Congratulations to everyone really. I think everyone did a fine job in their work. All the films were clever and entertaining. Also, thanks to the people who gave their honest opinion.
Congratulations to everyone really. I think everyone did a fine job in their work. All the films were clever and entertaining. Also, thanks to the people who gave their honest opinion.
Also, what issues did you have with the story?
If this was directed at me - I'll try to work up some more detailed notes and send them via private message later this week.
1 - It felt a bit too bright to me (but that may just be an aesthetic that I like).
2 - The shutter speed seemed a bit fast making all the motion choppy like the gladiatorial scenes in "gladiator", it was slightly odd, but may have lent to the overall effect.
3 - I can see why this took a while… although the shooting wouldn't necessarily have taken all that long, there was a lot of care taken in the edit.
4 - A longer loop of the baby cries would have been less noticeable and helped sell the viewers connection to the doll as a representative. There were a coupled of hard cuts in the audio track as well as the music that can be messaged to disappear (look to the waveforms).
5 - Creepiness (5) - Does this dial go to 11? I had already marked this as creepy until the statistics started rolling at the end! It actually went right past creepy after the first shot and skyrocketed into disturbing once we got to the woods. You should seek professional help
I was shooting for "Holy sh!t!", but "Holy cr@p!" will do quite fine.Holy crap! Ray, that was truly horrifying... in a good way, of course. Well done.
Sweetie, don't.ray, I think I'm too a-scared to watch your movie
Thank you, sir.Dang ray... creepy wins it. man.
Like the stats at the end too. Creepy with a purpose.
"I had already marked this as creepy until the statistics started rolling at the end!"
Did the statistics take away from what I had created up until then or something else?
I'm not clear on the whole statement.
I wanted to just painfully drag this down from sicko "entertainment" to horrifying reality.
Thank you.Clarifying: it went waaay past creepy... The stats made it real, the lack of a face or voice in the entire film made it much worse as it could have been anyone, my neighbor, postman, whatever.
Thank you.I liked it Ray, very disturbing as everyone says. Weakest area for me was the stats, something about they way they were phrased and the graphics/background made it not as coherent as it could have been. Also, I think a single passage of stats would be better, it started to feel like too much reading.
my 2 centavos.
Holy! Shit! rayw, that was incredibly effective. For much of the duration of the video, I was worried about the state-of-mind of the filmmaker. It wasn't until I realized that you were pushing the boundaries as a method of raising awareness that I finally got it -- you meant to shock the crap out of us, so that we'd listen to these harrowing statistics. I'll agree with a previous commenter, though -- the statistics should be more concise. And, actually, the entire video could be cut more tightly. But yikes, you scared the bejeesus out of me.
I'm also looking forward to see what Harpsichord does, as well.Checking out the statistics (looking at the same report you did), the 40% of stereotypical kidnappings where the child was killed (46 children) is not nearly as chilling as the 46% of children sexually abused in non-family abductions (26,772 children) of which 38% were family friends or long term acquaintances (48% by strangers, slight acquaintances or "someone else"). What a world. :-(