Synthetic Love- Hiro

I couldn't stop watching this from start to finish double kudos to you my friend. Well done, I am sucker for robot love.

Darkfader
 
VERY NICE . The actors did a great job , the guy in the commercial was perfect.
I can't find much of anything to complain about except the girl died awfully quick . O the girl you picked , I do think you picked the right person for this. She seemed Sooo right in the role . The ending had a nice twist as well.
Ian
 
Very well-structured. Lighting was great, although the low-contrast look was a little overdone at times, and made it look like a Lifetime movie. But overall, great job.
 
Good story, well-told. Setup to ending, your focus was strong and steady. I felt like you were digging into basic human emotions in an interesting way, which is a sign of a great film in my book.

The repetition of the cute-names was a good device, but they repeated them one too many times for my liking. And, the guy's acting wasn't as strong as I'd have hoped (compared to the girl, who was excellent).

I'd say this short has the most consistently great lighting of any short in the contest I've seen. Good job.

Overall, it's a strong, enjoyable short film. Keep it up.
 
One of my favourites. Good story, rythm, lighting, acting (I agree with WCS, the girl is better) and self-explanatory images, nothing needs to be explained (maybe just what they die of).

Great job, Hiro
 
I think I have commented on this film, but I will again! Really enjoyed it! Watched it again last night, and I can say it's in my top 10 for sure! The only problem I had with this film is some of the music editing and adr work. Some of the lip sync was off, and sometimes the music cut off abruptly which threw the mood of the piece. I loved the look, and your actors were very good for this genre! Good work dude!
 
Without a doubt this was one of my favorites!

I didn't notice it until you mentioned it, but I think your whole film has a flavor of "anime style" to it... I think it's the framing and the edits...

Your cinematography is beautiful and I LOVE your framing choices... and I cannot say enough about the lighting and use of color. I love how you change from warm, to cool, to nuetral, to highlight the tone of the scene... it works SO well... and is really very subconscious... it was my 3rd and 4th viewings that made me realize just how well you had used color to portray emotion (and I really mean that in a good way... I was feeling those emotions, and no doubt color was an influence... I just didn't realize it until I went looking).

The music was really beautiful and PERFECT in the story... the only nitpick I'd have is that some of the cuts/transitions were a little awkward... just a little. I'm sure part of that is due to the fact that in 6 minutes it's tough to get everything in.

The commercial was fantastic... really sold the product as believeable, very professional. I completely bought the whole story and the commercial was an integral part of that.

The acting overall was very good as well.

The story was very touching, and I loved the twist at the end. Romance is not an easy one to pull off, especially in six minutes... and you did so beautifully. Your story had me hooked from beginning to end... and you made the whole thing just work because of everthing you did right.

Thanks so much for sharing your film with all of us! Like I started off by saying, this is one of my favorites in the fest!
 
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I couldn't stop watching this from start to finish double kudos to you my friend. Well done, I am sucker for robot love.

Darkfader
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That's the good thing about robot love. It goes on and on and on and on... :D

EJ
 
I've spent most of this evening watching as many films as and can and then rating them and just had to post s reply in this thread for Hiro

Hiro, you did not disapoint me. I have been a fan of yours for awhile now and I can say that I loved this film. The talent, the cinematography, the sound, the story. Wow! You could work and entire feature into this concept !

I had trouble with the transitions but a Wonderful job. I applaud you !

You got high marks on this from me ! The tools have come together for you. The next film you do will be magic.
 
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It reminded me of Simlio a little. Very cool stuff. I enjoyed it a lot.
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I too cuaght this vibe but think this film has more emotional impact and talent that S I M I L O. The real payoff on this piece is the story, the actors and the intimicy in Hiro's direction

Loved this!
 
Hey guys,

I'm not ignoring ya I promised, I was in NYC for work, it was busy busy! Thanks for the taking the time to review our film! Its very much appreciated, and it will definetly help us. I think my main focus for this movie is the emotional impact. I tried really hard to push that mainly because of the feedback I got from Scripture. Everyone seem to like the scene where stefanie had to shoot her friends because they were infected by the *zombies*. I wanted to bring that kind of emotion back for this film. When I recieved the script from daniel, the script couldn't be more perfect.. it was exactly what I had in mind for this month's contest. It was a good break from action movies...& Bobbie was happy to get more than a line this time haha.

Hudson, sup!? always good to hear from ya. One of the few projects for this year is LUCID, remember that horror trailer from last year? I think you were one of the first to critque it, I think its cool that you still keep up with us! We came a long way from the trailer and I think its time we revisit LUCID again. It will be a 30 minute flick so there will be no excuse for bad transitions!

thanks everyone!
 
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Just because it looks that good.

EJ
 
I don't have 100 posts so I can't vote but so far your film and Similo are my favorites. I'd probably give yours first place because it felt like a more complete piece. And the last shot and line of the film gave me chills. Love the way she says "call me beautiful" and then smiles.

Fantastic work. Wish I could've voted for ya buddy!
 
OK. Here comes my comment.
I liked it. Absolutely. The story is very close to mine too.
Remind me of Blade runner, Vanilla Sky/abre los ojos, but that is not a problem for me. I love this kind of stories a lot.
Visuals were quite good.
Now, for the bad part. Sound editing was terrible, really really bad to me. Music just fades out and in too sudden, i can notice that. ANd if i can notice then i guess it is bad.
Sound recording is not good either, i can hear wind, and noise in the background.
It is a pity, because the romantic feeling is lost a bit.
But hey, the good thing is that sound can be re edit easily now that you have time!
I think it will be a much better film then.
Still i like it. And i like her too.
 
Synthetic Love was an interesting flick. It really didn't have much flow with the music, but it did have nice shot composition. The audio would have been nice, but the noise gate that was used cut off the beginning of some words. At least some audio tools were utilized, though!

It had some poor transitions and abrupt edits that distracted from the story. It's an interesting story and although the actors did a good job, the script just didn't feel natural in spots.

My main question was why in the heck would two strapping young adults die suddenly of presumably natural causes within such a short period of time and in the same room?! I know the story makes that necessary, but it's just so unlikely.

I do commend you on your cinematography as it was very nice throughout. Some tweaking of the script and the edits would really bump it up a notch!

Disclaimer: whether your short is good, great, or grand, I will still be mostly pointing out things that I feel to be negative aspects.
 
Hiro,

Great work. I can't really add too much to what has been said before. My only complaint and it really is nit-picking from the writer part of me was that I didn't like the little twist at the end. Okay I'll give you one attractive youth suddenly dropping dead, but not two! You really had me in that world up until then.

Beautifully shot, gorgrous music, competent actors (off slightly here and there, but overal SOLID), great shot selection.

Even with my minor quibble, yours is my favorite so far. Thank you for a beautiful movie.

-Robert
 
Maybe this is just me, but I assumed the male lead had committed suicide somehow. Hard to tell how each died form the shots we saw.
 
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