First Fest Entry Ever: SECOND CHANCES

Ahh...Beautiful.

Favorite so far.

If it wasn't for the ADR, and some shaky/jittery camera movements, this would be absolutely goregous.

Aside from the cons I just mentioned, GREAT acting. Great score/song, and the look of this film (adapter to lenses to grading) was my favorite.

I've seen a video like this on this site...A one minute film about a guy and a girl, and it's about love. At the end we see them in a car, and the girlfriend is dead while the driver is calling her name (He's alive, of course) and it's about a drunk driving video.

You captured this beautifully, and them walking in a graveyard added so much to this.

Expect to place in the top 8.

PS- What'd you shoot this on?

Robbie
 
I really liked the actors in this, they seemed to have good chemistry, the overall idea of the story was great but i didnt really understand what the women in masks making out was all about, i assumed the masked represented that everyone alive looked the same. over all it was enjoyable to watch

keep up the good work
 
Verry good acting and story.
A bit over the top in grading for my taste - especialy the diffusion.
But still a very strong peace.

Frank
 
Robbie, thanks and we shot it with an HV30 with a handy35 adapter.

Robbie Comeau said:
Ahh...Beautiful.

Favorite so far.

If it wasn't for the ADR, and some shaky/jittery camera movements, this would be absolutely goregous.

Aside from the cons I just mentioned, GREAT acting. Great score/song, and the look of this film (adapter to lenses to grading) was my favorite.

I've seen a video like this on this site...A one minute film about a guy and a girl, and it's about love. At the end we see them in a car, and the girlfriend is dead while the driver is calling her name (He's alive, of course) and it's about a drunk driving video.

You captured this beautifully, and them walking in a graveyard added so much to this.

Expect to place in the top 8.

PS- What'd you shoot this on?

Robbie
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Lost Skies said:
I LOVED this. I'm really impressed with the story and the production value you got. I have an HV20 and I've been looking for a 35mm adaptor for some time, and the Handy35 really caught my attention with this short.

What problems were you having with your diy dolly?
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Thanks.

Yeah, it wasn't real smooth and most of it I think because of the PVC tracks got dirty and the old wheels...
 
SMarston said:
I really liked the actors in this, they seemed to have good chemistry, the overall idea of the story was great but i didnt really understand what the women in masks making out was all about, i assumed the masked represented that everyone alive looked the same. over all it was enjoyable to watch

keep up the good work
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SMarston, thanks for you kind words. We cast them separately but as soon as we put them together... we were like... they're perfect together! And it shows on screen!
 
Spear670 said:
Not really much to say that hasn't already been covered. Like most I'm sure, I watched all these entries in order and I have to say you set the bar pretty damn high. It's a shame the crane shot didn't work out perfectly but great job with the cinematography and casting! I enjoy the story board pictures you posted, really shows the work you put into this. Great job overall!
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Spear670, thanks for your comments and yes those are the areas I really need to improve!
 
This is a beautiful film to watch! I never really got into the story but found the images very intriguing.
 
SPOILER ALERT BELOW:

They were demon figures, also symbols of temptations (ie. lust) before his soul unites with his lost love after the accident... the cemetery here is the gateway to the white light from the purgatory place.

crap... can't find a color to hide it :-) oh well!
 
The masked faces were interesting but a little cliche. I don't think it was the acting but the words seemed forced, it might've been the dialogue perhaps. Seemed sometimes the actors weren't IN the dialogue. My favorite part was the end, well right before the end when you showed her eyes. I really felt that kiss from her. What a great song, too. The gore effects were kind of over the top, not very realistic it took away from the fact that they reconnected. It didn't hold my attention but you got some great shots. Look forward to seeing your evolution as your work progresses. :)
 
Mercuralvenus, thanks for checking out the film! See you're also from Dallas, finally a fellow from the same town! Hi!
 
This film is gorgeous to look at and you did it with HV30. Wow. Kudos. The actors looked and performed very capably, but they spoke with too much importance on each line. Also the cadence of how one line came after the other was too even / unnatural and had the markings of ADR work. Use ADR for emergency purposes only. I'm aware you are trying for something unearthly, but it didn't work for me. Right at the moment they step away from the two headstones and began to walk along the path, the camera broke the director's line several times, and took me out of it. The final transition from her eyes is awesome. Many memorable shots in this one.
 
Thanks Sprocketboy for your comments. There was no ADR in this piece but I'm not gonna defend for the quality of audio either :-)
 
I think over processed with filters in the cleaning process would be a best guess... and we chose not to ADR... lesson learned.

We used boom mic, no lavalieres...

Thanks.
 
I really enjoyed a lot of what you did here. It was nicely shot, I like the song, and I like what you were going for. A couple things didn't quite work, the fake lens flare at the end comes most immediately to mind. It would've worked better had you just blown out everything to white right as it was approaching it's final position and then faded that all to black, but because it stayed still in a moving handheld shot, it became noticeable. With the masked girls at the beginning, I understand NOW what you were getting at having read some previous posts, but as you may have figured out, it doesn't come across. I'd suggest maybe instead having prostitutes standing outside in front of the gate trying to proposition him and rubbing up on each other a little. Since heaven and purgatory and all aren't shown as literal translations, but instead contemporary visual metaphors, do the same with the demon figures.

But again, nice work.
 
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