Short film: Waiting

marlontorres

marlontorres

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This film has quite the history. "Waiting" was originally a 30-40 minute short film entitled "The Ornament" which I shot almost a year and a half ago. Unfortunately, as most things in film, things never went to plan. Everything from a random life events, to a busy schedule, to simply the fact that the film wasn't coming together like I had envisioned. Approximately only 25% of the film was shot so editing anything close to what I had envisioned for "The Ornament" wasn't anywhere near possible. So instead of just letting the footage collect dust on my hard drive, I decided to cut the footage together and see if I could come up with anything that would resemble a narrative. I had to get really artsy with the editing but overall, I had a great time cutting this piece together. I thought of it as an "editing exercise" or "challenge". I hope you guys enjoy this somewhat experimental romantic love story.

PS: This project also features the debut of my new production logo! Woo!

Vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/2964348
HD: http://www.torresstudios.com/films/waiting_web.mov
 
I didn't fully follow the story, but it was still cool to watch. The male was a terrific actor! A little heavy on the shallow DoF in some places, but other than that, keep up the good work, can't wait to see your next piece. :)
 
I remember you posted that dolly shot from the kitchen before. Me like. Nice to see this in a somewhat completed form. It is cool for what it is, as you put it an "editing excercise".

Your Vimeo encoding wasn't so hot, everybody looked like they had brown freckles. (Or is it just my computer?) Watched the HD version, much better representation.

BTW, the opening logo is slammin'.
 
in my opinion it felt like it was trying too hard to make the audience feel a certain emotion, but it was unable to deliver on it. i kept waiting for some kind of story. i kept waiting for some kind of substance, something to make me believe in and care about the character, and some kind of message. i kept waiting. waiting.
 
Deepfocus88 said:
I remember you posted that dolly shot from the kitchen before. Me like. Nice to see this in a somewhat completed form. It is cool for what it is, as you put it an "editing excercise".

Your Vimeo encoding wasn't so hot, everybody looked like they had brown freckles. (Or is it just my computer?) Watched the HD version, much better representation.

BTW, the opening logo is slammin'.
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I'm gonna reupload on Vimeo. I don't know what the deal with that was.
 
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