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joefromdetroit
Go see arsoneffect's comment to tobuscus, in which he basically says that your video (and everyone else's) sucks. Leave him a nice comment if you get a chance.

rathergrog08
Film noir. nice.

jazzdog
This one was confusing, but after watching it a few ties, I fully understood it. (i know almost nothing about noir)

Dessa
Nothing is wasted...though I will admit it took me a few times to see that the shot with the light and the wall and why it was so important that in the beginning there's a dark figured man beneath it and in the end he's gone...which plays into why he's the 'bad guy'. It's a shame it is so difficult to see, though, it could really have been much stronger otherwise.

becky
I do like the noir style, but in my opinion you took it a bit far. There are several shots where nothing happens, or if it does happen it's just too dark to see.

shawncaple
I appreciate the feedback Becky. Wasteful shots are very common in independent projects and I too am guilty or it. In my defense though, I think it paces the story out rather than rushing through it. Maybe my other entry will be to your liking. I'm gonna keep working to get better!

VagrantBlack
The images weren't clear enough to be able to tell the story without dialogue. Perhaps you have this in better resolution?

shawncaple
I do but the system to remove and update the video are too had to do. Also, you have 2/3rds of the video in darkness, common in the noir style, that allow you to focus only on what is important to the scene.

dmitriypopov
This really is my favorite video, shawncaple. But since I have an entry to the contest as well (uploaded, still pending for post) I will remain neutral and not to vote. Excellent execution, very thought out lighting, easy to follow plot. My only critique would be a few lose crop on editing, and the sound quality was slightly low (but that might be a conversion problem by the official). Once again, fantastic job!!!

shawncaple
Thank you sir. Proper feedback is greatly appreciated.

princess
Not YOU Snazzle...but others, I mean...

princess
Agreed Snazzle. It's creative and dark and funny. I don't understand how you don't get it...?

Snazzleton
Very interesting shots and smart minimal lighting choices. Very cool, shawn.

Kevin
What's not to get?

Inspktrgadget
agree with Krisi.

RainMovies
Nice mysterious effect but you seem to be borderline of losing the point of the contest, but it a least a nice video.

shawncaple
I believe the contest is very open ended, allowing a variety of videos.

Krisi
I liked the film noir look, but I was a little lost with the story/message.

shawncaple
It's subtle. Since Mozy is backup/computer related, I went for a more "technical" punchline.

chadxmd
I don't know that I understand..

shawncaple
Have you ever had a software program that was giving you trouble? You hit ctrl alt del and the task manager appears. The task manager allows you to end a program and in this case, the girl got a little violent before she found that out.

Rambler
it seemed like good quality and filming but it was hard to follow and confusing

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