Post by Mahnarch on Sept 15, 2007 1:55:22 GMT -5
I just had a guy turn in a movie sample he did and wanted an "honest" review.
After viewing it, I gave him a serious, honest critique of his work - basically, it sucked and try again. Let me see a better copy. (in so many words.)
I gave him some directorial tips. Blocking tips. Foley tips. and Continuity tips (which he lacked on all) and left it at that.
Now, if you were to put something together half-butted and asked someone their honest opinion, and they said it sucked - would you be as arrogant as to accuse that reviewer of 'jacking it' and being a stupid person (I'm softening his language)
Don't ask for an 'honest' review and flame a negative response.
Especially if the person reviewing actually knows what he's talking about.
OK, here's the layout of his "film".
It opens on a girl coming home from work.
She gets out of the car and walks up to her house to find her front door open a crack.
Good start. Good music....though pirated.
The girl then enters her house and closes the door.
We are then forced to watch her lock and unlock and relock her door for....12 seconds!! Not exaggerating! It takes her that long.
The girl then goes into the living room and sits on the couch where we're treated to an overdubbed, speaker exploding telephone conversation as a young (11-12) girl pokes her head around a corner wearing a pink shirt with a sparkly unicorn on the front.
The girl gets up to investigate a noise (which there was none) and sees the little girl.
Cut to:
Older girl making a Pizza!
(I say "Older girl" "young girl" "guy" "other guy" because no one is given names)
A guy comes to the house and walks in the front door that was so meticulously locked from a few minutes before and asks Pizza girl what's going on.
Suddenly, in a flash, Pizza girl is sitting on the counter and screaming about seeing a little girl, twice.
...I only counted once.
The first one wasn't revealed to the pizza girl.
Suddenly, it's bed time.
Pizza and guy head to their respective sleeping spots in bed and the couch.
Guy spends about half a minute explaining everything he's doing: "I guess I'll fluff this pillow and unfurl this sheet" - seriously.
Then he uses the magic of "The Clapper" to turn off a lamp, while the rest of the house is light up like the fourth of July.
Little girl enters and hypnotises the guy (I guess? She throws her arms about in a 'hypno-fashion')
And guy goes upstairs with the camera man, shadowed promenintly on the guys shirt and tries to zombify the pizza girl.
She stabs him with.......something.
She runs outside and flags down a Jeep.
The guy driving seems really mad that he got flagged down and hides under his baseball hat from the camera.
Maybe he's a wanted felon. I don't know.
Suddenly, the rear hatch light comes on and the unicorn girl is sitting (IN A BOOSTER CHAIR) in the back seat.
Fade to black.......thankfully.
***
If I turned this in to an Exec, I'd be laughed out of town.
I gave constructive critique and this guy came down on me like Monica Lew.......like something not Monica related.
How rude. - Michelle Tanner.
After viewing it, I gave him a serious, honest critique of his work - basically, it sucked and try again. Let me see a better copy. (in so many words.)
I gave him some directorial tips. Blocking tips. Foley tips. and Continuity tips (which he lacked on all) and left it at that.
Now, if you were to put something together half-butted and asked someone their honest opinion, and they said it sucked - would you be as arrogant as to accuse that reviewer of 'jacking it' and being a stupid person (I'm softening his language)
Don't ask for an 'honest' review and flame a negative response.
Especially if the person reviewing actually knows what he's talking about.
OK, here's the layout of his "film".
It opens on a girl coming home from work.
She gets out of the car and walks up to her house to find her front door open a crack.
Good start. Good music....though pirated.
The girl then enters her house and closes the door.
We are then forced to watch her lock and unlock and relock her door for....12 seconds!! Not exaggerating! It takes her that long.
The girl then goes into the living room and sits on the couch where we're treated to an overdubbed, speaker exploding telephone conversation as a young (11-12) girl pokes her head around a corner wearing a pink shirt with a sparkly unicorn on the front.
The girl gets up to investigate a noise (which there was none) and sees the little girl.
Cut to:
Older girl making a Pizza!
(I say "Older girl" "young girl" "guy" "other guy" because no one is given names)
A guy comes to the house and walks in the front door that was so meticulously locked from a few minutes before and asks Pizza girl what's going on.
Suddenly, in a flash, Pizza girl is sitting on the counter and screaming about seeing a little girl, twice.
...I only counted once.
The first one wasn't revealed to the pizza girl.
Suddenly, it's bed time.
Pizza and guy head to their respective sleeping spots in bed and the couch.
Guy spends about half a minute explaining everything he's doing: "I guess I'll fluff this pillow and unfurl this sheet" - seriously.
Then he uses the magic of "The Clapper" to turn off a lamp, while the rest of the house is light up like the fourth of July.
Little girl enters and hypnotises the guy (I guess? She throws her arms about in a 'hypno-fashion')
And guy goes upstairs with the camera man, shadowed promenintly on the guys shirt and tries to zombify the pizza girl.
She stabs him with.......something.
She runs outside and flags down a Jeep.
The guy driving seems really mad that he got flagged down and hides under his baseball hat from the camera.
Maybe he's a wanted felon. I don't know.
Suddenly, the rear hatch light comes on and the unicorn girl is sitting (IN A BOOSTER CHAIR) in the back seat.
Fade to black.......thankfully.
***
If I turned this in to an Exec, I'd be laughed out of town.
I gave constructive critique and this guy came down on me like Monica Lew.......like something not Monica related.
How rude. - Michelle Tanner.
