Hi FCRabbath and thanks for sharing this premiere with me too. As i see it, this is the intro of the movie, and the action is in the aftermath of all this happening. However i hope you introduce the actors well, because that moment could mean disaster if done bad. But i have faith in you and your work.
Overall i like it a lot, good job so far!
I'll rant with what i think it should be improved, because that takes less time than pointing what i liked.
- when shooting the crowd leaving the senate, their face reactions makes me wonder what should i understand from that, because they are not frightened nor serious enough or in a specific hurry.
- i didn't get why there would be fire on buildings. If this is related to what caused the communication to go down maybe we should have seen it, to understand the threat better. If this is a consequence of people being scared and destroying things than i think you should see some real video material (and maybe get to use it) of what mass people do when they are scared. Some better shots maybe would be with people down the streets stealing from the deserted shops and running all over the place, creating chaos.
- your CG shots can be seen for 3 reasons:
a) they have always a big layer of smoke/haze all over the screen, and it's unnatural.
b) they have less light in them.
c) the fire/smoke doesn't have enough detail
The wide shot with the buildings in smoke has all of the 3 problems stated above. The shot next to that is almost perfect but you need to tone up the light in the shot. It's unrealistically low.
- the cop scene. That is the only scene that takes the awesome feeling i have till that moment in the film. Until that moment there was a greater scale. We have the earth scene, we have action from the White House, we have television guy talking to a whole country, we have people all over the place doing things, but than we transcend to a local problem with a riot made out of what, 10 people? It doesn't look that serious, and why is this so important to see? Also the way the cop gets beaten makes it even worse. We could have seen some violence there because it would be called for.
Maybe things would be more natural if the cop drives on the road, he sees people stealing and destroying things, he steps off the bike, he attempts to call on the radio for help, but he makes a gesture to make us understand that his radio is not working, he than decides to interfere alone, and than he brutally gets beaten. This is just a suggestion, but i think something needs to be done to this sequence because it takes away the professional feeling we get that far.
Overall this are my only complaints. You are doing a fantastic job. I love the rest, especially the music you have chosen to use.
I totally understand the panic in the movie, since the president himself is hiding that must mean a lot.
I beg you make a making-of out of this.
Good luck!
