"The Film" - ID# 611
New Trier
Seven Day Challenge
Entry Description
Cheese graters...a bicycle...a quote...and a bunch of bad ideas all rolled into one great film.
Copyright Info
Song #1: "Funktion: by Bright Seed: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/5626 -Copy of license emailed to Mark Ciesielski Song #2: "Pink Panther" https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8404 --Copy of license emailed to Mark Ciesielski
Recent Teacher Comments
Judge 1
Positives: You guys all have great comedic timing, you play well off each other and feel very natural. Your editing, sound, and the general technical aspects of the film are pretty good considering the time constraints and resources.
Improvements: The meta story for a film challenge is extremely overused. Its been overdone so much and is honestly a bit of cop-out on a film challenge. You guys even made fun of it in your script because it IS so overused. I would have like to see a bit more inventive use of camerawork throughout. Everything is pretty standard in the shooting style.
Judge 2
Positives: Clever concept. Nice punchline. I could tell you had fun making this, which sometimes gets lost in the process of making a film. Cheers! 0:55 I like the chapter titles by the day. Helps to give escalating tension and structure. Ala Kubrick The Shining Your montages work as well, condensing the process down to 6 minutes.
Improvements: The film is a little sloppy, but it moves and is quite entertaining. It's sloppiness gives it an energy and moves the whole thing along. 0:59 almost slipped up on language, which could've been a simple audio edit, if you cared to fix it. Best wishes in all future endeavors. #makemovieshappen
Judge 3
Positives: I liked the open to the movie, it was a creative way to start it off and had some really good edits with it. Good job on the lighting in the room for the meeting. I thought it was well set up.
Improvements: Make sure that you watch how much movement there is with the camera. There are several times where it gets very shaky and makes it though for the viewer to focus. The other thing is that you could trim a couple of minutes off of this project and it would have made it even stronger. Just because there is a longer time limit does not mean you have to meet it. The longer it goes the more the story gets lost. Also, make sure that you equal out your audio. There are times that it is all over the place and it makes it tough to follow when there are gaps in audio.
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