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watch SHORT: No Place to Be

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No Place to Be SHORT SYNOPSIS: Young Sam struggles through the issues of credit and accompanying debt. As his debt builds, friends and family try valiantly to help him, but to no avail. Too late, he calls for help, but the 'debt collector' seizes him and Sam's only option is to seek financial help.

I made this film in September last year but I've only just thought to post it on here. I won an award for it where I live and was interviewed on the radio.

I'll post the film and the trailer here and it would be great if I could get feedback on improvements for either film making or trailer making. Thanks!

Link to film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7gJ0YWZqI

Link to film trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb1I2AhOmHU

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CAST AND CREW

By Brendan Cherry
http://www.facebook.com/MileCreations
http://twitter.com/#!/MileCreations
© Copyright Mile Creations 2011

Music
Andrew Gerlicher
http://www.youtube.com/user/ForgeTrackAudio1024

Actors
Caleb Maxwell
Steve Gleeson
Gaelle Broad
David Chalmers
Aaron McPhan
Ashley Baxter

Film Soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1uF...xt=C38c329aUDOEgsToPDskKoeWviW_kscrkKQyvm8GMK

thanks, Brendan Cherry | Mile Creations
 
Trailer/teaser's pretty misleading. Didn't like it.

The film itself is pretty good. It quickly becomes evident that it's a guidance piece, but even so it's put together really well. It gets a little abstract when the masked dude nicks him, but it goes with the flow. It's actually a really important message that needs to get out.

Why did you make it, btw? I thought it might have been a personal project at first, but with the help agencies listed at the end I'm not so sure.

The only thing in the flick that actually bugged me was the shallow DOF on the letter readings. 3:36 for one example. So shallow that there's only a few inches of legible type on the paper. Heh, second short film in a row I've watched tonight with that. DOF can be nice, but it has a place.
 
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Thanks for your feedback!

Just wondering with the trailer, if the actually film was different would you have liked it better, or did you think it was pretty bad stand alone?

It was for a local film competition for young people regarding debt which I ended up winning, but I had to put in specific information, such as those agencies.

I don't usually use a shallow DOF like I did in this film, however the film was looking to be too long and there were many parts I had to sacrifice or shorten. The letter scene was shortened, which made it difficult to read, so I just digitally blurred the other writing, hopefully so that your attention was drawn to the important words.

Thanks again for your advice, any more film making tips are greatly appreciated.
 
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MileCreations said:
Just wondering with the trailer, if the actually film was different would you have liked it better, or did you think it was pretty bad stand alone?
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It's not badly put together. It's just not an accurate representation of the film.

You made an action movie trailer. Your film is not. :)

I just digitally blurred the other writing
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Heh, no wonder the DoF looked so crazy. :lol:


At any rate, you did a great job on it overall. What's next? :cool:
 
Makes sense about the whole drama, not action thing

Zensteve said:
What's next? :cool:
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I've just completed another film which I entered into Australian Tropfest. I didn't make it to short listing, so I'll enter it into a bunch of smaller festivals. Any suggestions for cheap, potentially internationally and supporting students festivals you know of?

I think you've seen it but the trailer for that film is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATGF-Xa22wc

.........And right now, pre-production for my final year 12 film
 
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How did the guy get out of debt at the end? That should have been made clear. Did he pay his debts and live within his means going forward? Did he default on his debt and leave his creditors and their families to eat the loss?

You portrayed a good image of debt slavery, but you left the means of breaking the chains a mystery. I guess if it was a commercial for the guys on the sheet of paper, that's ok.

All that said, I think this was pretty darn well done!
 
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Powerkicker said:
How did the guy get out of debt at the end?
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It's meant to just say to seek help. That's why he got let out of the room. He still had the debt, but he could now see a way out of it from the help that was given to him by whoever was on the phone.

At the premiere of the film, the actor who had lost his who had lost video game near the beginning of the film reminded the main actor that he still hadn't given back his game, which was rather funny. I probably should have started the next scene after the current tending with him giving back the game or something.

The trapped room was originaly meant to be a barren land in all directions and the final shot was him finally turning around to see a city in the distance, after he had called the number. Its a good point though. Given more time I might have added in a sorta epilogue bit. Though the guidelines for the competition wanted it to be around 5 minutes, so I was already risking a little.

Thanks for the advice :)
 
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