Flash Forward

Hinsdale Central

Seven Day Challenge

Entry Description

Flash drives always have their surprises.

Judge 1

Positives: The music worked great to build suspense and keep the film moving since there wasn't much dialogue or other sounds throughout. The effects put on the footage to make it look like a grainy camcorder worked really well. It also let us get inside the mind of the character and see what he was seeing on his computer screen.

Improvements: I was confused as to why the boy throws the flash drive out. I get that he was scared of what he just saw, but it didn't make much sense for him to throw it out instead of telling someone or keeping it. I also didn't know who the boy was that dropped the flash drive, or why he had this video. I also didn't get his reason for staring at the boy at the end of the film.

Judge 2

Positives: The sound design serves the story well and the music is seamlessly woven into the film. The green glitchy, other world film look effectively conveys a different space that is daunting and outside of the realm of the normal.

Improvements: The goal of the main character is not clearly articulated, nor is the purpose of the flash drive and the negative aspects of the green space. The viewer needs more information to know what the point of the story is, who the main character is, what he wants, and what happens to him. It is unclear who the character is who appears in the hallway towards the end of the film. Was he in the green land? If so this needs to be more clearly shown visually.

Judge 3

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Judge 4

Positives: Awesome sound design, nice layering and making audio clear. I like the editing that you have done with this video.

Improvements: I am not sure of the connection to the kid in the end. Also, I wish that you answered more questions about what happened to some of the characters. It seemed strange that when you go into the screen it takes a bit for the video to pop up. I know there are time limits, but try to develop the characters more...beginning-middle-end.