Suspect's Short Films

[TheUsualSuspect]

From Curveball Productions.

Let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jPn3bbt96A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4vY0kBP9q4

[Bill]

They're really funny. Keep the good work.

[nebbit]

:laugh: at the first, :bawling: at the 2nd, Good stuff :yup:

[TheUsualSuspect]

HAHAHAHAHA, thanks for the comments NEBBS.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Here is another short I did for film class.

Two characters had to meet.
They both say something
Exchange something
One leaves
They say departing lines.

The departing dialogue is an inside joke between people in my class, but gamers will get it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ioufMxpUU

[TheUsualSuspect]

Just for fun, here are the outtakes from PSA in the Hammer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JAq9CzLXsI&feature=user

[7thson]

Nice man.............You had me laughing so much, and then I thought: wth am I lauging so much? and then it came to me...cause it is Fing funny and sarcastic. GJ man GJ.

[christine]

I like them!

[nebbit]

Now have started my day with a smile Thanks :)

[TheUsualSuspect]

Now have started my day with a smile Thanks :)

Wow, that is so cool. Thanks a bunch.:p

[Iroquois]

Hehe, not bad. Are you the star of the second video? If so, nice look when you flip open the phone the second time - :eek:

Also, your friend has a weird way of pronouncing "pwn".

[TheUsualSuspect]

Yes that is me in the second. I'm also the guy in the first video they throw out of the way.

[TheUsualSuspect]

The Awkward Conversation.

For people who were at the Oscar chat and for some reason paid attention to what I was saying might remember I mentioned this.

It's another school project in which my script was voted in the top two to be filmed. Which meant I was also the director.

It's about a father who must have that talk that every father must have with their son at some point in their life.

Bloopers to come as well.

Side Note - The file is too big for youtube, so I've posted it elsewhere. You can find it in the movieforums facebook group or at the site funnyordie.com

(http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fd33abe616)http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fd33abe616
(http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fd33abe616)

[anakin316]

good stuff......really enjoyed it

[Mrs. Darcy]

Nice videos, US, I enjoyed them. Good job.

[TheUsualSuspect]

A chase video we had to do.....shot in 16mm FILM!!!

I wrote and shot this, my two buddies acted in it. Edited in camera, took 8 hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs--Mwk9IO4

[nebbit]

Cute :yup:

[FernTree]

LOL ... nice one Matey. Good camera work and fun scripting ... also good choice in music :)

Are you still studying or have you completed the course?
Do you have plans to enter the industry or perhaps enter a short film competition?

I recently (last year) assisted a mate in his final assessment project ... lots of fun, as most (2 out of 3 sessions) was shot in the pub. I did special effects and also ended up acting (if you can call it acting :p LOL) ... he passed the course ...
Here is link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZAiripq6QA

and we are in the middle of working on another project ... a documentary style thing exploring the world of record (vinyl) collectors and those who sell them. Also discussing entering next TropFest (Aussie short film festival)

Cheers and keep it happening :D

[TheUsualSuspect]

Funny video, really well done. Good job on the effects, and the acting, lol.


I'm finishing up my 2nd year at College, first year in the film program they have and hope to be something in the industry. If anything happens, I'll be looking you up for the main role. ;)

[FernTree]

LOL, I'd rather blow something up ... your choice of colour :p

Keep up the good work ... and enter some comps !!!

btw ... Have you considered applying for an Arts/Film grant?

Cheers ;)

[Powdered Water]

I really like your taste in music that you picked out for all of your movies. Great job Matt. I can't wait to see you or your work on my Television someday.

[TheUsualSuspect]

If the beginning is in grey....I do not know why. It's not suspose to be like that with the title card.

Anyways.

This is my monologue for the final project, shot in 6 hours. I'll be doing a commentary for it, and will throw it up here if anyone is interested. I'm not too happy with the final product. If I could I would go back and change tons of stuff.

The V/O might be low, so adjust if needed.

Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk7PCfNBE4k

[Iroquois]

Once again, nice work. Gotta love the Evil Dead 2 references you made.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Glad you picked up on it.

There are a few more to other films.

A pat on the head to those who can spot em.

[Iroquois]

The only other one I can remember is the use of 2001 footage...

[The Spirit]

A chase video we had to do.....shot in 16mm FILM!!!

