Critique
I thought it is a good job shooting it all with just the go pro, and shows that the very best camera's available aren't completely necessary to shoot a good film, or tell a great story.
I agree with everyone, the title sequence/credits is too long.
I like the car mount shot on the side of the truck at the beginning but I think it would be cool to use that shot and have more L cuts with the audio, like where you can hear inside the truck but not see the characters yet, then cut to reveal the characters.
The conversation cutting back and fourth is a little tedious it would have been nice to have some other angels, like try a hood mount facing inside if you can pull it off. Also have b-roll to possibly use in editing example: passing signs or the sun going down, or maybe a crow on a perch going "Cah" < crow noise
The edges of the frame are all dark, I'm guessing that is an editorial decision, which in this case maybe helps if the original picture if its shaky or whatever, but in most films I feel that sort of thing takes away from the picture because the viewer is distracted by it.
It looks like you ran into the problem of sun going down and having no lighting at night... Next time be prepared with the lighting. At very least use LCD's or flashlights to point on the characters and action.
The first thing I really noticed was the audio mixing, it is pretty good now but it could be A lot better.
The acting is mediocre, probably your friends not professional actors, good job by them anyways but I think if you can get them to do ADR, you might better performance and its good the lighting is dark because it will be easy to sink dialog to the picture.
More Post Production, detailed Video Editing & Sound Design, would really bring up the production value.
Anyways Thanks for sharing, I thought it is pretty cool I want to try to shoot something quick like that sometime.
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