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I'm not a Survivor fan so I can't really comment on this as a spoof but there was quite a bit of humor in there that I really enjoyed, although for some reason this particular festival is overdoing poo themes.

I liked the way you used mutiple camera angles and I thought the sound design and music especially was excellent. Acting was good, and I'm always impressed by the variety of ideas that come out these festivals. Nice job!
 
Thanks for the special prize Puck!

I appreciate the comments everyone, and I also realize this is a big departure from previous works.

A few notes about the production

  • We had a very funny script from Chris and ended up ignoring most of it due to lack of preparation and experimenting on set.
  • The whole thing was shot in just over 6 hours, shooting 3 cameras at once as much as possible. (LOVED THAT)
  • Most scenes were done in one take, or sometimes two.
  • The cut I prefer and the one we made the 6 min ver from is 13.5 minutes.
  • There's easily enough footage to make a 25 minute version.
  • Kevin improvised about 98% of it, using some of the situations from the script.
  • Obviously, no lights were used, and we stuck a wireless mic on Kevin and that was it.
  • The post production was done in two days- a real hurry-up job.

After finishing, I was quite happy with it, until people (other than those of us involved) actually SAW it and the response was less than enthusiastic- way less. I realized somewhere along the way I became delusional as to how good (or bad) it really was, I think mostly due to the fact that it was a lot of fun to make.

Kevin did an outstanding job, and really took it all the way. Applause to him for bringing it. He was a little wary before the shoot, so i said, "let's just go there and do a 'test' shoot. That test shoot is what you see.

In conclusion- This proves, yet again, that with poor planning, little thought, and fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants shooting, editing, and post production, you end up with a mediocre product. As if I needed to learn that lesson again! Next time you see anything from me, it will be better, I promise.
 
Tim Joy said:
In conclusion- This proves, yet again, that with poor planning, little thought, and fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants shooting, editing, and post production, you end up with a mediocre product.
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I don't agree with you here Tim. I think that all-in-all, you ended up with a pretty decent product. It's got some problems, sure, but on the whole I think it's pretty decent. There's more than one way to make a movie as I've learned in this fest. You can plan it all out to the smallest detail or you skip all that and grab your camera and GO! Neither is wrong.
 
John LaBonney said:
I don't agree with you here Tim. I think that all-in-all, you ended up with a pretty decent product. It's got some problems, sure, but on the whole I think it's pretty decent. There's more than one way to make a movie as I've learned in this fest. You can plan it all out to the smallest detail or you skip all that and grab your camera and GO! Neither is wrong.
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Both methods are fine, but planning and putting extra time into the production will almost always result in a better film. I learned this by entering my first 48 hour Fest with "Ronald" with no crew. I usually don't have one but I can cover that up by spending extra time setting up shots and doing multiple takes when time is on my side.

While a blast to make it doesn't stand up to some of my previous work so I get what Tim is saying.

Tim, I did have a lot of fun with this entry but I was surprised to see that it was from you after seeing a lot of your previous work. It's like two different people made these films when compared to your last entry.

What I do love is that you tried something completely different. I like that about you and your work. I'm also glad that you decided to share it with us.

I know that you will knock our socks off again very shortly.

Cheers,

MAH
 
Hey John and Michael- Thanks for your positive support and encouragement. It means a lot to me, and keeps me going. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
i dont like survivor so any spoof on that show is good by me! a cooked rat.... sheesh, and an almond joy, ugh! well shot movie, and clean sound too. not bad at all for running and gunning. cant wait to see your next film!
 
Hey Good Effort ... personally i don't like survivors documentaries ... so it was a bit hard to accept ... but it had some pretty good / sick humor ... will watch the next installment ...
 
You definitely had the shooting/camerawork/editing style of these shows down. If you say it was a last minute thrown together piece, I say fine but it still works for what it was intended to be and that was a humorous light-hearted film. I had some chuckles, and cinged at the water scene. Nice work.
 
For trying to be a reality/documentary piece, it worked out pretty well. I saw someplace that you threw this together quickly, as last minute, and in some respects it shows ... but I feel you TRIED to do something that was just fun and campy, and to that you succeeded. You also got a major laugh & gag factor of course at the toilet scene. NASTY, but the prize moment of the film! :)

I also liked at the end how he lost the Steve Irwin voice, and we end on his natural voice. Well done.
 
Hey I liked this - and I don't think production value is hugely important on this kind of mockumentary, there were no technical issues that distracted me from the humour or the story. In fact, if this had been too slick it wouldn't have worked as well. The actor absolutely makes this and I like the ad-libbed style. The music is great too - just right. You just seem to have really understood the conventions of the genre, which adds up to a cohesive film that works. I'd suggest making more of these, doing some kind of web-series - this is very you-tube-able - yes that's a word. Look it up :)
 
The accent threw me - Was that an attempt at Australian?
It ranges right thru to British and South African.
Maybe he's some sort of expat stuck between cultures or something.

Sorry to be a tad negative but it really put me off - I hate false accents and don't really see what it would have added to the story anyway even if the actor totally nailed it.
 
Kevin was born and raised somewhere in Australia... like Perth, or NSW or something, so I think you are mistaken on what an Australian accent sounds like. How would you know anyway? Come on, don't criticize something you obviously know nothing about.

He actually has had to shun his Aussie accent here in the states because people made fun of him when he said things like, "Crikey" and "Alrighty, Mate" and "I think I spot a Roo over there", which is why you see in the last shot he switches back to his fake American accent.

Hope this clears things up for ya. No hard feelings, mate.








