Castar
7 Reviews
Reviews
Grounded
Absolutely amazing! To have made a visually stunning animated short film within 48Hours is no easy feat, but this duo team has smashed it out the park with this. I was encapsulated and entranced by this not only visually, but also by the simple but effective storytelling present in this animation.
End to end, this is an incredibly solid animation and I think you should pat yourself on the back for being able to achieve this within 48 hours.
Hi Santa, it's Charlie
At first glance, this film felt like it was dragging out for too long. But then you start to appreciate the purposeful characteristics of the film the more you break it down. You'll either love this, or you'll hate this film and I think I'm leaning more towards loving it. Its simplistic nature in storytelling by prompting the audience to suffer with Charlie over something so trivial in a way is the film's greatest strength. This film shouldn't work, but it does. It's a film with its own charm that works if you watch it with the right perspective. Overall, great work.
Walcom to New Zillund
Oh I am a sucker for anything 80's so you've got big marks from me. I thought this was a brilliant interpretation of a true story. It had good world building, great acting, looked really good and was paced very well.
The only thing that would hold this film from potentially being a city finalist or shortlist would be the lack of intensity towards the end in the sound design. It would've given that final push to an otherwise well polished film.
I think this is a team that has the capability of becoming a future city finalist in Welly. :)
The Gathering
Awesome film! As others have stated, definitely was a standout amongst Heat 2 and a strong contender for best School Team in CHCH. The film was well paced, had a good story structure, and was fun to watch overall. The opening exposition, coupled with the well executed match cut was what had me hooked in the beginning. Great acting, art direction and also the arc shot sequence as well.
My main takeaway would be to spend a little more time on implementing more sound effects. In particular, the various magic tricks done by the magicians to really enhance that scene. It would've felt more satisfying hearing an effect for the magic wand or for the ball trick as it felt a lil bit empty without it added.
Overall, it was a great film to watch and I can't wait to see what this team does for the next 48 hour competition. :)
Pop's Precious Pranks
Also wanted to chime in as I was also involved in the team. I'll be remiss by not acknowledging the amazing and positive reviews our film has received. We're deeply grateful that you have enjoyed it just as well as we enjoyed making it.
I also do appreciate some who were cheering for our film to be one of the finalists this year. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be. In saying that, by no means am I disappointed in the result. That's because there are a vast amount of talented and deserving filmmakers across Ōtautahi that have produced some amazing 48Hours entries this year. The team and I will definitely be cheering on all the finalists at the city finals!
As for the film. I'll refrain from echoing much of what has already been said so I'll be brief. Krysta, Andrew and Scott all nailed their respective roles. They all poured their hearts out in helping portray their characters' dynamic with one another. The story was all round solid for the runtime of the film, as it wasn't overtly complicated. Wish we could've worked on the sound design a little more but we did have to cut a few mistimed SFX due to the limited time we had to be able to fix them.
Overall, definitely proud of the team, and we'll for certain come back with a bigger and stronger entry.
MILK!
Undeniably peak cinema !!
This team lives up to its word and follows through with a bang, as others have already pointed out. This is also the type of entries that I love where I can tell the team behind this had a blast making this which epitomises what 48Hours is about. All the comedic beats hit, incredible acting and the story flowed flawlessly. Of course, the crème de la crème was the end.
Well done team, expect to see this on the big screen!
