The Boy Who Cried Wolf - ID# 453
Riverside Brookfield
Movie Trailer
Entry Description
A boy cries wolf too many times… Music provided by Audio Blocks.
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/25 1:09 pm - The idea of using the camera as a character was a very creative choice. It was disappointing to see the "wolf" at the end and break the suspense. Often times, what the audience doesn't see is far scarier and more suspenseful than what ends up on-screen. The pov of the wolf needs some treatment and perhaps some sound building to help define the character. The story, as it stands, feels incomplete, even for a trailer. I was left with so many questions and not enough information to decide to see the film. The stalking scene taking place during the day seemed an odd fit for the story. A night of dusk stalk might have built the tension more. But the biggest piece that seems to be missing is the story development.
- 4/23 12:45 pm - Eery music- nice! The idea is a good one, but it needs more build up to be believeable. One call to 911 and we're supposed to "get" that he does this all the time? Doesn't work. Then he calls in for real before we see that he actually IS in trouble. More planning on the story telling needs to be done. It has potential, but currently the 5-6 shots you took in the woods is all you have to work with, and there needs to be A LOT more.
- 4/7 8:40 pm - The story was good. Its a tail as old as time and it was interesting in spots. I understood that your character liked pranks but that was only because I know the connotation of that from your title. I didn't get that from the footage and the story and I needed to. You needed to more clearly define the protagonist and his impishness. Another problem with the story is that you didn't build any rising action once we understood that he cried wolf one too many times and now the real thing is chasing him. Some chasing footage and frenetic shots of that would have helped to build tension and hook the audience. Basically the trailer felt half done. In terms of camera work, try to get a better grasp on your camera's ISO and aperture settings. Everything seemed overly exposed. It was difficult to tell if this was a deliberate choice. If so, shoot it correctly and then alter it in post. Work hard on audio mix. I could never clearly hear the voices on the phone.
- 3/4 9:04 am - Great attention getter with the extreme close up of the eye in the beginning. Good use of perspective with the missing signs in the foreground with the walker in the background. Exposure is off in most of the shots and needs to be corrected if possible. I am not sure you introduced your main character enough so we know he likes to do pranks.
- 2/26 9:25 am - Camera: The difference in exposure between shots was extreme. Some shots were totally blown out, others more evenly exposed. Not sure what camera you were using, but watch your ISO, gain, Aperture/Iris, and shutter speed. The best shots of the film were the first tilt down in the forest across the missing posters and the last shot from the POV of the wolf rising up as the kid is seeing him. Sound: the main character's levels were fine, but the phone voices were too low in the mix; they were drowned out by your music bed. Music beds should be around -24 db on the VU meter. Watch your levels. Editing: you wasted the first 11 seconds with MPAA page and title screens. Not a smart choice when you could have used that time to better establish your character. Not sure what sort of color grading or color correction you did, but it wasn't consistent. The extreme close up of the wolf's eye did not match the color grading of the rest of your film. Story: this is the biggest problem area. You established the character's love for pranks, but you needed more than just the shots in the woods. The character is wearing the same clothes, which means his pranks were done on the same day. Maybe you could have shown him doing 3-4 other kinds of pranks, with different wardrobe on different days, to establish that this is a pattern with him. THEN, when the wolf actually chases him, build it up a little more, show fast clips of him running away in terror BEFORE you reveal the wolf to the audience.
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