Tough Luck -JimtheJib
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JimtheJib said:
In My Opinion
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I think maybe he means dialogue was too loud or hot... maybe?JimtheJib said:
rather than achieving clarity or a good mix by EQuing so that other elements like score and Soundtrack don't phase out the dialogue, meaning boosting the human voice range slightly in the dialogue, and / or backing it off in the elements like score or ambient sound FX around it. But that's just a guess.
I didn't notice this per se, but I watched a few days ago and don't remember audio issues other than the dailogue after the costume change being too low.
Jack
yeah but your like ten years old right :evil:
you have a lot of time and are further along than most
I sent mine to an audio sweetener guy.
He might take a look at yours for you - he really like story and being a part of projects with a good story.
Basically you send him the seperated audio files like dropping of film at the drug store and he sends em back to you purdy.
Anything he does you disagree with, you just add that track back in in your NLE and boost it.
you have a lot of time and are further along than most
I sent mine to an audio sweetener guy.
He might take a look at yours for you - he really like story and being a part of projects with a good story.
Basically you send him the seperated audio files like dropping of film at the drug store and he sends em back to you purdy.
Anything he does you disagree with, you just add that track back in in your NLE and boost it.
arielman
Well-known member
I guess I must like comic book opening scenes ,yours was good !!
Nice choice in music for this short .
I liked the opening scene of him reading the Dark Knight comic book .
The ending was a hoot ..MOM walking in on the kids ..lmao.
Kudos to the actors in this , they were good!!!!
really liked this one ..Congrats
Ian
Nice choice in music for this short .
I liked the opening scene of him reading the Dark Knight comic book .
The ending was a hoot ..MOM walking in on the kids ..lmao.
Kudos to the actors in this , they were good!!!!
really liked this one ..Congrats
Ian
spidey
Shogun Assassin
Heres my review of the film.
STORY: The movie was starting out good but fell real quick in the middle. There was nothing really in the middle and just pointless slow dialogue about nothing truly. The edning was going somewhere with the Gay little kids but when the mom says the last line you lost me. if you cut and did credits on the look you would have kept me but the line leads to something else and make what I saw previously lost. Decent effort. Beign and end were entertaining.
SFX: None? cept for the spiderman moment. few bugs in it.
SOUND: Decent audio did you have a mic?
SOUNDTRACK: Good no probs.
ACTORs: Acting, was very fickled. The gay ending had me but all the acton with the blonde kick sound underacted and forced. the other kidw was decent. try to to get them off the phone though that quite boring.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Good alittle plane in spots but you're getting it. just watch movies and study shots.
Overall, decent attempt but poor in the middle and could have been better.
STORY: The movie was starting out good but fell real quick in the middle. There was nothing really in the middle and just pointless slow dialogue about nothing truly. The edning was going somewhere with the Gay little kids but when the mom says the last line you lost me. if you cut and did credits on the look you would have kept me but the line leads to something else and make what I saw previously lost. Decent effort. Beign and end were entertaining.
SFX: None? cept for the spiderman moment. few bugs in it.
SOUND: Decent audio did you have a mic?
SOUNDTRACK: Good no probs.
ACTORs: Acting, was very fickled. The gay ending had me but all the acton with the blonde kick sound underacted and forced. the other kidw was decent. try to to get them off the phone though that quite boring.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Good alittle plane in spots but you're getting it. just watch movies and study shots.
Overall, decent attempt but poor in the middle and could have been better.
Cryogenic Filmworks
Veteran
Thought this was pretty decent. The music was great. Only real problem I had was the mothers voice at the end was too loud. Other than that I really liked it.
penfever
Well-known member
This was a charming film, and it had a lot of excellent qualities. The young performers were surprisingly talented, and carried a fair amount of weight on screen. The lead actor had a surprisingly low voice.
The cutting was peppy and kept the pace flowing nicely. In a self-indulgent indie world where tons of projects drag because directors won't kill their babies, it's nice to see a director not treat his own work with kid gloves. This film is a model of pacing--mostly.
