"Late" --- A film by Drew Ott

alex whitmer said:
I love this guy ...

Gohanto: I'm not really a fan
Kholi: There's a lot of things that could be improved
Simon Höffer: Didn't work for me.
jpsheets: Wasn't so hot.

I mean, who else has the anchovies to post those excerpts?!

The good news is that there are only 4.

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I guess you've never seen my signature... I got a million of them!
(Drew...please note first quote)
 
In the past few days, DVXusers Ben Sliker and Justin Kuhn sat down and chatted over AIM while simultaneously watching the same TIMEFEST films. We call them, "The AIM sessions". Here's their thoughts on "LATE"

spesliker (6:09:27 PM): late
spesliker (6:09:30 PM): ready?
happygobo (6:10:41 PM): ready
spesliker (6:10:46 PM): 3
spesliker (6:10:46 PM): 2
spesliker (6:10:47 PM): 1
spesliker (6:10:48 PM): go
spesliker (6:10:58 PM): yuck titles
happygobo (6:11:07 PM): truth.
spesliker (6:11:14 PM): weird left framing
happygobo (6:11:17 PM): far on teh edge of frame there, why...?
spesliker (6:11:22 PM): lol
spesliker (6:11:44 PM): these characters seem like characterizations of characterizations. seem like nice folks trying to do their best for him. that lady reminds me of the maid on "2 and a half men"
happygobo (6:11:48 PM): stop
happygobo (6:11:54 PM): wait, you watch that?
spesliker (6:11:57 PM): shut up.
happygobo (6:12:00 PM): out of sync
spesliker (6:12:03 PM): oh
spesliker (6:12:12 PM): i'm at 1:08
happygobo (6:12:18 PM): i'm at 1:04
spesliker (6:12:22 PM): this gives me time to comment.
happygobo (6:12:43 PM): now I'm at 111
spesliker (6:12:52 PM): try to fill the frame a little more drew, espciallet with them at the couch
spesliker (6:12:58 PM): wow stupid fingers on the sp of "especially"
spesliker (6:13:07 PM): ready?
spesliker (6:13:12 PM): at 1:11?
happygobo (6:13:17 PM): I like the scene, but I feel it's a tad...
happygobo (6:13:21 PM): dark. murky.
happygobo (6:13:26 PM): ready
spesliker (6:13:31 PM): hrm, maybe bigger tv flickers?
spesliker (6:13:36 PM): 3
spesliker (6:13:37 PM): 2
spesliker (6:13:37 PM): 1
spesliker (6:13:39 PM): go
happygobo (6:13:50 PM): nice CU
happygobo (6:13:57 PM): yeah
happygobo (6:14:02 PM): just a lot of noise
spesliker (6:14:12 PM): that lamp in the center was a little distracting for me. they looked like a pyramid with it in between them
spesliker (6:14:28 PM): dude ... get in the pool. LARGEMAN, GET IN THE POOL.
happygobo (6:14:29 PM): great CU.
spesliker (6:14:31 PM): she wants you in the pool man
happygobo (6:14:32 PM): I know
happygobo (6:14:35 PM): GET OVER IT
spesliker (6:14:39 PM): lol
spesliker (6:14:45 PM): the lighting is rad here ... there i go with the "rad" again.
happygobo (6:14:47 PM): jump in now, not tomorrow
happygobo (6:14:56 PM): I know, those tests paid off
happygobo (6:15:11 PM): she isn't either, get it?
spesliker (6:15:14 PM): wonder how long she had to be in the pool
spesliker (6:15:23 PM): yikes. dude. wait ... i don't get it.
happygobo (6:15:24 PM): i bet her hands were all pruny
happygobo (6:15:56 PM): love this scene too
spesliker (6:15:58 PM): he needs some older friends, ones with driver's licenses.
happygobo (6:15:58 PM): those stripes of light
spesliker (6:16:11 PM): i feel like he rides up and down the same street.
happygobo (6:16:12 PM): truth
spesliker (6:16:40 PM): music gets a litle cheese at the end of that pool scene
spesliker (6:16:44 PM): forgot to post that
happygobo (6:16:53 PM): didn't notice
spesliker (6:16:56 PM): i feel the lady needs to react more there.
happygobo (6:17:02 PM): ..."I guess."
happygobo (6:17:19 PM): oops, repetition
spesliker (6:17:19 PM): like "oh man" ... that's tragic
happygobo (6:17:33 PM): he's going for real understated
spesliker (6:17:36 PM): like be really bent out of shape at the tragicalness.
spesliker (6:18:09 PM): there needs to yelling ... your adopted parents are asshats.
happygobo (6:18:20 PM): yell underwater!
spesliker (6:18:23 PM): that music always reminds me of ocean's 11. at least it's not "sounds of silence"
happygobo (6:18:25 PM): LET IT OUT
spesliker (6:19:02 PM): we weren't as funny this time
spesliker (6:19:08 PM): say something funny.
happygobo (6:19:25 PM): funny, yet clean for DVX user?
spesliker (6:19:30 PM): ooo .. i got it. "banana hammock"
happygobo (6:19:47 PM): monkey chainsaw weasels!
spesliker (6:19:57 PM): FAIL.
happygobo (6:20:23 PM): Ben is bald.
spesliker (6:21:04 PM): EPIC FAIL. you're a turd sandwich.
spesliker (6:21:23 PM): I'll post this later. PEACE.


