That's funny! You know, earlier tonight when I saw you'd posted on the other subforum I almost asked if you'd seen your feedback thread. It's good that you were able to see the comments and know how much you are appreciated!

Thank you for your service. I'm about to find out what it's like to be an Army mom; my son will be commissioned in May and then...well, you know the drill.

Looks like you've been working your way through all the entries. Hope you're having a great time! :)

Nice walking shot, and good camera moves when used. The exposure on the outdoor shots seemed inconsistant, like you irised down when you reset after the car. (Personally, I like the car exposure better.) I'm not sure the christmas lights at the end were entirely necessary to the story, but I might feel differently about that if I were watching it at some time when my own tree wasn't still up. The explosions looked nice in and of themselves, but the placement of them seemed a bit floating in space. Maybe that's realistic - I'm fortunate enough not to know - but it felt a bit random to me. Nice job over all. Good pacing, the story plays out well.

Smile,
Kris

I liked the interesting idea of doing the mini movie and then a sort of documentary around that. Good idea. The outside shots at the chopper make it for me.

Nice.

Served 7 years in the Ohio Air and Army National Guard units. When the first Gulf thing happened, I re-upped for a 1 year deal in case they needed me. They didn't at that time. Carried an M-203 for a few years. Interesting weapon.

Sean

Good luck to him (and you at being an Army mom).
Oh yeah. It's like getting to look through someone else's eyes for a change. We don't get to do that very often and I enjoy the experience. Sometimes it's almost like a mini-vacation.

Rare feedback from me. :)
The outside shots made this for me. I would have considered cutting the minimovie at the start out of it completely and just focusing on the documentary side, there was so much more there to eplore and expand. The footage at the beginning just didn't have the emotion attached to it that the rest of it did. Just my thoughts.