I don't know what the hell these people are talking about, but you did a phenomenal job with the actors.
Cheers man. To be honest, I just lucked out with the casting and then wound them up and let them go. They didn't require much direction, just rattled off the dialogue.
Yeah, the actors do a really good job. I was struggling with the douche character (Kris I think?) who through most of the first two episodes seems to only be there to provide conflict. But I liked the little bit at the end which kind of showed another side to his character, giving him more depth. So I hope we get to expand on him more down the line
Thanks Jonathan. I enjoy writing and directing Kris – I'm not sure I see him as a douche, but as a guy who genuinely considers himself a Slytherin and is extremely pedantic in the way he puts forward his interpretation. But I didn't set out to make Kris a 'villain' and his back-story and motivation is something that I want to explore more. We tease a little bit more humanity from him in the next episode, don't worry
But what I most appreciate is people looking for character development. I think there are sitcoms which feel constrained by the 20/30 minute runtime and leave their characters with a single-note, so I'm glad that we've managed, in only 7 minutes of running time, to suggest some development and nuance. I really hope that I get the opportunity to make some more episodes, but that remains to be seen...
Once again, great work! I'm absolutely loving this, and am sad that you've only one more short right now. Hopefully you can get some more soon! And of course, glad that I could be involved!
I'm super grateful for your help Josh. You're one of the most reliable people on this forum for lending other members a hand, and I think we should all be thankful for having you
I like it! At first, I was like, "ahh, what's all this wizard crap" (I've never been too much into the Potter-verse). But then I quickly realized that these are simply about the people discussing the movies. I love both of the endings. Perfect. Made me laugh. I look forward to watching the third!
Glad you liked it Joseph, means even more coming from a non-Potterite.
The endings are very much of a type (and very typical of my work, I think) and the third episode has another fun ending note. I actually envisaged Episode 2 ending slightly differently – actually just like my short The Samurai ended, not that anyone would remember... – but it didn't work in the edit so we tweaked it and I'm pretty happy with the result. I like a bit of cutesy awkwardness...