Drew, I think you and Justin has some good convos on your film so I'll wrap it here quickly in one sentence: We are jealous that this is your first film.
 
Thanks for the convo.

Yeah, titles were awful. Helpful stuff. Which shot had the weird left framing?

And yeah, the TV scene was too dark and murky. The room was really bright but for some reason I stopped down quite a bit until it looked right to my eye. I think I was worn out and not thinking clearly. That was the last scene we shot.
 
''tragicalness''

Is that really a word? Seems like it should be. Let me call Webster.

I did, however, find it in www.urbandictionary.com

tragical: A combination of Tragic + Magical. When something is so tragic but you can't help enjoying the tragedy before you.

"Britney Spears life is so tragical." or "This movie is tragical."


Also found ass hat: Idiotic, stupid. To act like a moron.


From the popular insult "to have your head up your ass". This imagery leads to ones ass being placed on the head like a hat, hence "asshat".

I'll add these to my growing list of new words. Thanks fellas!!



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Drew Ott said:
Thanks for the convo.

Yeah, titles were awful. Helpful stuff. Which shot had the weird left framing?

And yeah, the TV scene was too dark and murky. The room was really bright but for some reason I stopped down quite a bit until it looked right to my eye. I think I was worn out and not thinking clearly. That was the last scene we shot.
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it was at 0:16.
 
Lol, I love it!!

You have a great dark sarcastic tone that I wish you'd pushed hard, more into 'Shaun of the Dead' type (not the zombies obviously, just more dead pan irony and less drama).

The actors of the parents were completely dead one, f1cking hilarious.

Love the idea, its just too funny!

Oh, when you have a cute chick to be in a bikini, do something interesting! :-)
 
drew I will try and get you a more detailed review. may have to be after the fest though, busy bee.

the pool stuff looked amazing

conversely, some seriously wonky framing in the first scene on the two shot of the folks and then on the guy as well

mixed feelings about the moms look after him when he leaves - it was somewhat poignant but didn't make much sense, meaning he's trying to get them to listen to him and then she finally looks after he's gone - if she's that connected with him then why not listen in the first place

just some stuff off the top of my head in addition to the sincere pat on the back review earlier
 
Hey Drew,

I'm starting my second run through the films. After seeing everything, I gotta say this is really one of best (not just because I participated). Also, on second viewing, the skin shot isn't as 'gratuitous' as I first thought.

For some reason the Jessica's performance didn't really bowl me over first time. Second time, however - yeah, she did a great job. She has a nice presence on film.


I think my favorite scene is still where Peter disappears into the dark as he hitches a ride to grandma's.

I paid a lot more attention to lighting and music as well.

All in all, a really great film.

alex
 
I appreciate it Alex.

I think "Jessica" did a great job as well. She's a theatre actress and always gets lead roles working with adults. It was a little tricky for her to transition onto film because she's used to having to show emotion to people sitting 100ft away from her. I think the performance turned out nicely though.
 
Groovy film Drew. I wish the conversation between the old neighbor woman about the grandma was more colorful. It would have been funny to paint a picture of the grandma that was unsavory from the neighbors POV, maybe slightly vulgar making the main character's life funnier.

This had a "Heathers" kind of vibe to it.
 
Haha that would have been pretty funny.

The way it is now, I wanted it to seem like the neighbor was pretty good friends with the grandma. That is a good suggestion though.

I've never seen Heathers but I'll check it out for sure.
 
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