So I filmed a 1 min horror type movie for school

lol funny idea.


all in all as constructive criticism i think you could get some better moving camera shots, as well as possibly throw some dolly shots and handheld ones in there.. the handheld ones make great for chase/horror scenes..




i just got out of my film class at my school.. soooo much fun :]

 

The one thing I can't stand about doing group video projects is when your friends don't commit to their characters.

I used to be in a A/V class way back in junior high. The kids there were a lot better at trying to play their parts, but it really grinds my gears when people just don't bother trying.

The main girl in your video didn't look scared at all, the fake running, etc. really ruined what was otherwise prety good.

If you intended to make the movie without any serious undertones, then I apologize. But I feel that you should have made everyone take their roles more seriously, which would have made the ending stand out so much more.

When you make a dramatic irony, where the audience knows something that the actors don't, which in this case is the missing wallet, the actor really has to commit - otherwise the desired effect is gone.

 

She still could have taken the thing seriously, that acting was bush league.

 

There were jump cuts at 0:17-0:18 and 1:12-1:13 but I liked it a lot it's a good idea.

 

ok thats understandable..


i agree with whoever said she couldve gotten into character a little more.. but i acutally think it was pretty good if you only had an hour for both parts!




we had a project sorta like this.. we had to make a movie with no editing or anything, and we had to shoot each shot in order so you only had one chance to do it right unless we wanted to keep rewinding and filming over stuff




film class got me to love making movies. unfortunately im broke as fuck so i cant afford a sick camera or anything to make movies lol.

 

I actually disagree about the camera-work criticism. You ultilized your own style and the film was better for it, I hate when directors get stylistically-derivative, it's often awkward and blatant.

In fact, I'd say the strongest aspect of the film was the style, everything else felt sort of rushed and half-baked IMO. I really enjoyed up to when the camera first panned to the mystery guy in the corner, after that it sort of fell apart for me. I thought you were going to go in a different direction with it but... you didn't.

It's very good for only an hours worth of work though.

A fade randomly in the middle of a scene wouldn't have been more awkward or anything.

 

ya the guy who was the main character was a horrible actor.

 

I'm sorry, dude, I laughed my ass off the whole time.

 

LOL that made me laugh.
I'm not a movie critic, so no comments from me.
But what was the song? I love classical music.

 

haha not bad man, especially for 1 hour edit / shoot

 

haha mike, make some more movies for us to watch!!