Jon Ecklund

A review of Goodbye

by Jon Ecklund on 10/23/2006

The technical aspects of the film are all very solid. The music is nice and very emotionally appropriate. The exterior locations are well chosen and well utilized. I wasn't as fond of the apartment location. It's strange, but I think I wanted to see an aspect of his greif represented in his apartment? Story-wise, somehow it seemed a little too easy to get to the conclusion... read

A Fictitious Name...

A review of Pseudonym

by Jon Ecklund on 07/21/2004

The first thing that grabs you is your music...nice score. I'm still trying to figure out why it's called "Pseudonym" though...The two narrating voices were interesting, and the fast paced inserts were a lot of fun. I had trouble hearing the narrators a couple of times. The problem seemed to be a combination of thier voices overlapping and sound compression.I found your... read

EXCELLENT.

A review of Young Driver

by Jon Ecklund on 06/28/2004

I thoroughly enjoyed this. You nailed the experience of a dream. The Voice over was well written and the pacing was perfect for me...it had the effect of letting just enough time pass between sentences for my own existential angst to kick in before it moved me along with more information. It made me think as it revealed the story- I love that- and you've done it well.... read

I liked it...

A review of In the Country

by Jon Ecklund on 06/27/2004

I think this is a solid story idea -is it based on a popular joke(?)-and as I watch more shorts and work on my own, I see that "Brevity" really is "the soul of wit". I think you could tell this story in even less time and to a possibly greater effect ( I need to do this as well...) We are just so used to getting visual information quickly -what with commercials and MTV-... read

Apples or Oranges, choose one.

A review of Oranges Ain't The Only Fruit

by Jon Ecklund on 06/18/2004

I think you were hampered by the screen size of your compression. I felt like (despite adjusting my monitor for brightness and contrast) there was a lot of information I was missing because I couldn't actually see a lot of detail. It seemed like you were torn between two styles, and I wanted you to pick one. the opening was very simple and realistic, then when you get into... read

Compression depression

A review of Help Wanted

by Jon Ecklund on 06/13/2004

I have to say that the film obviously suffers from the compression. You have to tinker with all of the parameters in order to get it right, but you really need to. Are you compressing your sound into MP3? If not, that will help. The picture is so small I lost nearly all the detail you were going for (I have a film on here that is longer than yours and it still fit-even... read

What a great looking Short!

A review of The Flower Girl

by Jon Ecklund on 06/13/2004

I was very impressed with the look of your film, especially since it was DV!Very nice editing and composition. Great locations-which looked super in this medium. I don't know what kind of budget you had, but it looked nice and expensive. I liked the presentation of this story a lot. You have a clear style and you seem comfortable and confident with it. I guess my only criticism... read

Good technique!

A review of The Dress

by Jon Ecklund on 04/17/2004

I enjoyed seeing the different techniques in your film: the handheld opening with "film-scruff", the fast-motion time-lapse, and even the special-effects with the bodyless dress were done with a nice sense of economy. These techniques were used effectively to tell your story. I thought the opening music was appropriate. The story itsself was amusing, and I thought it could've... read

The experiment was a success...

A review of Night : A Nightmare (Improved subtitles)

by Jon Ecklund on 04/04/2004

I think you've really found an interesting way of revealing an inner thought process in your short film. There is something about a novel's narrative that allows the author to be in your head and vice versa. The two narrating voices in "A Nightmare" seem to do that for me like a book would. They converse with each other, they give us information, they challenge each other,... read

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