Student film maker?

...no offense, but the fact that the filmmaker was at great pains to catch every 'artistic' shot he could in making this film alone made it feel like a 'film school' project. It tried too hard.

It appears they did a lot with a very low budget, and I'm really not one to *beep* on people trying to make films that don't entail mass CGI effects, but I almost stopped the film 1/4 way through simply because it just didn't interest me.

I kept waiting for a great twist at the end...that never came. It also seemed to be something of a vanity project.

...that is, whoever made it is obviously into painting and jazz music. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but seriously, this film is really up its own ass. It really was pretentious in the extreme.

The acting was also really average. Which is not necessarily a product of it being a 'low budget' film, but perhaps from poor directing? Perhaps the sense on set was that the film would be more than it actually is...

Obviously there was some money thrown that this by an investor (though nothing by Hollywood standards) and congratulations for making a flim on a meager budget, but it should have been focussed on script and good actors...forget the fancy camera angles (and I mean attempting to demonstrate how 'artistic' you are in one movie).

...the script was also lacking.

This film was style over substance; the worst mistake a film can make.

Camera angles should be used to enhance the message being sent..not just to show how 'awesome' the film maker is at catching great camera angles.

I'm really not sure what this film was trying to achieve...