The Deadumentary

Goodness gracious me, this film was not just absolutely hilarious, but also incredibly incorporates a stellar story and a thrilling experience. The performances by these upcoming actors were incredible and the combination of a documentary and a suspenseful murder mystery combines flawlessly resulting in a short film that is simply incredibly amazing and deserves much praise.

I loved the crowbar gore. The documentary format was fun. Hugging the detective was funny. Brodie the Stoner was hilarious. The sinister pivot to the briefly adorable Betty was a lovely touch. The comedic error at the end was entertaining. Well done for having your patriotic hero Detective Zinc reach one conclusion while the audience reaches a completely conclusion.

You might need to check if your camera has a volume control for the microphone, as the sound was clipping at some points. A goal for next time could be to lean more strongly into the tropes of the genre you get assigned.

This film.... it may not be the most polished one of it's heat, but of all the school films, this has made it's way into the number one position for me. When the finder of the body is hunting for his phone everywhere then finds it in his pocket, what would normally be a mediocre joke somehow is acted and the music is edited so well to make it far funnier then it has any right to be.
The stoner though. The stoner is what makes this my personal favourite school team film. I was laughing so hard I was entirely silent and had no control over stopping. an absolutely immaculate character who pulled of his extremely long lines of dialog so incredibly well.

Now, I'm going to critique your film a bit, but specifically because I love what you've got and really want to see your team improve for next year!

What you did well:
Perfect humour, absolutely perfect, and carries the film a long way.
Acting was quite good.
Ending was great!

What you could improve:
Audio. I struggle with focusing on audio as well, as visuals seem to naturally come first. But bad audio will just take you out of the film while good audio really helps to keep the audience in the story rather then thinking about watching a film.
Directing. As I said before your actors are good, but there's one shot near the start of the film where your main witness is being interviewed and is struggling so hard to keep a straight face! If that's happening take a break from that shot or find a work around someway. As that definitely takes the audience out of your story, and it's the directors job to keep on top of that sort of thing and help the actors to perform well, or make the decision to do two shots rather then one so there's not so much pressure on them each take.
Genre. Here I'm being slightly more nit-picky, but as it stands your film feels like a comedic detective film far more then it does comedy of errors. there are definitely comedy of errors elements in there, but I'd love to see you leaning into your genre next time a little bit more!

As you continue you'll improve in quality, but you guys have such a great style! I loved this film so much and once it opens up here on the screening room you bet I'll be watching it many times more!

THE BEST THING: Stoner brodie! This was a fun time - great gags, strangely charming and a fun twist.

THE NEXT THING: The audio crunching really took us out of this one unfortunately. You've got some fans in reviews above that have clearly mapped out your strengths. keep at it, give more time to your sound and we look forward to seeing next years entry!