"Dead Drop"

Nice explosion! Really, you could've just blown some **** up for 6 minutes and I would've been happy.

I did wonder through the story why this guy didn't realize he was going to be betrayed. I was hoping he would've shot the fat man in the knee when he had the chance. He might've given him his girl back if he was going to loose his junk to sledgehammer.

Great Job!
 
Well, it can be hard to find a sledgehammer in the desert! But glad you liked the kaboom, thanks for watching!

Rodney – stop it, I can't fit a 10-foot ego in a 6-foot man! Really appreciate it.
 
Just watched again, and read thru the first page of the thread again. Wow, you work fast. Not only was this a great short film, you did it in a couple of weeks.

I've been focusing on color correction the last couple days, trying to learn those color wheels and I love the color correction in this movie. Its clear how well thought out it was by the chosen wardrobe and location all blending seamlessly in this piece.
 
dougspice said:
Rodney – stop it, I can't fit a 10-foot ego in a 6-foot man! Really appreciate it.
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Damn there go my plans for having your spontaneusly combust from sheer pleasure and eliminating you from the race... sure you're not feeling a little warm? Even a tiny bit?
 
Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Regardless, there's nothing in the rules that say I still have to be alive to be in the competition!

* cue "My Heart Will Go On"

(if I'm dead I won't have to listen to it... fun fact, this song is still very, very popular in Africa for some reason)
 
Really enjoyed this. Love the washed out colours and overall style. Your two leads were excellent. The story was a little derivative but I like the ambiguity in the dialogue and the minimal exposition.

Congrats!
 
very well constructed short. Although the betrayal was no surprise, outside this festival it would probably work better.

Everything else was very well done.
 
OK, here I go being the jerk, and obviously the minority here.

I'm not a huge fan. There was a lot of setup for a story that really didn't intrigue me. Driving, keys being picked up, flash drives being dropped off, etc. Seems like the filler made up a huge portion of the film.

-Some of the handheld goes beyond organic into shaky territory.

-Doug, you've covered it in this thread, but the interior shots on the bed seem sub par to me.

-The CC & overall look is too desaturated for me. I enjoyed looking at all your BTS photos. Maybe a happy medium between what I saw there and the final product?

The Good:

-The dialogue is great in the standoff scenes. Solomon is a great character and the actor brings it big time in his delivery.

-The explosion was cool.

-Killer location

-Great dialogue sound, and I liked the sound of the lake in the background. (but some of the soundtrack is over-modulating in my headphones, like the bass drum)

-All the edits are nice

Congratulations on your placement so far.
 
Thanks guys!

Deepfocus, I think we may just have to agree to disagree on a lot of your notes – I agree about the interior shots and about the shaky camera (sometimes) – but I'm very happy with the CC. More importantly, what you consider "filler" I consider to be an important, intrinsic part of the storytelling. But that's okay! Different strokes and all that... thanks for the critique in any case, nothing jerk about it.
 
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