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Posted by Unregistered User Henrietta Sloth at 21:16, 8th May |
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HalfCut Film Night
I've just watched the first film at Halfcut and walked out it was utter gash. What the hell has happened to film making at St. Andrews.?!??! Look how the mighty have fallen! |
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Posted by warlike lover at 13:49, 9th May |
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What about the other films? One bad apple does not a bad film collective make. |
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Posted by JM at 14:00, 9th May |
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The first one or two weren't amazing in comparison to the rest but it did get better and some were pretty good.
"Life can be full of many problems"; this can be translated into "tormenting you is how the big man gets his jollies" |
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Posted by garnet at 16:17, 9th May |
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I do think last year's was better however i quite enjoyed it. There were pretentious ones (but what do you expect from students  )and a few that were moderate, but I wouldn't have walked out as most films had a different style and different people working on them. I agree the first one was quite bad, but then i noticed last year they did tend to save the best ones for near the end. I think my favourite was the atheism spray. I hope next year I can get around to making a film, and if I do i'll try and film it outside St Andrews.
so alive, so full of fire and music! Edited: 2008-05-09 16:18:39 by User, 2008-05-09 16:21:07 by User, 2008-05-09 16:22:09 by User |
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Posted by Paul Carey at 16:31, 9th May |
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Quoting garnet from 16:17, 9th May 2008I think my favourite was the atheism spray.
Heh, yes. I thought Mr Scott's spoof advert inserts were quite good. The atheism spray one could have gone either way, the audience could have gone with it, which is what i think they did, or reared up. Especially when the twin towers picture popped up 
Paul Carey
NPH Cinema, St Andrews
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Posted by FURY-161 at 18:08, 9th May |
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Edited: 2008-05-09 22:52:37 by User |
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Posted by garnet at 14:02, 10th May |
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I didn't get that one, the camera work was quite nice but was there suppose to be a story line? Also I'm interested in the different production companies that made the films, are they funded different or is it just the people working on them wanted them to be their own project and not come under Rogue Productions?
so alive, so full of fire and music!
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Posted by Haunted at 14:50, 10th May |
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That atheism spray is an almost line by line plagiarism of an old spitting image sketch. Right down to the shroud of turin gag.
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Posted by FURY-161 at 15:48, 10th May |
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Quoting garnet from 14:02, 10th May 2008I didn't get that one, the camera work was quite nice but was there suppose to be a story line? Well, it's the usual boy-meets-girl yarn, told in an unneccesarily abstract (pretentious?) manner. At the heart of it, I wanted to do something that was chiefly visual, and had recently done (and continue to do) a lot of scuba diving. If it comes across as something that normally ends up in the chillout room of some wanky bo-ho club, well fair enough. Also I'm interested in the different production companies that made the films, are they funded different or is it just the people working on them wanted them to be their own project and not come under Rogue Productions?
Pretty much every film (with a few exceptions) was funded at least in part by Rogue Productions (themselves partly bankrolled by Mermaids), and as such have the rogue name attached. If they didn't, then it was either financed independantly, or they were being a bit rude - rogue also sorts out the showings of the films. The actual production companies (in my case, Fiorina) are usually little more than personal signifiers for the individuals or groups that actually made the films. It's like heraldry. Or vanity plates.
Quoting Haunted from 14:50, 10th May 2008
That atheism spray is an almost line by line plagiarism of an old spitting image sketch.
Right down to the shroud of turin gag. I'm going to have to plead ignorance on that part. I was a bit young for spitting image when it was on, and haven't seen it since it left the box. I am interested though - is the sketch on youtube or thereabouts? I will admit to being heavily influenced by this skit from Peter Serafinowicz:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=--dmLwKs_Ww
Make of it what you will.
FURY-161
"Anything to feel weightless again"
Edited: 2008-05-10 15:50:02 by User, 2008-05-10 15:58:44 by User |
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Posted by Haunted at 16:04, 10th May |
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This was a link to the video, I last saw it a few months ago but it has since been removed. I cannot find it anywhere. http://youtube.com/watch?v=FkIU-4S4Nh0The pope (a recurring character) pulls out a cloth from the washing machine with the shroud of turin gag identical and then introduces his new detergent (a subtle difference I grant) to get rid of fundamentalism. One of your contributing writers must have at least seen it subliminally for such an exact overlap to occur.
