Quoted from Zack "Also, the exercise was on creativity?  Wierd."- Heretic Is that a bad thing? "The pacing was slow, there were no surprises, the editing was sloppy, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, or interesting, about the story."- Heretic It was only a minute long! How is it slow? This was the first time I ever edited something, not to mention I did it all in a half hour. I thought I did pretty good for how inexperienced I am. About the story, it's more of a scene than a story. Anyways, thanks for the review. Thanks for being honest.

Zack,

You really need to learn how to use the quote button in the upper right hand corner.

Quoted from Shelton Zack, You really need to learn how to use the quote button in the upper right hand corner.

ha! if i would have known it was that easy I would have done it long ago!


I'm a little slow...

Not a bad little short. I spose this was more of a learning thing than an attempt at artistic filmmaking. Props for throwing it all together so quickly. I can't really say that I enjoyed it, zombies aren't really my thing, but it was only a minute long so I also can't say that I didn't enjoy it.

In the words of James Cameron, shoot something, put your name on it, you're a filmmaker. You are a filmmaker now, go make more.

Just as a side question, where did you get the music?


Matthew the Chism has spoken.

I downloaded some 50's music and stuck it on without even listening to it. It's a miracle that it matched what was going on onscreen! Thanks for the view!

I still say your zombie walks like Frankenstein's monster.

This is how zombies should walk....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MpfLyUXRjs

CLIP IS RATED R FOR LANGUAGE

Exercise on creativity...bad?  No, not at all.  I dunno, just never encountered something exactly like that in any of my media-related courses.

I don't mean to sound harsh.  However, the fact that it's only a minute long doesn't, or shouldn't, really affect storytelling.  The reason it seemed slow to me is that it didn't really seem to be going anywhere.

Check this out: Spike Jonze's Ikea Commercial.  

So much story and emotion can be put into one minute (not that you or I or anybody should be quite on part with Mr. Jonze at this point...)!

But again, I don't mean to be harsh at all.  I recognize that it was done in half an hour, and definitely fair enough if it was your first time editing.  As a short piece, I don't really enjoy it.  As experimentation and education for you, I think it's great.  Keep 'em coming.

Quoted from Zack I originally started this thread on the General Chat board. A moderator moved it here....

Now on the correct board.  Better than WIP, at any rate.

The B&W with music approach was the highlight.  Your zombie actor needs to watch a few more zombie films.  Had the title not mentioned zombies, I would have had no idea what he was supposed to be.  He looked more like a sleepwalker than anything.

I also would have liked to see a little more at the end.  Not necessarily blood & guts -- but some kind of a punchline to make it unique, you know?

That's YOUR challenge as a writer -- to make your work stand out -- and you kind of copped out here.  I was expecting something clever, but didn't get it.

But it was certainly amusing enough.  The music saved it, for sure.

Thanks Bert. Had I had more time, I definetlty would've done morew with this. But oh well. The music fits the film perfectly in my opinion.

The clip reminded me of those 1920's Charlie Chaplin silent films. I found it humourous especially the scene shot from the side. Congrats. What camera did you use since the B&W footage looks authentic?

Thanks for the view Riplely. My personal favorite shot is when the zombie is hit with the tennis ball. I laugh everytime. As for the camera, it's a 2R800 Canon DVC. (at least that's what it says on the side of it).