"Trapped" - by One23 Films

You had a great story here Clarkage, and some clever ideas like the earthquakes and the snow. Zack is becoming a pretty good actor too. That said you have a quality problem, both with overcompression of the file and with overexposure. I wonder if you tried doing the latter on purpose to give a "washed out inside the glass" look. If you did, I'm afraid it didn't work.
It was an ambitious idea, trying to tell the story with just one young actor, and it was maybe a bit too much for both of you. I think you needed to tell the story through images and action as far as possible, reserving Zack's monologue to tell the audience what's happening only when you really couldn't find another better way. I don't think "Look Mum, it's snowing" was necessary, for example - we could already see that.
I also think you could have made the editing a bit tighter: you had some shots in there that could have been cut entirely, the CU of the grass with Zack behind out of focus at 1:37, for example.
Overall, a good job though. The original story made up for some of the shortcomings.
Jason
 
Thank you guys for all the great comments! I really feel like I know exactly what I need to work on next time around.
 
Hey, nice film. When the ending came I felt like I had been thinking waaay to hard about the earthquakes and snow. I was thinking cosmic phenomenon or something. Guess not. ha. Anyway, most of my thought have been covered. The one thing that stands out is the length, I'd like to have seen a shorter film. Or perhaps with more events. Either way, good work gettin this sucker in (all the more impressive after checking out your bts).
 
Hey Clarkage, every time I see your signature, I think I'm getting ready to type in one of those Captcha things... :laugh:
 
haha yeah I never even noticed that but that is totally true! Yeah that is what you get when you dont put any efforts at all into your poster... hopefully that will be different next time around.
 
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