Bob & Sam

Oh so very painful... Easy to see why some people just bust the limit and go exhibition... they always have really good films though... me... well we'll just see :)
 
It was a good little story and quest. Your color grading was pretty darn good. The news scenes looked a bit off? I could still see some of the green screen. I liked how it was a documentary and a film at the same time. Funny little film.
 
Ha, glad you guys are enjoying it :) While we definitely did put alot into it, it was a fun little light hearted shoot poking fun at ourselves much of the time.

On the greenscreen are you talking about the fringing on her hair (and maybe shoulders?) some of that is reflection and some of it is a crappy key. Coupled with using 4 sheets of green posterboard and a single CFL for lighting... We didnt exactly go for technical prowess on this one...

Tom, you can wholly expect to see yourself quoted on the next version of the poster/dvd cover.

Haven't started my viewing yet - long day, headed for bed - going to wake up early and start watching and making the rounds though - looking forward to seeing what everyone else came up with.
 
DUDE! This was freakin' hilarious! I hope there's a longer cut of this one! I thought the acting for the most part was adequate, but I really liked Bob Loosier, he was f'ing funny man! I had one question, the strange color at the beginning of shooting "the commercial", that was on purpose right?

Great job!
 
Im officially a Bob Loosheir fan. He rocked in every way. Some really funny moments. Well done Jeff.
 
Definitely a longer cut with much more character development of Bob and the Reporter and a good bit of Brian and Samantha too. Yeah the strange color on the commercial shooting was on purpose - as the docu team we we're shooting daylight balanced and the comm was shot with tungsten lights and lit much much brighter than any normal scene. Kinda gives it the BTS feel. Then of course we switch to the "real" commercial and the WB is correct as is exposure.

Can't wait for you all to see the longer cut - Bob just gets funnier. He continues to make me laugh even this far into the edit... Dan Wootton is quite the gifted comedian.

Fun Fact - Bob and Reporter Lindsey work together in an improv group called Crayons - completely hilarious. www.crayonsimprov.com. If you are ever in the area you have to see them. Not only are the insanely funny, but they are also very family friendly. No cursing, no "dirty" subjects, none of that. Totally PG.
 
Ramsaur, been wondering about your color grading comment - first off thanks, but what is it you like about it? I just went for correcting back to white (flo's went a tiny bit green on me) adjusting the levels and cranking the contrast a little beyond the normal (made it seem funnier?). Plus a tiny bit of vignette. I love to color correct but wasnt quite sure what direction to head with this as far as the "mood".
 
I too, am a bit of a fan of the color grading. The hue fit with the story and it worked well.

Great film. Some very funny performances, especially by Bob. I liked the concept and was into the story all the way through. Gotta love the subject matter too. Great work Jeff! Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
 
Hi Jeff,

Sorry mate, must be my sense of humour, but I didn't get on well with your movie. My main gripe was the awkwardness of some of the acting.
On a plus, it looked good and I really liked the docu/movie feel.
 
Oh no worries DarkElastic - can't be everyone's cup of tea. Honestly do appreciate the criticisms - love to hear that people enjoy it, but its actually helpful to know what DIDN'T work for next time.
 
Goofy spoof. Maybe even qualifies for weird. Seemed like the actors were enjoying their roles and that made it fun. Colors were off at times. Bottom line for me: I only like organic cheese from Wisconsin…so uh there you go.
Thanks for posting!
 
good fun! mr looshier did a great job i thought. the dude is a mess! loved the dog barking in the beginning- added that little something to the garage office deal. the middle of nowhere.... i kinda felt like you took me there. thanks! i think? good job!
 
Hey ... Good Directorial Effort, but didn't really like the story ... but the actors were pretty good (so it's your Directing) and the sort of movie within a movie structure was interesting (writing / directing) ... unfortunately it was all good effort around nothing in particular ... so with a better story you could make quite a comedy ... keep up the good work
 
Hey man, I really liked it. The sarcasm was thick and poked fun at us all (makin' movies) which is great. "If you can't laugh at yourself..." you know the rest. Your cast worked very well and the reporter had a Tina Fey thing going on (SNL). The only negative (and not really important) is that I thought the D90 had a more video camera feel since your shots had a deep range of focus. Overall, I was totally entertained!

:beer:
 
Pretty interesting film, Jeff. I love that you are trying some different things.
This looked really good and the characters were all quite interesting. Quite good production value as well.

Can't wait to see what you do next.

MAH
 
Thanks guys!

Mike, I spent years cluttering up that set to give it a "garage feel" :) Yeah I went for something completely different than Beginning to End. Gets depressing editing serious stuff all of the time!

Stinkpot - glad you saw how it made fun of all of us - we've all been on those shoots at some point. Duct tape and broom sticks in some garage. I mean really who would go and just shoot in their own garage... oh wait... Shot this all with the HVX200, hence why it has the large DOF. You can see some D90 action in Beginning to End down in the link in my sig.
 
It was fun... in a cheesy way... I'll give that! Enjoyed the film & it did entertain me for the duration, but i don't know what else to say...or if there is anything else to say. I think this turned out just as you planned...so it works for me! Nice shootin'

Cheers!
 
So the social commentary regarding the state of our nation's assistance programs concerning struggling talent agents was completely lost on you? :)

heh, cheesy. that cheese smelled terrible by the way. Forgot what it even was but it was the biggest wedge of cheese they had. Poor Chandler is a serious trooper for holding it under those hot lights and not puking. I was 8 feet away and getting a tad sick from it.

Yep you nailed it - there's nothing more here than just us having a good time trying to entertain. No fancy camerawork, no big lighting setups (moved the same single CFL from room to room and used an onboard LED), no amazing writing, just fun. So I'm glad you enjoyed it and stayed entertained - I think if anything that was the main goal was to stay entertaining without any lulls or slow spots.

Must say you had quite the entertaining flick yourself Zaza - am just about through watching all of the films and will be making my way through to do more in depth reviewing in all of the threads, but I gotta say I just loved your initial title sequence - really set the stage - more on everything later.
 
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