CPU - Jeremy Hyler aka Spidey

Hey man! Just got a chance to see yours!

I loved it! I think your only weakness was the monologue being too low. What type of mic did you use?

Everything else was top notch, the story, the atmosphere, the cinematography... it was all great!

I don't know if this has been asked already, but what was the ballpark figure of your budget? It looks like you went all out for this piece.

Excellent work man! I enjoyed this one a lot
 
ChrisHurn said:
Thanks! Great work on the film...you should be really proud. No, no problem at all about it - if the music was any louder it would be overpowering, it was well mixed. :) I would love to collaborate with you guys on another project.

Awesome poster! (erm, add me to the 'hook us up with a poster' list lol..thats awesome)

-Chris
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Haha thanks man,

I'll get a poster to you once the the contest is over and i can kind a place to print them.
 
dj200423 said:
Hey man! Just got a chance to see yours!

I loved it! I think your only weakness was the monologue being too low. What type of mic did you use?

Everything else was top notch, the story, the atmosphere, the cinematography... it was all great!

I don't know if this has been asked already, but what was the ballpark figure of your budget? It looks like you went all out for this piece.

Excellent work man! I enjoyed this one a lot
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we uses a 416 mic. we smothered matt with foam and sounbd blankets and i played back the movie on the computer.


THe ball park figure for the movie was 300 dollars mostly on food. then after that was make up and wardrobe
 
Spidey...my son...you forgot the gas, the time, the wardrobe, the make-up, the guns, and at least a meal or 2. Oh, and lets not forget all those visits to the Buscuitville.

$300.00 Ha! Ha! I say, "Ha"!
 
spidey said:
we uses a 416 mic. we smothered matt with foam and sounbd blankets and i played back the movie on the computer.


THe ball park figure for the movie was 300 dollars mostly on food. then after that was make up and wardrobe
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Hahaha That's how I've done my VO's before... mobile recording studio :-p
 
Matthew B. Moore said:
Spidey...my son...you forgot the gas, the time, the wardrobe, the make-up, the guns, and at least a meal or 2. Oh, and lets not forget all those visits to the Buscuitville.

$300.00 Ha! Ha! I say, "Ha"!
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like I said The ball park figure for the movie was 300 dollars mostly on food. then after that was make up and wardrobe

I mentioned all those. the guns we had or borrowed, and biscuitville is outside cost during post. thats different. :-p
 
spidey said:
like I said The ball park figure for the movie was 300 dollars mostly on food. then after that was make up and wardrobe

I mentioned all those. the guns we had or borrowed, and biscuitville is outside cost during post. thats different. :-p
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Don't you go gettin' gully with me.
 
Filmjunkie677 said:
Spiderman,

This flatout rocked and has just taken over the NUMBER ONE postion as my favorite.

Your style is insane, the story twisted and dark... Right up my alley.
Whovever that actor was that played the guy with one eye, he's fantastic, perfect for the role.
Very intense imagery and cinematography, almost a "se7en" like feel to it. The shot of the body burning was awesome.
The dialogue was great as well.

It almost felt like a really long trailer for a feature. Good job, man. Nothing but high marks from me.:) :D
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You and other have mention imagery simularities to David Fincher Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. I actually did draw on those as inspriations.

David Fincher: (se7en) Fincher is my favorite american director. I love all his films (I enjoyed panic room but it not something would watch again and again.) His compsitions and story line are what i enjoy about his movies.

Ridley Scott: (Alien, Blade Runner) I didnt even watch Blade runner before i started shoot but I watched all the Aliens films. I was studying his composition and his pacing. Now i knew i could do tthat in 6 mins but i study his approached to acting and justy let it flowed. If i saw somethign was aproblem I stepped in to tell them.

Tony Scott: (Man on Fire and Domino) The visual style and editing was awesome and the use of color. I loved MOF.

My other influences were Chan Wook Park (OLDBOY, Sympathy for mr. Vengence and JSA) the structure the art to film, imagery, cinematography and character development was awesome. He's my favorite director.

Those are my major influences.
 
Have you seen the Fincher's directors cut of Alien 3 that is in the box set? That is awesome and so much better then the theatrical version.
 
YUP thats what what i meant by I just watched them all recently. man it was different but it was better. I still like the theatrrical cut verison too. i dunno his visuals do it for me.
 
Oh man! Seriously this is one of those kind of movies that ticks me off in a way. This is SO my style of movie but then there's a couple aspects to it that turn me off to it overall and taint my high praise. But you deserve high praise for your efforts here.

Visuals. Top Notch. What the hell else can I say? I sure everyone is raving about it here and I am not the first poster by far, so I will just say I loved it! Very "Domino" to me, and I LOVE that. Great lighting, great work with the camera. Can't say enough. It helpde bring me into that world and it felt real. Great work on most of the effects as well!

I think one of the leads (scarface we'll call him) did a great job, the other I felt had a lot to match up to and he didn't pull it off. I also felt his voiceover was weak which leads to ... audio. The audio was all over the place here. One second I could hear what someone was saying, the next I had to reach over to the volume knob, and then it got loud again. Really inconsistent. This didn't hurt you too too much, and I am sure you just ran out of time for submitting to the movie and you'll be able to fix it rather easily.

Also one of my main beefs, I know its cool to have swearing in a gritty, dark movie. But this just seemed like swearing for the sake of it, and I didn't buy it. There isn't a swearing award here but you would have won, hands down. Even tough guys have more to say than "f*ck". I'm not a prude, I just like hearing characters convey their feelings and for me this style of dialogue is a cheap way out of any real creativity. This was the weakest aspect of your film to me.

So........ you're a visual genius. But a visual genius who needs more practice with audio and screenwriting, and hey, that ain't too shabby! Nice work man! Tony Scott would be proud, we just gotta get you a hand crank!
 
yeah people seem to be a little put off by it. but i say;

Please see Pulp Fiction. :-p :) no one seems to mind cursing in that.
 
Spidey,

I watched this last week, I remember alot of colors, nice comps, and unforgettable characters! I can tell by watching your flick you guys had fun making it. There are are a few things.. audio are weak on some parts and I remember not being able to follow the story. But man, CPU is definetly a visual spectacle.. you got skillz.
 
couple more comments after reading through everyone's posts:

i am all for swearing when its believeable/real. tarantino is believeable to me in that regards. i talk like he writes and so do my friends. but i think you hit the nail on the head for me when you said you let the actors run with the dialogue. i feel you should have tightened up a bit as a director because it shows lack of understanding and/or comprehension on the actors as far as the dialogue/script. when i said i see this as a weakness i didnt mean because its offensive (i dont offend easy) i mean it hurts your show because it brings it down a huge level because of the seemingly lack of writing.

another style similarity i noticed someone else mention was "avalon"! right on! especially during the food scene towards the beginning, very nice there (see that movie if you havent). was the restaurant a floating style one like in "fifth element"? i noticed the background moving independently of the foreground, just wondering if maybe you cut out some sky-food vehicle scene or something to meet time.

SFX-wise, when they are typing on the laptop, i didnt understand the effect you were going for there with the screen as its obviously a laptop and the image overlay is too big. just wondering if thats supposed to be a hologram or something, did you try erasing out the real laptop screen from behind it and it just didnt work?

thanks ahead of time for your answers!
 
no your not the only one who commented on language, I just dont see a the problem of language

the laptop is hologram project off if i had time you wwere supose to see hmm scan through it by finger. minority report style. but time was short.
 
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