archived-videos Foresight

[Jooble]

Hey just finished a 2:09 short intended for the Virgin Media Shorts contest and would appreciate any feedback here or on the comments boards. The synopsis is:

"A man finds some glasses which gives him the ability to see something very unusual. But what does it all mean?"

You can find it on Virgin Media Shorts website here:

http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/film/1757/foresight

or Vimeo can be found here:

http://vimeo.com/26057741

 

[ThatGuyFromThatPlace]

Wow, I thought that was very nicely done! Nice and short too, didn't drag any of the plot out The only thing I would say about it is the orb placement looks a bit too static most of the time, especially when the people are moving.

Very nice though

 

[Alcove Audio]

Not bad at all.

As always, Uncle Bob would have done more with the sound.

 

[Jooble]

Yea we wanted it to be a bit more 'organic' and not just stuck to the head completely but most of the time it just had to be like that otherwise it looked odd or sometimes for narrative reasons. Such as we didn't want people to miss the orbs.

Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked the plot

 

[Defjon]

I loved this!
For some reason I expected the two to have some sort of love connection or something??

then...

I was way off

 

[wheatgrinder]

++ I was way off..

nice.

 

[Lowxposure]

That was awesome. I thought one thing, then the other, and then just before it ended I figured it out.

Cool plot.

 

[Murdock]

Have to say, I saw that coming. Very nicely executed. Were you inspired by Steven King's Insomnia??

 

[chilipie]

Excellent work.

 

[LastChancey]

Sweet! Really great idea, didn't even guess it!

 

[Jooble]

Have to say, I saw that coming. Very nicely executed. Were you inspired by Steven King's Insomnia??

No I have never seen it, only the Christopher Nolan Insomnia . I looked it up and yea its got a similar concept, but short answer, no we were not inspired by it lol.

Also thanks for all the positive comments and constructive criticism, really appreciate it. Its interesting to see some people were surprised and others weren't, as our intention was a shock/surprise ending.

 

[NickClapper]

Really, really good work!

 

[Murdock]

No I have never seen it, only the Christopher Nolan Insomnia . I looked it up and yea its got a similar concept, but short answer, no we were not inspired by it lol.

Also thanks for all the positive comments and constructive criticism, really appreciate it. Its interesting to see some people were surprised and others weren't, as our intention was a shock/surprise ending.

I meant the book. Did they make a movie out of it? IDK

 

[Flicker Pictures]

That was neat. I thought

Spoiler

she was going to get sideswiped by a car, but nope -- kablammo!

 

[Michael Allen]

Great stuff Jooble.

Reminded me of a twilight zone I saw many years ago that had this same idea.

To quote Alan Partridge "Back of the net."

 

[chilipie]

To quote Alan Partridge "Back of the net."

That was liquid football!