PurpleMacaroni Productions presents "Girl vs. Boy"

That was great. I bet it was fun to shoot with them. I thought the use of the ipod, computer and usb drive was cool and finally a chase scene, on the beach even! The beach shots were so surreal feeling. What adapter are you using? It gave a great look to those shots.
 
Aram, thanks for your comments. I'm glad you enjoyed the film.

I used a Letus 35a (non-flip) adapter and Canon FD lenses. I think for the beach scene I used a 28-85mm zoom, so I don't know exactly what mm setting I used. The beach scene is my favorite, I really love how it turned out. Although, I'm still finding sand in the corners of my camera bag :shocked:
 
I still have sand in my bag from my Zombie fest entry from the very first fest. :P
Yeah I totally love the look on the whole beach scene. Very smooth in a poetic way.
 
Amy, I enjoyed the running scenes on the sand. It looked like the kids got into their characters when they were outside where kids love to be. I really liked it when they took off running down the beach.
 
Thanks, Aram.
And thanks, Kurt. I wrote that scene to play to Kevin's strength - running. That guy is fast, not too far off from the Blue Hawk profile. Just not all the athletic accolades - yet. :)
 
On my third viewing I picked up on the credits going by during the blue hawk profile. I liked the "kid" were a nice touch.
 
Hey,

I really liked this one. I thought you did a good job with the child actors. I didn't think they were completely believable, but still very good. I'm sorry, but I don't like the poster for this film. But I thought the production value of the film, the visual effcts, the music and the angles were all very good. Loved that. Nice entry. Good luck.
 
Amy, first off this was a very cute, family friendly concept, ala SpyKids. Visual FX could have been composited a little better, and though the story concept was GOOD, I felt the script still came out a little rough and there's room for improvement. However, since I don't really consider myself a writer, I'm at a loss to offer specific ideas on what could have been improved ... just felt there was something.

I can't really critique you on performances, because they're kids & that in itself is typically enough of a challenge to work with anyway. For what there was, their performances were cute & enjoyable. Not everyone is going to be a Dakota Fanning, so it's unfair to compare most child actors to that kind of prodigy level, lol. So good job in working with the talent.

My biggest kudos to you on this is for making something everyone in your group likely enjoyed making & will watch over and OVER again in the years to come. I'm envious ... because I need to make something that MY kids are in, and can feel good about. That's why I've sworn that the next one I make is a kid friendly comedy. You've helped concrete that for me. :)
 
This is obviously a movie that everyone had a good time making. That alone is better than any Varizoom or Kessler Crane! =) I really enjoyed watching Girl VS Boy. I think the computer graphics were well done and looked real. (Obviously, some were really OS X of course). The story was cute and there were a lot of neat gadgets at the kids' disposal. As it was said before, working with kids can be hell, but you seemed to have done a pretty good job. There was one little directorial touch in this movie that I loved, and that was when the girl is at the beach about to use the stationary binoculars. I thought it was funny (that for a spy themed movie) that she couldn't quite reach them.

The only things I didn't really care for was the ending. Aside from that, this was a very good movie. I enjoyed it all the way through! Thanks for reminding us all how much fun we can have making a movie with our family.
 
Daniellus, thanks for your comments. Sorry the poster didn't grab you. It really was just a quick graphic, but I kinda like it's simplicity.

Norm, thanks to you, too. I'm glad you liked it. Funny thing, watching all these films has made me want to try something that maybe my kids shouldn't watch! :) But, if you'd like to pick my brain about the ups and downs of working with kids - especially your own - give me a buzz. This really was fun. You can't tell by their somewhat stiff performances, but the kids had a good time, especially at the beach. Kevin had to do his "stunt" at least ten times (falling down). We all got worn down by some of the multiple takes, but who doesn't?

Karl151k, I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Yeah, I went the indie gorrilla route and used screencasts for some of my VFX, which was the plan ever since I wrote the IM scenes. It really helped though in the end as I started running out of time for post. And the binoculars you mentioned was one of those happy accidents. The scene was written to take place with real binoculars on the deck of the house we were renting (which I'd seen only in pictures prior to our trip). But, when we got to the house, I realized the deck didn't overlook a sandy beach, but a rocky tidepool! I originally wanted to shoot below the deck, but that was ruled out, and we had to go down the beach a ways. When I saw those metered binoculars there, I knew I had to use them. I loved how they emphasized that these are kids "playing spy" in a grown-up world. And I'm all for adding touches of humor to my work. Thank my April 1st birthday for that one.

Aye, the ending is difficult, and I think it what makes it more so is most people can't understand Blue Hawk's last lines. I plan to insert a tighter CU of the paper (inspired by "Don't Look") and maybe do another ADR of the lines. Hopefully this will clarify that the last scene is a set up for another movie. 'Cause, like I've said before, every spy movie needs a set up for a sequel.
 
My Thoughts:

I'm glad someone used kids as their main actors. Huge FX undertaking and the boy has blue hair!!

/j
 
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