I wrote and shot this, my two buddies acted in it. Edited in camera, took 8 hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs--Mwk9IO4

Dude! i love it! keep up the great work. had me smilin. :D

[The Spirit]

and 16mm!? DAMN! Ive done that before but it taint easy

[TheUsualSuspect]

Yeah, it was a tough night. I thought I broke the film sprocket trying to load the damn thing.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Here is a quick one.

We had to do a PSA that dealt with Toronto and city garbage. It couldn't be longer then 30 seconds, which meant it sucked.

Here is the longer version.

My buddy directed it, I wrote and edited it. This one was basically thrown together just to show some friends online. Hence no real credits or music.

Yes, that is me with the hat at the beginning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aul9arHGfUQ

[Iroquois]

Cool to see you do something different.

That burger box reminded me of a South Park Canadian so badly. Even the voice sounded the same.

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/05/Canada_iPod_Settlement.jpg

[TheUsualSuspect]

The Awkward Bloopers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKgBYKXwyHk&feature=channel_page

[nebbit]

:laugh:

[mark f]

Daddy seems to have a cold, but I once thought that Jeff Tweedy had a cold, and he's had it for 10 year now. The son... are Canadians really that much into way-behind-the-curve, "indie" American kids with the knee ripped out of the jeans and the backwards baseball cap (what I call the brain drain)? Extra points for the hockey jersey and not wearing the jeans below the ass :cool: "Yes, there are still penises and vaginas?" Is this from Clerks 3? :D I'm just babbling... you can see the +1, correct?

[TheUsualSuspect]

I will try and post the actual short later, there is a link to it in an earlier post, but it's always nice to just have it on the page.

It's from my first year in film too, not a recent one.

[TheUsualSuspect]

So with the second year ending and screenings WEDNESDAY, I'm having trouble finishing this pitch package.

We all wrote a script this year and voted on the best ones for each class, there are 4 sections. Mine was voted #2 in our class (behind a kid who wants to film his in Detroit). Currently 39 went through and they are being whittled down to about 14. This is the big project next year and if my script gets chosen I get to direct it.

We all need to write and submit a pitch package, including the script, budget sheet, viability, soundscape, visual style, etc.

So, my script...

Here's a quick premise.

A modern day Frankenstein love story with a Dr. Seuss twist in which a young girl, Michelle, falls in love with the boy across the street, Stan. When Stan rejects her, her twisted little mind decides that if she can’t have him, no one will, and kills him. She decides to bring him back to life, to show him that no one but her will love a member of the undead.

and the current tagline is: Michelle is about to "make" a new friend.

Here is the character sketch I drew for the character of Michelle.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/layden/bio010.jpg

Not the best, or really accurate, but a sense of what I'm going for.

People are telling me it's very Tim Burton, I can see that, yet I'm trying to make it stand on it's own as well.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Well today was the day and the pitch was not chosen. Instead they have decided to go the route of immature and cliched. A script about a woman deciding if she should stay in a relationship because of religion was chosen (horribly structured and boring) and another one in which a man loses his wedding ring inside a hooker after fingering her. Funny, but forgettable and a lot of jokes are in bad taste.

14 were chosen and I'm upset mine wasn't. I got a dozen emails from other students were were shocked mine wasn't chosen either. I'm not trying to make it a huge tragedy or a big deal that mine was 'suppose' to be chosen or anything. It apparently just wasn't chosen, I can move on.

What I'm really upset with are my electives. We were told to order our preferences from 1 to 9. They told us that they will do their best to give everyone what they want and people will most likely get 2 of their top 3.

These were my choices

1. Script Writing
2. Editing
3. Directing
4. Sound Production
5. Cinematography
6. TV Production
7. Art Direction
8. Production Management
9. Visual Effects

I got Script Writing, TV Production and Product Management. 2/3? Where the hell is that. I talked to others and 3 out of 5 of them told me they got ALL 3 of their top choices. How does that work? I don't know.

The way the next semester works is you work on a position that your are in for your electives. Since the scripts are already written and TV has no purpose in the IP part, I'm left with Production Management. This is all paper work and **** (sorry for my language) I do not want to do. I'm going to school to learn how to make films not write down log hours. and filling out daily production reports.

Not only do I not want to do this, I'm not even good at it. Production Management is one of my lowest marks. I don't have the needed skills to be a producer or production manager. I loved the feeling of working on a set, I won't get this again next semester if things stay the way they are (which by the looks of it, will).

