SINNERGY - Geoff Reisner

noooo 7D
Panasonic GH1 with pl mount adapter from
www.hotrodcameras.com
same as shooting anamorphic with the red's 16x9 sensor you get around a 3.5 to 1 image that you then have to crop the sides off of. It does allow you to pan around the image in post if you need.

Is there a duclos modded 7D?
 
GH1 ftw! Hehe the anamorphic lens sure looks good on this camera. I want to get one for my GH1 now. Bah a man has to have a dream right.
 
Beautiful, every shot was like a friggin postcard. I thought the monologue detracted from the imagery, but was very impressed overall by the short. Reminded me of the better parts of The Watchmen with Rorshak [sp?]. Thank you for submitting. It gives me a look Id love to emulate in the future.

Thanx for the submission. One of my faves in the fest.
 
xxrotinivol2 said:
Beautiful, every shot was like a friggin postcard. I thought the monologue detracted from the imagery, but was very impressed overall by the short. Reminded me of the better parts of The Watchmen with Rorshak [sp?]. Thank you for submitting. It gives me a look Id love to emulate in the future.

Thanx for the submission. One of my faves in the fest.
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Thanks for the kind words and for checking it out:thumbsup:
 
Seems like the monologue is taking some hits. I have a sense that it's really difficult to do well and believably, but personally this one played well for me. I don't think it should be removed! Something about the style, black and white, etc...it's comforting to have that guy's voice leading us through, not distracting!
 
Kellar42 said:
Seems like the monologue is taking some hits. I have a sense that it's really difficult to do well and believably, but personally this one played well for me. I don't think it should be removed! Something about the style, black and white, etc...it's comforting to have that guy's voice leading us through, not distracting!
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Thanks :) Appreciate the thoughts and glad to have someone feeling the monologue as a positive contribution.
 
Geoff_R said:
I think VO is ultra tough in general and I've seen very few films ever pull it off well. It doesn't help that I'm referring to things outside the frame which makes it all the more confusing at times. Sin City works since it's very in the moment... whereas here it's more rumination. Other than that, the only person I like listening to is Morgan Freeman :)
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I was a little absorbed with the VO the other night so I went back and watched it again a few minutes ago, without focusing on the V.O. I'm giving it a very rating as I liked everything else about it. And ofcourse my preconceived notions of Noir V.O is subjective anyways.

I'm wondering if a slight pitch shifting on the voice could work to bring it down in range a bit? As long as it didn't sound monstery. Just a crazy thought. I've focused too much on it as it is though, sorry.

Excellent job by everyone all around.
Thanks agian.
 
No worries. It's an interesting topic concerning the piece and it's one that has drawn me to think upon how I'll tell stories in the future.
 
First let me state that I love Noir and I love Horror and this film had an interesting mix of both. Your shots had a great sense of depth as one might find in Citizen Kane, and the acting I felt was superb!
That being said I think the running sequence was a little awkward especially the criminal his pace seemed slow and strange like he was tiptoeing away I sense that he is looking for somewhere to hide but he seems to spend his whole time doing this rather than trying to run away, and the detectives confidently pursue in a steady jog. I realize those shots are difficult but a running past camera, or tripping over a garbage can, would have really added a lot to this chase sequence.
Overall I liked this quite a bit; it was very well produced and completed!
Great job!
 
Beautifully shot in the bar sequence and in the room. Great VO. I thought the lead actor over acted a bit in the alley scene, his facial expressions seemed a little too over the top. I really quite liked this story and the execution was well done. I don't have much negative to say. I am a tad dense so I had to discuss the story with Kevin to really nail down the monster's motivation and how it related back to the detective. That could have been a little more clear.
 
Loved the look/feel of it with the black and white. I think the VO totally works with this genre, but I would have trimmed it by about 1/3, tightened up the exposition. It felt like just a little too much.

I have to admit that I missed at the end that the girl they found was the one from the picture. She seemed too old to be classified a child. Maybe cast an obviously younger person in that role.

Otherwise, I liked it. The idea of a "guilt monster" created by the devil is sweet, plays on the adage of being eaten alive by guilt very nicely.
 
