jmax (19th Apr 2008 17:32)

I enjoyed this. It did a good job of capturing the Poe-style twighlight-zoney mood. This is what I tried (and didn't come nearly as close) to do with my Hauntfest submission "The Case". The things I didn't like about this were, as mentioned, the inconsistnancy of the appearance. In some shots, the color palette and lighting were excellent, and others looked far less polished. (Exposure, framing, and white balance issues) Some of the stand-out good ones were the afore-mentioned rising-and-dollying out shot as the pair stood by the window, and the VO'd shot of the messenger speaking of a recent deaths (great rim-light). The ending totally got me. I think it was the slow-burn pacing up until that point that lulled me into a sense of security. Then that violin stab coupled with the revealing final shot... My heart really did skip a beat or two

Bryce007 (17th Apr 2008 01:25)

Aculag (17th Apr 2008 00:01)

The biggest problem with this was the voiceover, and the out-of-period items, especially the car. I feel like if you had done more updating of the text, and taken it further out of the period, it would have worked much better. The voiceover monologue seems very anachronistic when all we're seeing on screen are fairly modern amenities. Not much you can do to make it look REALLY period, so you may as well try to update the original work as much as possible, if you ask me. I think I would have liked to hear some more background music in the whole thing, because it's pretty quiet for the most part. Even some ambient background noise would make the scenes a little more interesting. Those are pretty much my only problems with it, other than some kinda iffy shots here and there (Lou's ECU, for example...), I definitely liked it. Not as much as other De-Ev stuff, but that's okay. 4/5 Edit: Also, Evan, when you get out of the car at the beginning, you look straight into the camera. Just thought I'd point that out. Heh.