The Milgram Experiment
 

Hello people, I am back again with a new project for my high school sophomore film class. For our character driven project that couldn't contain any audio other than music we chose to base it around the Milgram Experiment. This was an experiment done during the 60s in which someone would ask questions to another person who was hooked up some way to high amount of voltage. Every time the subject answered them wrong (they were very difficult) the person would have to double the voltage and shock them. It was mainly to see how far people will go listening to authority or standing up for what is right.

I shot it in two days and edited in a few hours. Please give me some feedback on how I did from some fellow DSLR filmmakers.

Thanks guys.

-Michael


YouTube - The Milgram Experiment

i thought that was great...you did a great job telling the story with no audio/speaking

I though the editing could've been a lot faster.

It needs something more impactful to end on. Given that the 'victims' in the Milgram Experiment were actually all actors, you could've easily worked a nice surprise ending in there somehow.

There's some nice shots in there though, particularly at 0:40 where he walks out of the light and into the shadows.

Our original plan was to show an old school tape deck rolling for the last shot, which in turn would make the audience realize that there was no one there. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my hands on one in time. :(