Calls From The Führerbunker

Susanne G. said:
:dankk2::dankk2::dankk2:
I am enjoying very much the comment :bath:
BTW - do you know some German or is it only the sound of the German language?

Susanne
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I don't speak any German at all, just a couple of words and I'm not sure they're even correct. :D

I can recognize it though if someone's speaking German.

My step dad is part German, actually. :)
 
Mike, you've done it again! I decided I don't have time to leave comments on everyone's film, but I knew I had to stop in to tell you that I really enjoyed this one. The twist ending was a great one and, like always, I am so amazed that you did this virtually on your own.

There are only two things I would remark on:

1) I didn't hear the phone ringing while the main character was mopping the floor, should it have been audible?
2) I love the black and white but I am wondering when this story took place? It seems more recently than would really allow for gray scale, but it's hard to say.

Take that with a grain of salt. I didn't want to give you a fluffy, useless review, so I threw those in. I really enjoyed it. Definitely my favorite (and highest rated) thus far. Good luck! :)
 
ConspiracyPenguin said:
Mike, you've done it again! I decided I don't have time to leave comments on everyone's film, but I knew I had to stop in to tell you that I really enjoyed this one. The twist ending was a great one and, like always, I am so amazed that you did this virtually on your own.

There are only two things I would remark on:

1) I didn't hear the phone ringing while the main character was mopping the floor, should it have been audible?
2) I love the black and white but I am wondering when this story took place? It seems more recently than would really allow for gray scale, but it's hard to say.

Take that with a grain of salt. I didn't want to give you a fluffy, useless review, so I threw those in. I really enjoyed it. Definitely my favorite (and highest rated) thus far. Good luck! :)
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Thanks, man. Takes place in the late sixties. The title insert in the beginning states the year. The Calls are coming from 1945 though.

The ringing is low and I've since boosted it a bit. It's definitely there though and still quite audible. As JDS has suggested in his thread more than once... You haven't seen the movie if you haven't watched it while listening with headphones. Herman's score and Rutger's sound design is excellent! You will hear everything as intended.

Thanks for the very positive comments, critiques and high rating. :)

Cheers,

Mike
 
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Mike, just thought I'd tell you I've just watched Calls from the Führerbunker once more while going through all the entries a second time. This was the first time I've used my headphones - I've always heard it on my external speakers since I've always watched it with Susanne - it does sound good. Despite the many times I've watched it, I still enjoyed it very much: a very good sign indeed.
Jason
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:

Herman's score:
 [FONT=&quot]The biggest challenge was to get a solid buildup up to the moment where we get the reveals of Misch's picture in the book...[/FONT]
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Herman, that is my favourite moment in your score - I really think your build up underlined the reveal of the photo excellently. And you really captured the period too.
Jason
 
Really REALLY liked this one. It had some really solid acting, and it was a very unique and intriguing story. It had me hooked and interested the whole way through. Nice job!
 
Edgen said:
Wonderful write up Herman! Very informative on your writing process.. I was like... "waaa...."

Thanks for sharing. (and mike of course for posting his bts'ssss

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Thanks Justin!

I'm of course very interested in your writing process as well :)


Susanne G. said:
The score matchs perfectly the moment of Misch's picture in the book. This is an important moment of the story and one of my prefered parts (including the music)of the film. As I too feel to have done a little part of this film, I am very glad that especially you Herman has made the score. It is a wonderful score - thank you for done it! :)

Susanne
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Thanks Susanne!

That's exactly what I wanted to accent there. A major change in musical style can really raise the awareness of the viewer of an anticipation to something important to the story of the film.


Horncastle said:
Herman, that is my favourite moment in your score - I really think your build up underlined the reveal of the photo excellently. And you really captured the period too.
Jason
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Thanks Jason!
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Thanks, man. Takes place in the late sixties. The title insert in the beginning states the year. The Calls are coming from 1945 though.

The ringing is low and I've since boosted it a bit. It's definitely there though and still quite audible. As JDS has suggested in his thread more than once... You haven't seen the movie if you haven't watched it while listening with headphones. Herman's score and Rutger's sound design is excellent! You will hear everything as intended.

Thanks for the very positive comments, critiques and high rating. :)

Cheers,

Mike
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Well, then, I am a fool. I should have been more observant. :) That works, then.

As far as the sound, I DID use headphones. :grin: I always do. The score was excellent, as is always is from Herman.
 
Hey man,

Just caught the flick. Really really enjoyed it. Loved the Andrew Shoe character's acting. The dialogue was well delivered in my opinion, well written, and the piece was well acted. Mopping the dining room scene maybe had a bit harsher light than I would have liked, but that's being nit-picky.

