Red | White

Okay, so I just HAD to read the posts on this page at least, to see what was at least supposed to happen, because when the film ended I was completely lost.

I dug the opening, the look of the film (nice shooting), the survival tricks & how rugged this guy was (looked like Patrick Dempsey, when laying on the carpet in a pool of his own blood).

Definitely reaching into a pot like that would be a "HUH?!" issue. When I saw him in his apartment, I was assuming this was BEFORE he went camping, and he was having flashbacks of some lost memory ... so I questioned why he wasn't clean shaven to show the growth he acquired for being stuck in the woods for days on end. Now I don't know what it was, memory, imagination/hallucination, what?

I DUG the style of the editing, but I wish I could say it was good editing ... but I can't say that, and that's because it appears the majority of the people aren't getting your story. And if they're not getting the story, or what you're trying to say, then of course it could be a directing issue, but it's also an editing issue .... it needs to flow, and the right information needs to be in there at the right times, for the majority of your intended audience to 'get it'.

Performance was SOLID on the lead, and he's got a great look. Again, a TON of strengths about this, technically speaking, but the story was lost to me, unfortunately.

Oh yeah, and like others before me have said, you kept me with the film, because of the edit style, showing us bits & pieces ... so I had no problem at all watching it. It's just that when it ended, I was left with "So what happened? I don't get it?".
 
Thanks, guys. At least I'm not boring anyone :)

I chalk it up to an attempt to fit way too much story into 6 minutes. The result is something a little more like "Lost Highway" than I intended...
 
Looks like I have some reading to do cause you lost me with the story...but, This kept my attention throughout (I just wish I knew what was happening). Beautiful shots, graded nice...love the look & feel. The acting was excellent even though some of the survival stuff was off. Score worked for me nicely. The flashes were well done too.

All in all...nice piece of work....now I have to go back & read the thread to see what it was about...and what Red/White means.
 
Um, well, now that you mention it.... The title doesn't really mean much. I was waiting for someone to bring this up.

Originally, we were going to be shooting in the snow-covered woods. Obviously, that did not happen. The opening shot was supposed to be a close-up of red blood on white snow. All the woods shots were going to be unbiased color-wise, with really bright whites. The apartment scenes were going to have a red cast. I named the movie Red | White as a sort of work-in-progress name, but it stuck. Now I don't really like it, but I haven't come up with anything else.

I really want to rename it when we recut it. I am open to any and all suggestions.


EDIT: What a terrible explanation of the title that was. Unfortunately, it is accurate. I have some room to improve around branding (if that wasn't already clear).
 
i liked the way you cut from flashback to woods with the use of sound ( the hitting of wood or breaking of ice ) and you kept me watching, wanting to know what the heck happened to this man, i was thinking that this dude was on the run and that he was one of the masked men or something... i guess he was thinking of camping while he lay dying? not sure. if so, odd, but whatever floats his boat.

in any case, awesome shots in the woods, good acting and great use of sound!

would like to more of what happened, so that's a real good thing if you ask me.
 
Thanks for watching, hoz. I'm going to release a longer cut after the fest that may or may not be a little more easy to understand.

Haven't gotten to your film yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing it. I still have about 20 left to watch tonight and tomorrow - it's very time consuming to watch and comment on every film, but I'm going to get it done by Tuesday!
 
Will, I enjoyed this film. My guess is that the wilderness sequence is part of his dying but I'm not sure why he was shot in the first place. The lead actor gave a good performance. Reminded me of Jake Gyllenhall. Shots, colors, and lighting were beautiful. It looked like it cost real money to make. The flashes between the woods and the aparment were done well. I find myself wanting to know the rest of the story. I enjoyed it a lot. Great job.
 
Thanks, Brian. Assuming that we don't make the final round, I will share some details about our upcoming reshoot (Wednesday) as it happens. I really hope that our longer version will be able to incorporate a lot of the feedback that we have received, and hopefully the resulting film will be a little easier to understand.

I just finished watching and commenting on all of the films. That's a lot of work! I'm glad so many people did what I did and took the time to watch every film and comment - it's really a unique, cool thing that dvxfest has. I have had a blast!
 
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