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Avatarcurlyfries
Reviewed on March 15th, 2009

hey guys, the ending freezes when it\'s not in HD so if you want to see the ending check our vimeo page.

This might affect our views though, sorry.

-Chris

AvatarJustin
Reviewed on March 15th, 2009

HV30 is such a great camera! Looks great. I\'m seeing that there might be some auto balancing when she walks into the shot. Not noticing it anywhere else. I like your style of credits at the start. Like a TV show.

Cookies!

I wish you would have pumped the dialogue audio a bit between characters. Can get kind of tinny. Montage! Nothing quite like a montage. Goes a bit long.

Okay, so they\'re training to not have writer\'s block any more? I want to understand more of who this \'old friend\' of theirs is ... where did he come from? How did they know him before?

I like the main dude\'s hair. He\'s kind of ... Ed Norton-ish

Man why is vimeo being so weird and making it freeze at the end! I just realized I wasn\'t watching in HD ...

Those swings look SO unconvincing. I like speeding up footage just for a split second when people are \'hitting\' other people. I used it in the gunshot for my video. Makes it seem a lot more brutal. Sound effect could have been a lot better too - it\'s all in the sound effects! Seems like he would have been more like ... evil villain when he says \"and now they\'re mine!!!!\" Thought this was decent, audio could use an upgrade - find a little mini-jack HV30 mic for a couple bucks - those can do wonders! I also make sure to get very close shots of all the dialogue in case I want to replace in the audio from that on the far shots.

Avatarpancakeparty
Reviewed on March 16th, 2009

yeah this vid didn't turn out the way we planned it. most of it was because everyone was so busy and all our schedules clashed this month so we couldn't take our time like we wanted.

sorry about the dialogue, i'll be sure to spend more time on the script next time.

we redid the last shot a bunch of times and this was the best we got it in the amount of time that we had, which wasn't very good. I'm thinking if we changed the angle to where me and miguel weren't even in the area zach wouldn't have been so hesitant to swing the pan.

We're still working on getting a mic and a lighting kit. hopefully we'll be able to get them soon.

AvatarJopplee
Reviewed on March 19th, 2009

this is the wost vid i evah saw in my life stop making wideos okay stop making videos it annoying
i hate it
so much
stop it please stop it oh my lord stop it with the nonsense god fucking dammit popsickle ice cube thunderjabbin munchmaster flex zero to thirty third mayhem rex roger renold regan rippler rolf rodden rodent

end it with the necropsy its ruining my life-long jorney durney wodden spoon with caligeristic melteromous idk dudes its pretty wack stupid retardo maniac mayhem this video sacked.

Avatarcurlyfries
Reviewed on March 20th, 2009

Jopplee...Joffrey.

~sigh~ stop playing so much Smash Bros. Melee.

Avatardvdcrazy
Reviewed on March 25th, 2009

Since the video freezes at the end, this film can be termed as anti-climatic. But i cant hold technical difficulties against you...or can I?? Mmmm....

Well im guessing you used the HV-30, because the look of this film is sexy. Very clear and vibrant picture. And you had some good camera angles. Too bad those are the only things i can really say good about this film.

It seems like this entire production was rushed. The acting was horrific and forced. Especially from the female role. Im not trying to pick on ya, its just that when i heard the characters speak, my left eye started twitching from its fakeness and crap.

The story fell flat in its dribble. It seems like the entire story was pulled out of someones ass and it was shot in 3 hours that day. I think the entire concept of seeing a guy where the only rumors of him are he never gets writers block is retarded. At least make him a prophet figure with a buddist touch of some sort. Make him a wiseman. A Mr. Miyagi figure. Not Trevor the 23 year old virgin who works at Verizon Wireless and dreams of being a veterinarian. Who in their right mind would see a guy like that for advice? I guess you were going for a joke in that, but it just didnt work. The musical training montage was dry and lame. It just was horrific. Im sorry. I really hate putting down peoples work, but i really hate this film with a passion. It can be labeled as LAZY. I\'ve seen your other stuff, and they are much better. You are better than this garbage.

I rate this film two thumbs down syndrome.

Avatarcurlyfries
Reviewed on March 31st, 2009

i mean this with no sarcasm at all when i say this but thanks for your comment dude.

It's also good to know we can redeem ourselves and didn't film crap from the very beginning.

You're right about it feeling rushed, it was. All I'll have to say is that we'll redeem ourselves thanks to comment like this and Justin's.

AvatarBryan Fox
Reviewed on April 4th, 2009

This one seemed to get lost in the mix this month. While it\'s by no means lightweight material, nothing in this really sticks out from the other entries. The fact that it froze at the end I think really hurt your votes since most people won\'t take the effort to go to Vimeo and view it in HD just to see the ending. Lighting could also be improved. Things are way too dark like many of the other entries on FF. I\'d have to disagree with dvdcrazy though and that if you\'ve got something done, submit it. \"You miss all the shots you don\'t take\" as Wayne Gretzky put it. You still snagged 56 votes as of this post which isn\'t shabby.

AvatarJeremy
Reviewed on April 6th, 2009

that is the coolest poster EVER! nice guitar shot, btw. not going to review here, cause we made a review SHOW. it was good competing with you, though.

AvatarJeremy
Reviewed on April 13th, 2009

review show is now up in the main forums.

Avatarkaitron21
Reviewed on April 13th, 2009

Wow, the look of this movie is beautiful. Brilliant shot selection with interesting shots. Interesting characters and a very interesting well thought out script.

I think my only issue is just with the acting. It was a little flat at times and a bit not believable.

Still very good. I enjoyed it.

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