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15 minutes of film stretched into 80

posted 17 years ago by BitterMan23
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Honestly, when you have a wraparound, opening credits over black, end credits, and a completely retarded "hey this scene is going nowhere lets rewind the film for a while" sequence (not to mention at least a dozen shots consisting of nothing but a doorway that is usually difficult to tell where it is in relation to whats going on), and your film is STILL only 80 minutes long, maybe you should have just made a short film.

Just a suggestion.

Also, when two characters are talking to each other, they shouldn't be facing the same way when you cut back and forth (the scene on the porch before Brian goes to the barn).

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[–] legnadibrom 17 years ago

"Also, when two characters are talking to each other, they shouldn't be facing the same way when you cut back and forth (the scene on the porch before Brian goes to the barn)."

this is the most trivial complaint i've ever heard

http://www.coprophagor.com/disuse.htm

[–] BitterMan23 16 years ago

it's not trivial, it's disorienting, and the idea of the scene is character development, which SHOULDN'T be disorienting. any filmmaker would know that, and any editor who knew what he was doing would easily fix it (flip the image - if there's no writing in the scene it's usually impossible to tell) if the director didn't. sadly, on this film they are the same guy.

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[–] legnadibrom 16 years ago

so it's an amateur film, still doesn't detract from the enjoyment

http://www.coprophagor.com/disuse.htm

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[–] amon_101 9 years ago

I do agree with the fact there was an excessive of padding in this movie. I would give it 20 to 25 minutes worth of actual film-worthy parts, though.
It would have made a decent "Tales from the Crypt" episode. But there wasn't 80 minutes worth of material here.
As a whole: 4.5/10.
As a short film, anthology segment, or TV episode with all the fluff removed: 7/10

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