"Acceptance" by Kyrre Larsen

This was a solid entry :) One of my favorites for sure. The acting and story are the strongest elements of this entry. It's very layered, textured with numerous interesting characters, concepts and executions. There is little to say in a technical regard.. it's well produced. Good sound. Good cinematography. Looks like you favored a more natural look, at least it doesn't look very lit to me. Coolest shot occurs at :58 seconds :) but notable mentions also include...

1:53-1:56 which is cool because of the moment in general... it's not cinematically great or anything, but it's well deserving for the moment in relation to the story. By itself it's just a shot, but coupled with story and beats, it makes the shot glow.

3:55-3:57 is really cool... love the slow walk in with him... brilliantly suitable.

5:22 final shot is excellent. It's always important to end on a good frame. IMO, the last frame needs to be one of your best frames in a movie. It's the last image we're ever gonna see in relation to the story, it has to be great! I'm happy it ends in a cool manner as such. Again, I don't find the shot itself that particularly attractive... but the execution of the shot in relation to the story, once again, raises it to a different level.

Good team you put together here. Excellent film. You're officially tied with my other highest vote for the fest so far.
 
I really liked this one. Quite the character driven story. I was pissed at his so called buddy with the smirk on his face when he asked him what time it was.

Loved the music, the acting, cinematography... it was all good.
I really don't have much to say that's negative. Aside from... can't any of these guys party and not end up vomiting? :)

Really strong movie. Quite unexpected, I like that.

MAH
 
I liked this one a lot. Great story; it did a great job of dealing with the theme of loss and acceptance.

Technically, I thought it looked really good. The quieter dialog scenes with the sister in the bedroom sounded like they were missing an ambient room track. Sounded a little weird when the dialog faded in and out. I thought the editing and pacing was great throughout, although I felt it was a little slow in the middle.

Besides those little nitpicks, I really liked this film! I've only watched it once but it's definitely on my list to see again!
 
Wow. Fantastic.

Loved the editing, the shooting, the performances. The rhythms were excellent. So much energy throughout the piece.

I was wondering if there was a real story, and then at the end, it all comes together and makes sense.

Brilliant.
 
One of my favorites so far. The acting was awesome, and plot pacing was perfect. Not boring for a second. Technical aspects were totally nailed in every way.
 
Geoff_R said:
This was a solid entry :) One of my favorites for sure. The acting and story are the strongest elements of this entry. It's very layered, textured with numerous interesting characters, concepts and executions. There is little to say in a technical regard.. it's well produced. Good sound. Good cinematography. Looks like you favored a more natural look, at least it doesn't look very lit to me. Coolest shot occurs at :58 seconds :) but notable mentions also include...

1:53-1:56 which is cool because of the moment in general... it's not cinematically great or anything, but it's well deserving for the moment in relation to the story. By itself it's just a shot, but coupled with story and beats, it makes the shot glow.

3:55-3:57 is really cool... love the slow walk in with him... brilliantly suitable.

5:22 final shot is excellent. It's always important to end on a good frame. IMO, the last frame needs to be one of your best frames in a movie. It's the last image we're ever gonna see in relation to the story, it has to be great! I'm happy it ends in a cool manner as such. Again, I don't find the shot itself that particularly attractive... but the execution of the shot in relation to the story, once again, raises it to a different level.

Good team you put together here. Excellent film. You're officially tied with my other highest vote for the fest so far.
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Thank you for the kind words about the cinematography! I really aprreciate it.:) 1:53-1:56 would probably look heaps better if I had some more dolly experience, this was my first shoot using a dolly, so it could have been better. But we were also severely behind schedule, so there wasn't really enough time to perfectionize it.
 
Really enjoyed this one, especially the scene of the "crazy" party that was just a few frames. I think the editing of this piece really stood out, as did the sound design. I wish I had time to write a longer review, but I'll say great job. I really have my doubts about 6 minute dramas, especially ones about death because they tend to be over dramatic and over written, but this one felt honest.

One quick question, what was your setup for shooting the running scenes. Were you on a truck or using some kind of dolly?

Thanks and great job.
 
Dalton Boettcher said:
I liked this one a lot. Great story; it did a great job of dealing with the theme of loss and acceptance.

Technically, I thought it looked really good. The quieter dialog scenes with the sister in the bedroom sounded like they were missing an ambient room track.
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Yeah, I didn't catch that before I uploaded the file. Man, I wish I had a few more days on this. I think I'll post a new cut in better quality after LossFest.

Thanks a lot for the feedback, mate!

Geoff_R said:
Good team you put together here. Excellent film. You're officially tied with my other highest vote for the fest so far.
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That really means a lot! I haven't gotten around to reviewing your film yet, but it blew me away! Thanks!

smashedburrito said:
One quick question, what was your setup for shooting the running scenes. Were you on a truck or using some kind of dolly?

