"The Pianist" A Ramsaur Film
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Great job Matthew!
Richard J. Johnson
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Good stuff. The silence really got me.
vnguyen972
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A great story, it's amazing to see how it is possible to become a great pianist without being able to hear anything!!!
Some shots should have the aperture locked because it was kinda distracting when his white shirt was in the scene... other than that, it was a great inspiring film.
Some shots should have the aperture locked because it was kinda distracting when his white shirt was in the scene... other than that, it was a great inspiring film.
Lawsuit_Boy
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This film really seems to set out to prove the neuromuscular connection music has with people as well as presenting a character so full of joy because of his gift that he gets to give to everyone who will stop and listen. Perhaps, because of the lack of sound, this film makes a statement about the true complexity working behind music: connecting complete strangers harmonically to a specific feeling or expression. It does not revolve around hearing the music, but hearing the calls for companionship from other humans alike. But once we hit the end of the film and find out about the character's condition, it makes more sense.
Something along those lines.
This was an effective use of silence and the film was structured in a simple, albeit solid, way. I enjoyed it more than the other Ramsaur film in the fest.
And I'm certainly glad we got to hear him belt it out on the piano at the end.
Nice work! :thumbsup:
Something along those lines.
This was an effective use of silence and the film was structured in a simple, albeit solid, way. I enjoyed it more than the other Ramsaur film in the fest.And I'm certainly glad we got to hear him belt it out on the piano at the end.
Nice work! :thumbsup:
Chris Messineo
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Michael Anthony Horrigan
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My main gripe with this is that I don't think the exposure was locked for a few shots. Right near the beginning when he sits down at the piano at home it is very apparent.
Aside from that I thought it was quite good. I liked many of your shot choices and when the audio kicked it in was pretty good. A surprising film that I didn't expect, in a good way.
For a quiet movie it had a nice story.
MAH
Aside from that I thought it was quite good. I liked many of your shot choices and when the audio kicked it in was pretty good. A surprising film that I didn't expect, in a good way.
For a quiet movie it had a nice story.
MAH
ramsaur
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Never have heard of that poet in my life. So no, we had no connection in working on this project. Just me.
jasonthewho
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This was really nice! Over in your other thread I said you were improving, well you must be improving very quickly, because this one was even better!
Great story, with a nice reveal. Very nice shots. The only one I didn't like was the handheld moving shot in the first scene where he plays the piano.
The voice over seems a little public service announcement like.
And yes, don't forget to lock the exposure on the camera.
But very nice job! Oh, and I really liked the editing and end credits.
Great story, with a nice reveal. Very nice shots. The only one I didn't like was the handheld moving shot in the first scene where he plays the piano.
The voice over seems a little public service announcement like.
And yes, don't forget to lock the exposure on the camera.
But very nice job! Oh, and I really liked the editing and end credits.
ramsaur
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Let me rephrase from the last quote I quoted from this...
I just read the script, it's good. Actually I do remember about the month lossfest opened up and me and a friend (Mumbai Baby) were going through ideas and he mentioned he read a script some where about a guy who plays the piano but you never hear anything then at the end you find out that he is deaf. So really I just took that basic story he told me and made up my own story with the same concept.
When I was reading it, I read the part about a girl in the audience doing sign language which really caught me off guard because in my films I completely made that scene/character up and have never read the related script until now.
The very same day I viewed this film, I saw a flier advertising bowling for blind people in Delaware. In both cases, my first reaction was, "This cannot be real."
I view this film as a well-made farce. As far as the blind bowlers in Delaware are concerned, well, perhaps DuPont needs to make amends with the population by offering Brita rebates.
I view this film as a well-made farce. As far as the blind bowlers in Delaware are concerned, well, perhaps DuPont needs to make amends with the population by offering Brita rebates.
Chris Messineo
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I don't want to be a jerk, but this is not cool.
We are all artists in one form or another here. We need to respect each other and each other's work. If you had talked to this writer, that would be one thing. But this is, IMHO, unacceptable.
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alex whitmer
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Gee, I don't know about that. Over the years I have done a lot of research and spent countless hours with both old and young with disabilities, some of whom were born with it, and some who experienced it later in life.
They can do damn near anything, and in often cases, do it better, than the those with all parts working fully. Blind bowling isn't about watching the ball. It's also about getting out and doing things with friends. Let the sighted keep score if it even matters, while the rest enjoy it. Fact is, those really in tune with the rest of their other senses could easily nail a strike. Easily!
Deaf people can feel tones, and there is no farce at all in this guy feeling the vibrations in the keys and those emanating from the piano. The deaf can dance as well, especially if there is some good acoustics and base.
And the audience can feel the vibrations as well. Not all, but enough to enjoy it.
This is a good story.
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ramsaur
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I had no attentions of stealing the story or making the film so similar. I had no idea there were sign languages at the end or a girl or the fact he was at a concert. After I read the script for the first time today and read the parts that were similar to what I wrote I pretty much jumped out of my chair of how similar it was. Had no idea my idea came so close to almost become the same as "Tacet"
Chris Messineo
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According to your own words, your friend told you the story (a story that won first place in a screenwriting contest 3 months ago) and then you rewrote that idea in your own words. Of course, it's !@#% similar. It was someone else's idea.
Your intentions might have been good, but what you've done is wrong. I'm sorry, but it just is. I'm sure you put a lot of work into your film, but that doesn't make it right. It's awful.
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