Ben Sliker
Pain In The Ass 2.0
way to rock the RED into the top 8 first time out! congrats! :thumbsup:
'Aetas' - an Epic Medieval Tale
- Thread starter Shawn Philip Nelson
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pauly_the_hitman
Veteran
Congrats on making it to the top 8. Your film was one of my favorites visually speaking. Hope to see you in LA.
-Pauly
-Pauly
Shawn Philip Nelson
Veteran
Thanks to everyone for the kudos and a massive thank you to everyone who ranked us high and got us where we are. I am humbled and thankful that Aetas got to you!
For the LA screening (which I am thankfully flying down for) I just got done re-grading the whole thing. In color I altered the primary in for just about every shot to crank the contrast and added new secondaries to about four shots, it should really pop now! We're also fixing a few minor technical issues that a few people noticed. There's not enough time for a longer cut but I'm in talks with Herman about doing an 8 min cut for festivals!
For the LA screening (which I am thankfully flying down for) I just got done re-grading the whole thing. In color I altered the primary in for just about every shot to crank the contrast and added new secondaries to about four shots, it should really pop now! We're also fixing a few minor technical issues that a few people noticed. There's not enough time for a longer cut but I'm in talks with Herman about doing an 8 min cut for festivals!
Blaine
Mr. Hollywood
Great news! I'm really looking forward to seeing your re-graded flick. :thumbsup:
Russell Moore
Well-known member
Visually stunning, great soundtrack, I thought the actors were believable.
I just would have liked a little more from the story. A bit more conflict , the ending felt a little anti-climactic.
I liked the Latin, it really added to the atmosphere.
Overall it was a great job and I enjoyed watching it.
I just would have liked a little more from the story. A bit more conflict , the ending felt a little anti-climactic.
I liked the Latin, it really added to the atmosphere.
Overall it was a great job and I enjoyed watching it.
Matt Sconce
Veteran
Man I wish I could be there! That will be Sweet!
Shawn Philip Nelson
Veteran
Its come to my attention that Victoria, my awesome actress, has read the entirety of this thread and noticed that people talked more about her eyelashes than her acting (for good or bad).
So I'm not fishing for compliments, but if anyone had any concise things to say about Hunter or Victoria's acting they wouldn't mind hearing. For those that already commented, thank you!
Personally, I was extremely amazed. To my chagrin, I learned they are both moving to LA later this summer to pursue acting there. D'oh! Directing them was pure pleasure since Hunter and Victoria have studied Meisner for years, they took it seriously and even attacked the Latin well. Now i need to raise money just to fly them back to be in my future movies
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So I'm not fishing for compliments, but if anyone had any concise things to say about Hunter or Victoria's acting they wouldn't mind hearing. For those that already commented, thank you!
Personally, I was extremely amazed. To my chagrin, I learned they are both moving to LA later this summer to pursue acting there. D'oh! Directing them was pure pleasure since Hunter and Victoria have studied Meisner for years, they took it seriously and even attacked the Latin well. Now i need to raise money just to fly them back to be in my future movies
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Congrats on the top8. I would love to see the new version.
EP2005
Well-known member
Here's my honest opinion of everything...
Visually, there's a lot of shots that i love that felt like you captured the moment or feeling perfectly, which is basically everything handheld. There's a couple shots i didn't like, just because they were too steady for me, as i dont like tripod shots, and felt like a handheld or crane/dolly shot would have been better. But this shows the power of the RED and the amazing images it can produce.
Storywise, i thought it started off strong, and by the end, i could tell you had a lot you wanted to say, but not enough time to tell it. The journey to find the key could have shown more of a struggle, or introduced some sort of conflict. Overall I felt like i needed more in the middle to really feel the impact at the end. I love a good medieval tale, and i think if you had an extra 5-10 minutes, you'd have a solid story.
and the acting was very well done. I loved the beginning and the lines were delivered well. I think the actress could have used a tear or two on her face, and the actor could have had some more anger in him, but they both delivered the lines perfect. It also helps that she's beautiful, and he looks like a Lancealot lol.
Overall a very pleasing short that needs 10 more minutes of story to be truly epic
Visually, there's a lot of shots that i love that felt like you captured the moment or feeling perfectly, which is basically everything handheld. There's a couple shots i didn't like, just because they were too steady for me, as i dont like tripod shots, and felt like a handheld or crane/dolly shot would have been better. But this shows the power of the RED and the amazing images it can produce.