Now let's look at it from my perspective. I was planning on moving out to Toronto this school year because of the projects. Too much work, long hours and hard labour for me to take a 2 hour commute every day. So the plan was indeed to move out. I'm having doubts now.

Why should I continue this course if I'm not doing what I want to do. It is a waste of time and money (both housing and tuition). A co-op in the last semester would be useless if I have to take yet another Production Management position. This is not why I got into film.

I may seem like I'm complaining a lot and should just suck it up, but how everything is connected and works, you can be royally screwed on a lot of things. This is one of those things, In My Opinion.


Just some thoughts that I needed to vent.

[Harry Lime]

Make your film anyway.

[TheUsualSuspect]

It's not just about the film.

And next summer would be the only time, when everyone I know has graduated and moved on to jobs out there.

[Harry Lime]

Where there's a will there's a way.

But I'd also be pretty choked if I was paying all this money and stuck in Production Management too. Good luck regardless.

[mark f]

How much, if any of this, is already paid for? I have more to say but that's a priority before I get to the rest. You may be aware that my daughter Sarah is going to USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Well, that is a dream come true for her, but we've just been told, TODAY, that we're supposed to go find someplace else to live before she even starts college, and it's not cheap, I'll tell you. So my opinion is that if it's already paid for, you reinvent that section which you think sucks and make it your own and much more pertinent to your previous expectations. Even if it's not totally paid for but it's cheap, do the same thing. You've got to have made some friends there who will be on your side and trade off with you, unless they really aren't friends but are the kind of cutthroats I came across at UC Irvine when I tried to become a doctor. Good Luck.

[TheUsualSuspect]

As of right now the final semester and housing is not paid for.

[Harry Lime]

The final year of a four year program?

[TheUsualSuspect]

Sorry final year is not paid for, not just semester.

Due date not coming around yet.

3 year program.

[mark f]

OK, so it's obviously too late to be applying for scholarships and grants. What do you think you're going to do? Is it worth it to you to try to get loans because this seems like some kind of bait-and-switch BS to me.

[Edenvegan]

The Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire of our generation!!! ha, ha, ha! ;)

*Oops forgot to quote: "The Dance Is On" short film

[TheUsualSuspect]

So I've decided to stick it out and try to make the best of it. I might have made matters worse though, since I'm stuck in the Production Management class, I've stepped up and tackled the role of PRODUCER.

Granted, Director would be so much more fun and creative. Producer seems like a lot of hassle, yet I'd rather get my name on something then have it be a random one no one sees.

I'm guess the saying that Jews run Hollywood might be true. In an ironic twist, the one script that was forwarded (against the writer's request, and only forwarded in my opinion because the teacher was Jewish and the script was about a Jewish girl) is the one I'm producing.

Thoughts of sabotage came into my mind. How in the hell can I try to steer this thing into something that people might enjoy? It's a challenge, but when it comes down it to, I'm not the director.

Being a producer is going to be one hell of a job and will most likely take up a lot of my time.

I'll try to keep those interested posted when 2nd semester role around.

[TheUsualSuspect]

So this is the link to our film that we did for the Toronto 48 Hour film challenge.

I came up with the premise and co-wrote it with two other writers. Suffice to say, one of them was deemed the "Head Writer" and took more creative control over it. We each wrote a script based on the idea and he took them all and meshed them together. The final script was two lines of dialogue from mine and one montage segment (which he changed to his own jokes) and one bit involving a door opening with the other. The rest of it was all his. The final film, however, cut the door joke out and we dropped one character.

We slept the Friday night after we got the call from our teammates as to what our package entailed. We had to make a film based on these things.

Location: Convenience Store
Line: Just Write Something
Prop: Marking Tape
Theme: First Time

The film could not exceed 8 minutes long.

We got to work early the next morning, non-stop. I worked as Boom Operator - which fell under my Production Assistant duties as well as assistant editor. We finished filming around eleven pm and myself and a two others got to syncing the footage. Synching the footage means taking the audio which is recorded through a mic and into a device and match/synch that up with the video. This is one of the many reasons why they have slates. The clapping sound is what they match the video/audio to.

Anyways, 4 hours of doing that and I was dead tired. Yet, we ran into a problem. We were all syncing on separate computers and we couldn't get them all the go on one computer because there was some glitch with the audio. 2 hours of trouble shooting and we got it fixed. I decided to go get some ZZZ's as the guy did the edit. I woke up and we had our edit done.

