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Post by Dave on Jun 4, 2013 16:15:24 GMT
After a successful year of festival showings, our little short film "THROWN" was released online today. Check out the bottom of this poster to check out where we managed to get it screened.... ... you may have noticed from that poster that it's award-winning too! Well done Ryd! It's the first major idea I've written really, and even though as you write something you see it all in your mind's eye, after I saw what Ryd had filmed it was so great I couldn't even remember what the version in my head looked like any more! So, head on over to Ryd's website and give it a watch.. please! You'll want to go full-screen and HD for max quality! It's here: bit.ly/18NrPjs (we're using a bit.ly link to keep traack of hits). If you're on Twitter or Facebook and you enjoy the film, it would be great if you could spread it about a bit. On Twitter we're using the hashtag #THROWNFILM Hope you enjoy it, and give us your thoughts and feedback.... we're always willing to learn!
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Post by RydCook on Jun 4, 2013 16:38:06 GMT
Thanks Dave! Since this film wouldn't exist without this forum, I'd really appreciate if all you guys could watch & share the film!
Like Dave says, absolutely any feedback is welcome, its all useful!
BIG LOVE TO ALL THE MEADOWS MANIACS!
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Post by jill on Jun 5, 2013 20:03:51 GMT
Hey both, that was lovely. Looked nice, perfectly pitched dialogue-just enough-and great little story that struck just the right balance-kind of sad, but uplifting. Really liked it. Hope it does well
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Post by Salvador on Sept 27, 2013 9:04:47 GMT
Great film and I was delighted to see the new one at Bootleg. Buccanearly...!
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Post by RydCook on Nov 1, 2013 20:09:02 GMT
Hey both, that was lovely. Looked nice, perfectly pitched dialogue-just enough-and great little story that struck just the right balance-kind of sad, but uplifting. Really liked it. Hope it does well Hi Jill, sorry it's taken me so long to reply to this! Your review is really nice to read Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. Will post our latest film BUCCANEARLY! now!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 20:39:28 GMT
Really beautiful film guys. Dave, you handle dialogue really nicely. The talking between the two actors never felt staged or scripted, which a lot of short films, or just films made by people fairly new to it often suffer from. Instead it felt natural, as though the camera had just crept in on these two guys. They became real people.
We're not given much to go on, background wise, but I really got a sense of who these two guys were. Marcus seems like a very optimistic guy, taking lots of pleasure from the simplest things in life, which ultimately makes him the right guy to have around as a friend when you need help letting go of something dear to you as Ray does here. And Ray's character too has a lot of sensitivity, although he is a lot less patient than his friend. How much of this was on the page and how much of it was brought out by the actors, and Ryd's direction, I don't know. But either way, the result was achieved wonderfully!
I loved the cinematography. Beautifully composed frames, with some nice long takes instead of loads of annoying cuts for the sake of it, creating a thoughtful atmosphere that ties in well to the emotions of Ray's character.
Excellent choice of music at the end. Left me feeling as though some kind of rebirth was on the horizon. Like in life, some things seem impossible to let go of, but once we find the courage to do so it gives us a renewed sense of freedom.
Loved the end credits. People don't really take the time and effort to do something a little different, and unique to the film, with the end credits on short films. But they can really feed into the character of the film. They're almost like a signature. Good job guys!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 20:49:31 GMT
P.S. Ryd, what did you shoot this on? I'm guessing a DSLR of some kind. Did you use any filters of do some kind of colour grading in post? It looks really nice. I shoot on a Canon 60d and people always tell me that what I've shot look amazing, but I often feel that I'm not getting as good as I should for some reason when I look at other people's films shot on similar cameras. I don't know if it's just because I'm too close to the stuff I've shot myself, and therefore find it harder to make any kind of objective judgement, but I like the look you created for this film so was just wondering exactly what it was you did to achieve it.
