ANDERSWO - a short film shot on a camera I will not mention for artistic reasons ;-)

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Tobi

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Hey everyone,

I just released my short film "Anderswo".

Check it out on Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11487205

This is the place I would normally write which camera it was shot on. Because, let's face it: these cameras help the hype at the moment.
But, respecting the forum guidelines, I won't. And in the end, all we wanted was to tell a story to as many people as we could, so that is all that really matters.


On my website I've posted stills from the film - before and after color grading. So be sure to check that out if you enjoy such comparisons: www.tobiasbeul.de


Cheers,
Tobi
 
I really enjoyed this film. One thing to throw out there though. I found myself skipping through it because the pacing seemed too slow. I feel like every shot went on too long and the story would've been just as effective in half the length. Other then that awesome job! I couldn't even tell it was the D90 because I barely found any jello compared to most things shot with the it. Really liked the concept too. Good work. :)
 
thank you everyone for your kind and constructive feedback, very much appreciated.

about the pacing – it was important to me from the beginning to create tension between slow and frantic parts. i felt i had to "make room" for the inner development the characters go through, especially Sam, and to set up the mood for the terror which eventually befalls him.
 
Nice cinematography and the woman was beautiful, but overall visuals, sound, and the pacing felt pretentious to me.

Why was he running with an open knife in his pocket? He would have been cut up.
The set design for the desk was so plain and empty and I can only assume it was intentional, white walls and all? What was the significance?

Maybe I'm as dumb as a potato, but I just didn't get the story and the hidden meaning. I'd love to hear it summarized by someone who did.
 
thanks for your input, snazzy.

well, i think it's generally problematic to expect a director or a film to impose a certain, "set-in-stone" meaning on you.
what i wanted to do with this film was to implement an open structure story-wise. i wanted to leave space in which you could project your own meaning. so there really is no hidden secret decoding as you had been looking for.
 
i liked it! too long for my taste though, also you might want to review the description of vimeo as it does give away the 'camera'
 
Sehr schon! Sorry no umlaut. Beautifully shot. Very Bergmanesque, you might try a high contrast, monochrome render just for grins.

Concept wise, I love a good allegory. Well done, keeps the audience thinking.
The knife was a bit awkward as mentioned before. And I think that a couple spinning each other around in a field is something that should not be portrayed on screen ever again beginning 20 years ago. Just sayin'.
 
thanks, jim and chris!

yeah, not wanting to give away the camera was just me poking at the forum rules ;-D.

high contrast b&w could indeed be nice - but right now i'm just glad this project is finally finished up :-D.

well, the knife...i've heard a couple of remarks about that now, but, really, i must say it doesn't bother me that much personally. sure, it would've been more elegant to make a little montage of him opening it up, we had a macro lense, so that would've been a nice touch. but we were running out of time on that day of shooting, which was our last day outside on the field. and we still had more important stuff to shoot. so i decided only to get that one shot of him pulling it out and so i wanted it to be recognizable as a knife right away.
also, story-wise, that whole action of him opening up a knife, might have unnecessarily prolonged the actions that he finally decides to take at that point. it's more streamlined, more to the point that way.

jim, at the risk of embarrassing myself right now, but what iconic scene from which iconic film are you referring to in regards to the spinning around couple :-)?
 
Tobi said:
thanks, jim and chris!

yeah, not wanting to give away the camera was just me poking at the forum rules ;-D.

high contrast b&w could indeed be nice - but right now i'm just glad this project is finally finished up :-D.

well, the knife...i've heard a couple of remarks about that now, but, really, i must say it doesn't bother me that much personally. sure, it would've been more elegant to make a little montage of him opening it up, we had a macro lense, so that would've been a nice touch. but we were running out of time on that day of shooting, which was our last day outside on the field. and we still had more important stuff to shoot. so i decided only to get that one shot of him pulling it out and so i wanted it to be recognizable as a knife right away.
also, story-wise, that whole action of him opening up a knife, might have unnecessarily prolonged the actions that he finally decides to take at that point. it's more streamlined, more to the point that way.

jim, at the risk of embarrassing myself right now, but what iconic scene from which iconic film are you referring to in regards to the spinning around couple :-)?
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It's probably me showing my age and you being a young filmmaker but people spinning each other around has been done a lot in film history. Don't take it too seriously though, it's just my opinion and your work is too good to worry about it.
 
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