UTK 2008 Fall Film Project

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Chapter 2 - "Easy Annie"

Voting ended 9/29/2008

Chapter 2 - "Easy Annie"

"Riveting. It takes clichéd material to new emotional heights. I was glued to my chair." - Peter Travers "It made me want to come out of the closet, then go back in..." - Roger Ebert "I kind of liked it." -Bob Legg

Credits

  • Kevin Woodland - Shane Explosion Donahoo
  • Mark Garfield - John Bacon
  • Kidnapper - Matthew B. Graham
  • Annie - Morgan Gibson
  • Director - Iveta Imre
  • Director of Photogra - Iveta Imre
  • Editor - John Bacon
  • Screenwriter - Shane Explosion Donahoo

Scoring

Weighted Community Vote Weighted Judges' Vote Total Score
20.1%
+
40.0%
=
60.1%

Judges' Votes

I liked the maintenance of continuity with the continuation of the cell phone conversation on the bench by "Mark." The cutting back to the victim's (Kevin) torture keeps the tension and mystery moving forward; what is his fate?

The introduction of "Easy Annie" and what that portends is another avenue of story development. What does she know about the victim?

This submission seemed the most plausible and allows for story development.


Clever and original way to advance the through story (without resorting to anything as cliched and trite as a "dream" or other stiff and all-too-cautious continuations of the narrative). And the humor in the crosscutting to the shots of kidnap victim was also clever. Some nice camera angles, too. Finally, the closing scene is filled with possibilities for the next round. Bill Larsen


Not sure I like where the story is going - but that's not my call, is it. Like the close-ups and variety of shots. Some focus problems that detract from scenes on the bench, and audio problems you will want to work on in the future. Watch for continuity in the little things (look at the bench/phone/paper sequence). Liked the continuance from the root to this sequence and the variety of locations. (Also, having someone wallop Shane in the head is always a plus!).


I love it when something goes in a completely different direction than where I think it should. You had some creative angles in there too that you all pulled off well, his eyebrows actually were pretty funny while he was on the phone. The sounds coming from the man getting beaten were great and the idea that you might try to kill a man by shutting his head in the freezer repeatedly is grade "A" funny poop. I am interested in seeing what happens to both guys. This was some good stuff.



Comments

9/24/2008 at 11:38 p.m. by Praxis

This is actually pretty funny

9/25/2008 at 3:55 a.m. by TeamBlackRock

Good stuff

9/25/2008 at 5:36 p.m. by ms11

Awesome you guys! Shane, you are too funny!

9/25/2008 at 10:15 p.m. by khunt5

That's good stuff. Impressive.

9/25/2008 at 10:40 p.m. by pedjolino70

I like where this is going! Keep up good work!

9/25/2008 at 11:16 p.m. by Billy_Miller

I love it when something goes in a completely different direction than where I think it should. You had some creative angles in there too that you all pulled off well, his eyebrows actually were pretty funny while he was on the phone. The sounds coming from the man getting beaten were great and the idea that you might try to kill a man by shutting his head in the freezer repeatedly is grade "A" funny poop. I am interested in seeing what happens to both guys. This was some good stuff.

9/26/2008 at 12:09 p.m. by suorum

nice!! definitively something that stepped out of the typical kidnapping story.

9/26/2008 at 1:22 p.m. by trinity

funny!

9/26/2008 at 4:26 p.m. by adrock

Shocking and Hilarious! Dadaesque in its undertones. John nails the character. The girl looks hot but I'm not wholly convinced. Shane gave the character of guy in jacket a believable and utterly human gay twist. Bravo!

9/26/2008 at 4:44 p.m. by JakusB

I liked it up until the call from easy annie. I thought your acting was really good, and everything was going well until....

9/26/2008 at 5:14 p.m. by KevKevRedRocket

hell yea

9/27/2008 at 1:18 a.m. by drunkfuck10

Good Stuff

9/27/2008 at 4:28 a.m. by kulmom39

Very well done.

9/27/2008 at 4:30 a.m. by kulmom39

Again well done,,

9/27/2008 at 4:13 p.m. by amallick87

This was pretty bad...how is it number 1?

9/27/2008 at 6:04 p.m. by hopi366

well your a noobasaur so you wouldn't understand anyways

9/27/2008 at 7:11 p.m. by manoel

Funny and creative. Great job!

9/27/2008 at 7:26 p.m. by SMRG

Cute :-). It was an interesting take on the possible story direction. A light, humorous angle on what could otherwise be a grim story... I like it and it does make me curious to see what happens next, so I can congratulate you on the fact there is a decent cliffhanger.

I look forward to seeing more...

9/28/2008 at 6:21 p.m. by JoeBloe

LOL. Good job! Continued the story from where it left off, and ties in with the title "Identity Theft".

9/28/2008 at 7:02 p.m. by Robert_Twilley

Nice work. Storytelling is a bit disjointed and at times difficult to follow. Good comedy.

9/28/2008 at 7:54 p.m. by webbyguy

OK

9/28/2008 at 7:59 p.m. by LoLo

Very funny guys. Definately stole an identity, Good job!!

9/29/2008 at 1:25 p.m. by BarsandTone

Not sure why this won. It's slowly paced, jump cuts all around, crappy audio cuts...

9/29/2008 at 5:21 p.m. by wblank

Thank god for the judges.

9/29/2008 at 5:57 p.m. by TeamBlackRock

Congrats guys!

9/29/2008 at 7:24 p.m. by simsimsalabim

there weren't too many votes by the same people this morning right before the voting period was over or anything....

9/29/2008 at 8:46 p.m. by bosox2005utk

yeah interesting repeat voting on this video!

9/29/2008 at 10:41 p.m. by simsimsalabim

"Clever and original way to advance the through story (without resorting to anything as cliched and trite as a "dream" or other stiff and all-too-cautious continuations of the narrative)". -Bill Larson

are you serious? "cliched and trite" are pretty obnoxious terms considering the fact that you have free will to take the script wherever you want. Terrible attempt at calling out and/or making the other teams feel inferior in my opinion. Also a terrible excuse for a teacher if he honestly picks sides and critiques in this form.

9/29/2008 at 10:45 p.m. by utkguy

would have been better getting a blind mute, deaf and dumb person to judge this.

9/30/2008 at 12:21 a.m. by hopi366

utkguy and simsimsalabim: a couple of noobasuars who love their nooberry pie.

10/1/2008 at 6:08 p.m. by jaytaylorthe1

This was undeniably the strongest entry. The story contained excellent wit and a superb cliff-hanger. As a submitter on the original rootclip website, I hope the regulars over there take something away from this clip. Good job, ignore the idiotic batter by some of these fools. You did well, keep it up!

10/3/2008 at 1:17 a.m. by Tony

lol "happy halloween!"

10/10/2008 at 8:09 p.m. by liliana

No se como carajo votar...