Dispatch - a Fat Monster film

I dont know how this is eligible to be in the contest since you broke the basic rule of credits, you dont have them.
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Yes, he does... "A film by" is the minimum that we drew the line at on the credits... There is more than one film that has that as a minimum. "A film by Spencer Katz" is another one that comes to mind.

The minimum is one frame of credits. If the film acknowledges at least a person or company responsible for the project, that would be a credit by our standards for the current fest, b/c we did not elaborate beyond that within our rules.. Something we may need to consider in the future. However, "The End" is not a credit, and we had a film that was exhibition only as a result of that. Likewise, the title of the film is a separate requirement in the rules, and does not count as a "credit".

Hope that clarifies the credit requirement for you as opposed to flatly stating that a particular film did not meet a requirement of the fest :)

EDIT: Zak beat me to it... As you can tell, we had prior discussion about films having "A film by" as their only credit, as we had at least two entries that I can think of at the moment who did this. And, whether or not "The End" would qualify as credits :)

later,
jason
 
really nice and most likely my fave so far (have only seen about 3/4 of the films so far though). it looked great too and was happy to see it was shot on the gh1. I still have a lot of love for that camera ha.
 
Hey Guys,
Thanks so much for everyone's comments. I'm absolutely blown away that people seem to be liking it as much as they are. There have been a lot of specific questions about certain aspects of production and I will be sure to get to everything. DVXuser is one of the sites I have learned a lot of stuff from so I'll be sure to answer all the q's asap. I'm hanging with the family today so it may take a day or so. If I haven't commented on your film it's not because I've forgotten. Sort of popping on when I can and commenting as I go (not that my reviews are terribly good or anything but if you do the work to get a film in you deserve feedback.)

Thanks so much again for the comments.
 
I loved this. Really draws you into the story and keeps you guessing - is she, isn't she? Fantastic camera work and acting all round.
 
My favorite of the fest thus far. Top notch acting/camera work and a simple (and effective) story. Just great work all around.
 
This is a brilliant little piece of filmmaking and I enjoyed it immensely. But I have a HUGE gripe with the ending, and that may just be a product of the whole "monster" requirement. What started out for me as a great character piece turned into something else at the end. Seems like you felt the need to close it all up for the viewer when you really didn't need to.

The whole mystery of the relationship between these two people, who they are and who they are to each other, is the REAL road to the ending of this story. We see the man is bitten. We can infer it was her due to the stake through the heart. The twist, or slight turn of the screw, is the different approach to the subject of vampires. Stake through the heart? Poof! Dead in an instant. Miss the heart? Vampire pulls the stake out, just a flesh wound, and gets really pissed off. Bitten person? Dead or soon turns into a vampire himself. But you've already broken those tired Hollywood "rules".

So where now will you take us? I was hoping for something very human and with emotion. You had this feeling to the film right up to the point where the cop arrived. From that point on, it was just your average horror film.

I hope you don't take my criticism the wrong way. Again, I absolutely loved this film and I am rooting for the filmmaker in a big way. I guess that's why I'm a little more critical than other stuff I've reviewed.

AND... I'll be so bold to say rewrite and reshoot the "non-monsterfest" ending. You owe it to this film... and yourself as an artist.

Bravo.
 
The best short Have seen until now ..ver very good blood, visual effect Hope you have a feature for this one (obiviously if you needed of a score ..you can pm me :-))))...5 stars for me ..and I'm in agreement with all the people of the forum about credits..
 
Jason Ramsey said:
Yes, he does... "A film by" is the minimum that we drew the line at on the credits... There is more than one film that has that as a minimum. "A film by Spencer Katz" is another one that comes to mind.

The minimum is one frame of credits. If the film acknowledges at least a person or company responsible for the project, that would be a credit by our standards for the current fest, b/c we did not elaborate beyond that within our rules.. Something we may need to consider in the future. However, "The End" is not a credit, and we had a film that was exhibition only as a result of that. Likewise, the title of the film is a separate requirement in the rules, and does not count as a "credit".

