In the prologue scene, I really liked the quote that Kasey said - "true friendship is seen through the heart and not the eyes". It worked really well with the movie.
When we heard from "Paul" I started to get a little confused, I also thought that the whole "Hillary Clinton farting" thing was kind of not necessary... The audio and lighting could have been improved a little too, and I understand that it was a
real cafeteria and so you couldn't make any alterations to help the shot but... Why not choose somewhere that had better lighting?
I have to agree with the lack of emotion for the next "friend". Why was she even on the roof committing suicide anyway? She didn't seem very depressed to me (especially with the whole "it's easy to make friends" feel-good attitude), and if we were supposed to just "know" that there were heaps of bad stuff happening to her, there could have been a little hint to her feeling bad (bullying etc.) She just came all out with the "I was feeling really dull, and I figured I may as well kill myself"... I was pretty dumbfounded - what was going on there?
That scene didn't get much better, the whole "Are you pregnant too? Is that why you're ..." "Oh, no. Why are you here?" ... "I'm pregnant" seemed really unnatural. I guess it was trying to be comical, and her "exit" kind of made me laugh but only on the inside. Also, a 20 metre fall wouldn't kill you? I think I'd be pretty much dead from plummeting into pure concrete from 20 metres. I'd be lucky if I didn't.
Megen was another "quirky" character, though the conversation was kind of lacking. It didn't go anywhere, and though it got them to their "final point" where they go to Starbucks or whatever, it was really pointless. It seemed more like improvisation than scripted. But, I guess the whole point of it is making friends with everyone even if your personalities don't click.
Overall it was pretty good, but I don't agree with the message. "You only need a name, an age where they were born and their traits" ... "the more you know about them makes you less likely to be friends" What? I think you should look for friends that you can tell everything to and you know them better than your back hand. I think I'd prefer to have a select group of friends who I work well with, who I can trust etc. I think this part could have been cut out.
Well I tried to make it as constructive as possible, and as I am your own age, I think I'm allowed to say that "regardless of your age, when you're putting yourself in an industry for adults, you should be able to make a product just as good".
Well done btw, I enjoyed it.
