The Director's Downfall - ID# 190

Deerfield

Movie Trailer

Entry Description

A trailer for a thriller independently made by Emma Duggan. The story, based on a book that they director had written at the beginning of quarantine, is about student Cassius Miller's final piece for the end of the year, and how obsession and perfectionism can change ones' whole persona. MUSIC: Royaltly free music ("The Pandemic" on Youtube)

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Recent Teacher Comments

Judge 1

Positives: You try a lot of creative editing techniques here that are very interesting. The elliptical editing style and quick pace keeps my interest as a viewer. You have some interesting, highly stylized shots here that are interesting and grab your attention.

Improvements: The story is pretty vague here, other than a director gets obsessed with his work and something bad happens. I think you may need to give a bit more information about the plot rather than all the front end voiceover about the director character. Although there is an interesting style to the shots, I think the color grading on them goes a bit far. The environment doesn't look natural and ends up looking a bit like a 90s music video.

Judge 2

Positives: "The Director's Downfall" effectively conveys suspense through hard, rhythmic cuts and black frames.

Improvements: The actual premise of the film is a bit unclear. Shooting and lighting technique can be polished a bit to help the piece feel more "produced".

Judge 3

Positives: The sound is by far in a way a stand out amongst the videos. The sound effects -- the teacher's voice being manipulated and changed was quite creative!

Improvements: While the editing, camera work and sound effects were absolutely a stand out in this case- I found myself losing track of the story at times.

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