Easy Water Films presents "Urashima, Inc."

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Uploaded. Going to bed now. Good luck to those still working.

This is going to be a great fest everyone. Enjoy it!
 
krestofre said:
In the home stretch!

Leandro Gardini sent the final score to me about two hours ago and I've been doing the final pass on the mix with the music. Let me say that Leo wrote a score for this film that will break your heart. It's so perfectly beautiful that I'm in awe. I cannot thank him enough for his contribution to this film. Anyone out there who hasn't worked with him is missing a great opportunity

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Thanks Chris, I´ve made my best as always:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)!!!
 
I thought this was a well crafted film. The story was interesting and the reveal at the end was nice. I liked the audio and the music especially well.

A couple of things to think about. It seemed like the drinking writer would have a messier place. I thought the acting was a little stiff for the supporting roles, though the lead was very nice. You might also have cut one of the trips to the typewriter once the mode was established.

Overall a solid film!

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The time mashine subject I saw a little bit often in this fest, but I like your film. The idea is charming that he needs the time for writing a script. You put in your film some humorous details like how the MC kills in his script the croccodile - very nice, I loved it. The end was completely a surprise and very good. I felt a lot of sympathy for MC. Nice work.

Susanne

(PS: I found your thread!)
 
krestofre said:
As a huge fan of Walter Murch, and having read as many accounts of his editing work as I can get my hands on, I had always wanted an experience where the film became something new in the edit.
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as an editor, and also as a huge walter murch fan, this brings a smile to my face.

we had similar problems with our film. We had, what felt like necessary expositional dialogue, and when laid into a timeline, it was stagnant, boring. There was no boom boom, it seemed like 5 minutes of waiting for boom. So we trimmed all the fat we could, tried to keep it as fast paced as possible, to hold everyone's attention, and we're much happier with a film because of it.

So jolly good show!
 
Thanks for the comments eveyone! I'm glad that the film is being well-received. Thanks for taking the time to watch, and to chime in on this thread. It means a lot to me to get the feedback!

Kurt, interesting comment on trimming down the film some. I spent a lot (and I mean a ton) of time balancing the film so that it was paced well and got the message across, so I'd be interested to hear at what point going back to the typewriter became too much for you. Getting your perspective on that would be very valuable.

Pauly, just dial 1-800-555-TIME. :)

Susanne, thanks for the comments, and for the effort in finding the thread. :)

Zim, glad I could surprise you with the ending.

Josh, Walter Murch is a marvel. I'd listen to him eat a sandwich if I could. :) Glad to hear that your film worked out for you too.

Thanks again everyone!
 
I had a few thoughts about this.... wouldn't the world around him have changed so much in 25 years that he would have noticed before arriving at the publishers?

So many other questions as well.

Still, intriguing story, nice score and I loved the camera movement.

Cheers,

Mike
 
wouldn't the world around him have changed so much in 25 years that he would have noticed before arriving at the publishers?
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This calls to mind that scene from Austin Powers 2 when Basil turns to the camera and says "You shouldn't worry about it either." :grin:
 
Good story. Good camera work and the actor was believable. It was a bit slow on pace and dragged in the middle for me (...of course 25 years is a long time). I would think there were a lot of issues with that time frame and the character would have noticed something was up sooner. Go back and look at a picture of yourself from 25 years ago (assuming you're of age...)...checkout that hairdo! Those clothes...the cars...not to mention golf club technology.
 
Thanks for the feedback Zaza, but your comment confuses me. Why would Rick notice anything was different? For him, it wasn't.
 
Must of been a coincidence that the book and our timefest entries were due at the same...time. Anyway, loved the ending, spot on. The middle however drug on and on but you probably were going for that as I found myself twiddling my thumbs along with your character. Good job.
 
A few small issues ...

The watch took like half a day to arrive. One could only dream of such efficiency. Second, it looks like you used the same corner for the writer as for the publishing office. Venitian blinds gave it away.

Love the concept, but maybe 25 years was really pushing it.

Other snags ...

In 25 years he would had to have gone shopping, paid bills, taken out the trash, contacted family, etc. If nothing had changed for him, one would assume the world, including TV programming, had stayed the same as well. That would also mean his publisher would still be working at the same company.

If the world did not wait for him, then the company staff / room should have appeared as if it were 25 years into the future.

What I really like was the writer's work habits having remained clearly stuck in the past, juxtaposed against his publisher's modern digs. I felt some kind of set up coming there, and that same kind of 'time warp' would have been great at the end as well, but even more extreme.

Again, love the concept, but a few details need to be addressed to really kick this one over the top.

Tech wise I think it looked pretty good.
 
Thanks for the comments.

mobie540, June 16th is a very popular deadline. :)

msconce, I'm glad you addressed the laziness aspect. I didn't realize the uderlaying themes as I wrote this piece, but as I was cuting it together I was like "Man, we've ALL been in this situation." Metaphorically speaking anyway.

Alex, thanks for your comments. The shipping on the watch was overnight. Rick paid for the best. :) The writer's office and the publishing office were seperate locations, very far away from each other. But you're right, the blinds are surprisingly similar. Rick didn't need to go shopping, pay bills, etc for 25 years, because he was really reliving days. Notice that for 25 years he didn't change clothes or take a shower either. Rick lived in a bubble. Now it would have been interesting to see the world evolve around Rick and the effects that the watch had to someone say watching Rick's house from the outside, but that perspective is for another film.

Regarding the look of the publisher's office 25 years in the future, yes, you're all right. But that's a balance I had to strike in order to get the reveal shot at the end. If Rick had walked into the publisher's office and been greeted by a robot, you guys would have been ahead of me. Urashima, Inc. has its roots firmly in Rod Serling's work, and as such I was comfortable taking a few liberties for the payoff of the story.

The contrast between Rick's office and the Publishing Office is an interesting comment, and well taken. Even though they were different locations, having them be a starker contrast would have helped.

Thanks all!
 
Hi there,

I thought this was a good piece and didn't think it dragged along at all. (maybe I've been watching too many Iranian films, nothing happens, and I love it!)

Review:

Wonderful opening shot coming off of TV. That was cool and in made me fall right into the scene.

The first shot of the calendar had a moving shadow on it, I love that , It gives you a little "handle" as far as where you are in the scene and that there is somebody sitting at the desk, instead of just a static shot of the calendar.

The first actress I didn't buy, kind of clunky.

Nice lighting in the TV watching shots. The TV effect was very believable.

I don't think the "it worked" line worked, kind of just told you what one would already assume.

HA! Crocodile shoelace thing, Funny.

I liked the ending, It was well acted and good to me.

Nice job, I really enjoyed watching it.

Thanks,
-Joe
 
Overall, I liked this film, but a few things stuck out at me.

Firstly, I think the watch should have been acquired by some other, more mysterious means -- a latenight TV ad seems too ludicrous. (As an aside -- that's the exact same pocket watch I have in my film, though it isn't featured as prominently, haha).

Some of the calendar dates confused me, as every time you showed the longer shot of him at the typewriter it was two days before his deadline -- I found it odd that he would repeatedly come that close to the deadline as opposed to keeping a safe distance. I was confused as to how many times he had actually turned time back and how far, if we were seeing events from his linear perspective, etc.

For clarification -- was his house contained in a time loop, but everything outside progressing as normal? So he actually spent 25 years turning time back and procrastinating on his back? Or did time just get messed up in a general sense when he used the watch?

Overall, story-telling ability is strong, cinematography and audio didn't stand out (which is a compliment), and the musical score was great. Acting was a little weak, but not so bad that it took away from the piece overall. Nicely done.
 
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