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A review of road flare

by lumieremedia on 11/17/2005

This didn't feel like a short film at all. I could tell that it was a scene from a longer film and it bothered me, almost like I wish I had seen it from the beginning. The cinematography and sound is top notch. Excellent. The acting is mediocre in my opinion. Perhaps the writing has some to do with it. But I'd prefer to see the whole film to make any further comments,... read

Slow

A review of debt

by lumieremedia on 11/10/2005

I found this film to be very slow. The pace is more of a feature film pace. The story isn't very original and the viewer guesses the outcome in the first half of the film. No surprises. Also, the encoding was terrible and very difficult to watch. I recommend re-encoding for a better experience. I liked the music and the editing was decent. But shots weren't very original... read

If you don't like skateboarding, you're out of luck

A review of TODD TESSIER

by lumieremedia on 11/10/2005

I wish the synopsis mentioned this was a skate boarding video. I found it extremely boring unfortunately probably because it was very repetitive. There really wasn't much to this film. Just a bunch of dudes skate boarding. I did appreciate some of the shots and I think they would fit in a xtreme sport video competition. To qualify this in a short film competition, it could've... read

Caroline was black?

A review of Color Me Blind

by lumieremedia on 11/10/2005

It's really refreshing when one gets assigned a film and truely enjoys it. I love the mockumentary genre and felt this one was executed perfectly. Performers for the most part were great and the loose script was right on. I love the approach. B&W was also a good move stylistically. Editing was excellent. Overall this film made me chuckle. Thank for sharing. I do recommend... read

Potential is there

A review of Rice

by lumieremedia on 10/05/2005

Here's what I liked: I liked how brief some of the scenes were. This is a good technique that keeps things moving. I also liked some of the shots. Cinema verite style, it also helped with the pace. Here's what I didn't like: The acting was horrible. I mean very bad... sorry it didn't do the piece justice. The writing was poor as well, unoriginal. Technically there are... read

Good story/Talking Heads

A review of My Friend Elad

by lumieremedia on 10/05/2005

This is a great premise poorly executed. Elad's story is very powerful and poignant but we see him and others smile through the whole film. My other criticism is that it's mostly talking heads, not enough action. The music also doesn't seem to fit the mood of the story. I think the filmmaker has potential but needs to study the arch of a story and think about shaping the... read

Leave that camera alone

A review of Medea's Guilt (newer version)

by lumieremedia on 08/05/2005

I feel that this film had potential but the technical faux pas and issues were too distracting to enjoy the story. Way to many cut, zooms, and framings. It's OK to test different framing when covering a small space (cafe) but it's not OK to use them all in the final version. My recommendation would be to simplify. 3 framing for the whole exchange between the old lady and... read

Unpretentious and funny

A review of THE TUNIC

by lumieremedia on 07/28/2005

I liked this film. It wasn't a big production by any stretch of the imagination but it had good moments. Simple and funny. The little girl was adorable and the younger brother funny. It had a bit of a low energy moment in the middle but the ending was classic. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

Poorly executed slideshow

A review of Tripping On TriggerStreet

by lumieremedia on 07/28/2005

This is a poorly executed slideshow with "Director's Comments" you would typically find in the extras of DVDs. This film couldn't have taken more than 2 hours to make from inception to final credits, including encoding. I'm not saying it isn't interesting to watch, because I kind of enjoyed the photos but it would've been nicer on a webpage with higher resolution photos and... read

Review of The Dinner Party

A review of The Dinner Party

by lumieremedia on 07/27/2005

So many components play an important part to a good film. It starts with the script. No good film has ever been made from a bad script and in this case, the script is the worse part. There is absolutely no subtext in this script. People say what they think and as a result, it is uninteresting. Furthermore, the story line is also very dull. Nothing original there. Small... read

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