Atom (17th Jul 2009 04:38)

No, I know. And I get that- it's happened to us all when we were younger, too. And it detracted from the effectiveness of your film a negligible amount, as I noted. What does draw attention to it, however, is the reaction- which also isn't really to a fault of your own as it's been other non-regular users posting on the site. So don't think I'm trying to insult you or hold it against you- I completely understand the dilemma- just don't think on your next project you can't transcend it. Instead of making the concession to use a younger actor and, to some extent (purposeful or not) 'fake it', I've no doubt if you try you'll be able to get the right kind of character for the role. And if not, hey, like I said the movie still works. The idea is to write achievable characters, is I hope you see what I'm getting at- and when some of your crew have to defend the legitimacy of the character, maybe take another look at it- see if it can work in another way. Now, for this movie, there might not have been any way around it, and that's why I won't hold it against you, the story and character still worked well enough to convey the story, so it was all good. But in the future I'd suggest to look out for workable characters or actors for the characters, as this would, obviously, add another level of realism and punch to your productions- and you guys are no doubt the up-and-coming bunch to have it. If not, what you have works- just not as well as it could have- if that makes sense. Like I said, it's all-in-all a negligible facet. But to ignore it is to be, well, ignorant- and no one wants that.

Jabooza (17th Jul 2009 01:32)

Atom - Yeah, originally we had wanted to do the part with an older actor, but then after figuring out that we couldn't, we started rethinking the direction of the character and decided that we would actually prefer the clockmaker to be younger; probably just slightly older than Nate. Although, due to the way the character was portrayed (especially with the limp), looking back at it now I can definitely see how it would look like we're trying to pass someone off for being much older than he really is (which I admit was, of course, a flaw), but I'd still like to point out that that wasn't our intention.

NateFlax (15th Jul 2009 16:29)