Overall I really enjoyed this story and idea. It strikes me as weird though that the Andrew Shoe character would leave someone to listen to the phone if he knew it was German's surrounding Hitler calling on it. And it was hard to tell whether the lead character spoke or understood German or not, which I think makes it a really big deal. I mean, does he just HEAR the name Andrew Shoe or does he understand what the guys are talking about? I think that's a big plot point that needs to be addressed and as it is, is kind of unnecessarily ambiguous.

But otherwise, I thought this piece looked really nice and was very well acted. Thanks for sharing. The idea here really is a great one. Can't wait to see more from you.
 
Lot's of comments rolling in...

Horncastle said:
Mike, just thought I'd tell you I've just watched Calls from the Führerbunker once more while going through all the entries a second time. This was the first time I've used my headphones - I've always heard it on my external speakers since I've always watched it with Susanne - it does sound good. Despite the many times I've watched it, I still enjoyed it very much: a very good sign indeed.
Jason
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Thanks. It really is better with headphones isn't it. :)

thetvirus513 said:
Really REALLY liked this one. It had some really solid acting, and it was a very unique and intriguing story. It had me hooked and interested the whole way through. Nice job!
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Awesome. Glad it worked for you.

ZetKey said:
Great short!
I like the actor too (the same in The Watchmen). Good directing and camera job!
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Thanks. I'll pass that along to Ian.


ConspiracyPenguin said:
Well, then, I am a fool. I should have been more observant. :) That works, then.
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:)


Danielleus said:
Hey man,

Just caught the flick. Really really enjoyed it. Loved the Andrew Shoe character's acting. The dialogue was well delivered in my opinion, well written, and the piece was well acted. Mopping the dining room scene maybe had a bit harsher light than I would have liked, but that's being nit-picky.

Overall I really enjoyed this story and idea. It strikes me as weird though that the Andrew Shoe character would leave someone to listen to the phone if he knew it was German's surrounding Hitler calling on it. And it was hard to tell whether the lead character spoke or understood German or not, which I think makes it a really big deal. I mean, does he just HEAR the name Andrew Shoe or does he understand what the guys are talking about? I think that's a big plot point that needs to be addressed and as it is, is kind of unnecessarily ambiguous.

But otherwise, I thought this piece looked really nice and was very well acted. Thanks for sharing. The idea here really is a great one. Can't wait to see more from you.
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Glad you enjoyed it. As for the language translation I don't think it's a big deal since you are the first and only person to mention it.
(Watch now, here come the rest... :) ) That and we tipped our hat to his heritage during the name exchange at the beginning. I'm not one for spoon feeding the audience.

Another tip to that he knows more is at 5:34. There is clearly more written even though you can't read all of it. "Fuhrer Relocated" Is at the top, half cut off but you can still clearly see that he isn't just writing names.

In the DC I will have time to show it all, and then some. :) He wrote more but I didn't think it was needed with the subtitles and the fact that we mentioned he was of German background early on. I will add one or two more "written translation scenes" into the DC though, but I don't feel the need to hit people over the head with it.

Thanks for the reviews guys! Much appreciated.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Thinking of adding this in with the other guard scene where he is watching Chris through the monitors. That and the bathroom scene should help tie this all together.

No, music, no foley, no ambiance, dirty sound. :)
it will end up being much better than this.

http://www.vimeo.com/2206632


Let me know what you think. I'm not set on it... might help break things up a bit towards the middle though. The monitoring scene in my signature is definitely going in.

Mike
 
I can't remenber if I already comented on this film.......

But I'll do it now. Great film, intersting and well driven story. This is definitely in my top list!
 
Hey Mike... I like that scene! I'd love to see how it works in a cut...

Oh and I was wondering..

Is your actor really handicapped? Or was that a creative decision.. regardless, I think it adds a lot to the piece in a very subtle way.
 
Hmm, not sure.

Maybe it's because I've already seen the movie?

It was predictable, and I don't know if it looked like it matched the rest of the film.

Just my input.

Robbie
 
blindbuzta said:
Hey Mike... I like that scene! I'd love to see how it works in a cut...

Oh and I was wondering..

Is your actor really handicapped? Or was that a creative decision.. regardless, I think it adds a lot to the piece in a very subtle way.
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Thanks. I think with some foley and a bit of mood music... it may come together. We'll see.

As for Chris' limp.... that was Ian's idea. We always want his characters to have a bit of a quirk. We talked a few over and settled on the limp. He kept a stone in his shoe while we were shooting.

We figured that it may help show why he ended up as a janitor as apposed to a soldier of some kind. In the end... we just wanted him to be a little different. :thumbup:

Mike
 
Robbie Comeau said:
Hmm, not sure.

Maybe it's because I've already seen the movie?

It was predictable, and I don't know if it looked like it matched the rest of the film.

Just my input.

Robbie
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Yah, I'll judge it once it has foley, music, and better audio.
I'm still not quite sure. The monitoring scene will be going in, although the edit may change slightly. I have more footage to play with.
 
I like the scene but I don't know if it would fit. Maybe with some music.

The actor does limp good.
 
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