briceman "A Price Too High"

Hey Brice.

I haven't read previous posts, so I'm sorry if you've heard it before...

I liked the concept overall. Interesting premise, and executed fairly well.

I liked the blood effect and the sniper rifle pov was nice. Good job there!

What I didn't like was the lead's acting. Felt very forced and well, acty.
The sound when the friend is killed was a little off as well. The music was a little too loud perhaps and the gunshot didn't resonate with me as being real.

The sniper actor was fairly solid though. Believeable. Nice job there.

In the end what kept me out of the movie was that I didn't buy your lead actress and therefore didn't care so much about her fate.

Nice work! Great job overall!

Robert
 
Thank you for your kind words... I am glad the film worked for you overall. Sorry you did not particularly like the lead actress (haven't had too many people comment on her). Anyway, thanks for the review, and thank you for watching our film! :)
 
Dahopafilms said:
Once in the warehouse, I really liked that scene. I was wondering at the outset why the shooter was getting into such a dialogue with her (he'd already missed her once - just finish the job like a pro), but I bought into the story line (he wanted her to come with him). Really nice sequence where Jennifer reveals herself and asks "Why?" I liked that a lot. Nice camera work (I assume you have follow focus on your rig). I was not as fussed as others who didn't like the "power" word.
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Funny you should mention a follow focus. I don't have one. What I did is set the focus on Jennifer, with the agent in frame. Then I made a note of what focus number it was on. Then we set it back to the original point where it's on the agent. Then we had Jennifer walk back. Then we had the agent walk back and we rolled. He came into frame, then Jennifer came in a few beats later, and as she came in I pulled focus back to the number I had in my mind for her focus. Then in post I added the camera movement up as the focus is being pulled to add a little something to the shot :) Glad you liked that shot... we had to do many takes to get the timing right for the focus and actors.
 
Quick Disclaimer: I am avoiding reading other comments before rating each of the films, so I may repeat comments others have said to death.

This film was great...I really enjoyed it. The blood in the hand fx was cool and very real looking. I remember before the viewing started you mentioned this was a trimmed down verison of a longer piece, I'm really looking forward to seeing the complete film.

The audio was good, I didn't have problems hearing what the actors were saying. I really didn't care for the psychiatrist, he was a bit stilted in his acting. The other actors did a good job, but the assassin was outstanding - it would be a pleasure to have him in any production if he can deliver like that all the time...great job.

I like the story and it felt complete. I saw the end coming, but wasn't disappointed when it arrived.

Good job.

Larry
 
I thought we'd post up our poster. It's kind of simple... but I like it.

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Briceman,

The short came out great man! I really don't care about everyone else's comments.

I definately like the full version better, but the 6 min. version came out just as good.
 
Thanks Goldenboy! Also, just wanted to give a shout-out to you. Just so everyone knows who was responsible for our special effects, it was Goldenboy55! Good friend of mine, and I also work with him. Thanks a lot for the help dude!
 
Thanks for the shout out Briceman! It was nothing. Glad I was able to help a brotha out!

Your Sci-Fi Short seems to be very popular! Congrats!
 
Briceman!

yo. I didn't think your lead was all that bad. The sniper dude was good too. The doctor is the weaker of the bunch I think. I thought the sniper should have been crush the shelves but obivously you can't do that... lol. The twist in the end made this film completed.
 
ok dude ... finally getting to these ...

Congratulations are in order - a lot to be proud of here!

biggest ding was the dialogue around "I can't let this happen" ... he said the same thing over and over paraphrased or slightlt re-ordered.

Your film's highest category for me was cinematography and I felt there was a lot of heart in this project.

kudos man!
 
Thanks for the comment Jack! Your critique and comments are very highly regarded, and you were the one who inspired me to enter a short into the fest this time around. Anyway, thanks for the comment man!
 
I enjoyed this movie a lot. A good solid story and great acting by the Rodrigez character, even the doctor was O.K. by me. I thought the shots in the warehouse looked fantastic, I liked the dolly shot and then when the girl stepped into the frame, very nice!

A couple of minor observations about timing. When the music changed after the crate fell on the guy's head and also when the doctor left the room and declared that the girl could be committed. These two moments felt a bit hurried. Just small points though which shows what a great job you did! Well done man!

Ben
 
Thank you for your kind words Ben, I am very happy you enjoyed the film! I would also agree that parts of the film feel rushed a bit, that is in large part due to cutting the original cut (DVD cut) from 11:30 min. to 6 min. quite a lot was sacrificed in cutting it down to 6 min.

Update! I've added some links to some of the music from the score of our film! Enjoy!
 
She was not an alien, just an extraordinary girl with a special gift. I am sorry you did not like the film. Or as you put it, it was just eh. I suppose it's not for everyone. Thanks for the comment!
 
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