Edit: I see that you ARE from Australia...well.... never mind the above. :):):)
 
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Hope this clears things up for ya. No hard feelings, mate.
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G'Day Tim
(yes we use G'day but hardly ever hear crikey)

Thanks for answering.
Sorry to seem so negative but I was taken aback at this half Aussie accent.

Looks like the poor bugger is stuck between accents like my alternate offering suggested. Must be hard. I know most Aussie actors have had to lose their accents to gain employment over there. (and then when they want an Aussie accent they get a Brit that thinks they can do so.)

Perhaps in this multicultural world I should have just overlooked it and went with the flow.

Cheers
 
Alright Tim, since you asked for it. Joe and I put something special together just for you. Here's an AIM session for "The Office Survivor Guy episode #9.31161531makingatitlelikethisisobnoxious315100.5a"

11:43:05 AM trumpetbuy: we should give tim what he wants
11:43:26 AM Ben Sliker: he has been the biggest AIM cheerleader.
11:43:31 AM trumpetbuy: fo sho
12:05:28 PM trumpetbuy: ok
12:05:29 PM trumpetbuy: ready
12:05:37 PM Ben Sliker: 3
12:05:38 PM Ben Sliker: 2
12:05:40 PM Ben Sliker: 1
12:05:41 PM Ben Sliker: play
12:05:59 PM trumpetbuy: slow mo puke
12:06:00 PM Ben Sliker: 4:3 is the new black.
12:06:06 PM trumpetbuy: haha
12:06:15 PM trumpetbuy: this looks like a larger aussie Heath Ledger
12:06:28 PM Ben Sliker: i thought heath ledger was an aussie?
12:06:36 PM trumpetbuy: is he?
12:06:38 PM trumpetbuy: wait
12:06:40 PM trumpetbuy: was he?
12:06:51 PM Ben Sliker: dude ... too soon... too soon.
12:07:26 PM Ben Sliker: if he gets hungry in the office, he can munch on some box... GET IT?
12:07:39 PM trumpetbuy: oh snap!
12:07:47 PM trumpetbuy: my dog drinks out of the toilet all the time and he's ok
12:08:12 PM Ben Sliker: i really don't know what to say when drinking poo water is the best part of a movie.
12:08:24 PM Ben Sliker: btw, probably not the greatest idea to flush a candy bar down the toilet, even drano hates nougat.
12:08:31 PM trumpetbuy: im enjoying myself
12:08:46 PM trumpetbuy: the rat the rat!
12:08:48 PM Ben Sliker: nm, i forgot about rat cam.
12:08:54 PM Ben Sliker: that's the best part.
12:09:10 PM trumpetbuy: rat o cam looks like a camera mounted to a 70's pornstar.
12:09:18 PM Ben Sliker: ewww.
12:09:29 PM Ben Sliker: cow=pricelees.
12:09:35 PM Ben Sliker: OWW! I'VE GOT KETCHUP SMEARED ON MY ARM! IT BURNS!
12:09:54 PM trumpetbuy: hes covered in barbecue sauce
12:10:05 PM Ben Sliker: i wonder how they got such a poorly made rat...
12:10:17 PM trumpetbuy: funny rat microwave bit
12:10:35 PM trumpetbuy: so, the rat turned into lasagna?
12:10:45 PM Ben Sliker: I'm Trippin balls man.
12:10:51 PM trumpetbuy: im gonna puke
12:10:56 PM Ben Sliker: i just did.
12:11:16 PM trumpetbuy: chromatic aberration is the new black.
12:11:18 PM Ben Sliker: i think they could have done more with the puke, i mean it was kind of liquidy.
12:11:29 PM trumpetbuy: its bile
12:11:29 PM Ben Sliker: you're the new black.
12:11:35 PM Ben Sliker: and stop stealing my jokes.
12:11:44 PM Ben Sliker: The sad thing is, alot of TV shows used to look like this...
12:11:48 PM trumpetbuy: stop stealing my women.
12:11:57 PM Ben Sliker: what does that mean?
12:12:14 PM Ben Sliker: if that's his fake american accent, i'm nominating this guy for an emmy.
12:12:32 PM trumpetbuy: so the "rat of vermont" is a euphemism for vaginas?
12:12:57 PM Ben Sliker: Our british guy couldn't speak american if you made him eat apple pie and play baseball.
12:13:06 PM trumpetbuy: haha, poor tim
12:13:16 PM Ben Sliker: THE MOVIES NOT ABOUT VAGINAS JOE.
12:13:32 PM trumpetbuy: You need to look past the surface, BEN.
12:13:41 PM Ben Sliker: oh right, I'M the one that's being silly.
12:13:48 PM trumpetbuy: nice work
12:13:50 PM trumpetbuy: next
12:14:11 PM Ben Sliker: i don't know if you know how this works ... but i say when we move on to the next one.
12:14:13 PM Ben Sliker: NEWB.
12:14:23 PM trumpetbuy: >:-o
12:14:23 PM Ben Sliker: I AM THE COMPTROLLER OF THE AIM SESSIONS.
12:14:33 PM trumpetbuy: you're a homosexual
12:14:49 PM Ben Sliker: that's a personal choice joe, not an insult.
12:14:57 PM trumpetbuy: good point

I don't know if there's anything actually worth anything in there. So here's a list of funny words that you can use to sign off emails, which is worth 3 nickels in most states.

poop noodle,
goober-filled nuts,
used pasties,
 
Yes!

The REAL quest was to enter a movie in Questfest, no matter how bad, (especially if it's bad) and LMAO at an aim session. Quest completed! Thanks guys!i!!:dankk2:
 
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