BONE HAND by Jack Daniel Stanley

I believe you may be reading into it a bit. Perhaps Jack can elaborate on this plot point for us ?

I see it as simply an introduction; the race card being pulled out is inconsequential and nothing to panic about. It could have been a (Insert bad guy) .....

Why read into it ?

Jack ?
 
I have no problem with the racist comments AT ALL. I would "read into" absolutely any introduction, absolutely any scene, and would encourage everyone to do the same. That's what making a film is about, that's why you choose to film certain scenes instead of one of the infinite other possible scenes. Everything should serve everything else. Everything should have something to say. If you don't read into it, you've not given it a chance to speak.
 
The only problem I had with the opening sequence was the editting. I had to watch it twice to figure out what was happening. I couldn't figure out where the villain was in relation to Bone Hand. It was too quick, but maybe that's just me and my old eyes.
 
ah... I gotta say PK... I dug the editing :) I love the quick flashy stuff and figured out what was going on... the few people I showed figured it out pretty quick too :) I'm digging it...
 
I felt the editing to much/manic for me at times. I believe the true langauge of cinema is having the confidence to not move on or cut but by controlling the mis-en-scene and letting go the trigger.
 
Well Jack you made another great one !!..

Wow how did I miss that racisim thing ....all I saw was a bad dude .

Really enjoyed it Jack.
Ian
 
Okay, I've had to watch the opening scene a couple of times to see what all the fuss was about.

Regarding cutting... I'm okay with the cutting but I can see where it could be confusing. Personally, I think that comes from not really establishing where Bone Hand is at the time of the attack on the delivery boy. Because we go from a fairly close shot of the pipe swing, to a close shot of the fallen bicycle to a close shot on Bone Hand, it's not initially obvious that he's not right there. Just an observation.

Regarding the choice of the opening scene: I feel it sets Bone Hand up well. He's a superhero that helps the "weak." It also introduces us to his "power." He uses a rat's death to blind the attacker. This serves as a visual example of what he tells Easter later, that it takes a human death for him to kill someone with his power. By inference we are also led in the direction, that it will also take a human death to save a human life, leading directly to the payoff of him sacrificing himself to "save" Easter.
 
Okay I've watched this little short several dozen times... and I'm starting to get pissed... I printed out stills for each frame and I've completely wallpapered my entire house in this movie frame by frame... sometimes I can get all the way through the house with just one double half-caff latte... some of the stills look like a John Madden football analysis... I'm especially proud of those.

My friends say I shouldn't be so critical... that maybe I should just watch it and enjoy it as the lone standout this time around... what do they know anyway... what do they know... hmm.


I'm almost thinking we should unleash hell on all the flicks... if the detail brush is the right tool for this one I think the Wagner Power Painter should be used on some others.

Jeez I forgot to mention that this flick here gave me goosebumps... (I know I said this before)... but c'mon this one was damn good (once again)... it seems weird shaving it down into tiny choices... to achieve "perfection" in a short would take SO much time, energy, and $$$ that even a new DVX wouldn't be a good enough prize.

I think the over-analysis of the best entries probably distills the fun 100% out of it for the guys who are supplying the inspiration for the rest of us. Yeah, whatever, I'm an idiot... and criticism is what it's all about so that the artist can improve... yadda-yadda... yeah I get it.

The best way to get your points across would be to actually outdo flicks like this in one of the fests... it's freakin' hard to do a really solid short. Frankly I wish people would stop pushing the best to be better because you're making it really hard for me to get motivated to enter a short.
 
Yeah... I hear what you're saying dude... wholeheartedly agree... some comments here have seemed out of place, where others were fine and good critique.
 
Personally, I have seen three films that are outstanding and another two that are near outstanding. I have seen a couple of films where the filmmakers have shown vast improvements over their previous efforts. There have been some first time efforts that show promise.

Bone Hand seems to be getting the scrutiny that Similo and We Are Not Alone received last time. Not sure if it's good or bad, it's just an observation that I have.
 
Herman, lol. :)

this threads about to explode with world war three and you walk in

"hey guys there's some smokin' tunes and cold beer down by the pool"

you slay me brother.

but seriously go listen to Herman's music. Its frickin awesome and deserves to be heard on its own.

Herman was a delight to work with and I was a very tough date withe 11 pages of notes on each draft of the score (all of the drafts were excellent its just that I'm a tough date like I said)

Homie didn't blink and a couple of days later there was a new draft.

He was really able to get what I needed while maintaining what was thematically and musically important to him.

Serioulsy go listen to it.

But I gotta go because I've got some editing to do before my white supremecsist meeting a little later.

"Some Editing" for me means firing up FCP as I plug in to an I.V. drip of crystal meth and crank, while Domino and CPU play simultaneously . the only way to edit!

It will be tough punching those keyboard keys though as my hands are still a little bruised from working with the child actress. I kept punching her in the face and telling her to "act better damnit - you're ruining my movie" but she just wouldn't listen. Kids! LOL :laugh:

:cheesy:


 
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