Joystick Films Presents.....The Puppeteer

Thanks for the comments! FDL music composer is amazing and I plan on utilizing him on many more projects.

I am very happy you enjoyed the film and looked past the negatives and stayed in the film.

RodThompson said:
OMG! That was epic! My points...

WRITING: I thought that the dialogue was very realistic, and never got too exposition heavy, which definitely adds to the realism of the piece. The story itself was pretty gnarly and easily expandible.

CINEMATICS: The visuals, minimal use of SFX and cinematography were just superb. I felt that the opening shots and the shots in the car looked like they were shot on a consumer camera, but the rest was cinematically astounding.

ACTING: A++ to everyone involved!

MUSIC: WOW! If it weren't for the music, the film would have been awesome. With the music, it's EPIC. Keep your scorer around, he's a badass!
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Man, one thing i'm really digging about loss fest is how varied the films are.

Great job on this one.
 
No offense, but I remember reading about all the problems you had shooting this, and I thought, well that one isn't going to be good.

I'm glad that I was very, very wrong.

This was a very satisfying action film. Reminds me of Simon's of last fest. Not perfect, but adrnaline pumping fun.

The cinematography, grading, and editing were all excellent.

My biggest complaint is that I had a hard time following the story. Couldn't tell if we were supposed to be skipping around in time or if it was all in proper sequence. Might just have been my stupidity though.

Great work though. Knowing what you went through to make it makes it that much more impressive.
 
I am humbled by your comments jason. I'm just glad I could use the shots I had because I had absolutely no coverage.

it was in sequence. But I highly doubt you are anywhere close to stupid.:Drogar-Dum(DBG):

I'm Happy you enjoyed it!

jasonthewho said:
No offense, but I remember reading about all the problems you had shooting this, and I thought, well that one isn't going to be good.

I'm glad that I was very, very wrong.

This was a very satisfying action film. Reminds me of Simon's of last fest. Not perfect, but adrnaline pumping fun.

The cinematography, grading, and editing were all excellent.

My biggest complaint is that I had a hard time following the story. Couldn't tell if we were supposed to be skipping around in time or if it was all in proper sequence. Might just have been my stupidity though.

Great work though. Knowing what you went through to make it makes it that much more impressive.
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I really liked what you did here. Quite a little undertaking. I can see a lot of work went into this, and editing must have been a blast. In the sense that "having a blast editing" includes lots of frustrating moments of anger mixed with the joy of the outcome. But yes, good work. I will say a lot of the acting was pretty weak, I don't know what your audition process was like or how many people you had to choose from, by I can recommend in the future you do EVERYTHING you can to get as big of a turn out for the auditions as possible. In the audition listings give a a character breakdown, even for a tiny role you want the most realistic performance you can get. Overall a very good effort, I enjoyed what you did here.
 
Thanks for the comments! Coming from you it means a lot considering how much I liked your film.

Almost every actor in the film had 24 hour notice. Most of my original cast bailed on me the day before. 2 of them I literally called 1 hour before I shot them. It was the day from hell.

And since I had no coverage editing was extremely "fun"

Either way I am very happy you enjoyed it. Thank you.


armisiano said:
I really liked what you did here. Quite a little undertaking. I can see a lot of work went into this, and editing must have been a blast. In the sense that "having a blast editing" includes lots of frustrating moments of anger mixed with the joy of the outcome. But yes, good work. I will say a lot of the acting was pretty weak, I don't know what your audition process was like or how many people you had to choose from, by I can recommend in the future you do EVERYTHING you can to get as big of a turn out for the auditions as possible. In the audition listings give a a character breakdown, even for a tiny role you want the most realistic performance you can get. Overall a very good effort, I enjoyed what you did here.
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filthrich said:
Alex: great comments man. Thanks for your input! The crazy part is that 4 of the 5 acotrs were called in the day before.
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Ah, yes. I remember this. And the pizza guy baled because SWAT was there! I love these stories.

With that in mind, it's amazing you salvaged this. That kind of commitment is rare.

alex
 
Excellent work, Rich. I thought the cinematography was great, the story was well written and the boy that played the puppeteer was brilliant. Many kudos to you, my friend.
 
Thank you sir. If you hadn't moved on me you would have been in this for sure. Next time.

I am very glad you liked it. Because if you didn't I know you would have told me.

Folden said:
Excellent work, Rich. I thought the cinematography was great, the story was well written and the boy that played the puppeteer was brilliant. Many kudos to you, my friend.
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this was fun to watch, i like how it came together. i hoped for the cops to be a little smarter but then again how often does someone take control of your body!?...a few thing to nit-pic at but overall very nice short...
 
I'm glad you enjoyed it G!
There is so much more I could have done. And I know that now because of the comments and critiques.

Thanks.

Gbaez said:
this was fun to watch, i like how it came together. i hoped for the cops to be a little smarter but then again how often does someone take control of your body!?...a few thing to nit-pic at but overall very nice short...
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Wow. I wasn't expecting this at all. One of the best of the fest for sure. I hope you make it further with this one! Fine job.
 
I liked it! the kid freak me out... slow motion shots were very efficient....this short reminds me of Akira...

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Very cool. Freak out is a good thing.

When I was writing it I never even thought about akira. Then when some one mentioned it I was like, dammit, that must have buried in my subconscious. Because I have seen that a dozen times. But haven't watched it in years.

I'm so glad you liked it.
abalex said:
I liked it! the kid freak me out... slow motion shots were very efficient....this short reminds me of Akira...

g.
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