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Geek Culture / Vietnam Short Film 2011

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bman332211
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Posted: 12th May 2011 02:21 Edited at: 14th May 2011 06:19
Vietnam




Inspired by a True Story...

The year is 1968, and Pvt. Jacobs of the 32nd airbourne platoon is shot down over the heart of the Vietnamese jungle.

In response to this haneous act performed by the Viet Cong, the United States Military deploys an elite group of soldiers to recover him, and send him home to his family.

But while the time ticks away they soon realize that they are not only contesting themselves, but they are also chalenging what it means to be an American, and what it means to fight for your country.

Hell, The Jungle, Unfair, Cruel, Unamerican... Call it what you will, but this... is VIETNAM.

Full Film



PRODUCTION TEAM:

Written by - Dylan Piknick
Directed by - Jon Guerriero & Dylan Piknick
Produced by - Dylan Piknick
Sound Design by - Brent Gelzer
Visual Effects by - Brent Gelzer
Storyboard by - Dylan Piknick
Filmed by - Adam Barosy & Dillon O' Reilly
Editied by - Jon Guerriero & Dylan Piknick

ACTORS: (In order of appearance)

" Sgt. Boles" - Brent Gelzer
" Stark" - Jon Guerriero
" Ace's" - Dylan Piknick
" Finch" - Ross Gifford
" Vietnamese Soldiers" - Momin Khan & Ross Gifford
" Pvt. Jacobs" - Keegan Dellacona
" Captain" - Adam Barosy
Camera 1 - Dillon O' Reilly
Camera 2 - Adam Barosy

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Dylan Piknick & Jon Guerriero
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Van B
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Posted: 12th May 2011 11:54
Quote: "Unamerican"


You'll find that in a lot of countries that aren't America.

Sounds like Saving Private Ryan has been dumbed down for people who don't know a lot about the Vietnam war, but might know a great deal about CoD:Black Ops.

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Fallout
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Posted: 12th May 2011 12:41
Looks worth a watch. I'll check it out when it's released. Not entirely convinced it'll be an accurate portrayal of the conflict though!

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Posted: 12th May 2011 13:14
Okay, here's some constructive criticism. Apart from the title I can't see anything in the trailer that would suggest this is about the Vietnam war. The enemy look nothing like the Viet Cong and the American soldiers look like civilians wearing the odd piece of military clothing. There are a few overexposed shots here and there and this has a negative effect on the picture quality (you need to click the aperture down a few stops on the camera to correct exposure). I can understand that you probably spent very little if no money making this but you need to work on these little details to achieve a more accurate portrayal. Apart from that, some of your shots look good and I wish you all the best with this and future projects.
bman332211
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Posted: 12th May 2011 14:02
@ Van B

Yes it is a little like saving Private Ryan, i haven't seen the movie but my friend has and he wrote the script.

@ Fallout

It might not be that accurate but the story is based a true event.

@ Opposing Force

I agree we could have done more with the viet cong. This was a school project so we didnt wave a huge budget. The overexposed shots irritated us because we told the camera men to make sure that the settings on the cameras were fine for each scene. I guess I should have checked. Thanks, next big project is a Horror film called Haven Lane. Ill post that were too.

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Dark Frager
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Posted: 12th May 2011 20:50
The effects look faaaaaaaaar too obvious.

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Wolf
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Posted: 12th May 2011 21:09 Edited at: 12th May 2011 21:12
Quote: "but they are also chalenging what it means to be an American, and what it means to fight for your country. "


Now come on! Don't give us THAT crap.

On a constructive line: it looks like a fun weekend, but the guys do not really convince as soldiers... The location doesn't look vietnam'ish at all... An african setting would be more convenient.

The effects are so trashy, its great! But for a no budget production, its impressive

I see some guns that wheren't used in the vietnam war period.



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Posted: 12th May 2011 21:10
Im sorry but I had to laugh at the script writting and the effects. To predictable and so fake looking and the unifroms. Did someone rob K mart or something? No offense man but if you do a military film, please provide uniforms fitting to the films time period. It looked like paint balls gone wild.
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Posted: 12th May 2011 22:32
Thanks for the criticism guys!

I'm trying to improve my skills with effects, i know the tank and flamethrower were trash, but once again im trying to improve. now that i look at it the costumes didnt fit that well.

well make the next one better! Thanks again.

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Posted: 13th May 2011 00:08
Well... it's certainly better than what I can do lol. Not exactly the best cast for soldiers either haha.

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Posted: 13th May 2011 04:53
Some shots (as previously stated) were way too over exposed, but other than that it looks pretty good. How long have you been messing around with video?

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Posted: 14th May 2011 06:20
Thanks coffecoder

We have been working on this for about a month

Update:

Check out The full film in the first post!

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Dark Frager
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Posted: 14th May 2011 12:18
The film was actually cool.

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Posted: 15th May 2011 08:00
I figure I'd criticize your use of weaponry. I've got nothing better to do, so I'll pick it apart.

1. Your fingers were on the triggers even when you weren't firing. First rule of weapons, fingers off the trigger until ready to fire.

2. Around 6:45 the character at the end of the line is carrying an M249 variant, which weren't introduced until the early 80s.

3. At 7:49 you see an AK-74, not an AK-47. The AK-74 was never used in Vietnam as it wasn't introduced until, you guessed it, 1974.

4. Throughout the film you can see a character carrying an M4A1. It COULD be an XM177 / CAR-15, but due to the placement of the forward assist, not to mention the fact that it simply looks like an airsoft replica, I'd say that could fall under the ranks of historical inaccuracies.

5. The ghillie suite used is a modern standard. In Vietnam snipers would very rarely used ghillie suites due to infection risks as well as heat exhaustion. Soldiers would commonly lay under large leaves, especially during the rainy season, when sniping.

Now for actual film criticism itself:

1. The audio was WAY too loud. I have my headphones set to 10, which is the lowest you can go on them without turning them off, and it was still relatively loud.

2. Adjust your white-balance. It looked like you were shooting a webcam film.

3. Use more camera angles, quicker shots, and don't focus on a single subject for more than 30 seconds. If you were shooting a comedy or informative video, it'd be fine to use longer, but action videos are best shot with short shots, and a lot of area for people to go, "What is going on?"

4. Blend the effects better. Too many times people make / acquire CGI effects, and don't apply them properly. They are meant to blend in with the environment / lighting schema. You should NOT have bright muzzle flashes like that, they look rather unrealistic.

Other than those things, it's not a bad no-budget film.

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Posted: 15th May 2011 12:22
Looks a lot like a load of teenagers running around with toy guns, playing out what they have done in COD.

I'm sure most of the clothing is modern and I'm also pretty sure the Vietnamese never wore balaclava's and never had white skin.


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