Which leads me to the weakness - the scripting, especially the ending. This ending is a terrible cop-out, and the joke is roughly timed, undercutting the humor of the situation. Holding so long on each shot drags the final joke out and leaves the viewer with a kind of soggy feeling at the end of the film. If you're going to make a film with an ending this frustrating, at least end it quickly, please.
Some of the framing was questionable - I often had trouble making out people's expressions, which after all is the easiest way to convey emotion in film. Those reflective glasses kept hiding the lead's eyes. Be careful with placement of lights when your lead has glasses.
Fun film, see you next fest.
-Ben
The cutting was peppy and kept the pace flowing nicely. In a self-indulgent indie world where tons of projects drag because directors won't kill their babies, it's nice to see a director not treat his own work with kid gloves. This film is a model of pacing--mostly.
Which leads me to the weakness - the scripting, especially the ending. This ending is a terrible cop-out, and the joke is roughly timed, undercutting the humor of the situation. Holding so long on each shot drags the final joke out and leaves the viewer with a kind of soggy feeling at the end of the film. If you're going to make a film with an ending this frustrating, at least end it quickly, please.
Some of the framing was questionable - I often had trouble making out people's expressions, which after all is the easiest way to convey emotion in film. Those reflective glasses kept hiding the lead's eyes. Be careful with placement of lights when your lead has glasses.
Fun film, see you next fest.
-Ben
Texture
Well-known member
Loved this film, though a lot of the criticisms above hold true...
I think I could more patient with this film because I could identify with these kids. In high school years, I and a couple of friends were stunt artists, doing crazy stuff, like going to school wearing pajamas all day and the like. For that one we were actually doing something constructive, promoting the high school musical, "Pajama Game" but other times we'd do crazy stuff just for the kick of it... It was a pretty boring place and we just wanted to "shake it up." Of course, we were no super heros like these kids!!!
I think his overhearing the senior's and their devious plans could have been staged better. Maybe our hero drops his glasses through the football field bleachers and climbs down below blindly searching for them when the seniors sit above him and discuss their plans. Or maybe our central character is searching for a book in the library and overhears the wispering on the other side of the book shelves. Or he uses a stall in the men's room. The seniors come in to smoke. (our hero silently struggles not to cough or sneeze from the smoke) He hears the plan discussed and slowly raises his feet knowing if he's caught, its the end. The seniors start checking the stalls, but before the last one the smoke detector finally kicks in and they flee. Our hero has to climb out the bathroom window to escape so he won't be accused of smoking also. He runs home to make the call. The hallway moment, while effective, seemed a little too utiltity.
Despite its flaws and meandering moments, this was one of my favorites...
The music was really good.
I think I could more patient with this film because I could identify with these kids. In high school years, I and a couple of friends were stunt artists, doing crazy stuff, like going to school wearing pajamas all day and the like. For that one we were actually doing something constructive, promoting the high school musical, "Pajama Game" but other times we'd do crazy stuff just for the kick of it... It was a pretty boring place and we just wanted to "shake it up." Of course, we were no super heros like these kids!!!
I think his overhearing the senior's and their devious plans could have been staged better. Maybe our hero drops his glasses through the football field bleachers and climbs down below blindly searching for them when the seniors sit above him and discuss their plans. Or maybe our central character is searching for a book in the library and overhears the wispering on the other side of the book shelves. Or he uses a stall in the men's room. The seniors come in to smoke. (our hero silently struggles not to cough or sneeze from the smoke) He hears the plan discussed and slowly raises his feet knowing if he's caught, its the end. The seniors start checking the stalls, but before the last one the smoke detector finally kicks in and they flee. Our hero has to climb out the bathroom window to escape so he won't be accused of smoking also. He runs home to make the call. The hallway moment, while effective, seemed a little too utiltity.
Despite its flaws and meandering moments, this was one of my favorites...
The music was really good.