Another Day - a film by Kyle Stebbins

Mark Johnson said:
You're a prodigy and Alex is an equally daunting savante. Please plan on coming out to Cali this summer, ok?
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I love that word.... savante....

Anyway, yeah Kyle you better get out here this summer! Maybe it'll intersect with the feature shoot! Would be fun! Loved your film BTW, need to throw my full review up here, been busy.
 
thanks, mark, for your words on the film. (and your kind words directed towards alex and myself)

i plan on making a trip to california! alex and i will be living together over the summer so coordinating it will be easier than before (arkansas and nebraska).
also, i hope to meet tommy!! thanks for seconding all that, man... wish i couldve run into you before.

-kyle
 
Hey Kyle!

I'm in agreeance that you're actor did a fantastic job. And I'm sure with a lot of help from his director too!

The text on the gravestone didnt bother me but perhaps it gave an indication of a style which didn't echo the final piece. If you open and set a mood/style then I think it has to either suit the piece that follows, or you have to do something really clever to break that style. In a feature you can do what you like with opening credits, but in a short you've got so little time to set up mood that you want to have some connection between the two. That's just my view and it may not be correct; it's a minor point anyhow....

My second point may contradict the first slightly, and that is I felt more of a directors presence in 'developed'. However, there is nothing wrong with playing drama straight and I think credit should be given here to let the actors tell the story rather than trying too hard to please the gimick crowd. You let the actors become the focus and that was the right choice for the material I think.

I hope you keep shooting Kyle and keep improving. I think you're showing a versatility which will keep you from being pigeon holed. Well done on another entry, keep at it.
 
Kyle. I don't wanna leave a brother hangin' I liked your film a lot, and need to write up a full review for you. I've been so darn busy. Thanks dude!
 
thanks for the comments!

i agree with what is said about the opening titles not flowing with the rest of the piece. as a matter of fact, that is something i noticed during the edit however neglected to fix (due to reshoots being impossible with this time limit)

i appreciate the reference to developed, as well. it hits home when you can refer to other work of the person you are critiquing. (i guess that's me critiquing your critique) ? haha, anyways, great points and they have not fallen on deaf ears.

i will keep shooting and brandon, take your time. you're a busy guy!
-kyle
 
Kyle Stebbins said:
thanks, mark, for your words on the film. (and your kind words directed towards alex and myself)

i plan on making a trip to california! alex and i will be living together over the summer so coordinating it will be easier than before (arkansas and nebraska).
also, i hope to meet tommy!! thanks for seconding all that, man... wish i couldve run into you before.

-kyle
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Yeah man, I was pretty bummed that you were leaving the day that we shot my scenes... I remember thinking... oh man... you're at the airport waiting to fly out??

Next time, man... next time... :beer:
 
The story and the acting where splendid... a slice of real life. Life has a way of happening while we make plans..

What I liked most was you took a story that was familiar and you made it so I wanted to watch it till the end. Most stories have been told, It is the way you tell it that makes it interesting or not.. you made it interesting.

nit picky junk ahead--> I was distracted by two things (this has probably already been said) some of the audio made me rewind to hear it again, and to me(maybe thats what you wanted) the handheld shots didn't seem to fit it took me out of it for a sec. but only for a sec:)

see you next fest! ?
 
rebecca, michael... definitely in for the next fest! can't wait!!

although i was hoping for comedy, i think spy will be a fresh style that will be VERY fun and VERY interesting. action packed here we come!!

-kyle
 
Kyle Stebbins said:
rebecca, michael... definitely in for the next fest! can't wait!!

although i was hoping for comedy, i think spy will be a fresh style that will be VERY fun and VERY interesting. action packed here we come!!

-kyle
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spy's can be funny :)
 
All right my full review:

I thought you did a great job telling the story and letting the characters lives unfold before us. I like how you added back story to certain parts just to add depth to it (that is something I'd like to work on in future projects). This felt a lot more real then many of the shorts here (including ours). The man who played Eric did a great job but I think he did so good that the mom's performance didn't compare. The dining room conversation was where we start to see Eric finally starting to have his arc and it's triggered with one of his Mom's lines, I just wish she would have said it with more "force" (not sure if that is the best word for it, maybe just more dramatic) to cause Eric to switch gears.

I do think the VO said over the grave should have "mixed" into Eric really saying it. I think it felt a little disconnected for me not seeing him say the words. Maybe a quick close up pick up shot with the actor saying his lines(it's never too late).

There are some great shots here that you really get you into the moment. I agree with some of the framing being a little tight, when I get myself into a situation like that (which we did), I opt to cut off the head more then the chin, people are a little more forgiving of that then the other.

Good job over all man. Keep going man. I can't wait for the next one. Spyfest here we come!
 
thank you so much, jeremy. i've been meaning to explain why the voiceover was used. -- it was written in the script (and you saw this) as Eric actually speaking it to his father's grave. When we got out to the graveyard the wind was SO bad that all the sound was unusable. the reason we didn't ADR it was due to the time and I've never been a big fan of ADR... it's so hard to pull off and since I am inexperienced with it I just decided that I would use a voiceover. I felt it worked but lacked somewhat... watching eric sit there wasn't powerful enough.

also, the original cut had Eric breaking down into tears once he was seated in his car after visiting the grave. it was mentioned before that this would've completed the film and given the viewer a feel of closure. with the time constraints... we threw it out. -- just a fun fact.

thanks again!!
-kyle
 
Hey Kyle,

I thought this was pretty great all around.

First, I thought all of the actors were good, but the mother stood out as the most effortless. I felt like the son, Eric, could have relaxed some and STILL had enough power in the role.

If I had quibbles, they would fall into two categories:

1) I didn't completely follow how one scene, and sometimes beat within a scene - led to the next, if that makes sense.

2) Get yourself some ND gel for those windows, buddy. :)
 
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