Thanks and great job.
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We had a MicroDolly on set. But for the running scenes we didn't have enough tracks, so we just drove by in a car (guerilla filmmaking style :beer:).
 
Hey guys, Loved the film.

Awesome lighting, cinematography sound design etc. Really good stuff.

When i was watching it i was almost certain it was shot on 16mm, awesome job pushing the HVX to its limits. Just curious, did you shoot barebones, or with an adaptor? and what software did you use to CC?

thanks,

keep up the good work!
 
Mcph55 said:
Hey guys, Loved the film.

Awesome lighting, cinematography sound design etc. Really good stuff.

When i was watching it i was almost certain it was shot on 16mm, awesome job pushing the HVX to its limits. Just curious, did you shoot barebones, or with an adaptor? and what software did you use to CC?

thanks,

keep up the good work!
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Wow, thanks!

It was shot purely barebones. I graded this using Apple's Color, added some grain as well. Nice to hear you thought it looked similar to 16mm, that was what I was going for. Looks a lot better in HD though!

Thanks again!
 
This film is a surprise. I love it when I find a gem. Great storytelling, acting and directing. The cinematography is perfect for this film. Very professional all the way around. This is the only film in the competition that I'm able to recall many of the shots in my head, even after an hour has past. This film is in my top 3 for sure.
 
For me, the changes in the lighting from shot-to-shot kind of jumped all over the spectrum and I found it to be a little distracting. More light and less light in the same scene (but different locations) made me twitch a little bit. I'm certainly no lighting master or director of photography of note, so take my comments for what they're worth (which is exactly what you paid for them).

I enjoyed a lot of the shot composition and think I can learn a lot about good shot composition from this film. I thought the sound, sound design, and music were pretty good. The only issue I did have with sound design was the footsteps as he was running to the funeral, they didn't seem to fit in there as they were presented.

I really did like some of the great shots in there. Nice job!
 
this was all around a great film, the directing and acting was perfect, i dont have a single bit of advice and you dont need it, you nailed it. congrats!
 
Really well done! Every aspect of this fits perfect. This is one of my favs.
I've tried for the last 5 minutes to think of something that bugged me, but I'll damned if I can find anything...oh wait....the subtitles were one point too small and changed too fast...there!

Great job, wonderful film. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
 
Sprocketboy said:
This film is a surprise. I love it when I find a gem. Great storytelling, acting and directing. The cinematography is perfect for this film. Very professional all the way around. This is the only film in the competition that I'm able to recall many of the shots in my head, even after an hour has past. This film is in my top 3 for sure.
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Wow, I'm flattered! :dankk2:
ZazaCast said:
Really well done! Every aspect of this fits perfect. This is one of my favs.
I've tried for the last 5 minutes to think of something that bugged me, but I'll damned if I can find anything...oh wait....the subtitles were one point too small and changed too fast...there!

Great job, wonderful film. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
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Thank you so much! Looking forward too seeing your entry today! :)

John LaBonney said:
For me, the changes in the lighting from shot-to-shot kind of jumped all over the spectrum and I found it to be a little distracting. More light and less light in the same scene (but different locations) made me twitch a little bit.
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Yeah, I can see how we probably did go too far in some places.

John LaBonney said:
The only issue I did have with sound design was the footsteps as he was running to the funeral, they didn't seem to fit in there as they were presented
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The foley was added in a hurry. I've tweaked the footsteps a bit to make them fit better.

Thanks for your feedback! :beer:

SMarston said:
this was all around a great film, the directing and acting was perfect, i dont have a single bit of advice and you dont need it, you nailed it. congrats!
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Damn, that's too kind! Thanks mate! :)
 
Agreed with the rest. Very nicely done. only complaint is the sub title font...but that's all opinion so I can't really say much. Awesome job.
 
my new fave!!!
solid job all around. same props as all the above, and the one negative as Nick_Lee said -- the font. wished it was more drop shadowed (??) or yellow, or just easier to read on those white backgrounds.

have you any more shorts? films? etc??
 
singleframe said:
the one negative as Nick_Lee said -- the font. wished it was more drop shadowed (??) or yellow, or just easier to read on those white backgrounds.
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Yeah, sorry about that guys. It was the last thing I did, like 30 minutes before the deadline.
singleframe said:
have you any more shorts? films? etc??
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Thanks a lot for the interest! I'm gonna update my website with more content eventually!

Cheers! :beer:

- Hey, did anybody notice the extra with the glasses looking directly into the camera at the opening club scene? That would be our producer, dag.saetran! Two minutes after explaining to all the extras how they mustn't look into the lens. :Drogar-Smoke(DBG):
 
I am sure I can't add much at this point, I will say that I really enjoyed this movie, and I love the way it was shot, I think I can learn alot from it, great job!
 
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