Otack Otack Otack Fall
I have no idea what that means, but it was apparently the name of our entry to the 48Hour fest, which we got to view last night. I rather enjoyed it, and to be totally honest, it was far better than I was expecting. The editing and sound people we had working on it are very talented, and it showed. We were also one of the only videos in our heat that used makeup artists, which also showed. You'd think that the short that managed to bring in the girl from Whale Rider as a ringer could have rustled up a MUA. Not so much.
The films ranged from a story about a man lost in the jungle that was made entirely out of paper puppets (the whole film... not just the jungle) to a short about Butoh dancing (you should look it up, its wacky!) to something that might have been about virtual reality and alternate universes or maybe dreams... it was really hard to tell. The quality in the films also varied greatly, and you could tell the people that had thousands of dollars worth of equipment to work with (our group was one of those).
The viewing itself went rather well, the audience laughed at all the appropriate moments (tuba parade) and were silent when they should have been (lead character's suicide) and there were even some oohs and aahs during the blood gag, which made me happy. It looked really good when it was on the big screen, which was my biggest worry.
And for those who asked, I did get a DVD of our movie, cause our sound guy is awesome. It even has bonus features.
The films ranged from a story about a man lost in the jungle that was made entirely out of paper puppets (the whole film... not just the jungle) to a short about Butoh dancing (you should look it up, its wacky!) to something that might have been about virtual reality and alternate universes or maybe dreams... it was really hard to tell. The quality in the films also varied greatly, and you could tell the people that had thousands of dollars worth of equipment to work with (our group was one of those).
The viewing itself went rather well, the audience laughed at all the appropriate moments (tuba parade) and were silent when they should have been (lead character's suicide) and there were even some oohs and aahs during the blood gag, which made me happy. It looked really good when it was on the big screen, which was my biggest worry.
And for those who asked, I did get a DVD of our movie, cause our sound guy is awesome. It even has bonus features.