Out of Gas - Blurred Vision Productions

Hi HCPROD,

As others have said, not a bad film at all. The best part of it is there are straight forward places to learn from. The fading of your music is one. You had some shakey camera movements in the car as he is reversing.

I agree with the above comments, the open road scenes were really nice. The outside locations you found were good. It was just missing something. It was building to some revelation and never really got there for me.

But, as I have said, this is a good one to learn from and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. Well done.
 
I liked some of the domestic tension, the acting kind of reminded me of 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' in a way, the husband's withdrawal and subsequent denial of relationship failure...wish it could have played out longer!

Great visuals of the road scenes as others have mentioned and good soundtrack. Couldn't hear the dialogue well, had to turn volume to full blast...

Overall thumbs up!
 
Some very good cinematography and locations here as well as a nice picture. The performances were believable. I get the feeling that this was intended to be an open-ended slice of life piece or that's what I took from it. If that's the case, then the resolution works. Interesting piece.
 
From your poster I was very excited about this one, and I have to tell you, it fell a bit flat for me. I thought the story was pretty clear cut, although I don't get what his quest was (was it to get gas?). Also, the music was VERY distracting from the moment it came on and jaggedly cut out. It seemed to be good for setting a mood, but the jolting nature of it coming in at ear splitting level and then dropping from 10 to 0 in .000009 seconds made it a partial killer of the film for me. The lighting in the kitchen scene was too dark for me and his shirt was too white in the desert (although that might have been a choice on your part). Also, if he's trekking that long in the desert, wouldn't his shirt be soaked and stained with sweat (i.e. back, arm pits, etc.)? I think I thought I saw something on the back of his shirt, but then I couldn't be sure. The lead who played Nathan did ok, but seemed to play it too forced at times. The actress who played Julia was a little too stiff for me, and didn't really give me anything to make me feel anyway about her. I think it was shot competently enough, and the angles all seemed to work ok for your story, but nothing wowed me and some of the cuts didn't smootly transition, distracting me again.

Thank you for sharing!
 
I wanted to thank everyone that took the time to watch my entry and leave me comments and constructive critisim. It was awesome taking part in the DVXFEST fun and I definately plan on returning for future fests. Thank you everyone for all of your help!
 
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