"An Orange Rose" by J. Van Auken

this most definitely has been a learning experience. Lesson number one-- don't ever settle when it comes to audio. It was a total blast though, for sure.
 
I thought this was a very funny film. That guy, "Kirk" or whatever his name was, was hilarious. He had me laughing out loud. I thought the acting was pretty good and I liked the story. There was just one place when the two guys were talking where the audio seemed to change (for the worst), but that's pretty much the only problem I saw. Good work.
 
(In a whisper) Mesopotamia!

haha, this film was fantastic! One of my favorites so far. Great acting all around. Despite your troubles with the location and finding lights, the film still looked terrific. My only critique would be a few bits of audio, but for the most part, it was very good.

:thumbsup: Great work!
 
Chris Messineo said:
Kirk reminded me of a Michael Palin character.
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Dead on, Chris. Michael Palin. :thumbsup:

This WAS a lot of fun. Kirk was over the top...WAY over the top. But I'm believing that is what your were going for. I was a bit bothered by his speech affectation, though.

Overall, a lot of fun to watch.
 
there was supposed to be a winky face at the end of that last post. But what i wanted to ask, as i am in pre-production for a film i am shooting for a student festival, are there any pointers anyone could give on how to fix the sound problems? we pinpointed a mic misplacement for the major one (and then wanted to shoot ourselves!), but does anyone have any tips or such that they picked up in the trade?
 
the biggest problem I found right off that bat was that there were 12 refrigerators on the set that couldn't be turned off. Also, a dedicated boom man would've been able to keep the levels consistant, but we didn't have one of those ;)
 
sam_kj said:
there was supposed to be a winky face at the end of that last post. But what i wanted to ask, as i am in pre-production for a film i am shooting for a student festival, are there any pointers anyone could give on how to fix the sound problems? we pinpointed a mic misplacement for the major one (and then wanted to shoot ourselves!), but does anyone have any tips or such that they picked up in the trade?
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ADR is usually the only way to go to fix bad sound and get consistent sound all around. Just gotta be careful with syncing it up and adding background sound and foley and you'll be golden. Takes some practice though and your actors will probably hate you after the session, but when they see the final, they'll love you again.
 
Funny story, nice shots through most of it and competent acting all around. The Clerk was a little too geeky for my liking, but he got his just desserts (why didn't he clean his clock earlier, i wonder).

You used the camera well, staging the shots and setting the scene well. Definitely wasn't what I expected at the end there, and that's a good thing. At least dude got his orange rose. Which were behind the counter. All this time. Damn self obsessed girl...

It was while I was watching this movie that I realised I could always tell the age of the filmmaker, largely from the age of the actors used, as well as the quality of actors. Mostly it was because the age of the clerk and the actor calling him "sir". I know this was probably due to the timing of the shoot, but keep in mind for the next one (and I am looking forward to your next one) that age appropriate characters or appropriate dialog would lend a lot more reality to the film. Don't let your own age dictate that you only ask your friends either.

It will only make your films better if you have an air of authenticity in casting.

All around it was a good movie and I enjoyed it,

Good luck to you and your many wives. :-)
 
This was a fun film. Comedic acting with "unlikable" characters. Breakfast of champions. The main actor did a good job selling how annoyed he was. The flower shop girl was pretty mean and the guy was pretty annoying. I actually felt sorry for the guy that got punched. Funny characters.
 
puckthemad said:
Mostly it was because the age of the clerk and the actor calling him "sir". I know this was probably due to the timing of the shoot, but keep in mind for the next one (and I am looking forward to your next one) that age appropriate characters or appropriate dialog would lend a lot more reality to the film.
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An excellent point! This entire thing was basically improvisation, we would just give the actors a scene outline and they would go for it, but it was our fault for now specifying age and what not. We will be sure to monitor that in the future!
 
This was a great bit of fun, really enjoyed it. The cranky clerk was excellent and I thought the over the top sales fella was pretty good too, he's definitely got some talent. Good job.
 
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