Storywise, i thought it started off strong, and by the end, i could tell you had a lot you wanted to say, but not enough time to tell it. The journey to find the key could have shown more of a struggle, or introduced some sort of conflict. Overall I felt like i needed more in the middle to really feel the impact at the end. I love a good medieval tale, and i think if you had an extra 5-10 minutes, you'd have a solid story.
and the acting was very well done. I loved the beginning and the lines were delivered well. I think the actress could have used a tear or two on her face, and the actor could have had some more anger in him, but they both delivered the lines perfect. It also helps that she's beautiful, and he looks like a Lancealot lol.
Overall a very pleasing short that needs 10 more minutes of story to be truly epic
moonlitnite
Well-known member
Hi Shawn and gang,
Thanks for presenting your unique movie - definitely rings of a big story, epic cinema and your excellent camera visuals steal the show. Since the actors lines were brief based on the minimalist story (others may disagree), it's challenging for us to give stronger feedback to critique the actors. For sure, they certainly gave strong performances within the confines of the script.
Cudos to you and your team for making it to the big league - well deserved. My only suggestion would be to brush up the storyline/script with a few non-linear events and varied pacing and more antagonist interventions; even within the confines of your existing footage, a few flashbacks and editing tweaks would add interesting treats to the audience.
Again, great job - awesome cinema!
Michael
Thanks for presenting your unique movie - definitely rings of a big story, epic cinema and your excellent camera visuals steal the show. Since the actors lines were brief based on the minimalist story (others may disagree), it's challenging for us to give stronger feedback to critique the actors. For sure, they certainly gave strong performances within the confines of the script.
Cudos to you and your team for making it to the big league - well deserved. My only suggestion would be to brush up the storyline/script with a few non-linear events and varied pacing and more antagonist interventions; even within the confines of your existing footage, a few flashbacks and editing tweaks would add interesting treats to the audience.
Again, great job - awesome cinema!
Michael
Cedric Akins
Well-known member
I have watched this one five times. Great story and visuals. The acting was great as well.
Shawn Philip Nelson
Veteran
Wow! That is very cool, I appreciate that. I am very glad to hear you enjoyed it enough to watch it 5 times
Zak Forsman
Major Contributor
cool meeting you tonight shawn.
Matt Sconce
Veteran
Hey Shawn, just wanted to drop by and say congrats again for this amazing film! It was definitely in my top three, and I wanted you to know that.
Shawn Philip Nelson
Veteran
If anyone still cares, I thought I'd put up one last batch of BTS shots. These are pics that I didnt want to be seen unless people had first watched Aetas.
GageFX
Bronze Member
LOL. What is that look on your face in the last shot?
BTW, showed Uetus to my fight guy: he LOVED it. I tried to convince him that it made no sense, but he wasnt buying it. He completely got it AND explained it to me. Now I understand too.
Cool BTS. Thanks for sharing.
And your girl does look good there. Although I do prefer my girls with not so much eye makeup.
BTW, showed Uetus to my fight guy: he LOVED it. I tried to convince him that it made no sense, but he wasnt buying it. He completely got it AND explained it to me. Now I understand too.
Cool BTS. Thanks for sharing.
And your girl does look good there. Although I do prefer my girls with not so much eye makeup.
Tom Marshall
Actor!!!!!!
And Brian explained it to me and I get it now too...
For what it's worth, I really liked it. I'm an actor, so I get into the character stuff, which is what I told Brian.
When I'm a really famous actorcheesy, I'm going to have to get other people to read scripts for me to tell me if they're any good or not because all I seem to be able to do is focus on the characters and the interactions between them and how one feeds off the other. That's my thing and that's also why I'm not a writer. Point being, I thought the characters in Aetas did a great job of interacting with each other and that stems for great direction...
For what it's worth, I really liked it. I'm an actor, so I get into the character stuff, which is what I told Brian.
When I'm a really famous actor
cheesy, I'm going to have to get other people to read scripts for me to tell me if they're any good or not because all I seem to be able to do is focus on the characters and the interactions between them and how one feeds off the other. That's my thing and that's also why I'm not a writer. Point being, I thought the characters in Aetas did a great job of interacting with each other and that stems for great direction...
Tom Marshall
Actor!!!!!!
Thanks. I thought I got it all.
ConspiracyPenguin
Nosey Penguin
You guys didn't get it the first time? Hm...I guess everyone can't pick out the metaphores like I can.