A Little Mouth to Feed: MACGREGOR, BARRY GREEN, JIMERSON, HUDSON & JDS

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The scene were the cam pulls back in the yard was great. Didn't expect what was all there.
5 out of 5. No problems here.
 
It was ok. I mean if you like something that's really good. I mean if production value is your thing it was cool. Well built flats and excellent lighting with great exposure are things i'm just not into.
 
I liked this film better the first time, when it was called "it's Alive.":laugh:
Seriously I thought you guys did a stellar job. First dibs on the baby when it hits the marketplace.
-Kevin
 
Oh Snap... Where me come from that the sound of arm bone when me eat it.

About Film, me wonder, Is JDS running evil baby traffic ring? ME want in on action. Or me Eat bernie, and Junkyard.

Also, me get red camera. Me take DVX and put it in hell till red hot. Red CAmera.
 
HAIRY_STUFF!!! said:
Oh Snap... Where me come from that the sound of arm bone when me eat it.

About Film, me wonder, Is JDS running evil baby traffic ring? ME want in on action. Or me Eat bernie, and Junkyard.

Also, me get red camera. Me take DVX and put it in hell till red hot. Red CAmera.
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What about your entry, Hairy? The one you were doing with your brother, SCARY STUFF!?
 
Jack, everything you shoot usually has some of the strongest acting in it and I hate you for it. I absolutely loved the shot in the homemade cemetery. The pull away was really creepy. the lighting was unobtrusive and completely appropriate for the piece. The baby had its intended affect on me. Something wrong with a newborn gets a visceral reaction like little else.

From what I have seen, and specifically gleaned from this piece, you have a real talent for Southern Gothic story telling. It must be from all that time in the Big Easy. Points deducted for the all star crew but I really liked it.
 
TimurCivan said:
He uses lights and keeps an eye on contrast ratios.
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so THAT'S how he does it!
Aha, the secret it out!
:)


Keep in mind, in terms of the lack of noise, that the compression definitely helps in that regard somewhat. I'm not saying there was noise - just saying its nearly impossible to make an accurate assesment based on an H.264 file (or whatever codec was used).
 
Great to finally see what was laboured over and thanks for adding my name to the credits, but I assure you folks, I was there in a support capacity. I can take no credit for how good this turned out. I only did what I was told.

It was great working with Jack and Mac. Jack was exactly what I expected in qood way; a true artist, determined, focused. Mellow as yellow and fun to work around.

Mac exceeded my expectations;a true class act. Professional in every sense of the word, easy going and relaxed. I learned a lot simply from watching and particapting; I would hire MAC in a second to lens a project for me.

I look forward to meeting them both again, hopefully under more casual circumstances; like chicks and beers.

I was fortunate enough to see much of the fottage as it was being shot via monitors as well as what Jack had digi'd into his laptop and it looks exactly as I expected. The finished project looks almost to the T what the raw footy came out as; that's lighting and calibration of the equiptment; they knew exactly what they were gunning for and nailed it visually. A sleight belach is all I noitce differently.

If you saw the actual sets and props and could see outside the frame, one would see true movie magic in the works. Film is an illusion and Jack totally sells and works within his limitations on set.

Working in the yard with the little crosses and the fog was a riot; 3:00 am and the wind just mocking each and every take. We tried frantically to get the smoke to obey and finally got some cooperation

The rain coming down; oh if you could see what a mess that was.

The baby crawling past the frame was another fun movie making experience. Pure low-budget, but effective in the end.

Everyone on set busted their asses and the talent was top nothc and patient as could be. Overall a fun shoot and I would not hesitate to help Jack and Mac again if called upon.


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I thought the story, simple and having been told before to work nicely on this. It may be another spin on Satan's Baby, but so what ? It works. An element I think sells that is the bookends of the creepy house. A storybook sort of tale.

Visually, wonderful. Mac knows what the hell he is doing; period.

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I know Jack purposely went for a more tradtional storytelling technique in visual terms and I think he suceeded in that. I would love to see further exploration of the space in the frame; I believe every single shot (Give or take) is from a staged point of view.

I think getting that camera behind the lines, whether through movement or staging is important to allow the audience into the world. Seeing things from the STAGE I think breaks a lot of potential intimacy that could be caught.

The best shots for me were the overhead of the woman in the bathroom and the cut to the male inside of the cold, blue room (hand-held). It is shots like these that really have a visual impact. A shot moves beyond the woman bringing us between the two characters. NOW WE FEEL LIKE WE"RE RIGHT THERE.

I also would like to see more movement from the sticks; panning, tilting, etc even if preferring to stay locked on.

The score, EPIC. Awesome. Creepy.

Overall; I enjoyed this and really enjoyed working with JAck and MAcgregor.

J
 
My wife saw this on my laptop at home today, and she called me and was like WTF! :P hehehe she actually really liked it beyond the fact that we have a newborn and now she's afraid of him hehe. Just gotta go around the house and make sure my crosses are all right side up :) this made me feel queasy and uneasy and I guess that's the intended feeling. That shot in the bathroom though...those people never heard of Mr. Clean? ;) awesome job, and super professional.
 
Downloaded the films last night and decided to check the exhibition only films before delving into the festival films this weekend. VERY impressed and surprised. I didn't know the Jack & Mac team were back. You guys STAY busy. The Red "Engagement" project, this, etc. How do you find time?

And of course the DVX all stars: Barry, Hudson, et al. Cool beans.

So of course the film is great. I was actually scared at one point. The doorway shot and the mother turning the cross upside down turned my stomach. You conveyed an IDEA. And that's what did it. You took a woman of extreme faith and had her go full throttle in the opposite direction. That's the type of horror that works on me. Establishing expectations, then confounding them.
Religious old ladies don't make pacts with Lucifer. Oh wait. Yes they do.
Babies don't eat people. Oh wait. Yes they do. Job one was accomplished. You creeped me out.

Macgregor's cinematography was amazing as per usual. That rack focus after the husband/wife copulation was money. Where did you guys shoot? On location? In a studio? Both?

The actors were really great also. How do you find such great actors? Do you cast in NY or are they people from your theater experience? Great finds!
I believed all these characters really existed. Especially the maid. She looked like she was actually delivering a baby.

Job well done. What's the next project? Is this the same team that's doing the JDS feature?

Congrats.
 
Everything was shot in "studio" except for the graveyard scene (and the bookend establishing shots of the house).

As for the actors, we held auditions here in Wilmington; lots of great local actors to be found. Michele Seidman (Flora) put some GREAT effort into additional casting for us.
 
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