Here's a link for my entry for this years 'Gone in 60 Seconds' competition.
Comments, crits and rants are welcome [img]smile.gif[/img]
Intuition
the idea that the screen split in two was an interesting idea but what you actually did with it didnt really interest me to be honest. The story was alittle bit "seen it before" and i dont think the 60 second time frame allowed you to tell the story in a way that had any suspense or thrills.
Im trying to think of some positives so i dont sound like a misrable git... but i cant think of any. Sorry.
Hey there.
From what I could actually see of it it looked nice... I don't know if it was my monitor but it was just too **** dark. I like the idea. It's a bit "Sliding Doors" though.
Like that guy said. The running time is the main problem.. By the time I worked out what was going on it was over. It left me cold.
Despin out.
Good idea... the problem with these 60second films is that unless you go the TV Ad route (i.e. quick joke/gimick), then there is never enough time for the story to set-up, climax, then resolve.
Intuition could be more promising if it had a longer length to work with... more like a 5 minute film, where you could see why it was important for the character to make her decision, then somehow bring both "split" character to the same conclusion... but that would end up being like Sliding Doors.
Yeah, it was really dark on my screen too.
Nicely done - good quality camera work, acting & and editing.
I agree that it's a bit too dark in places and I also needed to watch it a couple of times to pick up all the details in both clips (I found it difficult to absorb all of the info' from both clips simultaneously). However, as already mentioned, this is a product of the 60 second restriction. Maybe with more time you could vary the pace in each storyline to 'encourage' the audience to shift their attention between the two clips to pick up the points you feel are most relevant. Alternatively, subtle fading, pausing or resizing of the clips might help to switch the viewer's attention and guide them through the overall narrative.
Of course, this is just my opinion and maybe others found it very easy to follow the two threads in one viewing. On the whole though I thought this was quality stuff.
Steve.
DIGITALmotion
What Mike Figgis did with Timecode 2000 was quite interesting... he shifted the audio from each segment to take the audiences focus...
With this technique, the audience wasn't actually aware that their focus was taken from one segment to the next....
Yeah, the 60 second time limit doesn't do the piece justice.
The first edit I did came to about 5 minutes, so I may do a re-edit which will tell the story a little bit better.
It is lot to take in in just 60 seconds. I tried to make the left screen very plain with no real action so that you can just glance at it and know whats happening.
And yes, Sliding Doors is a very comparable film, as is Timecode.
Beloved Monster ---> Yup, the story is very 'seen it before'. Cheers for watching it though!
I'll let everyone know when I've done a longer re-edit.
I forgot:
About the darkness of it, I can fix that. I think my monitor must be a touch too bright.
Plus, all of the right hand frame was filmed in pitch black, adn then several filters were applied to give it the look it has.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Boy did you just say a mouthful!!!Originally posted by MattEBoy:
I forgot:
About the darkness of it, I can fix that. I think my monitor must be a touch too bright.
good catch.
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