PANDORA - Presented by Envision and Waltind

briceman said:
I did notice that CC change the first time I saw it. I assumed it was an error in the file, and didn't pay attention to it. So it was intentional?
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We wanted to convey visually what mitch was feeling emotionally. His life is starting to come crashing down around him as he realizes that something has happened. As he hears about the life of the baby being sucked away, and the reality of the situation sets in, everything is sucked out of his world- so we took the CC out as well to add emphasis to it.
 
It wasn't so much of taking the CC out, as it was desaturating the colors ... so the world kind of drains away as he's hearing the bad news, and then even more worse news. I believe it would have worked MUCH better, had it not been for the changes in lighting that are apparent, as it the first time I personally notice the change is when we cut back to a CU of Trisha.

That said, if that's what people are noticing, and thinking it's an error, it's perhaps we pull it from the 8.5 cut.

Larry, what can I say? Wow, THANK YOU for your past feedback on this, and we're extremely greatful/honored you enjoyed the short that much!

Trent, good idea on the Orb's FX ... I can not believe I never thought to add a SLIGHT guassian blur, which I'll see about going back & doing that ... though it'll be daunting, as I had to do all those FX in pieces for my system to handle it (working with blown up 1280x720 frames - HD).

Also, I THINK the difference in lighting is most noted in the CU when Mitchell is first about to say that Nikki's lost the baby, and we cut to a CU of the left side of his face ... I'll see if I can CC that more to mix better, or possibly cut that shot, which I'll discuss with Ryan for the 8.5 version. While the lights didn't move, they may not have been ideal for that particular angle, as I could have been in a bit of a pocket there ... at least that's the only reason I can think it looked so different.

Thanks for the feedback, and glad you enjoyed it!
 
waltind said:
Would mind elaborating on what you didn't like about it? More spacifics would help us do better in the future. Thanks for the critique
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I couldn't hear the woman very well when the guy first got home. and I also found that the music sometimes took over the voices.

That's all. otherwise I thought the 'film' was good.
 
iSTy said:
I couldn't hear the woman very well when the guy first got home. and I also found that the music sometimes took over the voices.

That's all. otherwise I thought the 'film' was good.
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Thanks, that is helpful info.
 
EnVISION,

just got done watching your flick! Pretty cool man!.. it felt like a movie. Thats what you were probably going for right? it was very dramatic.. the music ,the framing,hot chics.. it was all good. I really enjoyed it.. my favorite scene is where the *demonic* woman fights off everyone..& nice sfx work too *the ending shot of the eyes*.
 
Thanks. Glad you liked it.

Norm put a lot of time into the SFX, using Particle Illusion and key framing everything so that it tracked correctly with the images.
 
finally got to see again well done in the scene sequencing very much like a movie. didn't quite understand the story i had to watch twice.the girl at the end i didn't know who she was then the ending was like the 50s dialogue when she was obsessed i think she could have made a different choice and maybe a closeup of her looking down on the ball just her eyes and the light of the ball as she looks crazed. but the dialogue moved well
 
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