Limes with Orange

First of all, I thought On The Lot this week was going to be Horror Week. The first week was comedy, so why are we back to that genre already? And why are the groups doing different genres? Did the group going this week get a head start or is the group going next week going to have the advantage of having extra time to think about their ideas? I'd really like a better understanding of their plan for this show. (Probably just because I would actually like to be a contestant... and I have to say, after doing the Herland workshop this February, I'm not at all intimidated by the thought of doing a two-minute film in 5 days. That's completely do-able. Especially with a professional crew!)

Second of all, I think the voters got it right this week. (Sorry, Jessica.) And I think the reason that voting was up 37% from the week before is that America knows they got it wrong the previous week when Marty Martin got sent home.

Guest judge: Mark Waters (I think he did a great job with Freaky Friday!)

Now on to the films. My least favourites were Hilary Weisman Graham and Adam Stein... which is a shame because I've enjoyed Adam's work in the past, but neither film did anything for me. Will Bigham's film "Nerve Endings" was funny until it got to the crazy dancing bit and lost whatever subtlety it might have had. But I think Mark Waters did a disservice to this film with his comments... I just don't think he gets black comedy.

I really enjoyed Shalini Kantayya's "Doctor-in-Law." It was very chuckle-worthy, especially given the fact that she claimed to be out of her element in comedy. Shalini, my dear, you can absolutely do comedy.

But the best film of the night? Zach Lipovsky's "Die Hardly Working" (video embedded below). I would say "What a surprise" in a sarcastic tone, except that it WAS a surprise... there were no special effects!!! Well, no visible special effects that is. It was all done with sound effects and camera angles. Very clever and hilariously funny. And I just realized that Zach's Canadian! Go win this thing you crazy Canuck!

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