
Romance
2020
Not The Guy I Remember
A teen girl was recently kidnapped by her jealous high school sweetheart in fear of breaking up. Unaware at the time, she went to the park with him the next day. She suddenly became suspicious of an object in his possession. What were the objects? Will she get justice? What will happen next? Watch to find out.
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Setups and Payoffs
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Hitchcock loved a good kidnapping! I liked the shot in the back of the car as they drove away. There could have been a fair bit of setup in the opening of the film to help audiences understand what's going on. Remember, one of the main rules of film is the audience only knows what you show them. This same rule applies to the stuff in the backpack. We didn't really see what clothes exactly or a particular car key. I liked your lead actor, she was pretty convincing.
It's All in the Details
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Great concept. I very much like that you chose to shoot at night. It really allows you to play with lights and darks though take the steps to have it help you. Had you just used a practical light here and there it would have made all the difference in the world. Good choice of music in the beginning. You really set your tone for the film. Nice ADR attempt. In the future I would advise you to slow down and really plan your shots, rehearse with your actors and pay attention to the details.
Lighting & Coverage
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I only have limited space so I'll focus on two notes: Nice opening but it's too dark. Great idea and music. Shooting at night is perfect, you have so much control but you have to put in the extra effort in lighting it to tell your story. Next time really make the effort there and you will see a huge difference in your storytelling. The abduction: you only shot one angle. More coverage here would allow you to build such better tension which would bring your film up so many levels. Keep working.
More Story Needed
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You have a seed of an idea here. You just needed to develop the script quite a bit further to add some depth here. A couple questions I'd ask myself: What's he wanting? Why is he kidnapping her? What's the relationship between the two of them? Where was she coming from? Where is she going? As you start to answer questions like these then your plot will get thicker and thicker. Right now it's quite thin: Guy kidnaps girl, girl escapes, girl figures out who it is.
Not too bad!
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I like this film! I think the sounds were a touch too loud, and the beginning was too dark to see what was happening. Try building to the excitement instead of starting straight away with a high tension scene. Not bad overall!
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