The IAC's London International Film & Video Festival - 1993

Awarded the Bronze Seal

  
Judge
Comments
  
 
Roy Wainwright This was a powerful story with an effective ending, with nice sharp editing and a suitable short length. Very well done especially since I thought you were much too indulgent in, say, 'So What Do You Think Of The Hot Dogs?'. However, were the pictures leading up to the final shot correct? Although the items contained in the picture were appropriate to indicate his despair and suicide so much of each was out of focus that i was trying to see what you were showing rather than getting involved with the movie. Perhaps this was intentional but i found it wrong and would have liked the items to have been arranged so that they were sharp as the camera passed by. This is probably one of the reasons I thought 'Depression Part 2' was more successful.

The film was very economical - keep it up, with good titles and nice short end credits - another good thing to keep up, and good steady camera movement. However, did we know enough about the character to care about him - was it perhaps too economical? and would we have understood it without the title?
  
     
Valrie B Ellis This movie demanded a lot of work from the viewer. We were faced with a pan round pills, syringes and foil and were left to wonder if the owner's illicit drugs lead to problems with the girlfriend. Or was inadequacy in his relationship to lead him to drugs and self-destruction? The musical background was rather light for the mood but did suggest a treadmill. But in the end I asked myself who was he? The movie was de-humanised... it showed a wasted life, a death but no real person involved in it. It lacked the real "heart" which would have made it really successful.

However, the movie posed a lot of questions and gave rise to much discussion amongst the judges and so it had served its purpose. (I thought 'Depression Part 2' a much better work and this was passed on to the next stage! Well done!) 		 
     
Tim Jones I liked this film!

You got across a mood and a simple story in such a short and efficient way. We got to know a lot about the character in just a few well planned shots.

I loved the tear falling on 'I Love You' - it was brilliant and the death scene was nicely understated. I liked the music it fitted well.

One technical criticism of most of your films - it would be well worth using at least one photoflood bounced or backlit, just to give the shots more style and gain better depth of field.		  
 
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