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| Topic Started: Jul 12 2008, 11:49 PM (300 Views) | |
| crowmagnumman | Jul 12 2008, 11:49 PM Post #1 |
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Sometimes I've tried making movies. This is my latest effort. It's about a man who lives alone, but soon begins to wonder if he really is alone. The movie has problems, but I think my movies get better each time. ALONE - Part 1(Youtube) ALONE - Part 2(Youtube) ALONE - Part 1(Vimeo) ALONE - Part 2(Vimeo) |
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| packmule | Jul 13 2008, 12:30 AM Post #2 |
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My overall reaction after watching both parts:  I liked how you established the character's isolation: the barren landscape especially was effective. It looked like the image was "widescreen". What aspect ratio is this video?  I thought keeping the antagonist(s) unseen was also good though I admit I was ready to see some kind of "reveal" by the end of the second part. Great job. I enjoyed watching this work of yours more than a lot of movies I've seen on the Sci-Fi Channel. Are you going to produce a part three for Alone? |
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 13 2008, 11:41 AM Post #3 |
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Thanks for the comments and compliments. mildsmile I wish I could have shown something near the end, and originally I'd planned to show "something," but since I'm zero budget, I left it ambiguous. There are several interpretations. I filmed it in 16:9 Widescreen on a Canon HV20. Pretty cool camera for what I could afford. And I just loved doing it in widescreen. Makes it feel more like a movie. ALONE was originally intended as sort of a prequel to another movie which I'd wanted to make first, but the prequel seemed easier to make so I did it instead. So if there is another part to ALONE, I guess it wold be a part 2. I had to split ALONE into two parts for the web, but it's really one movie. |
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| packmule | Jul 13 2008, 11:52 AM Post #4 |
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Your short movie proves that an effective horror film doesn't have to have gratuitous gore or outrageous looking monsters in order to be scary. I look forward to seeing other submissions of yours as you make them. 
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 13 2008, 03:05 PM Post #5 |
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Thanks. I completely agree. Although gore can be good when used right, your point rings true. Often the scariest stuff is that which is left to the imagination. A perfect example of this would be Forbidden Planet, the movie referenced in ALONE. It really scared me as a kid, and holds a strange eeriness even to this day. I'd love to make more movies, but I'm not sure when I'll be able to. Thanks for watching. mildsmile If I ever make anything else I will be sure to post a link to it here. |
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| packmule | Jul 15 2008, 06:56 PM Post #6 |
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Crow, I'd like your permission to blog about your short movie on my MySpace page and Google blogger page. As I've done in the past, I try to feature Monsterland Forums member video submissions at my other URL's when I can. Let me know yay or nay. mildsmile |
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 15 2008, 09:57 PM Post #7 |
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Hey that's fine by me. Anything that draws more attention to my movies is a good thing. So thanks. mildsmile |
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| KaijuFanatic | Jul 16 2008, 09:49 PM Post #8 |
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I just watched this short film and quite enjoyed it. Nicely done and I look forward to future efforts.
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| crowmagnumman | Jul 16 2008, 10:01 PM Post #9 |
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Thanks. Very glad you enjoyed it. mildsmile |
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