When Toys Go Bad -- my short film.

aimeeandbeatles

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OK, in another thread I mentioned this and I realized that I never told CFC about it. Its a fairly hilarious short film I did for Film and Video class. Yes, Im acting in part of it (my educational assistant is filming and another girl from my class is playing the traveler):

http://www.mediafire.com/?qzjjhznmdmw

Notes (includes spoilers):
Spoiler :
1. The 'tunnel' is actually a miniature on a small greenscreen. It was made out of wire, clay, and a printout of that funny pattern in the back.
2. If you look closely it's actually my hand turning on the TV. The other girl wasn't here the day that I was going to film it.
3. In the classroom scene you can see the script on the table. Also, the map was a map of some place called Barbados. I dont know why I had that map.
4. To film the "animals on stairs" scene I laid on my back. A teacher walked in front of the camera and asked if I was OK as if they couldnt tell I was filming. My back hurt for a few days after this.
5. During the "chase scene" me and the other girl crash into each other.
6. The chase scene was going to go on longer but when I went around the corner I slipped and fell down :lol:
7. I didn't mean to fall up the stairs. But it looked pretty neat so I kept it in.
8. The "intermission" was actually a rehearsal of one of the other scenes. Other students were using the classroom.
9. The scene where Im waving goodbye was the same day I bumped my head (which turned out to be a concussion. I was using the greenscreen when I bumped it but that was for a different project and it didn't get worse until later on). You can tell Im a bit confused as I keep waving even though the other girl is gone.
10. My limp is not visible in this ... thats a good thing!
11. Im so nearsighted that I could not see the camera at all during the scenes.


What do you guys all think of it? :)
 
Is there anyway you can upload it to youtube (or something similar) so we can view it without downloading it?
 
The other girl said not to put it on YouTube. However hang on a second Ill try something.
 
The movie went over my head, I'm afraid, but costumes and soundtrack are awesome.

Thanks. Except for the one song I cant spell (it's at the credits in the end) all the music is from a site called Incompetech: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

The costumes were very improvised, made with whatever I could scrounge up. I had to borrow the hat from the Art department at school and the bandanna is actually a dishcloth.

What are you smoking, and why don't I have any? (Seriously, that was pretty cool. :goodjob:)

Nothing. Theres a few changes from the original script but I wasnt on anything when I wrote the script.

If you are interested here is the tunnel miniature I used:
http://yfrog.com/03thetunnelz
 
is there a gasp-face fetish? could be making bick bucks if there was.

apart from that it was excruciatingly painful to behold. that is perfectly fine for me to say because i'd do way worse.
 
is there a gasp-face fetish? could be making bick bucks if there was.

In the script it says a "surprised look" and this is how it turned out :lol:
 
Well that's 7 minutes of my life I'll never get back ;)

Looks like it was fun to make though.

I didn't really get the toys going bad bit, or the binbags. The music went well though and the camera shots were good.

Maybe Tom Petty will get you to direct his next video ;)
 
what dos that mean?
 
He's refering to David Lynch:

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker and visual artist. Over a lengthy career, Lynch has employed a distinctive and unorthodox approach to narrative filmmaking (dubbed Lynchian), which has become instantly recognizable to many audiences and critics worldwide. Lynch's films are known for nightmarish and dreamlike images and meticulously crafted sound design.
 
Oh i see.. I thought it meant the word itself. I never herd of that person befor.
 
I saw it, but i didnt get what meaning it was supposed to have, unless it all was about toys comming to life.
But i can't say i really enjoyed watching it, sorry. Perhaps yoru next work will be more to my taste though :)
 
I don't really understand the plot, what's going on, the meaning, etc., but I gotta say - the sound editing, camera work, and film editing were excellent.

I give it a 0/10 for the writing, 3/10 for the acting, but 8+/10 for all the technical stuff
 
I don't really understand the plot, what's going on, the meaning, etc.,/QUOTE]

Basically the rabbit lures the traveler into some tunnel which leads to the future. (It woulda been better if not for those houses behined the football field) and the travelers confused and then the Mad Hatter comes out. And then the rabbit leads the toys in trying to attack the humans until the humans decide to fight back .... then every toy dies except THE RABBIT.
 
I don't really understand the plot, what's going on, the meaning, etc., but I gotta say - the sound editing, camera work, and film editing were excellent.

I give it a 0/10 for the writing, 3/10 for the acting, but 8+/10 for all the technical stuff

Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
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