6.19.2007
Back to the Lot
Just finished watching this week's episode of On The Lot. First of all, I'm glad that they put the poor departing filmmaker out of his misery at the beginning of the show this time. But Marty?! Are you fracking kidding me?! But I'll save that rant for another post; this one's about tonight's show.
Guest judge: Wes Craven!!!! I guess I don't typically cite him as one of my directorial influences, but he really is. So I was very excited to see him on the show.
The films: a strong group tonight… mostly. So I'm going to do a mini review of each, from my least favourite to my favourite.
5. The Orchard (Jessica) – The concept was intriguing; it was clever and had potential. The execution, however, did nothing for me. Absolutely nothing. If she doesn't go home next week, then something is wrong with the voting public.
4. Lost (Mateen) – This was a nice film, well-written, well-acted, but it didn't really grab me. Maybe because it was so dialogue heavy. Film is a visual medium and the visuals didn't make much of an impression on me.
3. Glass Eye (Will) – This was pretty cute. Of course, it used one of my favourite techniques of combining black & white with colour. Unfortunately, I felt nothing for the main character. The dog, yes. The man, not so much.
2. Blood Born (Jason) – I loved the concept. The style was slick. The ending had a nice irony. My only criticism would be that the main character wasn't proactive at all. He simply reacted. Otherwise, I thought it was great.
1. Sunshine Girl (Zach) – Granted, I wouldn't have understood the film as well as I needed to if Zach hadn't explained beforehand that the little girl was afraid of the dark. But aside from that, I thought it was excellent. Sweet and clever and surprising, with the main character even managing to show growth in such a short period of time. (And having directed a little girl myself, kudos to Zach in his casting and directing of his sunshine girl.)
So it looks like I agree with the judges this week. Hmm… should I be worried?
Guest judge: Wes Craven!!!! I guess I don't typically cite him as one of my directorial influences, but he really is. So I was very excited to see him on the show.
The films: a strong group tonight… mostly. So I'm going to do a mini review of each, from my least favourite to my favourite.
5. The Orchard (Jessica) – The concept was intriguing; it was clever and had potential. The execution, however, did nothing for me. Absolutely nothing. If she doesn't go home next week, then something is wrong with the voting public.
4. Lost (Mateen) – This was a nice film, well-written, well-acted, but it didn't really grab me. Maybe because it was so dialogue heavy. Film is a visual medium and the visuals didn't make much of an impression on me.
3. Glass Eye (Will) – This was pretty cute. Of course, it used one of my favourite techniques of combining black & white with colour. Unfortunately, I felt nothing for the main character. The dog, yes. The man, not so much.
2. Blood Born (Jason) – I loved the concept. The style was slick. The ending had a nice irony. My only criticism would be that the main character wasn't proactive at all. He simply reacted. Otherwise, I thought it was great.
1. Sunshine Girl (Zach) – Granted, I wouldn't have understood the film as well as I needed to if Zach hadn't explained beforehand that the little girl was afraid of the dark. But aside from that, I thought it was excellent. Sweet and clever and surprising, with the main character even managing to show growth in such a short period of time. (And having directed a little girl myself, kudos to Zach in his casting and directing of his sunshine girl.)
So it looks like I agree with the judges this week. Hmm… should I be worried?
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