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Post by Dave on Nov 17, 2013 23:00:58 GMT
Thanks for the in-depth thoughts on the film!
I like to think that I wrote some reasonably natural sounding dialogue, but there's no doubting that Ryd's rehearsals and work-shopping with the actors improved it no end. There's some improvising in there too, but improvising that arose at the rehearsal stage... which it turns out is what many people mean when they talk about improvised dialogue.
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Post by RydCook on Nov 29, 2013 23:10:33 GMT
Really beautiful film guys. Dave, you handle dialogue really nicely. The talking between the two actors never felt staged or scripted, which a lot of short films, or just films made by people fairly new to it often suffer from. Instead it felt natural, as though the camera had just crept in on these two guys. They became real people. We're not given much to go on, background wise, but I really got a sense of who these two guys were. Marcus seems like a very optimistic guy, taking lots of pleasure from the simplest things in life, which ultimately makes him the right guy to have around as a friend when you need help letting go of something dear to you as Ray does here. And Ray's character too has a lot of sensitivity, although he is a lot less patient than his friend. How much of this was on the page and how much of it was brought out by the actors, and Ryd's direction, I don't know. But either way, the result was achieved wonderfully! I loved the cinematography. Beautifully composed frames, with some nice long takes instead of loads of annoying cuts for the sake of it, creating a thoughtful atmosphere that ties in well to the emotions of Ray's character. Excellent choice of music at the end. Left me feeling as though some kind of rebirth was on the horizon. Like in life, some things seem impossible to let go of, but once we find the courage to do so it gives us a renewed sense of freedom. Loved the end credits. People don't really take the time and effort to do something a little different, and unique to the film, with the end credits on short films. But they can really feed into the character of the film. They're almost like a signature. Good job guys! Thanks for the review bryan, makes for a good read! I'm really pleased you found the performances naturalistic. Am always trying to achieve this. As Dave says, its all in the rehearsals and improv in those rehearsals, and the actors knowing their characters of course. Good casting goes a long way as well. I think the actors brought a lot to the characters, but it was based on stuff from the page, and then they added their own stuff in. We had a lot of discussions about their characters. I also made sure we had lots of meet ups, including going bowling so these guys could become actual friends in real life. They still are! Cinematography; all credit is due to the camera people and cinematographer. I left them to a lot of it and advised here and there. The music was composed for the film, will pass on your positive feedback to the composer! Glad you liked the credits too.. my dad hand wrote those! I love his handwriting. My friend Melissa Castrillon did the illustrations, i love her style too. Check out her work here: www.melissacastrillon.co.uk/Huge thanks once again for watching, and for taking the time for this lovely review. Really appreciate it!
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Post by RydCook on Nov 29, 2013 23:15:51 GMT
P.S. Ryd, what did you shoot this on? I'm guessing a DSLR of some kind. Did you use any filters of do some kind of colour grading in post? It looks really nice. I shoot on a Canon 60d and people always tell me that what I've shot look amazing, but I often feel that I'm not getting as good as I should for some reason when I look at other people's films shot on similar cameras. I don't know if it's just because I'm too close to the stuff I've shot myself, and therefore find it harder to make any kind of objective judgement, but I like the look you created for this film so was just wondering exactly what it was you did to achieve it. It was around the time when DSLRs were only just starting to be used to make films. We shot on a 7d and a 5d. No filters that I'm aware of. I graded the whole thing in FCP. I didn't really have any idea what I was doing, but a lot people people say the grade is good.. thanks! I guess I lucked out somehow. I think your experience is to do with lenses &/or colour grading. The quality of your image can really depend on the lens. A cheaper zoom lens won't look all that, but a nice prime lens will make a huge difference. This was shot on a kit zoom lens: And this was shot on a lovely prime lens: Huge difference, same camera! These were shot on a 550d by the way.
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Post by Nicola Worswick on Feb 12, 2018 0:05:22 GMT
Enjoyed your film thank you for sharing
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