Then it went on to both visual effects and sound editing. This was around 11:00 AM. The rest of the day was dedicated to these two aspects and with and hour or so of polishing it up. The deadline was 8:00 PM. We submitted the film at 7:45 PM.

There are some audio glitches, so we want to to another mix before we let more people see it. But, we have it up on Megavideo for those who are interested. I thought I'd share it with you guys. Let me know what you think. Keep in mind, we could only have ten people on our team and none of us are actors, so be gentle.

The theatre showing of the films was Wednesday at Bloor cinema (no one from toronto here, eh?) and it was a really long night. Started at 7:00 I got out around midnight. There were 30 films to get through and they were all nearly 8 minutes. Years prior most were 5. There was one 15 minute intermission and I must say the first half of the films were far superior to the second. They announced a top ten that would go on to win prizes and such.

We unfortunately did not make the top ten. Some of the ones who did made it boggle my mind, others were well deserved. My favourite of the night were actually our friends. We all went to film school together and we had separate teams. They got in, we didn't. If you look up torontofilmchallenge on youtube and click on the 2010 videos, you'll see the ones that I think made it. Stick It To The Man, Man! was my favourite (our friends) and another one I really enjoyed was called Bus Stop.

Well, here is our entry.

Two Timing (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A02EHCUV)

Around 500 or so MB

[planet news]

Hmmm... wow, great job!

First of all the editing and camera work (doubles sequences were spot on) was really fluid and top notch. Effects were quite good and subdued to just the right amount. I didn't notice any audio glitches though, but I'm not very perceptive.

I feel like maybe the ending wasn't as much of a "clincher" as it could've been. Then again it was definitely charming in its own way. I thought the main actress and the guy were pretty decent; the guys reactions were funny because they were mechanistic, I think. The girls mistakes just had a wtf factor that really worked well, I feel.

I'm really impressed overall, Suspect. Keep up the good work!

[Powdered Water]

Coolio. Can't wait to check it out. Won't be able to see it until tonight as its taking awhile to download. You must be uploading it from one of those old modems that you have to stick the telephone into that big plastic cradle...

http://by1.storage.msn.com/y1pc6h5kSx-YMs0CpuHu7O5df3Nbd0cAN94T1ojoUe-mNRtXvtwmMe5W8NOmN5zYkDLjro4IqjuQfi0oZSJKk9AMIl5QsBflHtk?PARTNER=WRITER

[christine]

Brilliant job Sus! sounds like a lot of stress in a short time tho, but the result is excellent. Can't believe you can get such a great little film done and looking so professional in such a short time. I didn't notice any audio problems but I watched it before I read your post explaining that you had some. Loved the girl (s) , specially Myla , the expressions on her face were very funny. Well done!

I watched Stick it to the Man, Man. Was good but I've seen that stick man idea before. The Bus Stop was brilliant - loved that one. Laughed out loud at the TB joke!

[TheUsualSuspect]

Yes, those two were my favourites of the night. The Bus Stop had such a unique feel to it. Thanks for all the kind words guys.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Here it is on youtube!!!

Quality obviously took a hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DykK3Stbbrk

[TheUsualSuspect]

It seems the Bus Stop entry was disqualified because they submitted the wrong file and the one they sent in was missing the required location element.

That sucks, it was one of my favourites.

[Yoda]

Is the YouTube one above the same one you put on Megaupload.com earlier? Because I was having trouble downloading that.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Yes it is.

Thoughts?

[Yoda]

Haven't seen it yet, I just wanted to check so I could stop trying to download it from the other place. :)

[TheUsualSuspect]

Yeah, people were having problems with the download.

[planet news]

It worked fine for me. And the quality makes it come alive and look more pro.

[will.15]

I saw it on youtube. To be honest I wasn't that crazy about it. The problem wasn't technical, it was the script. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me and I saw the twist coming.

A little thing, but it might have made a diiference, when she comes back the last time, she is dressed different and noticeably older.

[TheUsualSuspect]

That was my problem with it. The writer took out bits that explained what was happening to make room for his jokes. Which were eventually dropped as well.

[planet news]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4vY0kBP9q4Why is this so frickin' funny to me?

[TheUsualSuspect]

I don't know, but I appreciate the fact you find it funny.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Script Challenge

So this one is titled Trick or Treat, it's hosted by google docs so if you want to read it you need an account, it's free though.

Requirements:

Genre: Horror
Location: Electrical Tower
Prop: Harmonica.

