Another Day - a film by Kyle Stebbins

Herman is so much better than I am.

Damn. I can't wait to work with him!
-Kyle

ps. what does everyone think about this film being solely music-driven with little to no dialogue???
 
I too like the idea. It would be a great challenge to see if the short can convey it's emotions through just actors looks, uses of color/lighting, shots and of course the music.
 
That's what I did in I.D.

Well, okay.... I did use ONE word. :grin:

I do think that it is a great approach and infact am reading a book and Hitchcock is quoted as saying once that it was a huge step backwards when the age of talkies was born. (are you boys old enough to know that term???)
 
But without talkies we'd miss so many great films. Imagine Lord of the Rings as a silent trilogy...and also, Woody Allen wouldn't have a job at all!
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
Hitchcock is quoted as saying once that it was a huge step backwards when the age of talkies was born. (are you boys old enough to know that term???)
Click to expand...

Well, yeah... but remember that was about 50 years ago that he made those comments... movies have come a LONG way since then!
 
Theodore J Arabian said:
I do think that it is a great approach and infact am reading a book and Hitchcock is quoted as saying once that it was a huge step backwards when the age of talkies was born. (are you boys old enough to know that term???)
Click to expand...
To quote Hitchcock again, he also once said that actors should be treated like cattle, and he (under studio executive pressure) replaced Bernard Herrmann as the composer on his film Torn Curtain, his music being 'not upbeat enough', while he was probably one of the biggest innovators of film music in Hollywood at the time!

I think a lot of depth has been added to the world of film when sound came in. Facial expressions are very important, but not everything can be made clear without dialogue. The value of music to film was proven long before 'talkies' appeared, with musicians accompanying the films in theaters. Maybe I'm just saying this because I'm a sound guy :D
 
Last edited:
Sound is JUST as important as video... without good sound and music, there's a lot that wouldn't be as impactful. And music always heightens the mood in a dramatic scene. And when music is tastefully NOT added, it has a very strong impact as well.
 
ah thanks man, that means a ton coming from you. the film is coming along... slowly, yes, but definitely moving a little. -- but thanks so much!! i need to get off dvxuser and stop making myself look like a fool

-kyle
 
Last edited:
Kyle Stebbins said:
Herman is so much better than I am.

Damn. I can't wait to work with him!
-Kyle

ps. what does everyone think about this film being solely music-driven with little to no dialogue???
Click to expand...

I think thats a great idea. If you can, then do it!
thats the beauty of cinema.:)

PS you're always drunk, i love that you're the barney gumble of the DVXuser fests! :beer:
 
I agree. Little to no dialogue, only music? I did that with Love Is the Most Deceptive Feeling and I loved it!
 
Kyle Stebbins said:
jack... whats up? your fu(kin movie... that's whats up.

speaking of movies, wheres your dramafest entry!?

pm me your cell phone... i'm calling you in 1 minute
(from when you give me your cell.)

call me now: 4*2-57*-6*23

do it.
now.
-kyle
Click to expand...
Awesome! Let's all randomly call Kyle in the middle of the night sometime during
next week just to mess with him:grin:
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top