to see what you come up with. I could not imagine doing this film in 24 hours. We were very short on time and it was edited in 4 hours.
 
really like

really like

amazing job for that time period. The lighting was really nice ( even though with this style you have alot leeway)

really captured the old noir film...

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Hey everybody, I'm the guy in the movie who is on the floor and was tickled to death. I also wrote and directed the film with my friend, Joey (Knal). It was my first Final Cut Film Festival, which was a great experience. Hope everyone enjoys it!
 
Nicolas: Thanks for the comment, this was actually my first time lighting anything for a short film. I borrowed a few lowel pro lights and one arri 150, they worked really well.

The Animal: I might be able to put a quicktime version up later.

PaPa: Thanks Jonathan, I'm glad to hear that you liked the story. We had fun writing it.
 
i have not been back on this site for a long time...you guys did a fantastic job and I love your film...we should join forces on a film in the future...could be fun.

peace
 
Knal,

You guys really got a nice look with the production and in keeping with the period given your limitations. I recognize the waterfront well. I don't want to say that it's great for the amount of time you had. It's better to have a project like that stand on its own in which case I'm saying its a good effort.

I think some of the editing could be a little quicker. I'd love to see an edit where the voiceover spills over the crime scene to reaveal the cause of death when we see the victims face.

I know it's always easier to "armchair quaterback" with all sorts of ideas about how you could this or that without any knowledge of how the production went. So, take my comments with a grain of salt. It certainly kept my attention and I enjoyed quite a bit.
 
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