The Immortal Think Tank

The Kneel Deal

I love this concept, and a super smart story choice for animating in only 48 hours. It was a joy to watch, great job

The Mis-Take

I think one take is a tough genre and you did it brilliantly. All the chaos going on around him, and the way the shots were shot felt seamless. I need to go back and rewatch because I don't know if it really was one take and you all nailed what you were supposed to do, or if it was very smart filming, timing, and editing. Either way, amazing job

Sox & Violence

This is one of those films that has stuck in my brain since I watched it and I've told multiple people about it. I feel like socks get overlooked too often. The sockapellas in pitch perfect, and now Sox and Violence in the 48 Hour Film Fest. I see your excellence, I see the puns, I see the socks, and I'm here for it

Trip Hazard

I managed to catch this in the heats and again last night and I just really love it. I think life is so much more wonderful when we can appreciate all the odd little quirks that make up a place like Dunedin haha. And with all the chaos going on around the world atm, I needed this film in my life! I felt like it embodied the best parts of being kiwi, like our humour and the things we want from life, and randomly steep residential roads xD Plus I'm pro women advocating for themselves, especially at the expense of a relationship if that's what needs to happen. Thank you for making it, watching it was a fun-derful time

Elijah's Ladder

What a powerful film. So impressed it was a solo project, and your film poster is perfect for this too. I don't even know if I can find words to convey what watching this was like. It gripped, and it left me feeling all kinds of things. I needed a beat afterwards to process, and I wanna go watch it again.

Repeating the words as you climbed built the anticipation. I wanted to see what you saw, I wanted to connect the dots too. The whole thing felt like a poem.

So, so good.

Also your team intro was great haha.

Fools Gold

Hihi, I just saw your heat and wanted to say great job!

I loved the cut from the hand drawn map to the home map, the music slowing down as more spoons came up, the birds eye view of the X, and that finding the spoons came in handy! So many excellent moments.

I think your film has my fav line of the night - "My mum dropped me off and she ain't coming back," delivered so casually.

I did mildly gag watching them eat mayo. But that seems appropriate xD

Fun watch!

Auto Intelligence

This feels like a weird sentence to write but - I very much enjoyed watching the dad die haha! The drama, the slow mo, the lego special fx, very fun haha. There were a couple parts outside where it was a little tough to hear, but overall, amazing job. It built tension, was a fun twist on 'AI', and I enjoyed the bloopers :)

The Little German Boy and the Cave

Those cardboard sculptures are sooo neat. A lot of work must have gone into making them and this entire film. I enjoyed all the details, like the feet on baba yaga's house

Spring Cleaning

There was a small part of me that expected violence when the robot hugged him haha 😂

This was very sweet, and packed a lot of emotion in a very small time frame. Great animation :)

A.I. Dream of Genie

This was so fun (and a topical haha). Some of the lines were a little hard to hear but for the most part okay and just a really satisfying watch! It might be my creative prejudice speaking but I loved watching an AI 'writer,' even one who trained AI on his own stories, get shut out x) So yeah, great story! Enjoyed

Where's Larry Scrapp?

There's a few ways to build tension in a film and one of those is to tell the auidence what is going to happen and then show it happening. Having that prediction at the start meant I was anticipating all those moments.

I loved the timelaspe around the bartender, I thought it was an excellent way to show the ordeal she was going through, haha. The build up to checking under her car kept me hooked, and then the ending to bring it full circle. Lots of smart story telling!

Also, was there a note to the judges on the tap? I need rewatch lollll

Great job :)

Spoiler Alert

We got to watch this for the first time on the grand finals stream last night, and I know you said it maybe wasn't a comedy, but we laughed the whole way through, it was so funny.

There's that saying that 'love will move mountains' but I've always thought actually it should be petty revenge haha. The things humans can achieve while driven by pettiness!

I just found the whole film super relatable. And I love that it ended with him writing #2 partly because it spoiled the end again, but also it drove home the extent of his feelings. It's so frustrating to have something spoiled! It's rude, and he deserves his revenge! And wild author success along the way!

Congrats on your win :) I can't wait for this to become available so I can make everyone I know watch it.

Killer Views

This was a lot of fun :) I enjoyed the back and forth between social media personality and reality personality, performed that switch so well

Morgan's Organs

I think I saw an instagram story of you animating with baby. I'm so impressed by Morgan's Organs, even without a baby factoring. And I'm a mum too, so I'm fully aware of how time consuming babys are haha.

