Not bad.
Your a good film maker but this would be better suited to you tube. I still really enjoyed it though.
Reviews for "Not Of This World!"
Not bad
It kinda gives me the feeling i'm watching a 1930's movie about aliens and stuff. It's actually really creepy :p.
Nothing really good about this...
Well first of all, I have to say something everyone already knows:
This would've been better on Youtube. The menu is a nice touch, but it's completely useless. The extras and photos are really uniteresting, so this would've worked better without them as Youtube-video. 12.1 MB is pretty much for a flash-movie.
The film itself was just plain bad. The whole plot seemed really immature and it was hard to follow it. I'm not even sure if I understood what was going on. It was also waaaay too short. Didn't like it one bit.
I also didn't understand why the quality was so bad. I know it was intentional, but why? If you were trying to get that old sci-fi movie-feeling, you shouldn't have used such modern camera-angles and shot so many short takes. Not really retro, in my opinion.
All the props were pretty simple and looked too cheap. They seemed pretty "household" to me. You didn't really manage to achieve any retro-futuristic atmosphere with them.
You also should've picked a better location to shoot this film. The background seemed out of place and it was a bit too bright for this kind of movie.
The music was really unappealing. It was repetitive and actually sounded quite annoying.
However, the intro was really well made, so I'll give you 3 for that.
AlmightyHans responds:
I agree that narratively speaking it wasn't the perfect story, honestly I was just going for a cheesey little story to experiment with the Super 8 camera for the first time and make something retro looking while I'm at it.
If I were to use the traditional camera angels, I would have needed a set. Because these cameras don't pick up light so well, for the Shots they filmed back in those days, sets were built to have controlled light. They also had more than one day to film. I only had one, and was racing against the sun. So I had to shoot quickly and still keep it interesting.
The props were cheap and house hold looking, because they were.
Also, it's a short movie because it's really expensive to buy and develop super 8 film. And there are only 2 places in all of the U.S. that develop super 8.
I appreciate your response, and just decided to give you some feedback on your points.
some personal advice; don't act like you know what you're talking about. you might run into someone who picks up on your bull shit.
Nice way of experimentation
This is really good, it could be used in flashes in segments if you want incorporate into into actual flash animations you know a sci-fi thriller lol. This can come in a good way, keep up the good work.
Awesome! but...
I give you only 9:
Movie itself - 10/10
Animation - 4/10
Extras and photos - 10/10
Control buttons - 1/10
Music - 10/10
Idea - 10/10
Score - 9 - Well Done!
But i think it most fittable for youtube)
You made a really good work, having really good filmmakering skills )
Keep it up! This subbmition made my day )