Never Again at DVinfo.net

Bill Hamell · September 14th, 2008, 05:41 PM

Hi, everyone

Never Again is a six minute short film I hope you enjoy and comment on it.

http://sectfilm.net/neveragain.htm

Bill

Bill Hamell · September 27th, 2008, 05:59 PM

No comments? Didn't see that coming. :-(

Jay Kavi · September 27th, 2008, 07:24 PM

Hey Bill, the cinematography was great. Can you give some inside in to the choice to shoot B&W?

Daniel Pace · October 5th, 2008, 01:06 PM

Bill, firt of all, I love films with little or no dialogue. The use of BW makes sense; a bit cliche but it makes sense in this story. The cinematography is very nice. It could have been a bit tighter, shorter, but I like the concept. I enjoyed it.
Daniel

Bill Hamell · October 5th, 2008, 04:08 PM

Jay,

Thank you, the choice to go B&W was the Directors I like B&W so I never asked him why he wanted it, I will and will get back to you.

Daniel,

Thank you, I agree it could be tighter I work with a lot of first time or new filmmakers, and this was a learning experience for one of them.

Thank you both for viewing Never Again and for commenting.

Bill

Lori Starfelt · October 5th, 2008, 04:46 PM

Nice work on everyone's part. I love the flowers being in color. The location is very nice as well. The rain - well, who doesn't love rain on screen? Nice cinematography. Appealing actors. Great shoes.

It needs to be shorter. And the opening shot looks like the opening shot to a commercial rather than a short film. It threw me for a second.

congrats. Good work.

Bill Hamell · October 5th, 2008, 06:59 PM

Lori,

Thank you, for the comments, the rain was manmade, I built a fixture that shot water up into the awning.

You are the second person to comment on the "commercial" look of the start, I did not pick up on that when we were shooting however I do agree.

Bill

Paul Whittington · October 9th, 2008, 08:28 PM

Hey Bill, great cinematography - I liked your choice of composition for a lot of the shots. The story was good too (very poetic).

I also liked the choice of B&W too since it reflected the world of sadness and despair that was surrounding the girl and since the flower represented the hope of elimination of those negative emotions, it makes sense that the flowers would be in color. A creative idea indeed.

Nice work all around!

Ivo van Aart · October 12th, 2008, 12:51 PM

Nice images and feel to the film.

There are three things I didn't really like:
-The effect on the flowers, I sometimes saw the mask move.
-The length and timing: this could've been shorter and more effective.
-The music: why not use some setnoise? It's not a music video!

But overall not bad!

September 14th, 2008, 05:41 PM	#1
Bill Hamell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mystic Ct. Posts: 477	Never Again Hi, everyone Never Again is a six minute short film I hope you enjoy and comment on it. http://sectfilm.net/neveragain.htm Bill __________________ Cinematographers Bring Shadow To Light

September 27th, 2008, 05:59 PM	#2
Bill Hamell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mystic Ct. Posts: 477	No comments? Didn't see that coming. :-( __________________ Cinematographers Bring Shadow To Light

October 5th, 2008, 04:08 PM	#5
Bill Hamell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mystic Ct. Posts: 477	Jay, Thank you, the choice to go B&W was the Directors I like B&W so I never asked him why he wanted it, I will and will get back to you. Daniel, Thank you, I agree it could be tighter I work with a lot of first time or new filmmakers, and this was a learning experience for one of them. Thank you both for viewing Never Again and for commenting. Bill __________________ Cinematographers Bring Shadow To Light

October 5th, 2008, 06:59 PM	#7
Bill Hamell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mystic Ct. Posts: 477	Lori, Thank you, for the comments, the rain was manmade, I built a fixture that shot water up into the awning. You are the second person to comment on the "commercial" look of the start, I did not pick up on that when we were shooting however I do agree. Bill __________________ Cinematographers Bring Shadow To Light

October 9th, 2008, 08:28 PM	#8
Paul Whittington Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 106	Hey Bill, great cinematography - I liked your choice of composition for a lot of the shots. The story was good too (very poetic). I also liked the choice of B&W too since it reflected the world of sadness and despair that was surrounding the girl and since the flower represented the hope of elimination of those negative emotions, it makes sense that the flowers would be in color. A creative idea indeed. Nice work all around! __________________ www.orangecorefilms.com Short Films & Stop-motion Animation

September 27th, 2008, 07:24 PM	#3
Jay Kavi Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 243	Hey Bill, the cinematography was great. Can you give some inside in to the choice to shoot B&W?

October 5th, 2008, 01:06 PM	#4
Daniel Pace New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 14	Bill, firt of all, I love films with little or no dialogue. The use of BW makes sense; a bit cliche but it makes sense in this story. The cinematography is very nice. It could have been a bit tighter, shorter, but I like the concept. I enjoyed it. Daniel

October 5th, 2008, 04:46 PM	#6
Lori Starfelt Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles, california Posts: 228	Nice work on everyone's part. I love the flowers being in color. The location is very nice as well. The rain - well, who doesn't love rain on screen? Nice cinematography. Appealing actors. Great shoes. It needs to be shorter. And the opening shot looks like the opening shot to a commercial rather than a short film. It threw me for a second. congrats. Good work.

October 12th, 2008, 12:51 PM	#9
Ivo van Aart Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Breda, Netherlands Posts: 67	Nice images and feel to the film. There are three things I didn't really like: -The effect on the flowers, I sometimes saw the mask move. -The length and timing: this could've been shorter and more effective. -The music: why not use some setnoise? It's not a music video! But overall not bad!