/film/ - FILM

>>5654

….What a comfy bed….Is that the Space Needle?….That looks like me on sundays…..A Suicide note?….Christmas man? What did he saying?….That's why you don't take a bunch of pills and down them with alcohol….

That was ok. Very easy to undestand what was happening in most part of the short except the part with Christmas lights man. An Hallucination caused by a failed suicide attempt? Just a comforting dream?

Keep making films, I'm looking forward to it.

so this is what using social networks is like

>>5654

Thanks for sharing, where do you draw your inspiration from?

I could only watch the first 3 minutes I'll check the rest out later. I will say from what I've seen there is a lot of lingering shots that are pretty static. Maybe there's a purpose behind it I'll find out when I watch.

>>5660

Hey, thanks for the feedback. The exact nature of the Christmas lights guy part is supposed to be unclear, as much as that sounds like a cop-out I think it works better that way than over-explaining it, the whole thing is meant to be dream-like anyway.

>>5666

thanks for watching! I draw inspiration from a lot of places, I've been reading a lot of Borges lately and also just finished The Invention of Morel so that's been on my mind, and I've been watching a lot of films by Tsai Ming-Liang and Lav Diaz which may have influenced my decision to have so many static shots, although if you finish watching it is also to provide contrast.

>>5667

The Invention of Morel? Isn't that one written by his friend Adolfo Bioy Casares?

And I thought that you were inspired by Philip K. Dick when Christmas Lights man appeared.

>>5672

That's the one. I haven't actually read any Dick but I have seen many of the film adaptations of his books so it could certainly be a subconscious influence. Actually now that I think about it, I was definitely inspired by the scene in A Scanner Darkly when the alien thing reads the list of sins to that one guy committing suicide, I forgot that was one of the original catalysts for my film haha, thanks for reminding me

Cool, thanks for posting this. At least /film/ isn't one of the places pushing people over the edge (yet).

I couldn't make out every word of the visitor, but he said exactly what I was thinking. I liked the sequence that followed. Great visual collage and music.

Speaking of The Invention of Morel, has anyone seen either the French or Italian film adaptations? I planned to watch one or both of them.

>>5677

I heard that the Italian version is as good as the book.

And talking about Argetinian writers. Have you ever read a work by Julio Cortazar?

>>5677

Oh wow, didn't even know there were any adaptations at all, although I read that Last Year at Marienbad was secretly inspired by it. I'll have to check out the Italian one, that looks great

>>5679

I haven't read any of his stuff yet but I almost bought one of his books at a bookstore the other day, any recommendations of where to start?

>>5680

>Last Year at Marienbad was secretly inspired by it

well now i have to check it out don't I

>>5680

You should start with his short stories collected in Bestiario, Las armas Secretas and Final del Juego and then read the novel, Rayuela, But that one is a very challenging and interesting read.

>>5683

Oh, really? That's pretty cool.

Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup was inspired by one of his short stories.

>>5681

I would recommend it, knowing that makes Marienbad make a lot more sense

>>5682

Thanks, that's a helpful starting point, looking forward to checking him out soon

>>5789

zu viel shaking dude, steady yourself. hope she sucked yo dick

>>5799

Yeah it was to keep it steady, especially in the car, i really need a stablizer of some kind. thanks for watching

>>5803

*hard to keep it steady

It's fun to watch these.

You could rig/buy a steadicam attachment but that might kill spontaneity if you're taking candid footage.

>>5803

i have a mini tripod that you can fold up and hold like a gun that makes things steady enough for my liking, using an old ass sony handycam. might want to try something like that, super cheap on amazon

>>5654

Could this be a no-budget short film critique thread?

This is mine I made last year with my good friends, I know it's shaky and I know it's grainy our next movie will be better quality but if you gave this a gander that'd be really cool!

https://vimeo.com/125085174

>>5834

looks interesting

i'll check it out this weekend

>>5834

I'll definitely watch this when I get the chance. I watched the first couple minutes, it seems good. I actually like the quality of the footage whether its intentional or not, it reminds me of the way that Lav Diaz's earlier films looked. I'll let you know what I think of the film itself when I have time to watch the whole thing

>>5805

>>5817

I just bought a tripod for $5 at goodwill so hopefully it will help as a stabilizer

>>5835

Thanks for the critique, appreciate it

>>5834

It looks like that was fun to make. I liked the bits of humor and the Wilhelm Scream.

