Chaos Management and the Art of Living

I agree with you, Luis! And how about directability or personality? Would you favor someone easier to work with over someone who suits the role? Or should the director adapt to the actor?
 
It depends on two things . . .

It depends on two things . . .

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I agree with you, Luis! And how about directability or personality? Would you favor someone easier to work with over someone who suits the role? Or should the director adapt to the actor?
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My experience is in stage productions, but it tells me that it depends on the strength of character of the director, and how much time you have to 'work' with the actor. For me, I choose people in support positions because I can work with them and people in creative positions for their particular talent. I find in most cases, talented people can grasp what the task requires. Then there is always beating and bribing (lol).

Stephen

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There's a special place in my heart for Thailand. Love it there, so it's really great to see a film from 'my second home'.
Joe Cummings as your location scout? How could you get any better than that? (In case anyone doesn't know, he writes for the Lonely Planet.)

D90 on an RC Heli? I'm so there! Awesome.

Love your title too!

Really looking forward to this one.
 
Really good looking stuff. Some interesting and well thought out shot segments. Not sure if there was a reason, but I wondered why the meeting scene with Charlie Doyle was so milky? I thought it could have looked fantastic if not for that. I liked where it started and where it went. But the end was just left wide open with no solid conclusion. As a short I think it really needs to finish (open to interpretation). The open end made it seem like theres more to come, which, if this is actually part of something bigger I would jump to see it.
 
Hi Noel thank you so much for the great feedback!

Yes I did not have enough time to CC properly, my editor had to leave for Singapore and I had to coordinate sound (great job by Peter Mossman) and had to do editing myself in the end. Wish I had had more time...the titles are also missing.

This film is part of a longer short film now (approx 15-20 mins) and is meant to help leverage funding for a feature film, but the project was started for Questfest and then grew exponentially. Once i have the longer version edited i will post it here.

I like open endings myself in films, things that leave me wondering or make me consider alternate endings. Also it gives a momentary impression of a separate reality that started before and continues after the audience observes. To me that adds to suspension of disbelief as nothing in real life has a definite beginning or ending.

But maybe for a short film it is part of the challenge to tell a complete story within a limited time frame!

i liked chasing kangaroos as well, some real human drama there, and great performance from the young actors!
 
This short looks, feels and is acted like a harder-boiled Danny Boyle piece. I loved it. Visually, it really delivers. But it does so across all departments, so that isn't a stretch.

The scene in the private dining room has a perhaps deliberate line-crossing block and it distracted me... not that we are supposed to feel comfy and relaxed as we watch this film.

The actors all feel absolutely real. All of it does. Nothing Hollywood about this, though it looks like you took one of their budgets and did this with the money. Dirty, cliche-busting and flat-out brilliant.

Top marks, would love to see how it all turns out!

e
 
Enjoyed this one. Solid production work here...sound, camera, music, acting, and editing... all nicely mixed with a sense of style. Everything seemed very deliberate, very tightly edited. There's a lot going on in this world but it wasn't overwhelming, so nice work on keeping the important bits and pieces there. Thanks for sharing and good luck on securing the funds for the feature version.
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Erik: yes the line cross as we go from one gangster close up to the next, to show the escalating intensity/intimidation...i tried to dampen it at first with the close up of the main character shifting eyes, but felt it needn't be there later.

Geoff: yes I had to make some tough decisions, cut out a lot of the dialogue and 3 or 4 scenes. So the overall short is much longer, but I think it has impact as shorter makes for more dynamic.

Just some background info, I planned this since the end of March right after Questfest was announced, for two months, and then we shot around 16 production days (maybe more, lost track). It wasn't easy for me as a director to delete some visually interesting scenes (1 more deleted scene shot on the RED) which everyone worked so hard for, but for the sake of Questfest the story could be told without those scenes.

Most of the film was shot on the D90, which I think really helped speed up production time. It doesn't take 3 guys to drop the sticks lower as with the RED. Plus i shot most of it from a 30 dollar shoulder mount, something I wouldnt try with the RED. Well I actually shot the squib shot with the HVX for the variable frame rates, also from this shoulder mount and the weight of that alone broke one of the extension plates!

For some of the last scenes i got my hands on the hague mini stabilizer, which helped me get the shots in the last 3 scenes. Esp. the one from the table with weapons to the guy on the phone.

The D90 overheating issue was also fine, it gave people a well deserved break. When we weren't out in the country side or forest, i put the D90 in a fridge wrapped in a towel. Blasting AC at it in the car also worked.

This is my first short film and I thoroughly enjoyed the process (still am as I'm still editing for the longer version!), it was very rewarding especially because I got to work with some really great people that were willing to work very hard on this.
 
The line crossing was distracting to me as well but I figured it was done purposely. Could have crushed the blacks just a tad more during that scene as well. It seemed off from the rest.

The cinematography was great and I really enjoyed the look of the film. Some really nice planned out shots. The sound and music was also quite good.

The story threw me a bit at the end and it seems like this is just a piece of something larger. Having read your thread I see that is indeed the case. Good luck with it.

Thanks for sharing.

MAH
 
It just kind of ended for me... I wanted to see what was going to happen next, but I hear there is a longer story to this :) Doesn't work as well as a standalone short IMO.

Great effort!
 
I enjoy watching the variety in the DVXFests, and this was another film that took its own path. There's a lot going on in this film, and it does feel like there's a lot being squished into six minutes and that makes it a little bit hard to follow.

16 production days! Amazing!

Some really great visuals, and I imagine some additional CC work will enhance the film's appearance. Thought the acting was good.
 
Cool concept and great shots. It had a really large feel to film (maybe too large for 6min). A bit discombobulated at times but you definitely have the eye for it.

:beer:
 
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