Trick or Treat. (http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8XP1Q3DlyxsYzY2NTIzMDMtOTY1Ni00Y2RiLTgwODctNDc3MDVkMmUwNTIz&hl=en)

The second one is an edited version, so there is no title page, ignore the title page.

Requirements:

Genre: Historical Fiction (wtf right?)
Location: Butcher Shop
Prop: Photo Album

Can I Take Your Picture? (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8XP1Q3DlyxsZTgwZDUyNzEtZWQyMC00MmRhLTliN2QtYTIyOGY1M2JlNjBi&hl=en)

[will.15]

Sally must have a time machine because her instant camera didn't exist in 1963. They had instant cameras, but the technologogy was more primitive. The picture came out between heavy paper and you had to wait sixty seconds before you pulled the paper off.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Yes, that was one of the comments from the judges. My research (very minimum) saw that instant cameras were around in the 60's, so I went with that.

Also, they were pretty heavy, so she must have great strength ;)

No comments other than that one critique on realism?

[will.15]

It was good, but I wondered why Oswald paid thirty five bucks for salami. No wonder he was pissed at Kennedy.

I don't know exactly what those cameras were like in the early sixties, but the ones circa 1970 were pretty big and clunky, but I think they came with a strap you could hang on your neck. My father had one. I think the early sixties ones were much more expensive than the later model. They were fun, but a pain in the neck too because somtimes the paper didn't come off right and if you didn't time it right the pictures would be ruined. I wasted a lot of pictures that came out all black.

[TheUsualSuspect]

35 cents :p

[TheUsualSuspect]

Well I've got more news for those of you who want to know a thing or two about my current 'career' in film.

I entered into a screenplay competition. The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, which had over 500 scripts from over 30 different countries entered. That was whittled down to 57, then to 25, then a top 13.

Yours truly, made the top 13 scripts and have been invited to attend the Award Gala on May 28th. First place wins $2,500, an apple iPad, the award itself and the possibility of their film being made. Second gets $500, then so on.

The problem is that I live in Hamilton, Ontario....which is near Toronto for those who don't know. The Awards Gala, which is also apart of a Film Festival is in Yorkton. Yorkton is in Saskatchewan, two provinces over.

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So I just bought a plane ticket.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the last weekend in May I will be in Saskatchewan to hopefully place in the top 3. If not, I had a good run. There is a networking event there, which I will also be attending, hopefully make some contacts there.

And here is a link (http://networkedblogs.com/hg6si), I'm the first one listed.

[Dog Star Man]

These are pretty interesting my friend. Keep at it! Practice, practice, practice and you'll definitely go places!

[TheUsualSuspect]

Well I'm back from the Festival. I didn't win. :(

I placed 10th overall. Still, 10th out of 513 isn't that bad right?

Got a $100 Cheque out of it.

[planet news]

Ain't bad at all, bro. Top 2%.

Should've had a little more of a climax, but the concept was nicely realized overall.

[nebbit]

Well I'm back from the Festival. I didn't win. :(

I placed 10th overall. Still, 10th out of 513 isn't that bad right?

Got a $100 Cheque out of it.
Got to start somewhere, congrats on your placing :yup:

[TheUsualSuspect]

Adventures of Owen (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1861985/)

So this was one of the final year projects last year. I was the editor and it was shot on RED. It played at Sprockets in TIFF and is now playing at a film festival in TAIWAN. Very proud of this one.

Click on the trailer.

[GreenEyed Vixen]

OMG!!!!!!! Those are so awesome, great music too, the first one made me laugh so hard:rotfl:, great, second one was good too, you are very talented... Impressive ;D thank you for sharing

[TheUsualSuspect]

Got a project on the go, possibly.

I wrote a short horror script about a little girl who wants revenge on two teenage boys for stealing her Halloween candy. So a buddy of mine just got a new camera and wants to shoot something.

I'm trying to get this together quickly too. Need some shots done on Halloween, the rest of the film can be shot the weekend after. I'll use this as a production journal of shorts to keep those posted who are interested. Since I'm unemployed now, it gives me more time to dive head first into such a project.

Yay!!!

[Yoda]

Hooray for being unemployed!

Seriously, though, sounds like a fun little idea. Keep us posted man.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Things are coming along.

We are getting b-roll on Halloween and the planned shooting dates are November 12, 13th. We plan on having it released next October, which gives us plenty of POST-PRODUCTION time to fine tune what we need.

