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ProfD said:
It did feel like a promo for a robot-mate feature on Sci-Fi....which is a great thing. I like the sci fi channel..heh.
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Now is when i should say this started as the promo of a 25 minutes shortfilm...
 
Hey, I finally got to sit down and watch it. I absolutely LOVED the look! It reminded me of "The Island". Excellent lighting and cinematography. What I did not like about the film was the content. It was really lacking in the story department. It felt very slow moving, but I think you were going for that. It did feel like a trailer for a larger film. All that being said, I will once again reiterate that this was by far the most beautifully shot piece I've seen. Absolutely incredible. Great work!
 
I absolutely loved it. Beautiful, beautiful film.

But one thing bugged me: With the "Antarctica. Summer. The Future" at the beginning that really geared me up for a post-apocalyptic-ice-caps have melted story. I had to shift gears when I figured out that wasn't what I was getting. For this story, setting and timeframe have little meaning (speaking from my own opinion, of course). So this caused me some confusion. Just something to think about.

Great job!
 
macgregor said:
Now is when i should say this started as the promo of a 25 minutes shortfilm...
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Does that mean we get more? Please say yes!

And thank you for the images and the descriptions of how you did things. Your film makes for gorgeous stillls as well.

Maybe you should make a little coffee table book (with companion DVD of course) showing stills from the film and the design drawings too. Whatever you got. Give it to us! :)
 
Okay, just another Macgregor fan here. What a simply beautiful film. I've been shooting with my regular ol' DVX100A only dreaming of getting pictures like Similo. Are there any good online articles on the G35? I can only imagine the thing (with lenses) costs a fortune. G35 info is very limited at the manufacturer's homepage: http://www.cinemek.com/

Anyway, I just think great films are about great choices...every moment is a choice: in light, color, mood, sound, music. And the filmmakers involved with Similo clearly have great taste! Certainly gets my vote.
 
Man..I just love those stills. Especially the first one. Damn, I wish your story had been more original though. Makes me wonder how amazing your talent and product would be if turned loose on an original concept. Hopefully you will respond to some of the other films as well. Some of us are nervously putting out our first efforts and would welcome constructive and hopefully positive feedback as well.

Thanks,
ProfD
 
MAC: "BTW, no one asked about flares and red and blue intrusve lights..."

OK.. so tell us about the lush red and blue flares.. please?
 
This was the short I showed to my wife.

Her response was "Oh, wow".

She then whacked me over the head with a spatula and demanded to know why I wasn't making films like this.

I loved your short. Even though it made my head hurt.

Thank you.
 
Macgregor - you mentioned "Thin Mode" - did you shoot this using Squeeze Mode for widescreen? Any issues with the G35 if that's the case?
 
OK - before I'm corrected - thin mode refers to the Detail setting - Oops

So, did you shoot in a widescreen mode?
 
Ok guys. Jarred fixed the problem, so the wmv that is online is fixed and looks a lot better. I would recommend to download it instead of watching the old one.
 
THX-1138 said:
Great work!

Remined me alot of Solaris (New Version)...probably because of the female VO with an accent...also the gradient. Loved that you took me away from the typical DVX out of the box look and went for a very stylized film look.

Also I felt you patience in the storytelling reminded me of a Tarkovsky film.

Well done.
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Glad you liked it. Yes, the voiceover was done by Sarah Jarman, an actress I know who has a great voice, i thought she suited Hebes' character after reading the script from Mac. It was like done a day before with so much pressure, on top of that I only had the recording studio for an hour. So, macgregor had to rely on me in London, whilst he is in Spain to get it right! So, due to my genius way and charm and big penis, we got it right. We tried many variations slower and faster and then we did the VO..haha..no seriously, there was one instance where the sound engineers became so enamoured by it that they had tears in their eyes. No joke. So, it was a great pleasure to work on this project with the kilt wearing spaniard. I am now off to beat some midgets.
 
YAS your work on this was top notch. really. congradulations.

what did your 'big' penis have to do with it?
 
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