Industrial Town Grabs

[stidle]

Some grabs from a film that my friend and I shot and edited in less than 10 hours this weekend.

Feedback would be appreciated.

 

[FourStarCinema]

Hmmm, these look like interesting grabs for still frame photography, but for a narrative film they look a little distracting. They way these are framed, it appears that the buildings are the subject, rather than the actor. I would love to see these in context to the actual film you made. Any clips?

 

[imageonepictures]

Image quality extremely good.

 

[Pukki]

Very video-ish. Washed out highlights and hate the barrel distortion on the first one.

 

[stidle]

a) Yeah, should have clips up some time soon. Where is a good place to post clips?
b) The locations are the primary characters in these first shots -- they are establishing the mood and feeling of the setting. Of course you can't tell that from the stills!
c) Washouts are intentional -- I think they are appropriate given the bleak setting, no?

Barrel distortion is not actually as extreme as it looks. Those builds were literally buckling in the middle to the point that they were kind of folded back. I'm not kidding, it was crazy.

What would you suggest, pukki, to make it more "filmic?" I don't really care to do so, but I'm curious of your opinion.

 

[PaPa]

i like your shots, but honestly you should do a little bit of reasearch on framing, the rule of 3rds - i think its called..

 

[Drew Ott]

It looks like you have a fisheye lens in the first one.