Hope that clarifies the credit requirement for you as opposed to flatly stating that a particular film did not meet a requirement of the fest :)

EDIT: Zak beat me to it... As you can tell, we had prior discussion about films having "A film by" as their only credit, as we had at least two entries that I can think of at the moment who did this. And, whether or not "The End" would qualify as credits :)

later,
jason
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Okay, then that's a much tamer requirement then I thought. I guess I thought it meant factual credits. Was this entry cleared for anonymous entry by the mods prior? Because that's what it is. No, i'm not fishing to get this guy DQ'd, just seeing if this is an acceptable thing to do in the future.

Btw Nobelo, you confirmed the other part of my message :-).
 
Hey good job man! Very well done. In fact, so well done, I wish you had aimed a little higher. Once she pulled the stake out of her chest I knew exactly where it was going and was simply waiting to see how you'd get there. And you did it flawlessly. So next time, shoot for the moon!
 
Shawn Philip Nelson said:
Okay, then that's a much tamer requirement then I thought. I guess I thought it meant factual credits. Was this entry cleared for anonymous entry by the mods prior? Because that's what it is. No, i'm not fishing to get this guy DQ'd, just seeing if this is an acceptable thing to do in the future.

Btw Nobelo, you confirmed the other part of my message :-).
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Pissing people off lately, so why stop now...

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give it a rest, shawn... geez... First coming in and flatly stating that something is a rule violation, as opposed to raising any concern you mighht have through the appropriate private channels, kinda ticks me off, and it's a trend that you've shown in the past.

2ndly, think about what you are asking me... Was this cleared prior as an anonymous entry... uhmm... let me think, the film is in competition. it is not an exhibition entry, so if it were an anonymous entry, then yes... obviously it would have to have been cleared. and, if it weren't, then that's irrelevant.

Again, you are flatly stating that this is an anonymous entry as though it were fact. Let's just forget about this film for a minute and say that we do have an allowance for anonymous entries, and we have very clear guidelines that must be followed. If someone wanted to enter a film anonymously, then they would obviously have their reasons for doing so. So, why would you come into a thread and try to publicly out someone? That's just low ball ****. What part of anonymous DON'T you understand? And, that's not to say that this film is an anonymous entry... Just a statement of your conduct and the only way I can perceive it.

You dont' know what you are even talking about, firstly. And, 2ndly in the same breath you say you aren't trying to get anyone dq'd or do anything shady, but you would come in here and publicly try to "blow the cover" of someone that you thought was an anonymous entry?

If you think an entry is anonymous and that the rules of clearing it first with festival administrators might not have been followed, the clear and proper thing to do woudl be to pm one of us and raise your concerns privately. Sorry, but doing what you've just done smacks of nothing but disingenuous

If a filmmaker chooses to be anonymous, that is their decision and their's alone, and for their own reasons. We allow it if it is cleared with us first, so that we can give certain conduct guidelines.
 
Shawn Philip Nelson said:
Okay, then that's a much tamer requirement then I thought. I guess I thought it meant factual credits. Was this entry cleared for anonymous entry by the mods prior? Because that's what it is. No, i'm not fishing to get this guy DQ'd, just seeing if this is an acceptable thing to do in the future.

Btw Nobelo, you confirmed the other part of my message :-).
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knock it off.
 
Jason, "pissing people off lately"....how? Until this very moment in time, how have I pissed off anyone in this community during this fest?

Let me say, I apologize, to you and to Nobelo. BEFORE you posted this I sent him a PM to say I meant no disrespect, so he shouldnt have anything against me.

Your personal attack against me is not appreciated, plus you insinuating that I've been pissing of "people", as in plural. This is the first thing in this fest that's even slightly pissy and I just apologized. Here's round 2.

I'm sorry. It's a great film.
 
Jason, "pissing people off lately"....how?
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That was meant to be that I'm pissing people off lately, and not directed at you.

I did not personally attack you. I flatly stated that your conduct in this thread is very difficult to view as noble. you've twice publiclly stated something as fact, and both times suggested that this film shouldn't be in competition.

And, again... ANONYMOUS (this is in response only to your comments, not this particular film)... what part of that don't you get? trying to (accurately or inaccurately) out someone from their requested anonymity publicly is just not appropriate. That seems pretty obvious.
 
