Short film "The Prisoner"-Feedback welcome

[anchoryanker]

Shot on a DVX100B with the anamorphic adapter for the best 2.35 A/R quality possible.

Excuse the youtube quality also it had to be split into 2 parts because it's 13 minutes long.

I shot the film in about 4 hours on a sunday afternoon and edited it in about 5 hours. I only shot about 45 minutes of one tape, so I had about a 3.5 to 1 shooting ratio.

This was my very first attempt at a narrative film, and I learned alot. I think it came out ok, but I can see areas that could have been better, and I've half-considered a re-shoot so I can have a much better polished product.

But, not bad for a 36 dollar budget! :tongue: lol

part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qGlIyVPKOw

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0p8LPA5Y3c

 

[STYLZ]

Lol, I watched it all no problem, so props on that. The only three things that took me out of the story were the cheezy blood and guts effects, the audio seemed unnatural, and the not so great fighting sound effects. I did enjoy this film though, the lighting and location were great. Thanks for sharing.

Oh first narrative too? Nice.

 

[anchoryanker]

I couldn't get a decent mike in time, so alot of the audio was recorded and dubbed in later. I used chitlins for the guts, and I agree it didn't come out near as good as I hoped.

You make several valid points that I totally agree with, I'm halfway considering reshooting it and utilizing the lessons learned in the first attempt to improve it.

I have to say I've read alot of books on filmmaking, but nothing is a good substitute for going out and actually doing it, I learned a ton by actually putting theory into practice.

 

[MalcolmOng]

I couldn't get a decent mike in time, so alot of the audio was recorded and dubbed in later. I used chitlins for the guts, and I agree it didn't come out near as good as I hoped.

You make several valid points that I totally agree with, I'm halfway considering reshooting it and utilizing the lessons learned in the first attempt to improve it.

I have to say I've read alot of books on filmmaking, but nothing is a good substitute for going out and actually doing it, I learned a ton by actually putting theory into practice.

Amen! :thumbsup: