Don\'t freak out if you\'re seeing inconsistent group names for us across the site and in the movie. I originally submitted this under the group name Studio 214, but when I saw Studio 214 is a fairly well known college film group in Florida, I changed our group name to Procoverage. The name change isn\'t reflective across the entire site yet. Sorry for any confusion. Justin said he\'d work on it.
Hi Bryan! Click the menu option that says "Group (0)" above and you should be able to edit group details such as name!
Sweet ass hand cannon! Damn, some Resident Evil type shit going on. I am planning on making a review video (not review show), later. Just wanted to drop by and say Great Job and thanx for entering.
Man, I\'ve got that same damn cough!!! Keeps me up at night, damn thing. (egads, already 3:20 am ...)
That car shot looks a bit sped up.
I like that you redubbed your audio - much better to have redubbed audio than bad location audio.
Watch the overuse of fades. Fades are for montages and other stuff. The jump cut is a lot better looking IMO. Weird fade jump cuts ... not sure what I think about that.
AWESOME GUN!
Sick location too.
I wish the \"fred\" voice sounded like it was coming through a phone ... even if we\'re seeing him in his room -- we can\'t see his mouth moving.
\"Screw this ...\" seems like the guy should be more emotional, the lines seem like they\'re awkwardly cut together very quickly. Instead of trying to fit in everything you wrote, it\'s not a bad idea to just cut a bunch of un-needed lines.
I like all these guns you\'ve got! Haha. Mine just have orange tips ...
Night scene looks good, good lighting. More fades though. As you can tell I dislike fades.
Maybe some \'echo\' treatment on this voice over? Something to make it different than the regular audio.
Oh yeah at 4:31 - he def needs to sound like he\'s talking through the phone. Weird otherwise.
OH SNAP ZOMBIETIME! Zombies with shovels, goodness gracious.
This guys screaming isn\'t very scary or believable. There are some stock screams that aren\'t to bad. Gotta SELL that dying!
Cool, I like the invert effect before she gets shot.
Film moves along okay for being as long as it is. I love the work you put into this, besides all my little quibbles ... everything looks great. Glad to have you guys on the site and sorry about the name mixup!!!!
Yep, the car shot was sped up. Didn't want to actually speed in the neighborhood.
I agree entirely about the redubbing. I used the Robert Rodriguez method in many parts where I shot the scene used in the final, and then shot it again with a mic hooked up to the camera on scene with the actor speaking into it.
I only used fades when I wanted to show the passage of time (aside from the part when he was going from car to house, I just did that on the fly because it looked cool). If the next scene wasn't immediate, I didn't jump cut to it. I'm a big fan of fades, but I won't be caught dead using any other transitions.
If you think there were a ton of unnecessary lines, you should have seen the original script!
The revolver actually had an orange tip when filmed. It was edited out in post production.
I agree that in future movies, I should come up with a formula as to how sound should come out when a person is talking on the phone.
I agree my scream wasn't convincing for when Mike was killed, but I needed something muffled and gurgling for when a zombie is gnawing on your throat. I also wanted it to be comedic.
I wasn't really worried about a time limit since you didn't post one for this month. I definitely tightened it up as best I could. This was my first movie in almost four years so I'm glad it turned out even this well. Thanks for the in depth critique, Justin.
It looks like Fred was filmed at night, which is problematic when cutting between nick at the home in broad day light. Fred was a little monotone. Awesome gun. I like the shot with Nick in the foreground and the car and the rest of the action going on in the background.
Fred was filmed at night, but that area he was filmed at doesn't have to be outdoors.
It started out really good, i wanted to watch it. However the acting was very very bad. The man on the phone was especially bad. Im not trying to offend anyone by the way. Whoever came up the story is very talented, and whoever shot and edited it is also very good. good luck
Sorry about the acting. Tom Cruise and Christian Bale weren't available that week.
Thanks for the props on Becca's acting. She'll really appreciate that, especially since it was the first thing you said.
Thanks for appreciating the lighting on the indoor scenes. I was very meticulous with it. I should have lit the Fred scenes better, but I was trying to add to the creepiness factor as well as make it look more indoors.
On one of your other reviews you called BS on my comment about "it's not the camera, it's the user," and I understand a better camera can let you get away with worse lighting, but lighting can REALLY bring up the quality of a low end camera. I absolutely don't believe in throwing money at a problem to solve it.
I understand the arrival at the yard could have been tightened up, but I was too in love with that distant shot of the car coming in to cut it out.
The audio with the cam's built in mic wasn't that bad, but the dubbed audio sounded so much cleaner. I do like the white noise idea though. That would make it sound more natural, especially if I do it on location and pick up the ambient noise as well.
I was surprised you thought the mechanic getting killed was unintentional comedy. I wanted to go for the classic horror motif of "this dumbass doesn't know he's about to die" but I knew I couldn't sell it in a serious tone. That's why I added the car rocking to play up the humor as well as the chaos.
Thanks for the video review.
Looks good, I enjoyed it a lot. I really liked how the story switched genres half way through. This project defiantly had the Bryan Fox stamp on it. It reminded me a lot of 4 Minutes. You guys put a lot of work into this, and it shows.
My only gripe would have to be with some of the acting. Mainly just delivery of the lines, and lack of emotion from a couple of characters. But then again some acting stood out and was good. Believe me, I know all about rounding up people, and last minute flakiness. Great job considering!
If you ever need an actor let me know. I\'m usually free on the weekends.
I\'m be no means a Daniel Day Lewis, but I like to throw down and show some acting chops every now and again. I actually had a script idea for this month, but work got the best of me and I couldn\'t pull it off. Maybe next fight.
Thanks for the review, Dean. I'm a huge fan of the show "24" and it shows with my use of hand-held shots, sudden zooms, and "cloak and dagger" activities. I'll give you a ring if I need some help with this month's submission and if you're doing one, I'll return the favor.
Starting off with a death always raises interest from the get go. Even though there have been comments on some of the acting, I actually kind of enjoyed it. The combination of the acting from Fred and the plot, reminded me of House of The Dead, and this short was much more entertaining than House Of The Dead the movie. The shot around 3:13 was hard for me to make out due to the darkness of it. I don\'t have to much else to add from the others. Well done Bryan Fox.
Thanks for the review. It's cool you're back too after all this time and with a strong piece too! I agree the 3:13 shot is tough to make out. I wanted to show him approaching from another angle to break up the monotony, but I should have cut to the gun around his hip sooner.
Stream of conscienceness review.
Bryan Fox. That name sounds really familiar. Are you an old filmfighter?
Cool opening shot. Seems to be a trend of dead girls in this week\'s fight. You kids have sick minds. Very tarrintino opening. Bad voiceover on the phone scene, and this is a little too shotty. Nice locations. The music works well. This voice over is really taking me out of the movie. I would\'ve at least added a effect to it when he wasn\'t in the shot. The guy on the phone isn\'t doing too good.
Drugs and mafia is kind of a overused short film concept. That, i\'ve been gulity of on my own a few times. G\'z you kids and your long films now a days. In my day, we had like a 4 minute time limit. This scene is super hard to see, and really dry. Next time you guys should really try to stick to the time limit. The main actor isn\'t too bad. Oh wow. Worst getting attacked acting ever. I don\'t know if that was on purpose. But, wow. That was cheesy. Yay zombie girl! I like zombies. I woulda\' like to have seen about 1 minute of setup to her becoming a zombie, and about 4 minutes of sweet zombie action though.
Closing thoughts: Shot pretty well. But, the voice over lost my interest right away. Shoulda\' had a lot more sweet zombie action!
Thanks for submitting!
Yeah. I'm an old filmfighter. I only submitted one movie in the Wannabe fight back in 2005. There never was a time limit so you can't bash me for that. Jeremy's criticism about tightening up scenes makes sense though.
You know, you're right about the drugs and mafia thing being overused. The last filmfight I did used both as well as the movie I made before that. I don't think it's going to improve with the detective theme for next month.
I agree with Justin on the audio dubbing, it sounds off. But that is my only nit-pick. It\'s otherwise a pretty tight film.
I liked it, but there was a big plot hole here. He states in the beginning that he can't discuss anything on the phone, however throughout the film he was discussing everything in detail on the phone. haha. Good job tho, great location.
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