Other Reviews by JLVDP 28

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  Always worth trying
  A review of Till Death Do Us Part
  by JLVDP on 12/21/2011
  A film is always worth respect because it requires so much work. It is always difficult to pull through a project a bit too big. This film is unfortunately too amateurish. The framing is not always good, the cutting inadequate, the production values minimal. The story itself would have worked better had it been trimmed and further reworked. The actors do their best and the... A film is always worth respect because it requires so much work. It is always difficult to pull through a project a bit too big. This film is unfortunately too amateurish. The framing is not always good, the cutting inadequate, the production values minimal. The story itself would have worked better had it been trimmed and further reworked. The actors do their best and the 2 older protagonists are doing ok. The younger actress has less moments. All these aspects could have used more preparation work. It takes time to make a good movie, even a short, and this one seems to have been rushed. read
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  A poem
  A review of one day
  by JLVDP on 12/10/2011
  This is a very nice and/but very short audiovisual piece. I write 'but' because it feels like an intro in the end. The end could be the starting point of a true story, not just the evocation of a moment as One Day is. I let myself imagine the difficulties the protagonists can encounter by trying to meet again. Because I believe we want them to meet again. The film is touching,... This is a very nice and/but very short audiovisual piece. I write 'but' because it feels like an intro in the end. The end could be the starting point of a true story, not just the evocation of a moment as One Day is. I let myself imagine the difficulties the protagonists can encounter by trying to meet again. Because I believe we want them to meet again. The film is touching, the tone of the voice-over works well even though I would prefer to see more actual actions and dialogue.
  
  The casual visuals lack too much of a cinematopgraphic feel to make this touching evocation visually interesting. I am not saying to lose completely the handicam feel, as it fits with the 'evocation of a moment in life'-style.
  
  The film is like a poem, an evocation but not the telling of a full story.
  
  It feels like there can be a lot more to it, very much like what happens to the characters' relationship. read
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  Shooting in your own foot
  A review of Neggy Meets Sammy
  by JLVDP on 12/09/2011
  I like the overall message of this piece. But I am less comfortable with the way it is put together. First, the non-stop voice over makes it difficult to get in the story. The redundancy in the text can be interesting but here, combined with the relatively lowly interesting visuals, it makes the whole short painful to go through. The redundancy is of course related to the theme... I like the overall message of this piece. But I am less comfortable with the way it is put together. First, the non-stop voice over makes it difficult to get in the story. The redundancy in the text can be interesting but here, combined with the relatively lowly interesting visuals, it makes the whole short painful to go through. The redundancy is of course related to the theme of the story. One can feel a lot of thought behind this story. But it is difficult to make a story about boredom and make it pleasing, especially if you cover sound by a non-stop, repetitive voice-over and at the same time translate boredom with on-purpose rather dull visuals.
  
  The message could have been conveyed through more actions, more visuals, and let the viewer make his own way into the story. read