So, about a year and a half ago, I made this short film. I submitted it to a bunch of film festivals, and it got rejected everywhere I sent it. It's ridiculously long -- just about half an hour, which really makes it too long for a short, and too short to be a feature. Plus, I think my reach really did exceed my grasp; I had pretty much no budget at all, so this particular heist movie was a bit over-ambitious (putting it mildly). I should have just made a film with two people talking, especially since I wanted this to play in a few festivals and be a "calling card" of sorts. Oh well.
So here you go. It's not the best film ever, but if you have a half an hour to kill, I can think of worse ways to spend it. It'll probably end up being the the last film I ever make.
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I think the biggest gripe I'd have with it is the length. It may behoove you to consider using an editor outside of yourself. I cut a rough assembly of my movie, then handed it off to an editor. My rough assembly was just at two hours and ten minutes. The final cut is now just under 90 mintues.
I think all heist movies should have actors with Canadian accents. I think you did an excellent job, hombre. Keep at it!
By the way, what did you shoot this with?
And yeah, the steadicam shot did turn out pretty nice (and that's actually one of the only things I actually paid for, outside of food and various little things like props). I've always been a really big fan of long steadicam shots, so if this really is my last film I'm glad I got to do that.
As for the length -- it definitely is way too long. I probably should have let someone else have a crack at it. The original cut was 37 minutes though, so I did manage to cut some stuff out.
Anyway, thanks for the comments. When do we get to see your film?
Dodging them kept exterior production running at a snail's pace, and at times scenes that should've taken two hours to complete turned out to be up to five hours or so, because we constantly had to hide the cameras and equipment when the rangers or police came around. And those scenes turned out to be some of the ones I dislike the most about my flick.
You'll never see my film! Bwahawhaw! No, it's still in sound mix. Has been for a long, long time. Once it's out, I still have to get it color timed and converted to progressive 24 HDCAM tape, etc. etc.
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