View Full Version : Happy Halloween - a short film
hello peeps. here is a wee film for u from me for halloween.
this is my 3rd short film, it was put together quickly, some of it planned and some improved but i really wanted to do something for the best holiday of the year :)
enjoy, and Happy Halloween :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV5m-9YBYVU&hd=1
horrorzack
10-16-2010, 04:08 PM
great vid I highly enjoyed it. You should try to get it into a horror film festival.
thanks i'm glad u liked it :)
neverending
10-21-2010, 04:53 AM
Good points: Thank you for actually choosing shots and editing them together, unlike 90% of the amateur films posted here, which just point the camera and film whatever they see. Nice technique of using the black & white vs. the color.
Bad points: I'm not sure I understand what happened. At first I was confused at the point at which it changes from b&w to color, but now I think it might have to do with the character's points of view.
Bottom line: Good effort. Keep making films. You try different things, which is good.
I gotta agree with Neverending....a bit confusing but overall an excellent job.
thanks for your replies :)
i guess, confusion, it is a 'problem' just now. my shorts are specifically designed for learning and testing ideas out for bigger projects. not everything works but i try to do things my own way and learn from mistakes.
neverending. i guess your name and thoughts are the closest anyone has got to figuring out the story. the colour parts are the only parts that are actually set in 'black and white' as it were.
the b&w scenes are actually the grey area. that is open to perception... a parallel perception was kind of the idea behind everything in the room, everything in the room is b&w.
it was difficult to something so quickly and get everything across clearly, the end of the chase was improved in 10 mins or so. but i might do a 2nd part, to continue the story. i just tell the story in my own way and i guess as in real life not many people get me :confused:
neverending
10-22-2010, 10:52 AM
Well, you can say "nobody understands me" but it's an artist's job to communicate, eh? So, if people don't understand what an artist is saying, he's not doing his job well enough. That said, these are experiments, as you say, so I look forward to more polished work from you in the future.
yeah maybe. it's not that i couldn't tell an obvious linear story, but to me that is boring, it makes sense to me and an artist doesn't create things for other people. essentially i make these for myself, they make me think, if other people want to think about it it's up to them. it is what is. people don't like what they don't understand, my next might be based on 'the yellow wallpaper' so i doubt many people will 'get' that either.
neverending
10-22-2010, 01:31 PM
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Meh- never mind. Your whining about not being understood has more to do with being a teenager than with anything having to do with the artistic process.
yeah maybe thats how it came across. thats why i like photography and film-making, so i can express myself without having to explain myself. guess i learnt another lesson, never try to defend your work.
well its a shame your post was deleted.
i came back to answer your questions. never mind, happy halloween :)
laura android
11-02-2010, 06:57 PM
I thought the camera work was quite nice and although I didn't FULLY get it I still enjoyed it. It reminded me of Maya Deren's work. A lot of it's left up to the audience to interpret. That's why experimental films are fun! As filmmakers we are always challenged by what the mainstream deems as "entertainment." But, if you believe in your work you should just keep standing behind it!
Maya Deren once said, “I make my pictures for what Hollywood spends on lipstick,” and observed that Hollywood “has been a major obstacle to the definition and development of motion pictures as a creative fine-art form.”
Now, I don't totally agree because creativity and unique vision can always sneak through and be one with Hollywood. BUT, not always...thank god for the independent film movement!
Keep it up...you're making art and that's all that matters :)