This was a really great short. I believe many have gone over what I'm going to say but here I go.
- Excellent establish shot.
- The jury on the lighting is out. I'm not sure if I like it was too dark at times or not. I wouldn't mind at all if you threw a tab bit more light on things (especially when he picks up the remote) BUT.....you did keep it constant through out and it could fit the mood/mystery of the story. Maybe just a touch more would have been better just to highlight a bit more of the really dark locations. But again, I only watched it once and it I might like it after time.
- Along with the lights, the look of the story was fantastic. Washed out and with high key lighting in the living room was nice. I wish it went a bit more with the story but it still looked good. And went with the story I'm think, something to the effect that the high contrast in the living room was because that is where he found his wife ****. So the lighting in the room has more meaning for that situation. Because the kitchen and bathroom had equal lighting and I think the bedroom was fine too. Fine meaning dark and washed out but didn't have any extreme dark areas. BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG, it look fantastic I just wished it had more meaning behind it in the living room and why it looked different (and something to clue in the audience about that situation). Sorry if this didn't make much sense.....
- Story was great. I did predict that she was **** after he put the plate in the sink. Not that it ruined it for me but I started to get a sense of what was up. But the ending was a nice twist on a harsh subject which is hard to do in any story, so hats off.
- Sound was good.
- Shot set up was good through out and had no objections. What M1ichea1 keeps bring up I would agree with. QUESTION TO ANYONE, now when these shot with the out of focus background are you able to manually focus into the background or is this a limitation of this lens? If so, it seems like a lens I would only use a few times in a shoot with a close up. I didn't like the shot of the husband and her blurred in the background. It did nothing for me.
- Acting was great.
- The effect of the gun shot did come a little quick. It looks like you could have had it get closer to his mouth.
But in all, this is a great little short shot and very impressive story. You did a fantastic job on the look of the piece and it was a pleasure to watch. Hats off to everyone involved.