Film Blog #1 (Rebel)

Anthony's film was very, very well made, especially considering budget and length constraints. He managed to recreate and modernize a film that is almost two hours in only 40 minutes. No matter any "errors" just that fact is very impressive to me.
There were a lot of conscious coloring/filter decisions that I think worked really well, and were pretty aesthetically pleasing too. There were a lot of dark filters applied with a blue-ish tint that kind of added to the whole angsty/melancholic feel of the movie. it also helped to make the creepy scenes even creepier.
Along the same vein, there were other video affects that were really well done. One scene that comes to mind immediately is when Dan and Mark's characters are watching "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" It's a medium shot of the two talking, and the part of "They Shoot Horses" where the woman is shot is over laid onto Dan's face while he's talking about death and happiness. One, it was just a really, really cool affect, and two, it helped emphasize what he was talking about and cast that event onto the characters itself (plus great foreshadowing). It was just a really smart choice.
The framing of shots was also impressive, as it helped increase the tension in the film, in my opinion. Often the people would be just slightly out of frame, and just slightly off from following the rule of thirds, or uncomfortably close, or from a strange angle, and it all helped the tense atmosphere created, and also the feeling fo something bein wrong and amiss.
The general feeling Anthony created through his different techniques communicated his message about angst really well, and made a very enjoyable film. Yeah, there were a few shaky parts, but how much was accomplished under the circumstances, and even out of context it was incredble. I thouroughly enjoyed it, and am very proud of my son for doing it!!