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Hey, Chris. Trailer seems to go a little bit overboard with the filters, but it doesn't look that bad at all. I'll try and give this a watch. Will it be available world wide on Youtube?
It will be available world-wide. We had to change quite a few music cues at the last minute -- Canada's relatively short copyright times/loose public domain laws allowed us to use a bit of music that, it eventually turned out, was still years from being public domain in other countries. But now at least everyone can watch it, and we're quite happy with the new music...we've got music from Ireland, France, and more.
Filters, yeah. We really hate the look of digital film haha. There's a constant struggle to hide it any way possible.
Looks very good, Heretic, congrats! I haven't watched it but deffinitely planning to one of those days - it's summer and my 12 year old is always around I started, reached the first f-word and switched it off, but I will watch it!
One thing I noticed - the actors are pretty good!
And congrats on the award too! You're moving forward fast - good going.
I just finished watching the film and I found it immensely satisfying. Some folks, I'm sure, will complain about the pacing. If you stick with it, you will be rewarded.
Full Disclosure - I am an associate producer on the film. Other than getting a chubby, I get no financial benefit from the film.
Congrats! Feature films are such huge undertakings. Absolutely delighted for you - and Don - and his chubby - on getting this completed and out there. I will definitely give this a view. Looking forward to it.
I'm only 30 minutes in because I'm watching while at work, but I just wanted to chime in and let everyone know that I am REALLY impressed so far. Chris, you should be so proud! I am super stoked to see some quality stuff coming out from some SS members lately!!!
Hey Chris - I've been as weak as everybody else tonight and didn't finish it, so hopefully I'll see it through tomorrow.
What bugged me on u-tube was you can't download it, so I have to depend on my/u-tube speed (not too sure who's at fault here) - downloadability would be a boon.
so far ... I'm caught in-between -- kinda surprised you did this on a 25k budget (is that right?) so that's pretty impressive - but I'm wondering what camera u used? Half of me feels the cinematography might be a bit off, or too many of the shots where a bit too long?
On the acting so far -- I think it's Benjamin, I really like his performance - Michelle's great, but so far Ben's taking it for me.
Going to get the rest in tomorrow (re-watch of Sex Drive got in the way - forgive me, I love the 'tree of shoes ...') -- but this is a career in progress if I've got that right? Budget into account, this is impressive.
Just finished a few minutes ago. I have to say I was very impressed. There were elements that reminded me of Antichrist as well as The Shining though this is clearly its own thing. Regardless, I loved the look of the film, the pacing, the sense of portent that seems to be absent from most horror-ish films nowadays, and the sound design. I thought the music was a little intrusive at times but the quality of music wasn't too bad so I didn't mind too much. I feel like the music and text are the two things that are almost universally terrible in films of this scale so it was refreshing to see that was not the case here. Some of the editing choices were a little jarring but I'd say they were more peculiar than anything inherently negative.
The writing was more or less strong throughout -- a decent balance of word-smithing and natural sounding and the actors handled their roles well. I enjoyed the story for the most part although I wouldn't really call it horror. I think it was more of a drama with horror and surreal elements and, again, a lot of portent. But of course, that's just one opinion among many.
All in all, congrats. I think this came out really well. Not a bad choice for a movie night.
Just watched it. Like James, I'm impressed and I also felt a little Antichrist vibe throughout the film. I liked the style that you used, the subtle angles and the like, it kind of reminded me of Take Shelter. I hated the low saturation though, did not work with me at all sorry to say. I think there might have also been a film grain layer added in the film, and if there was, IMO the opacity wasn't low enough - or maybe it just looked like that because of Youtube's encoding process. I can't be sure.
And again being honest, a few small segments were also edited poorly, one specific one stands out from the others. Right when that piece of paper leads her to shed, there's like some frame rate problem and it stalls as the papers fly towards her. There were a few more like scenes. And then some repitition of scenes which looked like they were used on purpose but I couldn't be sure.
The acting was pretty solid though, some good stuff there.
Not a fan of the ending, but I can't complain. Done on a 25k budget as well? Wow, some great stuff here then.
Overall, the film was definitely engaging. After a slow start, I got really into it. Will keep an eye on your other films, man. I'd be happy with what you have here.
You are all really kind. Many thanks for watching and I will hopefully have a chance tonight to respond to everyone individually. Thanks and thanks again!
Hey Chris - just finished watching it - it's a sold piece, so hats off to you on that. I think in large part, the music worked well, and you've got some really good performances from those guys with the acting.
I liked the work with the light myself. A couple of minors - not too sure if was me or not, but there's a couple of scenes where I though dubbing could have helped -- and there's some nice work with close-ups around 45mins that I think was missing here and there in earlier scenes.
But apart from minor gripes, and as a whole - very worthwhile - looks like a lot of effort and thought (and skill) has gone in to this - well done on getting this out there.
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