New York City DVXUSER Crew Presents: Katrina

You guys are Non-compete right? Was wondering, because if you are not non-compete, you're EASILY top 3... full review on the way :)
 
Story & Acting
Wow! Ok, I haven’t had as much fun watching a film, since I saw “Once Upon A Time in Mexico” in the theatres. Now I am NOT saying your film is at all like that film, other than the enjoyability factor for me. If you were in competition with this one, it’d go straight to the top for me! Wow! The writing was FANTASTIC! Witty, almost lighthearted dialogue, that just flowed amazingly well. Great looking cast, and great performances as well. This is head and shoulders above everyone.

Technical
Beautiful beautiful look for this film. The mood of the film is only enhanced by the look. Timur, you’re a genius! The music was amazing Herman! Love the vibe of it. This was the complete package.
 
im not a genius. 10 smart people formed a team, became a gigantic robotic genius called MARKTRON
 
It's easy to see why you guys went Non-Comp on this. I don't see how you could have gotten a 6 minute cut out of it.

I thought the sound was well done, except at the 00:01:53 point where the dialogue lagged the lip movement by at least a full second or more. Visually, you put together a very nice picture. My only quibbles would be the choice you made of having Jack/Eric's face completely in shadow during such a large portion of his dialogue with Katrina in the alley. The other one was the dramatic color change in the bedroom. At first, I thought it was to show a passage of time but then you went back to it.

I really liked the story and the dialogue seemed well written and delivered. The only part I didn't like was the opening dialogue for almost a full minute over a black screen. It just felt like I was being 'fed' backstory.

Acting was good nearly across the board. Eric, Katrina and Casey all sold their roles. If there was a weak point it would have been the Tony Harris character which I didn't really buy and found more amusing than menacing.

Good job. If this had qualified for the competition it may very well have won it.
 
Blaine you hsould definintly check the Hidef version on the Front page of our thread. It has the sound sync problem fixed... and its 720P!
 
TimurCivan said:
Blaine you hsould definintly check the Hidef version on the Front page of our thread. It has the sound sync problem fixed... and its 720P!
Click to expand...
Downloading now...and for the next hour it looks like...:)
 
Man Katrina was a masterpiece dude! The lighting was just ridiculously awesome. Your actors were good too. I really liked the ending. I also thought the opening news clip was totally believable. That was some quality acting! Congrats!
 
oh yea, thats where it at! Maybei should make a link to the Hidef Post on everyp age if its slipping through the cracks. The best part of being non comp is tha tyou can do things like this. :)
 
OK heres the Rules on Dling form the mirros.

Peoples whose last names tart with A-G Download from the First link.
PEople whose last names start with H-S Download form the second link
S-Z the last one. this way we dont crash the server. split it up evenly.


Now that the fest is open, in addition to the smaller version on the mirrors, we are also offering a couple of different 720 versions of KATRINA:

Each of these 3 is about 200 megs, has some artifacting from compression, but is a decent compromise between quality and size.
http://www.eefilm.com/katrina/katrina_h264_HD.mov
http://www.desperatecomfort.com/katrina/katrina_h264_HD.mov
http://www.timurcivan.com/katrina/katrina_h264_HD.mov

This one is a SUPER high quality 720, that looks pristine and is about 1.12 gigs.
http://www.eefilm.com/katrina/katrina_h264_HD_best.mov

Thanks to Norm for helping us host these larger versions!

The smaller one has a couple of lines with sound sync issues, so the larger ones were encoded after the deadline with those things fixed.

Just to emphasize, the only reason we are doing this is we are NON-COMPETITION!!!! We don't count in the voting anyway. So we will not have any advantage over those of you who DO count in the voting.
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Wow! Katrina rocked! Great cinematography, acting, art direction, and on and on. There's a lot of awesome moments that really grabbed my attention; good script/dialogue. The music was sweet, totally sets the mood and 'world'. I'm gonna download one of the HighRez versions! Awesome job guys!
 
I just saw it. QUite interesting. The main actor does a great job.
Why did you leave the 1st minute in black? I wonder...
 
Timur, I watched the HD (1.13GB) version and I've got to say that it is striking. I see how you "fixed" that dialogue problem and I like that angle better, too. I noticed something that felt a little odd when I watched and had to go back to the other to verify it. It's when the Tony character offers Eric a cigarette then lights one himself. There is a somewhat jarring closeup cut then back to the two shot. The continuity feels a little off in it. These are all just minor problems in what is an excellent effort. It's not perfect yet, but it's damned good. All things being equal (if you could have had a good 6 minute version) I believe you'd have walked away with the prize.
 
well the editing descisions are Marks Department. It may be a place marker for something else in the mean time WE still have a few more shots were going to putin post contest.
 
OMG the fest download is so messed up. It stops near the end. Maybe it's just me. I am going next door to DL the 720 version.
 
Took a break from my editing and watched Katrina. Great job! It came out super sweet. I watched the 720p version and it is quite the dopeness. You guys should be thrilled with the way it came out, especially the funny looking guy holding two hand cannons. I'll tell you it was a great film to work on and I was happy to help. Congrats,
Alex
 
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