You probably followed my kickstarted before they turned out to be a real bad service full of lies that keeps everyones money! On it you would have seen my announcement that we were showing BATTLE FOR CREATA FOREST at the coffee underground in downtown greenville. I had never heard of this place but Judy found it in the phonebook or on google as a place for showing the movie. I didn't believe her at the time but there are actually a number of large number of movie showings that happen at the coffee underground.
There was one today at 3pm for a weird short film by a local filmmaker named Joe Shumway called THIS IS YOUR TICKET. Judy and me went to the showing to network and to offer a review for the film since it can be very helpful to get a feedback from someone. There were a bout 15 people at the premiere which I thought was a decent number but he probably didn't advertise much. Judy found it and told me about it so I don't know where everyone else found about it.
The movie was about 20 minutes long but it felt much longer, then we said high and I told Joe where my blog was and said we should maybe work together at some point because he had some good things about his movie and I think we could learn from each other!
So what did I think of THIS IS YOUR TICKET? Well I will be honest and say that I didn't fully get it. The movie started off with a guy dressed as a robot waking up in the middle of a very dark room and then his head lit up. Next the robot got on a computer and stared at it and tried to talk to it. This happened for about 10 minutes and then the robot heard a knock at the door and another robot came and changed places with him. This robot looked different but still had a lit up head (probably made with flashlights) but instead of being on the computer this robot touched his face and a red light started then the movie switched to see the rest of the movie through its own eyes. The robot zoomed on various objects and then eventually finds a mirror. When the mirror is found you realize the robot is actually invisible. I am not sure how Joe Shumway did the invisible trick but I would expect to see a reflection in the mirror and it wasn't there. The movie ended there and didn't have many credits.
I don't really understand what it was about and I think that the story needs work. The characters are find and the plot is okay but the story needs some work. I don't think anyone wants to watch people on the computer and showing a bunch of zooming in video of objects can be really unecessary.
Technically it was pretty good. I liked the robot costumes. The music was really loud most of the time and there were some parts that seemed really different. I don't know if thats because he used two cameras or filmed them at different times but there was a inconsistentcy to it.
I would recommend you watch the movie for yourself if he puts it on youtube or if it places in a film festival near you or if he raises enough money to put it on the theaters. But I can't give it a good review because it was not my favorite movie. Different things for different people I guess! But creativity is a good thing to do and this movie was creative for sure. I also didn't get the title.
I look forward to seeing more local films. Feel free to send me links to your own films in the comments and I might find time to review them.
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