If I were producer I'd say tighten up the editing on some of the sequences. For example when the title came up I forgot that we were still in the credits.

>>5871

Hey thanks for checking it out! It was our first "legitimate" project. I say that because we actually had a script, did multiple takes and took it fairly seriously as apposed to when we were kids just shooting random shit. I learned a lot making it and this winter I feel our next project will be far better. I agree with you the editing could be tightened, that's mostly due to no storyboard so the shots were on the fly and that caused problems for me in post; so storyboarding is a must.

>>5877

I hadn't even thought about storyboarding (and probably wouldn't have done it either) but I agree it would help ensure strong sequences in the final product.

Regardless it's great that you took on a creative challenge and saw it through to the end.

OP here, I made another video, with the same girl from the second one I posted, I think this one is quite a bit better: https://vimeo.com/141504195

>>5834

This was fun. Some creative shots and I like the humor even if some of the jokes could've used better delivery. Definitely a lot of potential, keep it up!

>>5902

Thanks for checking it out bud!

>>5902

Cool thanks for sharing. I like that you keep making videos. It makes me want to visit Portland.

What kind of camera do you have btw?

>>5914

Thanks for watching. I have a Nikon D5200 with a 35mm Nikkor lense. And that's it. Hoping to get new lenses and maybe a mic soon.

I kind of liked it. You are a horrible actor though if that's you in the film

>>5919

Thanks. Its not me haha, it's my friend, I worked with what I had, I think he did an alright job. I was the wearing the Christmas lights

>>6176

idk, some nice images, but this is basically one step above home video. if you're going for like a Mekas thing you still need to do something more with this. what's the idea, you know? your thing in OP is your best imo because you have an actual narrative, a clearly identifiable idea giving the thing its being. i understand the joy of just shooting random stuff out and about, lots of things to look at and they're all beautiful, but you either need to up your edit game to make it more poignant (seriously watch Mekas' Diaries, Notes and Sketches if you haven't) or you need to focus more on narrative to have something really worth watching (imo of course if you really do have a specific thing you're trying to do with this, keep on, i just don't see it)

>>6178

Thanks for watching and giving thoughtful feedback. Mekas is definitely an inspiration, and I value a lot of his methods and films, although with this one I was more thinking of Sans Soleil and Chris Marker in general, and the idea of taking "documentary" travel footage and recontextualizing it within a fictional framework. The fictional framework in this one is particularly loose, but what I was trying to get across with the beginning and the drawing/animation aspect was to present the idea of memory and time being created and controlled, the idea of film and editing as creating a new highly subjective world from pieces of our own world, etc. The book that was on the table in the video, The Invention of Morel, deals with similar themes. I was also drawing from the work of Jose Luis Guerin, especially the short film of his which I stole the song and title from, Souvenir (viewable here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VAucUcwWXg).

I could go on and on in more detail but I think the more I explain the less interesting it would be. But basically, all of this is to say that I did have more going on in my mind in ideas-wise than just a home video but I understand that it might not come across that way to other viewers who aren't me haha.

I don't mind watching a brief travelogue mood piece. This was more complex than the previous two.

The other commenter has some good ideas to take it farther. It depends how much you're trying to do -- to experiment with the creative process, or to make something definitive (if that makes sense).

why is the opening shot of every student film ever some dude/chica sleeping and then waking up, usually to an alarm clock after whcih they start their morning routine

for christs sake

>>5662

underrated post

better than OP's filmmaking

>>6523

sounds like fun

i'll check your video out later this week

The first video reminded me of an interesting book on the perception of time which I spent 15 minutes searching in vain for the title

The second video made me think we should try another project here where people shoot and submit low budget horrors

>>6591

Thanks for the feedback. Let me know if you ever find the name of the book. And if the horror thing does end up happening, this will be my submission haha