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Posted by James01 at 11:45, 11th May |
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Quoting Henrietta Sloth from 21:16, 8th May 2008I've just watched the first film at Halfcut and walked out it was utter gash. What the hell has happened to film making at St. Andrews.?!??! Look how the mighty have fallen! I can't believe that someone would leave after one film! At least have the respect for the filmmakers to sit through the whole event before commenting! The Brother (the first film I assume you're referring to?) had some technical issues but it was a bloody good attempt at a first film. Some of the films at Halfcut where bloody excellent, the adverts, 200 Bar and all the films Naysun was in/directed spring to mind?
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Posted by Paul Carey at 12:50, 11th May |
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My only bit of advice which I would pass on to any of the filmmakers or even potential filmmakers is please, please, please spend a bit of time on post production. This doesn't just mean editing, have a think about your soundtrack and perhaps do a bit of sound mixing for levels. If your feeling very brave, perhaps even doing some ADR for those scenes where you can't hear the dialog for wind!!
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Posted by Dave the Explosive Newt at 13:24, 11th May |
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Look at John Freedlund's eyebrow just acting everyone else off the screen - class. I'd agree with the comment above that they put the good stuff on at the end last year - some of the earlier ones were so bad people were laughing at them.
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Posted by treehugger at 15:45, 11th May |
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We made the western movie for halfcut, we worked real hard on it (including scoring the thing ourselves) what did everyone think of it? I feel like a part of the reason some movies got taken better than others was where they were in the festival. At the beginning I'd just come from the bar and was definitely more ready to laugh at rather than engage something. I think towards the end the atmosphere in the room had definately calmed down a little. Given the resources with which they were made, I think all the films this year were at least commendable, and some were absolutely excellent.
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Posted by James01 at 15:57, 11th May |
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Quoting treehugger from 15:45, 11th May 2008We made the western movie for halfcut, we worked real hard on it (including scoring the thing ourselves) what did everyone think of it? I feel like a part of the reason some movies got taken better than others was where they were in the festival. At the beginning I'd just come from the bar and was definitely more ready to laugh at rather than engage something. I think towards the end the atmosphere in the room had definately calmed down a little. Given the resources with which they were made, I think all the films this year were at least commendable, and some were absolutely excellent. I enjoyed the Western mate! Loved all the classic angles! Looked like a Sergio Leone film. Any comments about The Unreliable Student? I personally think it was technically a lot better than Natural Selection last year.
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Posted by garnet at 17:17, 11th May |
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i have such a rubbish memory, what was natural selection? I quite liked the unreliable student, it was done well despite having a cliche storyline and the music was good. I did like the western, it was shot well. I think i just missed a few lines because of the wind. The last two years I was sure that the place was practically sold out, but this year seemed quieter.
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Posted by James01 at 17:28, 11th May |
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Quoting garnet from 17:17, 11th May 2008i have such a rubbish memory, what was natural selection? I quite liked the unreliable student, it was done well despite having a cliche storyline and the music was good.
Natural Selection was the one based on the Ian Rankin short story. It was 4 guys talking in a bar then the fight scene at the end? You thought that the unreliable student had a cliche story?
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Posted by garnet at 20:05, 11th May |
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Quoting James01 from 17:28, 11th May 2008Quoting garnet from 17:17, 11th May 2008i have such a rubbish memory, what was natural selection? I quite liked the unreliable student, it was done well despite having a cliche storyline and the music was good.
Natural Selection was the one based on the Ian Rankin short story. It was 4 guys talking in a bar then the fight scene at the end? You thought that the unreliable student had a cliche story? Hmm maybe not cliche actually, just not as original as some of the others. Especially the ending where you think the guy's died but he actually hasn't - the ending of 1 in 4 american films
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