Jason Ramsey said:
That was meant to be that I'm pissing people off lately, and not directed at you.

I did not personally attack you. I flatly stated that your conduct in this thread is very difficult to view as noble. you've twice publiclly stated something as fact, and both times suggested that this film shouldn't be in competition.

And, again... ANONYMOUS (this is in response only to your comments, not this particular film)... what part of that don't you get? trying to (accurately or inaccurately) out someone from their requested anonymity publicly is just not appropriate. That seems pretty obvious.
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Thank you. I apologized, I see how my words were too hasty and my intentions perceived otherwise. I'll be more careful in the future.

Again to Nobelo, it's a great f1cking flick, i've been recommending people check it out.
 
Okay,
I've got a little time so I'll go over some of the questions I've heard.

Pros and Cons of working with the GH1:

I really enjoyed how quickly the setups can be. The size of the camera allows you to literally grab it and try out different angles. If you don't like it you just simply move over this way or that or lift it up, etc. Even with a small camera like the HVX is harder to do that if you have lenses on it. So the size/form factor really allowed us to move quickly. On a 1 1/2 day shoot. That is HUGE. We simply could not have done what we did with a bigger camera unless we had a bit more time.

Resolution actually holds up pretty darn well and I had no problems with mud. If you're not familiar with mud it is basically a type of a breakdown of the image due to fast movement. It appears sort of like blocky pixels that distort the picture. Jack Stanley has a thread here about the GH1 and I actually read that before even thinking about the GH1. Again, we never had any problems with the mud.

The On camera Mic is actually not too bad so I was able to use it during editing very well to assemble the rough cut. It's not great but I was expecting it to be way worse. I did all my rough cuts with the on camera sound and people really weren't noticing it too much.

Things I didn't like: Not too much actually. Maybe a bit more color space or resolution for color grading but other than that-for the price....can't beat it.
 
I see the film for what it is and not what camera was used myself. However it is thrilling to see the same camera I have in action done so well. I said it before and it still stands, I believe this to be the winner myself. I think it is cool you did this in so little time. I need to learn that trick.

I was not so lucky as you with the dialogue using the on camera mic. There was just too much ambient noise in my situation. I have already started looking for a mic to use after this. Just be careful with that coming from somebody who experienced the troubles of the on camera mic.
 
Yea I agree,
I dont' think it would be good for your final sound mix. It was just better than I thought it would be.

Thanks so much for your nice comments. I haven't gotten around to commenting on your film yet but I definitely will.



Nitsuj said:
I see the film for what it is and not what camera was used myself. However it is thrilling to see the same camera I have in action done so well. I said it before and it still stands, I believe this to be the winner myself. I think it is cool you did this in so little time. I need to learn that trick.

I was not so lucky as you with the dialogue using the on camera mic. There was just too much ambient noise in my situation. I have already started looking for a mic to use after this. Just be careful with that coming from somebody who experienced the troubles of the on camera mic.
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Shawn Philip Nelson said:
Thank you. I apologized, I see how my words were too hasty and my intentions perceived otherwise. I'll be more careful in the future.

Again to Nobelo, it's a great f1cking flick, i've been recommending people check it out.
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No worries, Shawn. Nothing personal, and not trying to single you out. Sorry, if I came across a bit harsh... been a wild ride today :)
 
NOBELO said:
Yea I agree,
I dont' think it would be good for your final sound mix. It was just better than I thought it would be.

Thanks so much for your nice comments. I haven't gotten around to commenting on your film yet but I definitely will.
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I wasn't taking mine as serious so I let the sound quality slide. But I too was surprised it was as good as it was. To those that have a GH1, just expect the on camera mic to bite you in the arss and don't expect it to sound as good as this.
 
Someone asked about the blood. It's a home made recipe.

Corn Syrup. Lots of red food coloring and a few drops of BLUE food coloring. Not too much or it will go purple.

Then the secret ingredient: PEANUT BUTTER!

That's it. Mix it in a blender and thin it out w/ water if you need to have it squirting.
 
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