Pet Peeve

There is some really lovely camerawork to set the stage for this film; the precision of preparation shows how serious everyone is taking the evening at large and it sets up a really interesting scene.

Quite an interesting idea to completely subvert the genre of a fairytale romance and turning it on its head. Set design, colour choices and costuming were a highlight here and lighting was really strong.

But I'll be honest the audio let the film down. For a couple of main reasons. Firstly the mix peaked quite markedly in terms of volume levels to the point I found it slightly jarring.
Secondly because you were capturing live sound in a relatively echoey room and keeping things framed for a long shot it meant when the rainbow adorned women spoke loudly to try and account for the camera being far away it felt projected and took me out of the moment that should have been where the dramatic impetus kicked in.
Lastly when the group was arguing together I felt that having several voices going at once made a wall of sound almost a cacophony that made it very difficult to follow the action.

Clever idea for the genre subversion I just think that giving them film some breathing room, maybe closeups on the disruptor as an exmaple (and in turn centrally focused sound for their dramatic speeches) would have improved the film.