Lead actress was great! Very believable and crazy, but I would have liked to see something happen with the film. I was pulled in, which is rare for short films, I tend to get bored with them for the most part, but with this one, you got me in for the whole thing, but I felt left empty handed. I'm a fan of open ended, but this one was more or less not a story, as much as it was just jumping into a situation, and not giving me a whole lot to think about or wonder other than did she make it out. But in all honesty, I didn't care much, as there wasn't much of a buildup or story to anyone in the film. Other than that it, it was a good start!
Only issues I had was like other people were saying, the focus was driving me insane. I think the DP was using too fast of lenses. I am a fan of shallow DoF and fast lenses, but this was a prime example of it being overused. I think it was TOO shallow in most shots, and didn't do anything for the film other than make the focus bad. Next time stop down your lens a bit more, and worry about your framing more than pushing everything out of focus for EVERY shot. The lighting was a little off, and a bit hot in a few spots, and there were a few framing issues, where I felt like I was trying to peer around the girl's (the one tied up) head because it kept going over the lead actress.
All in all though, like I said, very solid start, as it got me pulled in, just give us more to play with next time!
