Ian & Dominic

No visual tempo

A review of Tempo

by Ian & Dominic on 07/04/2005

The acting was wooden and amateurish. The interior lighting looked staged and artificial it seemed like no creative thought whatsoever had been given to the whole lighting set up in this film. The editing felt crude at times. There was one sequence of shots near the beginning of the film where we cut from the actor's profile talking on the phone to a tight close on his watch... read

review of Debt

A review of debt

by Ian & Dominic on 05/26/2005

This film failed to keep our interest throughout the 7 mins it runs for. The camera work and lighting seemed uninspired. The soundtrack was overblown and at times a little distracting. The story could have been an interesting one but felt like it needed more work, it was to slow moving and un-involving. Overall, it failed to excite us.

review of foot in the door

A review of Foot in the Door

by Ian & Dominic on 05/21/2005

To start off, the acting was ok, although it seemed the lead actor was at times, doing his best impersonation of Jim Carey, only with a London accent. The camera work and lighting were all pedestrian and simply served to frame and illuminate the scenes without any sense of drama or interest. There was just nothing about 'Foot in the Door', that made it stand out. It appears... read

Well curren' bun!

A review of It's Hot

by Ian & Dominic on 04/05/2005

This clever little film is really a poem and reminded us of a slightly dark, grown up Ronald Dahl's story. This was one of the better shorts that we have seen in awhile on Triggerstreet. The grading and whole look of the film was good. We particularly liked some of the framing. A lot of thought had gone into the script it was quirky, original and humourous with it's use of... read

Stomp Ocean Review

A review of Stomp Ocean

by Ian & Dominic on 04/05/2005

A lot of effort, time and an extreme amount of patience goes into creating stop motion animation and it's good to see that not every animation on this site is computer generated. But, sadly this film seemed a little too crudely put together, the voice overs were mono-toned and the humour missed the mark for us. It lacked any real story or purpose and suffered because of it... read

Review of Splitsville

A review of Splitsville

by Ian & Dominic on 01/25/2005

What we really liked about this film was the use of lighting and the richness of the colours. It suffered from those hand held shots; they just didn't suit the pace of the movie and some of the cuts between the shots seemed to jar a little. The actors gave quite naturalistic performances... which was essential when the story is built around a conversation between two characters... read

Nice Theory...

A review of Instinct Theory

by Ian & Dominic on 09/10/2004

This was a very professionally put together short (nice opening title sequence by the way). Both actors gave naturalistic performances in front of the camera and that's quite a rare thing to see in these short films. Decent script writing and nice camerawork make this one of the better films on this site. This one gets our thumbs up, good effort. We wish you much luck with... read

A poignant message

A review of Today

by Ian & Dominic on 09/09/2004

This was a poetic short with a poignant message. It was beautifully photographed with some good choice of shots and the editing was professional. We liked the music score, a gentle but stirring emotional under-current to the visuals.The first part of the film seemed to drag a little, which certainly created the feeling of being locked into a repetitive mechanical cycle.Overall... read

Musical re-telling

A review of The Music Box

by Ian & Dominic on 09/09/2004

Interesting re-telling of a classic story. The cinematography was good... But there was something empty and cold about this piece which made it hard to really feel involved in the story or care what happens to any of the characters. The camerawork and editing were all ok. But as is so common with short films the story line seems to serve the visuals rather than the other way... read

A short short

A review of Tucemoh

by Ian & Dominic on 09/08/2004

This film was short....you blink and you miss it and that's the problem it's too short to have any kind of story line. The animation and sound came across as quite professionally done, however we were not overly keen on the illustration style.... But that's down to personal opinion. We wish you the best of luck with it.

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