Dispatch - a Fat Monster film

Oh do a banner and link it back to the thread so it's fast easy access. You make a posting and we can click on it and come back here.

Also any basic details you can give us would be cool...
 
Killer poster, man. Kudos, Defcon.

There definitely needs to be a poster contest this time around. So many talented graphic designers in this fest.
 
I liked the simplicity of this one. I enjoy short films that are clean and don't try to over extend themselves cramming a feature into a short.

This was a "scene" that stood on its own, left me wanting more... but in the right way.

and, it was well shot...

I thought the pacing was fluid and you hit your beats well.

Thanks for sharing.

later,
jason
 
Very cool. Nicely lit, solid mood and feel. Couple of minor bloods there cut to wide opps its gone moments.

Liked the set up with the photo. Wasnt an indepth story by any means. But it was certainly a story you did a great job with.


Going to give you a gold star on sound as well.
 
Very good on all fronts and one of the top entries in my opinion. If I HAD to criticize it would only be that it was a little predictable (I guessed she was a vampire 2 seconds after seeing her)... regardless, that didn't take away any of my enjoyment in watching the film at all.

Sound and music were excellent too. Pacing was really good... it didn't feel too long or too short... perfect length. I'm so glad you didn't make it longer just for the sake of forcing it to be 6 minutes long.

Big thumbs up from me!
 
Excellent short. The plot was obvious in seconds and everything played out as I expected. This is probably the only failing of the whole thing, everything else was excellent.

Well done.
 
i guessed what was going on early enough, but then knowing she was still alive kind of threw it off. the pacing was excellent, along with everything else about it. i just really liked the pacing in the opening.
 
Thanks for the comments guys!!!

I'm making my way through the films and will be around to comment on the others as well.
 
Woah man that was excellent. The whole thing looked and sounded great! The shot where she's coming around the corner (around 3:10) is excellent and very filmic. To top it all off, she kind of looks like Frances Mcdormand there. Cool looking blood, and the monster looked very good.

My only issue is that the intro sequence (before she moves to the next room) seemed a bit long. Regardless, it all looked great.

Yet another to add to my favorites. Excellent work !
 
This was awesome! Unlike other people, I didn't see the ending coming at all, haha but I am generally bad at guessing that stuff. I liked the shot of her head on with the contrasting colors of the warm living room and greenish kitchen. My only suggestion is that the part where she pulls the stake out could use more blood!!
 
This was a solid entry in all areas

I too was asking immediately "Is she a Vampire?"

No worries; I enjoyed the payoff.

The pacing, the cinematography, the score, the talent; everything works.

Seems like a bigger picture and we got a glimpse into the microcosm of that.

Awesome job

My highest rating so far.

Very gritty and real feeling. From the moment I started watching, it felt like I was in that world.
 
Thanks for watching everyone. John, your comments mean a lot, seriously. When we set out to make this film we were eager to experiment with a couple things and it seems as if we accomplished most of them. I'll go into more depth later if you guys want but this was a fun project and we learned a lot.

We used the GH1 with Anamorphic Lenses
 
I believe I have watched the winner after watching Dispatch. It makes me want to get better lenses for my GH1 too but also to do a more serious film-like short. I tried hard to find something to say "this could have been better" but I haven't found anything with the actual film. The only thing I can think of is, where are those credits because I was looking for them? Other than that it was perfect in my eyes. Perfect 10 stars that is. Great job and I can't wait to see more from you.
 
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