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Sorry MsManhattan - can't agree with that comment at all.

Dahopa - funny concept and well executed. Just a little too long of a joke for my taste. Much to be proud of, though!
 
mrpunch said:
Sorry MsManhattan - can't agree with that comment at all.

Dahopa - funny concept and well executed. Just a little too long of a joke for my taste. Much to be proud of, though!
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Yeah, I was definitely not with the majority on the original film -- it was not at the top of my SciFest list... I know, I know -- all boils down to personal taste...
 
MsManhattan said:
Too, too funny -- I enjoyed it ...
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MsManhattan,

Thanks for the comment. Really glad it made you smile. That's a terrific dividend to the fun we had making it.
 
'What did she have that I didn't have besides a taudry red dress that clung to her body like a lowered red ferrari on the pacific coast highway on a rainy day?'


At first glance I was wondered what was going on with the homage to Similo (For those of you not familiar you must watch Similo to get the full Jist) and then saw the dude with the bucket on his head.

This was brilliant. It has made my morning. I was laughing the whole time, the poorly done green screen, the boat going by in the background ...

Great job ! I had a very fun time with this one. My major prereq on these films are' Am I being entertained?' and you totally suceeded big time ! SIMILO is a wonderful film technically but this film was a far more enjoyable experience for me as well MissManhattan.

Great fun Brian!


On a serious note:

The Voice Over was great; care to share any techniques ? It soudned wonderful.
 
mrpunch said:
... Dahopa - funny concept and well executed. Just a little too long of a joke for my taste. Much to be proud of, though!
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Hey - thanks MrP. I guess you'd REALLY hate the long version then!:D

OLBoy said:
Absolutely hilarious. Gotta love the "expressions" on Bucketmans face.
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OLBoy, thanks very much. Mischa Haman-Dass, the actor who played Bucketman, really worked hard to pull those off. I was sceptical at first, but he really came through.

mjmcneese2 said:
For some reason, I was expecting a movie to homage to that movie. Wasn't expecting a bucket, though.
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Thanks for the comment. Yes, someone had to do it. OK, maybe not, but it was fun and I was happy to oblige. And as for the bucket, my other ideas pailed by comparison.

(Sorry.)
 
HAHA! Loved it... I immediatley picked up on the fact it was a spoof... laughed a lot, and I echo Hudson in saying the VO was really nice.
 
John_Hudson said:
'What did she have that I didn't have besides a taudry red dress that clung to her body like a lowered red ferrari on the pacific coast highway on a rainy day?'

...

... the poorly done green screen, the boat going by in the background ...

...On a serious note:

The Voice Over was great; care to share any techniques ? It soudned wonderful.
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Oh sure. Now everyone thinks they're a critic!

Green screen? What's a green screen?

:laugh:

Oh, and the first person to tell me where I filmed the boats gets a big piece of ... satisfaction (and it's really not that hard a question).

Seriously though, John, the line was actually: "Aside from the cheap, tarty red dress that clung to her surgically-enhanced curves like a lowered Ferrari with bald tires on the Pacific Coast Highway on a rainy day.". And that's only important to me because (a) I wrote it; and (b) my VO actress extraordinaire must have run out of breath the first seventeen takes on that line. MAN! Do we have fodder for out-takes!

And on your "serious note" on the VO's, the best part about that was that they were recorded by my actress in LA - without ANY involvement by me! I sent her the script, she recorded and e-mailed me multiple takes (and I can still barely listen to many of those - they totally kill me) and I picked the ones I wanted, used a little crappy little Roxio audio editor to tune them up a little and plopped them into Vegas. So I figure the less I actually contribute to a piece, the better it gets!

Thanks John. Glad it brought a smile.
 
Aside from the cheap, tarty red dress that clung to her surgically-enhanced curves like a lowered Ferrari with bald tires on the Pacific Coast Highway on a rainy day

Yes ! Of course.

There were so many lines I couldnt keep up. She did great. It's funny. At first, when I saw homegirl in the woody area, I though immediately of the zombiefest entry and was like 'He likes chick's alone on th wood's'
 
Bwahahahaha!

LMFAO.

Man that was some funny funny shizzle.

