More - a short test film
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Submitted: 11 years ago
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The second short film I premiered along with Batman: Man in Tights part 2 on Monday. It is a short improv piece I made when I was bored.
Note: the person's views do not necessarily reflect my own views.
Basically, the whole piece was improv'd. I made it up as I went along, then made up a dialogue to go with it, which was improv'd while I was recording too lol. Just an experiment to see what I could come up with when I was under pressure to perform on the spot. I'm fairly happy with the result with that in mind.
Basically it's a psychological study on an average human. I took the persona of just a random person, no-one in particular, and tried to relay his thoughts on the world around him. It shows to me that he does not even realise that he has a basic human greed, a hunger for more. He speculates about the world, how it is unpredictable, about its wide expanse, yet at the end he still craves for more, even though he is little more than a speck compared to what we already have.
Like I say, it was done on the spur of the moment and ideally I would have changed bits, made the message clearer, but this was just a test to see what I could do when put under pressure like that with no time to plan things out.
Music by Yann Tiersen
Any thoughts much appreciated :)
«I ain't never seen this before.One of my new faves! Well done sound and visuals to an adlib.
Maybe the problem was that he was a Brit in the USA (doh!)
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«Beautifully made, beautifully voiced, and with a great piece of music by Yann Tiersen. Love the message conveyed here. That fact that you improvised all this is highly impressive!»
«This is another example of why people are hailing you as the rising star of the new generation of filmmakers here on TMU. A masterful mix of entertainment and substance. »
«Nice one. Need "more" like it. (OK, I'm drained after that terrible 'clone' joke earlier...)»
« Man, i really enjoy how your films adapts to my interest, and view of cinema. Audio and visual form. (this time, Yann Tiersen track :p). The short was nice directed, and the story is intelligent, but, maybe was the effect of the voice, or something that is absent, like a feeling...makes the short worse than perfect xD. 4 stars.»
«MORE, please.
Mac, I have to say you are a a highly creative, talented movie maker, and I am so proud that you are my son. Uh.... wait a minute. I wasn't suppose to say that was I? Geeez.. your mom will be pissed.
K4»
«Another nice little short. Good work!»
«nice macca strikes again. awwwww»
«Good stuff.
Nice adlib on the fly
Just goes to show your depth.
More.»
«WOW! Very deep,but well done.Love the voice and soundtrack.»
«Nice work again.
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I want More..
«I liked the echo on the voice, although the voice tended towards bollocks at times
I know, it was improv so I'll forgive you.
I know you'll hate me for this, but my favourite part was the portentous narration of "researching technology" while the guy beat the shite out of the craft with a hammer. That's supposed to be an engineer's secret.»
«Very interesting little short here, macwemyss, I enjoyed this one. Your great voice acting, along with the good writing and fitting music makes this an exceptionally moody piece. Nice work.»