"We Are Not Alone" - Reyo-San Pictures

lol DUDE its 20 seconds of film and then 1:10 of CREDITS

OMFG

ROFL
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LOL

1:10 of credits! I can't believe it ... you are making me laugh so a hard right now

ARGHHH MY SIDES ARE SPLITTING

YOU'RE TWEAKED ABOUT 1:10 of CREDIST? ... hold on I can't type because I'm laughing so hard.

you know what ... you are right ... that 1:10 of credits made it a different movie ... just watched it without them and his short was an incomprehnsible mess

OH MAN THANKS FOR MAKING MY NIGHT
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Ok sorry about that - regained composure.

I just honestly can't believe its an issue then if 20 seconds wouldn't matter -- because taht's exactly what his actual film is over. It's not "some credits" its 1:14 of credits.

Believe me as another "horse" in the race as you put it, I was right there scrutinizing his overage, why it happened, and if it had any impact on his film.

I understand that we are all emotionally invested in our films and their success and while most of us would tip our hat to someone that placed ahead of us, even to someone whose film we thought worse than our own, we damn sure don't want someone to win that didn't follow the rules or that has an unfair advantage ... that's just simply not the case here though bro.

Your feelings are completly valid -- just your information is a little off I think, watch the film again and look at your timer -- you will see that it hits blackout at about 6:20 -- anything esle is credits.

Sorry again -- don't mean to make light of your opinion - just your facts :)
 
Jack,

To quote the great unknown comedian, "I'll be here all week."

Like I said, the rules were quite clear.
The time that was alloted for our films included any and all credits that we saw fit to include (regardless of actual running time.) Personally, I would have used that extra minute and change for more storytelling had it been available to me.

Again, I concede the points that you made about the DVD entry.

But as I learned during this editing process, every second counts.

And, again...best of luck.
 
Barry_Green said:
Kaz -- first-class job. This is absolutely one of my top two. Between you and JDanStan, I think the top prizes are definitely going to end up in New Orleans.

Amazing work. Well done.

And while it was 20 seconds too long, frankly I wouldn't mind seeing another 94 minutes of this.
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I couldnt agree more Barry ! KAZ and JDAN rocked the house with thier films !
 
Kaz,

I decided to delete a couple of my posts.

Again, thank your understanding in the matter.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

:beer:
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Jack,

To quote the great unknown comedian, "I'll be here all week."
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lol, thanks for having a sense of humor about it, but to quote the great Stephen Colbert ... "open wide baby bird cuz momma's got a nightcrawler of truth."

CallaghanFilms said:
Like I said, the rules were quite clear.
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SO poo pooING WHAT!

We can't penalize Kaz for it, it would be like throwing a suitcase of cocaine in his back seat and then saying ... "you know that is illegal, the law is very clear about this ... I am sorry, we're gonna have ta book ya"

cuz that's exactly what happened ... Jarred threw a suitcase full of 20 seconds coke (film) and 1 minute 14 seconds of pot (credits - a lesser charge) in Kaz's back seat ... there's nothing we can do now other than snort that sh@t and get hi on his badass joint.
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CallaghanFilms said:
The time that was alloted for our films included any and all credits that we saw fit to include (regardless of actual running time.) Personally, I would have used that extra minute and change for more storytelling had it been available to me.
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Dur poo poo, and if he had intentionally snuck in an extra minute 1:34 he might have done the same ... but then Jarred and Barry wouldn't have allowed it to stay up. So what you would or would not have done with 1:30 extra is completly moot. This comment makes no sense whatsoever -- and fact is he didn't use that time for story, he used it for credits ... so .... no Idea what the **** you are talking about other than you keep wanting to form some argument that this film is doing well because of the fact that it has extra time


CallaghanFilms said:
Again, I concede the points that you made about the DVD entry.
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well that's start I guess

CallaghanFilms said:
But as I learned during this editing process, every second counts.
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... let it go .. you keep making these concesions then sneakin in these "and this is why it sucks" we get it:

I've written a haiku in the style of Tarzan to summarize your argument:
rule say only six minute
Kaz film much too long
Tarzan think no fair

CallaghanFilms said:
And, again...best of luck.
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I'm not gonna respond to anymore posts on this, for the most part you've proven yourself to be a gentleman and a scholar dude, having a sense of humor about something you felt strongly about and recanting a few erroneous assertions ... that's big dog stuff, and your one of the reasons this boad doesn't suck, like some other boards where people that disagree try to flame the hell out of each other ....

NOW, back to point

Kaz's film kicks ass.
 
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Wow, I must say I am impressed by the discussion here. You all handled it very proper. Kaz, your film rocks, and I don't mind the extra 20 sec. Now if my DVD version would have been on there, there would have been a problem.