They say great paraody is very close to the thing its riffing on, and the beginning of your film creeped me out.

I was like OH NO .... either
A) this is the beginning of the dreaded S I M I L O clones that were phophecied (is that a word?) after that auspicious films debut "I loved his movie so much I made one just like it!"
B) you were too gay to think people wouldn't notice you were totally ripping Maccy G off.
C) you were making a Maccy G fan boy film

All of the above possibillities filled me with a cold wet icky feeling ...

and then ( right at the moment you intended I imagine ) "gobi desert ... just after dinner" I figured out what you were up to you sly bastard you.

I slapped my desk and stomped in pure guffawing delight several times in this thing.

Like John said -- so many good -- make thath great lines, it was hard to keep up man. Personal favs include (forgive me for paraphrasing) "I knew there were somethings you could never do ... like turn your head without the assistance of your hand"

her delivery really made it work as well, completely, totally dry ... spot on! Just stay in character and let the line do the work - excellent.

My big ding is on the quality of the sound as John so diplomatically pointed out.

Were you just rushed? Hopefully you will redo for the DVD - I wanna watch this again with that element up to par with the rest. Such a shame with her excellent vocal work. How bout a little foam on that mic, a little D esser and d popper filter in your NLE, a little compression.

I worked with an audio sweetener for the fist time on my project, if rerecording is not an option, then lets get him that track to celan up for the DVD.

aside from the audio ding ...

Excellent work and kept me entertained and was ballsy and funny.

You really get parody -- play it as straight as possible and let the setups and lines do the work -- nice. I wanna see more comic work like this from you for purely selfish reasons :thumbsup:
 
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"I knew there were somethings you could never do ... like turn your head without the assistance of your hand"

I was rolling on this one. And then you see his hand. Awesome.

I liked the V.O. narration. It sounded polished !
 
LOL genius man.

I started watching it and I was saying to myself "WTF this guy ripped off similo", then I realized you were making fun of it and it totally rocked my world.

Loved it. The pillow fight scene had me rolling. haha As said before, one of the most important criterea is "was it entertaining" and you definitely achieved that. Excellent work man.
 
John_Hudson said:
"I knew there were somethings you could never do ... like turn your head without the assistance of your hand"

I was rolling on this one. And then you see his hand. Awesome.

I liked the V.O. narration. It sounded polished !
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you mean the her performance or the recording ?
A++ on the perfomance
but on my studio speakers and her syballent "S"es were taking my head off and there were a couple of "hurmph" breaths and thumps into the mic, and I assumed that it was EQued so much to get the breathes and pops out that theat the 5k range (which can give a lot of clarity) was super cranked to the point of making the voice sound tinny and the consanents overly aspirate.

I thought you were being sarcastic, about the mic techniques, lol. Maybe I'm on crack -- but I don't want to dwell on it further, because its not the the thing that stands out about the film to me ... just the only criticism I had with it.

So lets move on from that moment ... that is if "one moment or experience" can ever "be forgotten ... or does it allways lurk in the shadows like slatherin rabbid dog ... ... waiting for a taxi." hehe -- another brilliant line.
 
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That movie was very funny I loved it. The voice over screamed 3-4 k, pull that out for the dvd version or like jds said deess it. boost more at 10k and less in the high mids.
Thank you
 
dj200423 said:
... I started watching it and I was saying to myself "WTF this guy ripped off similo", then I realized you were making fun of it and it totally rocked my world ...
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Hey guys. Thanks (and I'll post some specific, knowledgable replies as soon as I finish ordering Sound Editing 101 from amazon.com), but I need to jump in to set one thing straight really early (and I know the original comment wasn't meant this way, but I'm using it as a springboard anyway).

Bucketman is a parody/homage to Similo. Not to get too overly precise here, but nothing should be taken as "making fun" of what went before. As far as I am concerned I am about as qualified to "make fun" of Similo (or any other entry for that matter) as a kid who can't ride a bike is to criticize the landing skills of a pilot of an F22-A. On a winding runway. With bald tires. On a rainy ...

Oh never mind.

Now I just gotta go find my credit card for amazon.com ...

Thanks again.
 
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