Wow, Outrageous! I get it now.

I feel sick (in a good way)

Awesome!

After getting absolutely roasted at a comedy club, Hamish Boyle gives one of the best performances of this year's competition as a wannabe funny guy who will stop at nothing to get other people chortling. Stalking? Kidnapping? Who's keeping score?!

Genuinely well deserved nomination for best sound at the Auckland final. When I rewatched the film just now I was amazed at how crisp and clean every line of dialogue was, as well as impressive use of audio space to get inside the headspace of our protagonist. The club felt like a void with the walls surrounding the humiliated Hamish as others reveled in his roasting by the comedian on stage, whilst indoor and outdoor spaces were audibly captured as just the right level.

Really cleanly shot as well with professional framing, clean and creative lighting and a crisp edit.

For me I think it probably needed to "go there" just a bit more, as I sympathised with the lead and always like seeing a bully get their comeupppance. What I mean by that was that the revenge could have been slightly more satisfactory. Does he get revealed some actually great jokes? Maybe an injury to Paul plays off as funny? Just spitballing of course.
It actually almost felt like to do that you needed more than 5 minutes to tell the perfect story here. Was their history between the characters played by Hamish and Paul? Could being funny or not have serious ramifications for Hamish's personal or career prospects? I liked the open-endedness of the film but a couple of beats to flesh out proceedings may have elevated it further.

I get the subversion though and the revenge was a central element of the story. Strong performances, technically great, but leaning into the competition elements as plot devices might have been the last thing it needed to go from good to great. I really enjoyed it personally though!

Soo fun and the figure in the dark was legit scary. Amazing job all on your own.

Brilliant special effects, and performance!

Loved it! That's so creepy.
I really liked the totally convincing and believable performances.Especially by the 2 leads. and they story was told in such a way I just assumed the guy was the dodgy one until he stepped up to the altar.
and they camera operators ran..until offer of more money. yup. again, believable.
Believable zombie food feast... did I see the "weeds" actress in there!?
Nice one guys!
Finishing with the after party vomit... yes!

After seeing your entry I was most impressed with the visuals of this film and your cinematography. You had some really nice b&W shots; even something as simple as the food close-up looked really good and the opening title was impressive too! The colour, sound and shot choice when on the 'Rabbitol' contrasted with the B&W shots and by the end of the film, I was starting to worry that maybe our pink rabbit in last years film was a metaphor for a drug addiction I wasn't aware of! :P. Well done team, keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing what you make next time.

I do enjoy a fun piece of political satire, and I was looking forward to this film as I saw on the group page that it was a green screen-focused film. You combine a green screen with some lights and what looks to have been a decent wardrobe, and the result is a mixture of jank and humorous performances to the point where you hear "action, just walk in," and it feels deliberate.