MOVIE STUNTS said:
First let me state that I love Noir and I love Horror and this film had an interesting mix of both. Your shots had a great sense of depth as one might find in Citizen Kane, and the acting I felt was superb!
That being said I think the running sequence was a little awkward especially the criminal his pace seemed slow and strange like he was tiptoeing away I sense that he is looking for somewhere to hide but he seems to spend his whole time doing this rather than trying to run away, and the detectives confidently pursue in a steady jog. I realize those shots are difficult but a running past camera, or tripping over a garbage can, would have really added a lot to this chase sequence.
Overall I liked this quite a bit; it was very well produced and completed!
Great job!
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Thanks for all the thoughts man. Appreciate it.
 
Chip, Devon, Kevin...

Thanks for checking it and sharing your thoughts. Glad you dug the concept Kevin.
 
beautiful movie Geoff. Good job all around. The jogging in the alley is what really got me though and brought me out of the film. It didn't seem as panicked as it should have, without the emotional intensity that was needed. The lead also seemed to be channeling Clint Eastwood and overacted a little on his line delivery. I did love the appearance of the monster and how your bad guy turned black and dropped.. great CGI work here with the reveal of the monster.

The rest of it was procedural and while it had great shots and showed us the victim... it felt like it served no real purpose. Those shots felt like a bit of an anticlimax cuz there i was waiting for the monster to show up again... and nothing happens. Forgetting the fact that it was a monster movie, just taking that out completely, all of our emotion seems to be directed towards the bar scene and that confrontation. With a different structure.. the revelation of the girl, then the hunt for the guy it would have given it a lot more urgency.. someplace for us to go TO. Right now we're already gone there and now we're just biding out time to the ending.

You'd talked about taking out some of the voiceover and I actually found myself watching this without sound just to see what it's like. That's what led me to realise what it was about the story that wasn't sitting quite right with me.

Solid production with great camera work, awesome lighting, great locations... but the story just doesn't go anywhere.
 
I really liked the style of this movie. Sort of like a 1940's detective/blade runner style.
The bar scenes looked superb, really beautiful!
I could understand about the guy feeling guilty for not saving people and guilt is guilt but it didn't seem to tie up properly. I think if you could expand it into a longer movie and have more time to explain things, then it would be great.
 
Rodney V. Smith said:
beautiful movie Geoff. Good job all around. The jogging in the alley is what really got me though and brought me out of the film. It didn't seem as panicked as it should have, without the emotional intensity that was needed. The lead also seemed to be channeling Clint Eastwood and overacted a little on his line delivery. I did love the appearance of the monster and how your bad guy turned black and dropped.. great CGI work here with the reveal of the monster.

The rest of it was procedural and while it had great shots and showed us the victim... it felt like it served no real purpose. Those shots felt like a bit of an anticlimax cuz there i was waiting for the monster to show up again... and nothing happens. Forgetting the fact that it was a monster movie, just taking that out completely, all of our emotion seems to be directed towards the bar scene and that confrontation. With a different structure.. the revelation of the girl, then the hunt for the guy it would have given it a lot more urgency.. someplace for us to go TO. Right now we're already gone there and now we're just biding out time to the ending.

You'd talked about taking out some of the voiceover and I actually found myself watching this without sound just to see what it's like. That's what led me to realise what it was about the story that wasn't sitting quite right with me.

Solid production with great camera work, awesome lighting, great locations... but the story just doesn't go anywhere.
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The running bit was a tough one for me... I'm conflicted as to whether I made the right choice there. I think I'm too logical sometimes when I set out to make a film. There are so many big budget films I've seen and loved, yet I realize that had I been handed that script, I would never have made the movie. I analyze the heck out of every little detail. I'm a big fan of District 9 but I never would have made that movie due to some gross irregularities in logic IMO. I need to turn that off sometimes... with the running in this film... I didn't want a fast, rushing to get the guy feel... In my head, I'm thinking that Archy and Simon are moreso wanting to follow the guy on the run (at least for a little bit)... maybe he's running home. maybe he'll lead them straight to the kid... they could lose an opportunity here if they grab him too soon. I think too much sometimes :)

Appreciate the thoughts and comments.
 
killacam said:
really nice and noirish. gj
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Thanks!

vurfing said:
I really liked the style of this movie. Sort of like a 1940's detective/blade runner style.
The bar scenes looked superb, really beautiful!
I could understand about the guy feeling guilty for not saving people and guilt is guilt but it didn't seem to tie up properly. I think if you could expand it into a longer movie and have more time to explain things, then it would be great.
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Thanks for checking it out. We tried to get access to the Bradley building where they shot Blade Runner but didn't luck out this time around.
 
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