"Acceptance" by Kyrre Larsen
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Chris Messineo
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I liked this a lot. I thought it had a great look to it. It also had a great style and tone throughout so that, even though I'm not sure I understood all of it, I felt like I still connected to it.
Your actors were great and I really dug the music.
Well done.
Your actors were great and I really dug the music.
Well done.
Nice one. This flowed really well. Edit was good. Good story.
Your exterior shots all looked good, and the interiors seemed overlit and without motivation for what was going - bar the first party shot after he had taken the mushrooms. Talking specifically about the bedroom scene with his sister and bathroom scene with his friend.
A solid entry thats for sure.
Your exterior shots all looked good, and the interiors seemed overlit and without motivation for what was going - bar the first party shot after he had taken the mushrooms. Talking specifically about the bedroom scene with his sister and bathroom scene with his friend.
A solid entry thats for sure.
kyrre
Well-known member
Thanks for your comments Noel!
Thanks again!
I absolutly agree! We had all this expensive lighting equipment, but no gaffer. In those particular scenes we were also way over schedule, so things got set up in quite a hurry.
Thanks again!
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kyrre
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I am still looking for some more speific (and harsh?) criticism guys! Please lay on me whatever you have on your mind - even if somebody have already mentioned it. :dankk2:
It's a definitly a lot of information to take in during 6 minutes.
Thanks a lot mate!
It's a definitly a lot of information to take in during 6 minutes.
Wow, thanks a lot!
Will Clegg
Veteran
I thought this was really great, Kyrre. The best I have seen so far in this fest.
The criticism I have is that I did not care for most of the music. It felt a little distracting to me in the scene where he is freaking out in the bathroom, and I didn't like the solo acoustic guitar at the end. I wanted a bigger swell at the end, I think.
That's literally my only complaint. The acting, directing, editing, and cinematography were top notch. I would very much like to see some other work of yours. Well done.
The criticism I have is that I did not care for most of the music. It felt a little distracting to me in the scene where he is freaking out in the bathroom, and I didn't like the solo acoustic guitar at the end. I wanted a bigger swell at the end, I think.
That's literally my only complaint. The acting, directing, editing, and cinematography were top notch. I would very much like to see some other work of yours. Well done.
Norm Sanders
Script Wrangler
Kyrre, I totally dug the simplicity of this story. How someone tries to bury themselves in anything else, sometimes to keep them from accepting the truth, no matter how ugly it is...in this case, the death of the boy's father.
While I didn't quite get what order some of the events were taking place in, I liked the shots (except for one where he was running outside at night, a tad too dark/underexplosed for my tastes), the settings you had, the experience of his life & running away from his problems that you gave us. Some excellent framing in spots as well.
It's harder to tell if someone's a solid actor or not (for me anyway) when it's in a different language, so I WISH I could have understood them in their own tongue, but that said I got the impression that they're solid performers & liked what I saw nonetheless ... seemed very REAL.
While I didn't quite get what order some of the events were taking place in, I liked the shots (except for one where he was running outside at night, a tad too dark/underexplosed for my tastes), the settings you had, the experience of his life & running away from his problems that you gave us. Some excellent framing in spots as well.
It's harder to tell if someone's a solid actor or not (for me anyway) when it's in a different language, so I WISH I could have understood them in their own tongue, but that said I got the impression that they're solid performers & liked what I saw nonetheless ... seemed very REAL.
kyrre
Well-known member
I have some mixed feelings about the music myself. In the ending sequence I wanted it to be subtle and was very afraid of make it too pretensious. But maybe we should have gone further.
Maybe that's a good thing!
rogar-Smoke(DBG):I tried to use the running as a visual metaphor for how he was running away from/escaping reality. I am really pleased you picked up on that!
Thanks so much guys for the kind words! I'm actually blushing! :love4:
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ecking
Veteran
Hey I don't have time to write a big long review but I'm just popping in to say I really enjoyed your piece. It flowed quite nicely but it was kind of stretch that the protagonists problem was link to the 2 second shot of his Dad's picture earlier, it might as well have been a complete reveal (without a minor flashback or something) instead of a callback, but I can understand the time constraints. I liked the use of playing with the hvx's limitations with the grainier shots, most of us seem to try and hide is and it felt like an ascetic here which was nice. I liked the use of the diegetic club music but didn't like the original piece of music at the end, it didn't really seem to fit the character's personality and environment.
