Film Reviews

All film groups should be really proud of the commitment they made to their films.

Budgerigar
I really liked that Budgerigar had such a clear story line. It was very different to my groups film as we didn’t have much dialogue and our story line wasn’t as clear as this films was. I particularly liked the set up for the dinner scene. The location was chosen well and the tapestry on the wall in the dining room added a nice effect to the film. They chose their actors well (the two boys who were alike). One scene in particular where the guest at dinner starts to sweat and realise his girlfriends brother is the spitting image of him, was shot rather well, I would have liked to see more of a transition when the lighting and mood changes from reality to the dark lit shots instead of such a sharp transition. The eating of the chicken, laughing and sipping of the water was all cut exceptionally. This film was very well done and the group who made it should be very satisfied with their work. 7/10

Sliced

I helped shoot sliced in part of the super groups and was particularly eager to watch the way the group chose to edit this film. There were a few hiccups whilst shooting this film so I was glad to see the final film pulled together rather well. I liked how we (the audience) were made to think of the reasons as to why his life was getting out of control because of his addiction. One constructive comment I could suggest for this film would be to over dramatise the addiction in the final reveal that the addiction was simply white bread. If it is ruining his life I would have liked to see white bread everywhere, his house packed with white bread, a cupboard full of white bread or something excessive that feeds the humour of the situation.

Milk

I think most of the audience watching MILK fell in love with the film from the start. It was refreshingly original, funny and well executed. The actors were chosen well and played their parts excellently. The story line was simple which worked well for the 5/6 minute constraint set on the groups. Unlike a lot of the other groups, this groups story fit perfectly into the time frame.