Unspoken Words

I want to know what happened to the guy when he wore both rings

Crazy team name, with a not so crazy film, but still a bit crazy I guess. Some really fun performances here, and you guys clearly knew what you were making. Love the 'did you just say that out loud' moment. Still not sure WHY they threw away their telepathy rings at the end (it seemed like they were better friends when they had telepathy? This is a classic American movie trope where buddy films spend the majority of the movie not being buddies) Also maybe the best credits of the whole competition so far! Really loved that! Keep it up Sexually Transmitted Cinema!

Two guys learn to be best bros no matter what.

What a fun film! The botched interaction between the guys and the girls was a highlight.

It was lovely to have two films in this heat about men learning to communicate effectively (the other one being Flat Meeting by rip focus 2).

And what a great intro!

B-school represent! Somehow instinctively knew this was an Ara team before they went to O-house. But even if you subtract the nostalgia for my glory days, this movie is still awesome! A fun story, with (unless I missed it) completely unexplained telepathy rings, and barrels of gags. And a great comedic duo in these two.

We really enjoyed connecting with this team at B-School and seeing you work on your story Friday night. Given this comp is a great chance for you to dive headfirst into something you want to carry into your future careers, we hope you’ll take on this feedback from your city managers with all the love in the world (and the knowledge that we’ve probably written this a little harsher than we would if we didn’t know who you were — and that you’d want clear-cut feedback for how to better yourselves next year).

The shooting, editing, and pacing of the film overall is good, and it’s clear you’re all well on your way to developing these skills as you continue to study and practice — so no major notes on this front. What we really want to feed back on is the story.

It’s a really fun concept that is ultimately bogged down by some mind-boggling choices. Given the importance of the rings to set the scene, we're rushed through the concept of them super fast, and that — combined with shooting in the dark — muddied the story’s waters pretty quickly. But once we caught up, we were very interested to see how it would play out, and the gag of them not being able to keep their thoughts to themselves in front of the ladies was a fun one.

Then came one of the biggest tonal swings we saw this year — “Nah, we can’t go look for our INCREDIBLY POWERFUL MAGICAL RINGS because we have to go do chores!” While hilarious in the moment, ultimately this was a real downer for the arc. We wanted to see them struggle to communicate while finding the rings — not struggle to put salt in boiling water!

And then the girls turn up again and tell them off! And then suddenly the burglar is back! And he shrinks the phone — because miniature! And they get back the rings (that they clearly need)… but then they throw them away! A lot of choices that feel seemlingly forced in rather than asking the question 'so what might they be feeling now, and what would they want to do'

THE BEST THING: Well shot, the sound mix was pretty good
THE NEXT THING: Make sure every plot decision is justified!

Well crafted and unique story, only suggestion I have is to sharpen up the back and fourth camera cuts during character interactions.

This film grabs your attention right from the start! It has classic 48 hour silliness which I love. Your actors had such a good energy together and were a perfect duo. The scene with them accidentally speaking outloud to the girls was particularly funny.
Dropping the plot entirely for an extended flat-scene might not have been the best choice for building your story which needed some details fleshed out a bit (maybe we could see some more proof that they are actually good buds without the rings? help justify them throwing the rings away at the end? why is the phone mini?) but honestly it did make me laugh a lot and built that silly feeling. Overall really good technical skills with audio,edit, and pace being solid, and even with some story elements being pretty light it was a very fun watch :)