DVD version=11:30
Online version=6:00
 
Hey DVXERS,

This Is Blake Balu (Daniel), responding on Kaz's behalf per his request. He is currently out of town and not able to access the internet.

First off let me just say that Brian Kaz is one of (if not the most) talented people I know and I am proud to work with him and also call him my best freind. The man wears many hats and wears them so well, writing and recording music, mixing the sound, script writing, directing, doing the camera work, creating unbelievable effects, editing, and doing his own lighting as well. He is also one of the most humble people I know, sometimes to his on detriment . It's cool to have such a talented creative partner that I've been freinds with for so long (18 years). I think thats part of makes it work. It's like family.

BY the way ...I want to let everyone know that Brian worked on this film while living in one room of his condo, because the ceilings were falling down around him ever time it rained. He slept on the foor next to his computer in another room because the ceiling in his room came down and his bed was soaked and was staaaanky! Anyway, he'll probably feel weird that I'm going on about him using his username so I'll stop....

So....

MacGregor- The blackout in the first flashback was done by just plugging everything into one powerstrip and turning it off after a couple of seconds of static on the TV.

Thanks to everyone (Macgregor, EJ Pennypacker, John Hudson, Barry, Jdanstan (You're hilarious. We should all work on something together), Briceman, EditPhish and Callaghan for all of your wonderful comments). ;o)

Helping to make this film was alot of fun and quite a release as well. I'm proud to have been a part of it. Cheers Brian! I'm proud of you bro. ....I just got in my own bedroom last night (after 6 months)!! It's the little things ya know ;o)


Thanks again guys, Blake
 
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kaz,

me and my friend watched this last week, I remember being blowned away by the sfx and the location. Throughout the movie, I was thinking .."where did he find all these locations?" that was before my bud told me that it was from new orleans.. good job on that, nice way to use your surroundings. My favorite was the beginning, that when we got hooked to the movie, very entertaining indeed.

If I had to comment on anything.. this has probably been said like 1000x *sorry*but it reminds me off war of the world! I remember seeing tripods, the story itself is alike, the invasion, people escaping, and in the end we discover the alien's weakness... Intially I thought ur film was gonna get DQ because it said no adapations from other films? But I like how you try to incorporate things to make it your own.. And your 20 secs over! was up with that? lol j/k I know this contest is pretty laid back, thats why its fun. Overall I think your film really fits the genre for this contest. good luck!
 
hiro said:
... And your 20 secs over! was up with that? lol j/k I know this contest is pretty laid back, thats why its fun....
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*putting gun to own forehead*

hiro, read a page or two back bro

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Kaz... just wanted to congratulation you on your 4th place spot in the fest... I was SURE you had the #1 or #2 spot, but feel good about being in the top 5!

Your fillm rocks... now get it up on a website so I can send it to everyone I know :happy:
 
jdanstan said:
*putting gun to own forehead*

hiro, read a page or two back bro

lol
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:furious3: hey Jack he's joking man. i know moving is stressful. ooommmmm.....................................how bout a hummmmmmmmmberger...........
ah now don't you feel better:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
Hey this is Blake Balu (Daniel in WANA). Im on the phone with Brian Kaz right now and he'd like to share these few words with you...


"Greetings from sunny Orlando! I just want to say a quick thanks to everyone who chimed in with their thoughts and especially to Jared, Barry and the DVXUSER Players for putting on this fest, allowing me to win a cool DVRIG that I will no doubt use until it falls to pieces. It was alot of fun (for the most part) and I'm looking forward to the next one. Congratulations to the winners and to all the others for actually finishing a movie. For that alone we all deserve a prize!

Well, looks like I'm running 20 seconds over...so I will sign off. :)

Cheers!!

P.S.
Jack- You are a funny, FUNNY guy!!!

Edit- I promise to get WANA uploaded one my site ASAP, just for you!"
 
Kaz, in my rank you and macgregor were the winners. A pity that special FX didn't count for the final score ( a strange rule in a Science Fiction festival ). Maybe you'd have won. Anyway, my congrats for a very, very good work.

Pablo
 
I agree with Pablo.

For me, Kaz and Macgregor were in a different league (not that the other films weren't good). Their films were executed with a lot of quality across the board.

And as a note for Kaz, the only reason I didn't review your film is that the same story/logic problems I had with War of the Worlds, I had with your film. You either buy into the science (within the realm of the fictional world created) or you don't. Believe me, I've had big discussions with PHD's on this stuff, so I wouldn't want to bore you :thumbsup: It seems unfair to critique a film on those grounds, so I abstained. It is though, a great film example of how to make 6 minutes have multiple layers -action, drama, science and remain interesting thoughout ...

Hope you get something together for "Hero" fest. It seems like that'd be in your wheel house. :beer:


Cheers.
 
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