"We Are Not Alone" - Reyo-San Pictures

not as excited about films where most of the story is carried in voice over as ones where its played out
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Check my website in a few weeks when I have "The Dinner Guest" up. It's nearly 23 minutes of conversation and character development. Like watching a stage play.

I ain't no one-trick pony! :)
 
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Ok, I had a chance to watch through this one again and must say it's for sure toward the top of my list! I hate weighing it against Similio and ODD Squad, but those are the other films that I have ranked very high. Similio has too shallow of a story for me, and its very slow moving (which works in the piece and isn't a bad thing) but, I do enjoy watching this film better. Love the FX work, and only have minor complaints with the story. Overall this is one I love watching!
 
Thank you, Briceman. For all the blood, sweat and tears I shot into this thing, it's nice to know it's not a "watch it once" film.
 
Kaz said:
Thank you, Briceman. For all the blood, sweat and tears I shot into this thing, it's nice to know it's not a "watch it once" film.
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I feel ya man! People have this disallusioned idea of filmmaking that it is so simple, and so.... glamourous... it takes blood, sweat, and tears to make a great piece, and I see that in this film! Way to go!:cool:
 
Kaz said:
Thank you, Briceman. For all the blood, sweat and tears I shot into this thing, it's nice to know it's not a "watch it once" film.
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I watched it like 6 times, and later i left it as background music for 25 more minutes...
 
One question: for the DOF effect of him in front of the TV and her wife inthe background, it seems to me you made a gaussian blur mask with him to simulate DOF, did you do that in vegas? (time 1.04)
 
macgregor said:
One question: for the DOF effect of him in front of the TV and her wife inthe background, it seems to me you made a gaussian blur mask with him to simulate DOF, did you do that in vegas? (time 1.04)
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You are correct, sir.
See... I don't have one of those cool 35mm dohickeys like some people, so I have to do it the poor man's way.;)
 
Kaz said:
You are correct, sir.
See... I don't have one of those cool 35mm dohickeys like some people, so I have to do it the poor man's way.;)
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Well, you did a darn fine job at that!!
 
After watching this a few more times I wanted to come back and add to my original post. I liked your editing. I'm personally not a fan of wipes but you used them well. One thing stands out, though. The transition from wound in the back to the moon was gold! You film had the best jump out of the seat moment. We all know what that was. I'm amazed that you were able to get so much packed into your short; there's a lot going on there. One question. I loved the idea of the dime. The shot of the memo showing the aliens' weakness said volumes. Why did he discard the quarter? Aren't they made up of the same material as dimes? You know I have to dig deep if that's the only question I can come up with.
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I really liked this film and the opening gave it a very epic feel. The effects were probably the best out of all the flicks. I like the wide array of shots you had through out the film.
The parts that took me out of the story were the section where he has his ear to the door listening to the sounds outside. It seemed like there was enough windows to be able to see or at least keep looking.
The section were he leaves his wife I thought was a really big flaw. No father to be I know would ever leave his wife and unborn child without a fight. I was expecting a joke where she looks at him run away and says WTF? I didnt mean that!!!
The audio and sound design were well done also. This seemed to be a problem with many of the films I have seen so far.
Great job and good luck with your future :)
 
Kaz,

I'm at my inlaws right now and just wanted to tell you that we had a "screening" of your movie (and several others)... and everyone here was impressed with your story and your whole production! Again, excellent job!
 
Thanks, guys.

Aram, I actually explained the whole leaving his wife thing in an earlier post. Whether or not the explanation is good enough is up to you:

I went through great pains with this part. Originally, the flashbacks were to be quick. Later, I realized they would add even more emotional impact for the character and extra empathy from the audience. So I decided to focus more on them.

Your issues were definitely discussed, but knowing full well ahead of time that I only had 1 1/2 minutes to make that whole sequence as believable as possible, the kind of struggle you speak of would have taken up a lot of extra time so it was compressed into the simple words as he is running away, "Oh God..." As in, "I can't believe what I'm doing..." which I thought my actor read brilliantly.
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The only thing I would have changed is having the wife die in his arms instead of him bailing on her. I think most men at this point are fighting to the death if their wife is breathing (And pregnant!)

Nevertheless; loved it!
 
After the fest, I plan on doing an in-depth look at the allegorical aspects of the film because it goes far beyond the whole "lives & home destroyed but hope remains" thing.

There's a reason I didn't let her die until after he left.
 
ah, I am trying not to read the posts before I post but I guess on the longer ones like this one I should. Yeah, I think what john said would work or if she got REALLY SUPER hostile to the point he is stunned and sort of walks away slower before running. Still a great job dude.
 
I'd like to add that, to me, it's much more powerful to have a guy make the unimaginable decision to leave his loved one behind, regretting it as soon as he runs than to just have her die so he can finally go.
 
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