"Almost Number One" a Bob Zimmerman film

Hey ZIM,

I am so glad you came up with this idea this year! Always nice working together with you.
Some how I smell we could end up in the top 10 this year. If this isn't art I don't what is...
Your Partner in crime ...Odul
 
I liked this a lot.

It had a nice comfortable pace to it. I really dug the narration and especially the way it was shot. There was something very clever and effective about shooting the actual FCP timeline. It worked.

I also liked how you didn't use the whole six minutes. You had a small story to tell and you told it effectively. This was really quite charming.

Well done.
 
Thanks Chris,,,,I thought about going longer but the point was made and I thought after a while it could get boring,,,
 
I want to comment on this but the sound needed to be fixed. I might come back later and comment. Get me some headphones.
 
Nice job on this one, Zim. It's very basic, minute, and sincere, but at the same time, it expresses a wealth of concerns music fans as well as musicians have about music. Music is such a complex thread of human creation with endless amounts of inspiration, heartache, pain, misery, love, elation, confusion, etc. It describes the full range of human emotion and beyond. I find this to be a hopeful and inspiring piece, portraying seemingly unrelated items that do indeed relate to one man, the music man. But it's also gloomy in the fact that all of the environmental stimulus becomes too great and a potentially great song is lost.

There isn't anything I can truly critique except for changing of aspect ratios occasionally. It's a simply story with a simple presentation, and I doubt you were trying to put some piece of Oscar bait together.

In general, just a nice piece. Good job, Zim. :beer:
 
With this short, your growth as a filmmaker is evident. This is by far your best effort. I found it to be entertaining and engaging. I had to stay with it to see where you were going.

I like the personal feel of it.
 
This was one of those pieces where you end up feeling connected to it. Thats hard to do. I really enjoyed the flow and feel.

If I was to make a small suggestion, it would have been to have some more shots in the edit, when hes talking about the guy seeing trains, trucks etc. Keep the images moving.

Nicely done.
 
This wasn't really my cup of tea - mostly because I just didn't connect to the guitarist at all, and I wanted to. However, I really like the way you did it so simply, and it looked great.

I might have to watch this one again.
 
i liked the organic feel of it. simplistic. informal.

people said they liked the use of the FCP timeline shot -- i actually don't. i see Photo Booth and FCP behind it, and kept thinking Apple...just a bit distracting (but that's prob just me -- i've been sitting in front of FCP for maaany looong nights the last few weeks). might have been a different way to shoot that.

do like the use of the DVX and how good you made it look.
 
Thanks for all the really nice comments on the film. After I dropped the Okinawa Letters I was out of the Lossfest. I really wanted to do something and at the last minute I had this idea. It all worked out good and a big thanks to Ludo van der Hout for being part of this again.
 
Very simply crafted, but from the people I've talked to you really managed to make some people care about the character and story. Some not so much, but personally I enjoyed it.
 
i guess my only crit is the "song" that was "thousands of different inspirations hitting him at once" should have been something a little deeper/diverse than a few simple cord comps in 4/4 like every other bubblegum pop song on the planet. not a bad film though. cool idea.
 
Good job bringing something different. Your film was well-paced, natural, and intimate. No pretense. I'm not sure if I'm making sense but what I'm trying to say is that there was a sincere honesty to your piece that made it enjoyable.

Technically, I liked the bright vivid shots and the whole fabric of middle America aesthetic was conveyed well. As some said, the sound was a little low but I just cranked my speakers and sat back. Glad you decided to make this.
 
Again those are some really nice comments on my film. I guess the stress I went through to come up with a idea paid off!!!
 
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