I love the songs, the puns, the animation (awesome lip syncing), and the overall story/conclusion. It was funny. You killed it. It brought me more than a little joy :)

The Second Sprouting

I am just so amazed at what you accomplished in a weekend. You felt like a big-ish team, but were able to came together so cohesively to make such a brilliant, funny, well acted, well told story. You were audience fav for a reason! I also think it was the kind of story where everyone involved got to have their moment, playing all those fun characters, which is a great way to celebrate a team full of amazing creatives. Huge well done

CODE Brown

This was so fun, with a great lil twist at the end haha! Also made me think there should be a stunts award - those flips, that rollerblading etc, amazing

Idle Vapourings of a Mind Diseased

This was immediately funny, starting with the tooth and then escalating. I know she wasn't supposed to be the most likable politician but I kinda loved her audacity haha, acted very well too. Ending on the painting wrapped it up nicely :D Loved it

Mission Impuppetable

Bonus points from the get go cuz puppets (who were all excellent actors)!

Your film felt comfortablely nostalgic. I loved the puppets, the funny security guard moments (great drawing), not being able to plug the usb in first go. It was quite a topical story too. And more films should end with everyone dancing haha, great job.

Hacked Off

Hii! Loved your film so, so much. Topical story, with those rushed through cuts going on. Every part of it was funny - the monitor not being plugged in, the cringing at the light, the addressing the elephant in the room, trying to find the right cord haha. Seeing pinball felt nostalgic. Your editing was great, very "hacky," and all the lines were delivered and acted so well. Great script. Awesome job all around!

Finger Ring: The Proposal

You two have excellent physical comedy! So funny to watch!

You nailed Comedy of Errors, not just with the story, but with every moment of chaos, supported by the shots, the timing, and the editing.

I really thought it was leading up to her choking but it didn't! It was delightful! Such a sweet film that left me feeling happy for those lovely made up people haha!

The Bad Tasting Hero

I've just updated our youtube file to exclude our credits so my children's names are left offline etc :) Unfortunately I can't replace the file there with a new version that has different credits. But I've written the credits here, too, under the video :)

Between Us

Going to do my best to be vague enough that I don't spoil this for anyone who hasn't gotten to see it yet.

I very much enjoyed your film and the concept of the magnet and fridges! Loved the connection between the couple, the little moments of chatting and sharing life, even apart. The ending definitely got me, haha.

The one thing I might have considered changing would be flipping one of the fridges at the beginning to open to the opposite side of the screen than the other one, just to reinforce the idea of two fridges and being apart from each other.

Otherwise though, so, so good. I was like "oh, genius!" with her solution to the ordeal toward the end, which made what happened hit that much harder. The little detail of her top hanging out meant we doubly knew. Great storytelling!

Awesome job :)

The Hat Trick

This was brilliantly fun to watch, which I've come to realize is just what we can expect from your team haha. I got to see it at the village theater and enjoyed the slightly confused claps everytime credits came up, but the big laughing cheering claps at the end. It was full of wonderful twists and turns. The narrator being its own character and how the other characters engaged with it was very clever

The Deadly Extinction

It was so interesting and cool to see a film predominantly sign language. It drew me in, made me pay attention more. Your song choices guided our emotions well. The poem was lovely moment. And the first sound they heard at the end was funny and a good way to come back to their convo earlier. Great job :)

The Mob

I loved how that intro line just grabbed us as the viewer! Very clear narration to drew us right in. The music thag you chose was a wonderful tension builder, and I appreciated that you used the resources around you - the sheep!

Murdered by a Bad Review

I am here to say amazinggg job! This is 100% a good review, please don't show up at my house.

The immediate shots outside felt tense, then cutting to the family with starkly different sound drew me in.

And then the retribution! The cheese for the cheese. And as soon as I heard the words "mind blown," I was like oh no.

You guys nailed comedy horror! I love a scene that goes on too long. Like an appropriate and funny amount of too long. And the distant beach scene with the far away sound etc.

All your shots and sound supported the story, and it was written and acted well.

Also on a personal note, I make creative content that goes online, and there's always a few comments that just get ya, so watching this was carthartic x)