Wtf? Awful looking film in theaters!?

Jon Starr

Jon Starr

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Okay, so I came across this film on apple.com, and I gotta say, wtf? Why is this here? How did a film called "after last season" get onto apple.com, and how is it coming to theaters? Is it just money, or is there something to this film I can't see?

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/afterlastseason/

Because honestly, it looks like something I would have made before I even went to film school. It's all shot in some guy's living room and the props are made out of cardboard. Plus the dialogue is so flat... Don't even get me started on the camera work and lighting (umm, it's called diffusion!). Even just the way the trailer is put together, and the synopsis. Heck, they should have asked for help from first year film students and it could have come out looking better (maybe not). And that poster...

So I checked IMDB and seems like the director/writer is also the cinematographer. On top of that I went online and checked their site, which is so vague. I thought it would hint to it's ugly look, but all it says is that some scene required little work, and the about page is vague and has clear right in your face spelling mistakes. Plus check out their clips section (which just confirms how bad it comes across, terrible acting/dialogue/direction/subject).

http://www.afterlastseason.com/

Is this supposed to be art somehow? I found someone else that agrees with me:

http://videogum.com/archives/trailer/after-last-season-the-worstbes_058051.html
 
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wow...that was terrible...confusing...just plain bad

what does it mean that it is on Apple.com? is that something prestigious?
 
That is strange. Everything is so bad in every aspect right down to the fonts that maybe it's all on purpose like a mockumentary. It sais the genre is Comedy but where in the trailer Comedy was I don't know and I certainly didn't find 'bad everything' to be funny.

That's a stumper. I could understand if it was a beginners video but if it's going to be in the theaters, I doubt it will be there too long.
Strange.
 
In looking at the trailer I get the sense that it is bad intentionally but a theatrical release is what gets me.
It seems more art house than local mass cinema.....
 
Jason Ramsey said:
I don't know what you guys are talking about... that would have finished at least 64th in LossFest :)

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My first attempt pulled a 53rd. So you're suggesting I may still be able to get widespread theatrical distribution for it? Woohooo. :beer:
 
Its gotta be a joke or a sad sad sad attempt at trying to be artistic. Or, they they were simply fried on acid when they wrote, shot, and edited this...
 
I think it's real...Only Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze could pull off something so authentically amateurish on purpose. Horrible...bad trailer too.
 
Jason Ramsey said:
you had a film in one of the fests? I don't remember... refresh my memory

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"I don't remember", lol. That's why I got the 53rd.

Long story short I don't want to hijack the thread to talk about me so I wont.

Let's say I fell into this place by accident and never left. :beer:

I tried a couple shorts doing everything but the camera work. I can PM if it's of interest, lol.
 
Batutta said:
I think it's real...Only Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze could pull off something so authentically amateurish on purpose. Horrible...bad trailer too.
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I tend to agree. It reeks amateur. If a pro were to do a mock, then the overall talent, AND credits(!) would be more apparent. I'll give him kudos for getting attention, but as we used to say in the music biz, "you can bullshit to get the gig, but you have to back it up come showtime." Bottom line man.
 
probably some super brilliant add campaign to get people talking....remember Blair Witch? they flooded the internet with "missing person" bulletins for months prior.

the people behind this current thing are making up lies around their film to get people interested....hey...it's working

on any other forum, if someone here posted this crap for us to evaluate, it would have been watched and then tossed back to the crap pile where it belongs

their add campaign though, has actually created a buzz...of sorts

but nothing will come of it...the entire campaign is a lie

at least it better be
 
No. This is just bad, not on purpose.
Love the ceiling fan in the room with the MRI. Priceless.
Dunno how trailers get on apple, but I could stick "in theaters 2009" on the end of any of my trailers, wouldn't make it so.
Also what does "in theaters" mean? In a festival? In a theater they rented?
 
IMDB has it as a drama and thriller. Now I want to see at least a little bit of it. It could be a marketing attempt relating to sucking, but if so it won't be a successful one.
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
No. This is just bad, not on purpose.
Love the ceiling fan in the room with the MRI. Priceless.
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I have to agree here. I doubt that anyone would want to enact a marketing strategy that makes people think their film is crap. This is so bad on all levels, whether on purpose or not. How much did this film cost, 50 bucks?

Man, this is the worst week ever, first Battlestar ends, then Canon cripples the video mode on their new Digital Rebel, and now this stupid looking film can actually get distribution. The only ray of sunshine to be found in this is that if this guy can make it with his cardboard MRI and wooden acting talent, then it should give us all a boost of confidence for our own chances.

Also what does "in theaters" mean? In a festival? In a theater they rented?
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It looks like they shot some of this in the local high school theater. Actually, a lot of it feels and sounds like they just shot an actual play and cut in some additional scenes later. The only distribution this should be getting is on public access.

The only other explanation I can think of is that Apple is going to be pulling an April Fool's joke with this. Maybe they posted it early to throw people off?
 
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You must have missed the other equally horrid lookin' features on Apple.Com. Keep searchin', there are several of these popping up all the time.
 
Nektonic said:
...The only other explanation I can think of is that Apple is going to be pulling an April Fool's joke with this. Maybe they posted it early to throw people off?
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This is an example that anyone can four wall two theaters for a weekend and say in theaters.

Good business, Bad Trailer.

It is, what it is...
 
I'm starting to think it may be an early april fools as well. No way a theater would even want to show this.

I mean look at the clips on their site. It's like a really bad joke.
 
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