Brian Parker
Well-known member
Really good job kyrre. Well shot and directed. You did a good job of balancing story and time constraint...involved enough to mean something, but simple enough to digest within the time frame. Lots of shots that I liked here. I thought the actors did a good job as well.
If you really want nitpicky criticism, the end sequence with him running seemed kind of floaty like it was green screened...maybe the backgorund seemed to be moving too fast. Other than that, it was really well made on many counts. Great job.
If you really want nitpicky criticism, the end sequence with him running seemed kind of floaty like it was green screened...maybe the backgorund seemed to be moving too fast. Other than that, it was really well made on many counts. Great job.
Zak Forsman
Major Contributor
wow, where did you come from? nice work kyrre. this is one of the best of the fest, imo.
Jason Ramsey
Admin
You should definitely enter this in other fests. Very solid entry with great flow, and just had a great feel to it throughout in my opinion.
Thanks, very much.
later,
Jason
Thanks, very much.
later,
Jason
dag.saetran
New member
Yep. It makes me proud as well. I'm the producer of this badboy and new to DVXuser. It is really heartwarming to read all the comments you guys write. Looking forward to seeing through all of the entries now.
Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
This film laid out an intriguing moral and ethical complexity. Its presentation, although far too kinetic, reminded me of a few bits from Fassbinder films.
I thought the ending was very strong, and everything linked together well, but some things felt a little capricious at times. There are elements that feel a little under-cooked to me, like the relationship between Johnny and the guy at the club/bar in the beginning. I took this as a way to demonstrate Johnny's falling away from stable friends and getting mixed up with "bad seeds" so to speak because of what happened.
I really like the way you tackled the subject matter and I definitely enjoyed the cinematography. It was well shot, blocked, graded, and edited. The lead's performance carried the film well. Easily one of the better films I've seen so far.
Nice work! :beer:
I thought the ending was very strong, and everything linked together well, but some things felt a little capricious at times. There are elements that feel a little under-cooked to me, like the relationship between Johnny and the guy at the club/bar in the beginning. I took this as a way to demonstrate Johnny's falling away from stable friends and getting mixed up with "bad seeds" so to speak because of what happened.
I really like the way you tackled the subject matter and I definitely enjoyed the cinematography. It was well shot, blocked, graded, and edited. The lead's performance carried the film well. Easily one of the better films I've seen so far.
Nice work! :beer:
Eric Meisner
Active member
Real Strong Entry, easily one of my favorites thus far. Enjoy all aspects of the film except one. The music at the end took me out of it. Maybe something a little less intense (or less strum-my) would be more appropriate. Other then that it captivated me through out.
Great job.
Great job.
Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
I felt that way as well. I sort of wanted the focus to be solely on the lead's actions in the scene and seeing everyone else's reactions.
Still strong, nonetheless.
And Miniman! I had no idea you were the DP. Really great work.
kyrre
Well-known member
Looks like a lot of people don't like the music in the ending. Some want more, some want less. I definitely agree it did not turn out quite right. It was also originally intended to be played faster, but we had no time for the composer to re-record.
I can also see the "greenscreen"-ish effect in a lot of the footage (it was shot on location, obviously
rogar-Smoke(DBG). I actually had to ditch a few nice shots due to some these artifacts.Thanks a lot for the kind words!
That means a lot to me! :dankk2:
Thank you so much for your feedback guys! Keep it up - I'm taking notes! :thumbup:
alex whitmer
Veteran
Gotta echo what others are saying. Great film.
The race to the funeral was nicely done. Love we don't really know what has happened until the end. Really kept me in the story.
The 'boy banter' was good. Not over the top. I usually hate seeing puking guts, as I feel it's often tossed in for shock magic, but it worked in the overall spirit of this film.
Very nice film indeed.
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The race to the funeral was nicely done. Love we don't really know what has happened until the end. Really kept me in the story.
The 'boy banter' was good. Not over the top. I usually hate seeing puking guts, as I feel it's often tossed in for shock magic, but it worked in the overall spirit of this film.
Very nice film indeed.
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