My first short film...

Chicago Jones

Chicago Jones

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Hey all
I finally uploaded my first short film I did in school. I do not like. But what I did like is that it strayed away from the usual film school bs of guy likes girl and shorts that really don't have a solid meaning. (note: I do not think I am any good or whatever just speaking my mind)

When we screened the films the entire school exploded with praise. I was showered in, "Wow dude that was great!" and "We HAVE to work together!" I even made one of my teachers swear, which was pretty funny.

Flash-forward a year later and I'm just another grain in the pile of sand and I still haven't gotten back any emails from those wonderful people that said,"we HAVE to work together!"

But anyways here is the short film, Just A Thought

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGQL82DQeM4
 
Chicago Jones

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ResidentAlien said:
Wow, all the subtlety of a brick to the face.
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My goal was to be as blunt as possible so everybody could get the message. I wasn't going for artsy or a thinker.

Also if a brick went into my face I would say ask why did this brick go in my face.

NOTE: We shot the interior scenes at night. The sunlight you see is actually the amazing lighting done by my DP. The short was voted for best cinematography.
 
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Chicago Jones said:
My goal was to be as blunt as possible so everybody could get the message. I wasn't going for artsy or a thinker.

Also if a brick went into my face I would say ask why did this brick go in my face.

NOTE: We shot the interior scenes at night. The sunlight you see is actually the amazing lighting done by my DP. The short was voted for best cinematography.
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But why say it at all? It was hardly an original notion. And the world is hardly black and white; there is never only two sides to a conflict. That's simply naivete.
 
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Chicago Jones said:
WHy say anything? Simplicity= affective in short form
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If beating a dead horse is the effect you were searching for...

And you're the one who was making a "statement," however trite it was. Why ask me why one would say something? You were.
 
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Chicago Jones

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ResidentAlien said:
If beating a dead horse is the effect you were searching for...

And you're the one who was making a "statement," however trite it was. Why ask me why one would say something? You were.
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well my dead horse was better than most dead horses that get squeezed out of film school
 
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Chicago Jones said:
well my dead horse was better than most dead horses that get squeezed out of film school
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Really? For a moment there I confused it with nearly every other first student film I'd ever seen.
 
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ResidentAlien said:
Really? For a moment there I confused it with nearly every other first student film I'd ever seen.
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If you're saying my short is a anti-war short, it is not. And if so, nobody in my entire school made a anti-war or a short that actually had a purpose. They all did shorts about ex girlfriends, detectives, David Lynch rip offs, and shorts that had fancy titles in them but served no purpose.
 
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Chicago Jones said:
If you're saying my short is a anti-war short, it is not. And if so, nobody in my entire school made a anti-war or a short that actually had a purpose. They all did shorts about ex girlfriends, detectives, David Lynch rip offs, and shorts that had fancy titles in them but served no purpose.
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No, I'm calling it a vacuous social reform piece, as if you're going to change the world with a silly student film.
 
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ResidentAlien said:
No, I'm calling it a vacuous social reform piece, as if you're going to change the world with a silly student film.
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You are looking into this way to deeply. Who said I want to change the world? I set out to make a short film that actually said something so I could put it on my reel.
 
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Chicago Jones said:
You are looking into this way to deeply. Who said I want to change the world? I set out to make a short film that actually said something so I could put it on my reel.
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And I'm saying that it doesn't say anything worth saying.
 
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Chicago Jones said:
Well can't disagree with your opinion. Can you explain why my short film sucks?
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I already cited lack of originality.


I'm impressed you haven't caught on yet-- what goes around comes around, eh?
 
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