Well done on the effort.

The editing is pretty good on the teaser and trailer, but the camera work is poor. I'd suggest spending less time on the fancy graphics and presentation and more time on learning the basics of filmmaking. But you're young and obviously passionate, so go for it, but please remember my earlier advice. These days its so easy to slap it all together on a PC with the pro looking graphics, that many wannabe filmmakers forget about the craft of filmmaking, which is the very basic ability to match shots in a coherent manner and shots that are framed correctly, with camera movements that look professional.

Thank you so much for the advice.
it just so happens that my tri-pod broke, about a week prior to the filming of some of the movie.
however, i purchased a new one, so the majority of the film should be DECENT camerawork.
im one of those people who likes to control everything, its really hard wen i give the camera to my cameraman becuase sometimes he dosnt do the shots i want, but im trying to teach him..

HEY my grandmas from ireland?:D?

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Thank you so much for the advice.
it just so happens that my tri-pod broke, about a week prior to the filming of some of the movie.
however, i purchased a new one, so the majority of the film should be DECENT camerawork.
im one of those people who likes to control everything, its really hard wen i give the camera to my cameraman becuase sometimes he dosnt do the shots i want, but im trying to teach him..

HEY my grandmas from ireland?:D?

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Ive no doubt you'll end up with a much better production than I would have at that age. Regarding your camera man. Try using a monitor connected to the camera so you can see what he's at. Rehearse the shot with him and the actors, while viewing it. "Video assist" was invented for this purpose. In the age of DV its even easier.

oh man im extremely broke i cant afford thattt
but i will reherse the shots with him, defitly
this movie is taking me forever too because everyone is so busy

i also just got new editing software and i am toning down on the graphics, i just got this new software and im testing it out, so see how it looks thats all, and also i love post-production =)

oh and can you tell me what u think of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p6_cCv5gQ0

it was filmmed in like an hour and edited in like 2

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Originally posted by Own3dStudios

oh man im extremely broke i cant afford thattt
but i will reherse the shots with him, defitly
this movie is taking me forever too because everyone is so busy

i also just got new editing software and i am toning down on the graphics, i just got this new software and im testing it out, so see how it looks thats all, and also i love post-production =)

oh and can you tell me what u think of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p6_cCv5gQ0

it was filmmed in like an hour and edited in like 2

-(Own3d Studios)-

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Now this is you doin your thing man. Far far better than the serious effort we discussed earlier. Perhaps you were more relaxed on this project and thats why it flows better. Its natural, less constrained and I enjoyed it. Guerilla filmmaking. Keep that up. This is the kinda thing that gets you into film school. I wish I'd been born years later. All I had in my teens,was a shitty 8mm film camera and a crap mic.?:D?You have technology at your finger tips. Use it wisely.

****, I sound like yer man from Star Wars.?:D?

haha thank you.

the trailer was really just strewn together, and 3 of my new short films i used magix movie edit pro 12, and everyone says their better quality.

richard is still a working proccess ???

u do sound like him ?:p?

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Love the flash back sequence, absolutely hilarious and brilliantly over acted.

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I know exactly where you're coming from man, I'm right at your age group, only in 10th grade now. Let me tell, you really have to be ingenious to pull off stuff when you're broke. That's how I learned how to fix monitors. Everyone says that it is much better to have a monitor hooked up and use it to view what your camcorder's seeing, and let me tell you, it makes a big difference, letting you catch those little things. If you go to garage sales, goodwill, and stuff, you can pick up a tiny little battery powered TV for about 50 cents. Or, you might even be able to find a flat screen computer monitor, which I did. I found one that was broken and got a few big ones too, took them apart and built it up brand new. Tada, no budget monitor. Also, use lighting from home depot. Even on no budget, you can borrow some work lights from people in your neighborhood, lots of people have them, and if you take good care of them they don't mind letting you use them. There are all sorts of ways that you can pull off professional lighting tricks. I found a portable projector screen at a garage sale. I can set it up anywhere, it's light weight, and I use it as a reflector that you don't need people to hold. I can also take off the screen part and use it as a C-stand. I don't mean to sound condescending, but I just want to let you know all the stuff I wish someone had told me two years ago. You really just need to be ingenious.

"We all have the potential to be great. It is our inability to do so that makes us miserable." C.S.Lewis