REFUGE (short film)
 

REFUGE is a short film that my crew and I have been working on for quite some time now. I'm happy to say that it's finally finished -psshheww. The equipment used included a Canon HV30, Rode NTG2, Lowell Omni, Tota and Pro. I also went with a few china balls and a 5 in 1. For the car scenes (night) I tucked a few led lights from ikea in the dash and sun visors. I also was able to get my hands on a motion stabilizer (Hague MMC) which came in handy for the car scenes as well. Any questions or comments on REFUGE will be gladly accepted and appreciated.

Take care,

Trey

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Howdy there,

The shots are nicely done. However I feel that shorts should have a faster pacing, not the same as a feature. I want interesting stuff to happen pretty quickly. At least some key dialogue. Like the difference between a pop song and a Mozart epic. You can't take your time in a pop song like you can in a long-form symphony.

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This is an excellent analogy. Thank you for posting!

Just to offer an opposing view, I personally enjoyed the slower pacing as well the scenes with the storm straight from David Lynch's hell.
I think you can (and sometimes should) slow your pace down in a short, if it's necessary. Also, I enjoyed the way the film was framed.

However, I do agree that a bit more should have happened, even if the pacing is slow I think we could've used a little more insight into the characters' situations.

Overall, I thought it was quite good.

Thank you, Cole!