A Waltz in the Doldrums
Duration: 14min 57sec
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Submitted: 11 years ago
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Meet Harold Blatch, a lonely guy who lacks the communicative skills needed to deal with society.His brother Sylvester is sarcastic and domineering. In his spare time, Harold does weird hobbies to make up for his deficiencies. One day when his frustrated and bored psychologist gives him the task of giving friendly gestures to ten different strangers and get their signatures, Harold eagerly embarks on this task, unaware of the strange events to come.
Hello, guys! This is the short film I made from the "Directing Intensive" film class I took over at USC. I hope you enjoy! Credits are in the film.
«That was quite a funny, quirky film.»
«I can't wait until I watch your debut film in the theaters. Seriously, this stuff is superb and I'm sure you are gonna make it big in the future.»
«Superb film, acting was really good, scripting and dialogue superb and good fun!»
«A brilliant and charming comedy that had me smiling all the way through. Your characters were superb. Each was brilliantly acted and had some great dialogue which really helped give them a sort of presence on-screen. The great thing about the dialogue is that it seems so natural and so realistic, and the audience can instantly relate to the characters and liken them to "characters" they know or have met in real life. The music was brilliant as always Robert, very quirky and upbeat, perfectly capturing the surrealistic mood of this comedy. I love the fact that you got out and filmed this yourself. I can honestly see a future in this for you, on the evidence of both this and your live action version of the Tell-Tale Heart. You have serious skills as a director, screenwriter and musician
It seemed to go by so quickly for me. See if this was eventually produced as a feature length film in cinemas? I'd go and see it without a second thought. It was that kind of standard.
Well usually at this point I'd point out something I think could be improved but honestly, I cannot think of a single thing right now, other than the fact that I wish it was longer
Overall, I felt this was an outstanding and quirky little film worthy of the very highest acclaim, and I will most definitely be remembering this for Best Live Action Film for next years Ollies, because this has to be the best live action flick I've seen by one of our members. Congrats on a fantastic film and here's hoping for more like it
***** - 5 stars»
«Yea!
Very sweet, touching, and funny little live-action flick. Well shot, well acted, well produced.
It's always strange when I find myself "Proud" of a stranger, but Timothy... I am very proud of you - not just for this work itself, but for the fact that you got up, got out, and SHOT SOMETHING.
Can't wait until you do it again.
Bravo!
A_N_D»
«Just fantastic and very well done. Quirky without being over the top, sweet and charming, well shot and well acted, this just proves to me that your gunna really shine the more you do.
This is a great example of how to do a short, keep it simple and make sure you can use the wrold around you. Really blown away TR3, just awesome stuff here.
Bravo»
«Wonderful. Just wonderful.
and cheering (seeing the number).
It was quirky, whimsical, and very engaging.
As usual with your stuff, I smiled throughout and laughed out loud a few times.
This one had me shouting at at the TV ("ask her out!"
Loved it, it's a keeper.»
«Fantastic movie! I enjoyed this a lot! Great story which was told perfectly! I thought the characters were great and it was shot very professionally! Great work!!! Worthy of the full 5 stars!»
«I loved it, TR3, I really loved the acting, the script, the directing and the camerawork! Brilliantly done! I expecially like the guy who played Harold, he was phenomenal!»
«Really good stuff TR! It had your usual quirkiness to it, loved the script, and the acting was great, too. My favorite part was the montage of Harold trying to get signatures. Nice work!»
«All this in only 6 weeks! :o
I like it very much, TR3 - from the story to the music, the acting was very good, and the camera work!
Watching it makes me feel you had a lot of fun during those 6 weeks, and learned a lot!»