It's the pre-production that is going to be a killer for us.

The crew is shaping up well, I'm producing, director, writing, editing and post supervising. :eek:

We got a camera operator, D.O.P, VFX supervisor, Assist Director, Production Assists, Stills Photographer, Poster Designer.

We are still looking for our sound recordist and make-up.

Cross fingers we get things going smoothly.

For those wanting to read the script, I posted it a couple posts above. Trick or Treat is the title.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Sad news, at least for me.

I've decided to cancel the project due to lack of interested crew members. I don't want to shoot something when people are not responding, crew positions are not filled and plans that keep falling through due to people who flake out at the last minute.

Hopefully I can pick things up next year.

Thus is the world of film.

[nebbit]

Sorry to hear that :(

[mark f]

So Suspect, I also think that sucks. What did you have as a budget, at least for the shooting?

[TheUsualSuspect]

I was putting in $500 of my own money. I had an additional $250 from the DOP.

The cash wasn't the MAIN issue, it was lack of people and interest. I needed the DOP to get some shots on Halloween night, she lets me know Frida that she can't do it. I didn't have access to a camera either.

So instead of rushing it, I'll hopefully have it for next year.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Am wondering if there are any takers on a 90 some odd page "horror" script I wrote. Looking to get some feedback and anyone with about an hour or two (depending on how fast you read) of free time wanna take a look at it?

PM me and I can email a copy over.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[pinkyd]

Good stuff!

[TheUsualSuspect]

Got a short script going into production. The Producer loved it, wanted to change some aspects, which was fine with me. The final product is good me thinks.

On top of that, they want to expand the story into a feature and get (hopefully) Stephen McHattie to play the lead. So now I have the task of trying to expand a 7 page short into a 90 page feature. Excited, scared, all of it. The main issue is coming up with a story that can serve 90 minutes.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Adventures of Owen is doing extremely well, so glad I was a part of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEdUVm3zO8k

[nebbit]

So cute :yup:

[TheUsualSuspect]

A poster for a script I wrote, the director did some re-writes so he threw his name on writing credits too. I'm interested in seeing how it turns out.

http://d2oadd98wnjs7n.cloudfront.net/medias/188953/pictures/full/20120318200120-the_bench_poster_final.jpg?1332126134

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/530111_244575128997142_836451663_n.jpg

[Nausicaä]

^ That first poster is fantastic.

[SilentShinobi]

I really love that Poster both the first and second they are great, whoever designed them have great minds ! :D

[TheUsualSuspect]

On the first page I put a link to FunyorDie for a video I did in class called "The AWkward Conversation". I posted that in 2008.

So link to original:

The Awkward Conversation (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fd33abe616/the-awkward-conversation-from-matt-layden)

I found this yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq3MTF7Q4Cw

sayyyyyyyy whaaaaaaaat?!?!?!!?!?

[mark f]

They stole and remade your movie with no permission? Did you leave a post calling them out? Plagiarism is rampant around here!

[will.15]

You got ripped, but I thought the one with the black guy and the white son was funnier because the father there was a better actor.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Well, the big difference is they are actors, the people in mine aren't. I tried contacting the uploader, to no avail. The production quality is terrible in my opinion, specifically the sound. I don't want my name attached to it.

[will.15]

You can contact youtube and maybe they will take it down.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Submitted a copyright infringement claim, hopefully they will take it down.

[will.15]

I don't remember where I saw it, but there is some version from years ago, where the little kid ends up explaining it to the father from what he learned in sex education.

[TheUsualSuspect]

The Bench (http://vimeo.com/78234590)

So there's a link to the completed film.

I gotta say, while I like how they shot it, they completely changed the script. The story is the same: God and the Devil sitting on a bench discussing the fate of humanity. But all the dialogue is different, they changed the devil to a woman and they made it preachy, whereas my original story had a slight twist with The Devil being the one who created everyone and spawned a God for them to "praise".

While I don't hate their story, it just feels weird to see it done so completely differently. Which is why I guess he decided to put his name down as a co-writer. I would have been more satisfied if it said "story by" instead.

At least they kinda kept the ending the same. ;)

It's still cool (in my mind) that someone saw my script online and now there is a short film out there.

EDIT - They obviously changed the title too, the POSTERS for the film are a few posts up ^^^

[TheUsualSuspect]

DETROIT (http://vimeo.com/51823309)

A short film where I was the 3rd AD on set, back in 2010.