FLOWER a flyin' monkey films production

I'm just gonna go hide my head in my glass of vodka. Waiting for download to be announced, but no joy. Looks like it's gonna be tomorrow. Good thing we didn't order the wings.. but damn, now I'm hungry...
 
Rodney V. Smith said:
You're so biased Marlon. This is not my first Mac Excursion. I've even built a hackintosh (yes I'm a geek, duh!). I still stand by my DVX to HVX analogy because of my experience.

PC forever! Just Mac for the future...
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I would just use Boot Camp and you can have the best of both worlds. Windows runs really nicely on a Mac :D.

Can't wait to see the film, Rodney.
 
Hey Rodney! Just wanted to say good luck! I've enjoyed your past films and looking forward to this one. I finally a chance to use your dolly wheels on my entry. :)

Cheers!
/j
 
Edgen said:
Hey Rodney! Just wanted to say good luck! I've enjoyed your past films and looking forward to this one. I finally a chance to use your dolly wheels on my entry. :)

Cheers!
/j
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Thanks Justin. I saw your name popup on the submission list and just had to grin with delight. Really looking forward with your kickass submission... and now you're using the dolly wheels so I know it's GAME OVER for the rest of us.

Glad you're back in!
 
Rodney V. Smith said:
Thanks Justin. I saw your name popup on the submission list and just had to grin with delight. Really looking forward with your kickass submission... and now you're using the dolly wheels so I know it's GAME OVER for the rest of us.

Glad you're back in!
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Wait. . .Justin is Edgen?? Or, Edgen is really Justin?? Ahhhhhhhh. It's all making sense now. LOL!

I second your sentiment, Rodney. I had the same reaction. Jus. . .er, uh. . .Edgen. . .er, well his last film was like a big coming out party. Got alot of people's attention about just what an indie filmmaker can do on a limit budget - any freakin' thing he wants.
 
Around these here parts, he's simply known as "the Amazing Justin Durban". But now he has the ultimate weapon: a set of dolly wheels that I made for him...

I may have brought about... THE FEST-APOCALYPSE!
 
You seem to have a great "style" so please take my criticisms as nothing but trying to be helpful...

I know you were going for certain effects with the color correction, and some of it looks great, but sometimes scenes just looked like they didn't match (it came across as continuity problems).

I thought the beginning started off really strong... though the beginning credits seemed a bit long for such a short movie. You definitely established a style, but at times, it felt like it lacked substance. I'm not sure if you intentionally "squished" you output, but the aspect ratio didn't look right to me. You also seemed to lose a lot of quality in compression, which of course I don't hold against you, but a lot of other people didn't suffer with that with their uploaded films.

Although I thought the soundtrack was excellent, it was way too loud at times and some of the other sound work and dialogue got lost.

Overall though, it was enjoyable to watch and gets a thumbs up! Keep it up!
 
good job man, I liked the shot when the one evil guy was kicking the candles to break the protection ring
 
I was watching it and it stopped halfway through. I'm going to try and watch it again through one of the zipped folders.
 
Okay, was finally able to watch it. I liked the story and the cinematography and the music. The opening was excellent and very creative. I like stuff like that. Tells me you put alot of thought and creativity into it. I thought the acting was good as well. The audio could be adjusted. There were times where there was too much background noise, like when they first got on the roof for instance and then there were times when the audio seemed too loud, like when Jessica dumps the bag on the floor downstairs. The effects seemed to go a frame or 2 too long in the park and just inside the house and you could maybe tweak them a bit more.

The sound effects were good as well. I thought the guy at the end did a good job being menacing, but I think you could have gotten a couple of more angles on when he throws Jessica and she hits the floor.

Other than that, I definitely see potential here with a bit more polish.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, we all know the struggles and hardships you went through and are still going through. You devoted alot of time to this project with not even half of your equipment and I will say that you are a true filmmaker through and through. You provided a "get 'er done" spirit around here for all involved and you should be commended for just getting something done. :thumbsup:
 
Hey Rodney: Good flick! Loved the title sequence, sweet. Nice job on the breath effects. Liked the look of the short. Solid music score and the vibe of the film all around was solid.
I had a little bit of a struggle following the story line: why didn't she stay inside the safe circle of candles, and who was the guys at the end that punched her? Seems like that sick monster could have handled the business on its own :-)
I know, there's a lot to fit into a 6 minute segment. Overal My favorite part of this film was its mood.

Great Job!
 
Marlon Ladd said:
Unless you've been hiding under a rock, we all know the struggles and hardships you went through and are still going through. You devoted alot of time to this project with not even half of your equipment and I will say that you are a true filmmaker through and through. You provided a "get 'er done" spirit around here for all involved and you should be commended for just getting something done. :thumbsup:
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Amen to that. Rodney pulled through while being stuck far from home, far away from family and needing to create a whole new film plan. Bravo. Extra Props!
 
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