What the hell is “shot composition”? And “mood”? What kind of mood? Is this an angry film?

Ok. That was pretty fucking cool.

I really liked the lighting in the shot when they pick up the hitchhiker. After that, I was too engrossed in the story. I’ll watch again later and pay attention to the “mood”.

Dude, that was sweet, like Donnie Darko shit.

Yeah, it was giving me the heebie-jeebies until…well, I don’t want to spoil it for anybody but the end got telegraphed there at the end. Until then, it had me.

Yeah, CMoney if you ever get the chance, post more.

That was really a lot of fun. I used to help my friend out with short films like that all the time. That brought me back to my high school days, when we would close off roads in my neighborhood with safety cones he and I stole from around town. We’d film from sun up till sundown… Very well played…

Us PtR guys are definitely extending this website past just basketball posts. That’s for sure a good thing… I figure as long as we keep a balance of bball material mixed in, there’s never any reason we shouldn’t be able to share cool shit with each other… Once again, well done…. nice “moodiness”...

BRILLIANT. Nice job, CMoney. Congrats.

1.) Awesome that you guys were able to get the lead singer from Creed to star in the video.
2.) Dale’s wife is kinda hot. Yeah, definately kinda hot.
3.) The music absolutely terrified me. Shat my pants terrified.
4.) I’m never picking up fuckin’ hitchhikers again.
5.) Why wasn’t the child-of-the-corn not more upset when the event happened?

Great lighting and atmosphere. And I loved the mood.

That was pretty f*n cool, from one Rodriguez to another.

What would you guys do if you picked up a hitchhiker who had a book that said you would kill your dad? I’d like to think I’d react rationally, having seen enough movies, but if I were in that situation it would totally blow my mind.

that was kinda creepy. the hitch-hiker thing is always scary. i would have been impressed with this on the surface – not to mention that you did the whole thing in 48 hours…..

Just looked at the video after being told about it the other night during the Saturday RMR game by ATS, tomasito, and SiMA. Creepy stuff! I especially liked the music throughout the piece – aptly shifting from intense to haunting. Great story and setting.

Excellent short. The cinematography was very good. Nothing obtrusive, and beautifully shot. They should put that on the Sci-fi channel.

Good job on the opening shot. I particularly like the look of how he’s out of the direct magic hour sunlight, and yet the weeds to the left of the shot are acting as natural diffusers/reflectors to spread that light across his face and give a really interesting effect while the rest of the frame is dominated by the road running between the trees lit by the scattered light.

The next shot I liked was once the traveler is in the car, from Caleb’s POV, looking up at him with the sun just to the side of his profile and the trees passing in the background, alternatively blocking and revealing the sun. Nice.

Also liked the lighting scheme on Caleb’s face when he was first talking to Dale in the garage, and the low dolly shot of him getting out of the truck after "finding the coin" is terrific.

Final comment: the slow-mo shot of the Traveler walking along the barbed-wire fence is quite well composed – very fun to look at as he enters the frame.

A few questions: What were the rest of the genres? How many teams competed? How did the screening/contest go?