SALVATION a Twilightfest original

Right on man thank you! Wait, which company name? Chop House or 12th Round? I'm going to assume Chop House... I dig the logo too. Check this out... This is the logo animated... CHOP HOUSE
 
I dug the film. Good to see the sci fi space torch carried into the next fest. Kudos to your actress for going for it. She is acting alone throughout which is not easy. Some nice vfx to give it a realistic futuristic vibe. I felt like there was a lot of production value for a one set shoot.

The camera work was a bit shaky early on, particularly when she gets up off the ground. It feels like the camera op got off the ground as well at that moment. I also think the jump cuts when she was down there would have been more effective if you were closer in, maybe a mcu or better. You could also polish her performance a bit by taking down the audio levels on the breathing in post.

nicely executed story, I like the claustrophobic feel of it as the enemy is closing in. well played drama in the end. congrats.
 
Hey Mike, great job! Love those effects... especially like the Minorty Report-esque video screen. Very cool...

I gotta say, at first I thought your lead's performance was WAY over the top... but once she calmed down she really sold it for me. I think that if there's a way to tone down her performance at the start, you should go for it - cuz it sets a tone that really isn't indicative of her performance later.

As for the rest of the story, I said this in another thread...and I hate saying it because it's such a cliche... but "Show, don't tell." I mean, I get it, the movie's about her, and we're trapped in this one location, etc. etc. It's cool... but when you're talking about so much cool sh*t that's happening elsewhere, the audience starts to wish we were privy to it. You know? Though, I'm sure this is the result of not having a billion dollars to make the film, but I'm sure you can see how it becomes problematic. Kudos for what you were able to do though... great set!
 
I've said it before & I'll say it again...Insane set! (pun intended) Great job on this film. Your actress did an excellent job in the role, that acting alone is tough stuff. Loved the VFX. You did a great job with the adapter & focus. The story was a little predictable for me but didn't make it any less enjoyable.

Really great job on this film Mike! You should be very proud of it.
 
Great stuff here Mike. Your set is top notch, very claustrophobic. Your story was pretty straight-forward and its a nice sci-fi piece.
 
Great film Mike, I really liked it, especially I wanted to see some sci-fi like this (space, talking A.I. and stuff:D).

Tough job for one actress, but she did pull it out really good. Sound issues at times, meaning I'm getting hard time understand her or the ship comp. Also, someone mentioned ALL that stuff she talked about so I was dying to see a Centurion, a Genesis under microscope, consequences of war on Earth etc. (no need for large buildings destroyed and alike, I think Broadcast pulled this one almost perfectly).

Excellent!
 
good acting. I was a little concerned at first but she pulled it off beautifully. Nice set work and SFX. the ending was cool I thought the door should have opened at one and it would have been rescuer but yours worked just fine. good job.
 
You built a set! wow. I liked this and thought it was a lot of fun. Your main actress was really convincing in the role. Your set looked great but with a bit more attention on the lighting it could have looked amazing I think. Even still it was obvious you went to a ton of effort. How much did it cost to build that?

The short really held my attention and I think that's hard to do when there is a chunk of time where she is talking to a screen, so thats shows how good her performance was and how the story was carrying you along. It reminded me of 'panic' in some ways.

I guessed the end about 10 seconds before it hit, but it was still very enjoyable. Good job Mike and nice title too. This is a really fun fest.
 
Nice work! Great job on the set! The video screen stuff looked too clean, a minor nitpick and maybe a personal preference.

The actress did an admirable job. Tough shoot I'm sure.

Pretty cool effects as well. Nice payoff at the end.

Nice work.

Mike
 
I have to second Michaels post! Great work overall :)

What I didn't like: We watched into the face of you actress all the time. There was not much "happening".

Great film Mr. Insane :D
 
This was a cool film!

I felt the beginning was a little choppy, but it smoothed out as it went along. The actress did a great job. I could feel her desperation.

Having looked at your BTS stills and notes, it was cool to see it come to life in your film. Great set! Your camera work was good and really added to the sense of claustrophobia. Although maybe it held for a little too long, I especially loved the shot from the computer screen perspective. The leads expressions really drew me in to the scene.

The computer effects were top notch here. Futuristic and believable, awesome!

Great job. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.:thumbup:
 
I enjoyed watching this one. Cool set I wish we had a place and money to do something like this. My only criticism was the computers voice, I would have liked it to either be more robotic or more human it sounded weird to me, just personal preference I suppose. Nice job.
Pauly
 
Hey, great set! I liked the computer voice (sorry pauly :) ). I also like your use of sound effects. I would have liked to seen you cut to more closeups to give more of a "closed in" feel once she realizes her situation. Overall, entertaining.

Great job!
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Overall I thought this was pretty good. I was a little unsure of the connection to "Twilight". Your actress did a very good job (so well directed).

Visually I liked the lower shoots showing the top of the cabin, gives it that enclosed feel. In this set I would have gone with the tried and true a little bit, taking a page from Sydney Lumet in 12 angry men, and start off almost eye level everything then progress to those shots where the angle drops over the course of the film. All the handheld worked will though in keeping the pace. There were a few shots where I thought some more light could be used to dramatise it a bit more, for example when she goes into the wall cavity theres not much going on in there. And personally overall I would probably have balanced the lighting to whiten it across the board so when you do your behind screen shots you can mix it up. Also some other color would be suitable for a spacecraft like a green streak on a wall etc.

There is one shot in there I actually didnt like - starts at 2.46.

I thought the VFX were well done. Maybe could have been a tad dirtier, but nothing there I didnt like.

Sound wise, I picked a few hot spots when she yells, nothing to bad. I thought though, for the most part the boom wasnt quite close enough and whilst her volume is ok, theres some other stuff in there as well. Amy's voice I thought suited. Just I felt sometimes there was a little too much coming out of her. Not sure that even makes any sense.

Story, I thought was pretty good. As I said I really didnt think oooh theres a twlighty twist in there.

My biggest irk was the opening VO. Im not the kind of person who thinks never use one. Im writing PULP piece at the moment and I have used it a lot. I just thought it served nothing else than to give the story away.

Good job!
 
Hey, this was good!

I liked the computer voice and loved the way you showed her interacting with the computer through most of the film. It's very visually interesting and I enjoyed it a lot. I kind of cringed at the idea that the computer could agree that the enemy is "pissed." Story-wise it was pretty good, I agree it could be written to ditch the opening voice-over and I think that would make the film stronger.

Wow, amazing set! Incredible work getting that built.

Your visual effects are killer! Must have taken forever to develop all those computer screens. Very nicely done and totally convincing.

Nice!
 
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