"Dorothy" - the Movie by max-
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Description
After some setbacks I finally got "Dorothy" done. It's by no means as good as I wanted it to be, but I tried my best with the limited tools and time at my disposal.
Genre: Sci-Fi; Adventure; music
Run time: 12 minutes
A decent sound system or headphones are highly recommended, plus a comfortable seat.
Additional notes:
It's a Sci-Fi adventure that reveals the enigmatic origins of Dorothy, who decades later appears as a major character in my 'Adventures of Captain Flynt'.
Full disclosure: If you expect blazing excitement such as that in 'Star Wars' or 'Terminator' then it's best to not start watching, or you will waste 12 precious minutes of your life which you can never recover, because this movie has no resemblance to those films ;-)
However, feel free to throw soft tomatoes at me all you want because I can always use them for my pizza sauce;-)
Comments (2)
Wow. That first camera sweep toward the initial ship alone is absolutely stunning. I personally prefer the model of the Starcat, though :) The little bits of dialogue are also really great ("I like pressing your buttons" laughs — delightful). And she was lucky that, upon landing, she didn't end up on the beach from Johnny's video :) It turned out truly fantastic. Well done!
I'm really glad your first comment was from lordi, 'cause he has a way of giving the first wonderful boost to something new (that took a long time to make, w/ blood,sweat and tears). I second his comment. (And I loved the "press your buttons" comment too.)
your camera and dissolves are smooth as can be. When you pan down to the big ship (the one she doesn't use), it's as if, to me, it arose right out of the landscape. (Ie, it harmonized w/ the landscape.) And the approach to her ship was at a sweet angle (with golden light too). Also I loved the reflections of her in the inner windows of the ship, juxtaposed upon the vast sky outside. And you had this red "sun" like thing every so often---in fact, before she lands, it comes at the ship, and for a moment I thought: Oooookay. She's not gonna make it! But you let it glide past very smoothly. Well done, Mr. Spielberg!
I love that the kids were playing on a primal landscape, like we entered into a pre-human place. (It could have been the rocky shores of Ireland or Scotland---I mean, with the boys' accents...) And I loved the line about "we're common" at the end. (I'm quoting badly lol: I don't have a script in front of me.)
No shoot-m-up, no violence...just a contemplation of journeying through space and landing. I appreciated that greatly. ("2001" has some violence, but it's mostly contemplation, and slow exposition, some with eerie soundtrack, etc.)
Your opening sounds are low drones, well used. Nothing "monunmental" or frenetic in the soundtrack---just harmonizing with the vast landscape. And you wrote and arranged all those musical numbers? Impressive! As a musician, I take my hat off to you. The rest of your soundtrack had slow "spacious" sounds, and the first long song had a kind of spacious sound too which suited your film very well. Also, your ending was a delightful surprise. I was wondering if there'd be battle, or conflict...but you left us at a 'meeting' pure and simple. And the boys seemed cautious but at ease. A thoughtful open ending.
I totally get the time this takes to do a "mere 12 minutes": the step by step construction, the ups and downs (all of which Johnny will know too well), I assume hair-tearing, cursing at your characters, threatening to throw them into the street ("go work for someone else"), even throwing your computer out the window---if you didn't go through that, you're a better man than I. But it's a huge undertaking, so kudos! It was very impressive. (And I loved the credits: janitor, stuntman, cook, jester...all you needed was "spiritual advisor" and "standup comic" and you'd be set. Really, I'd have paid big bucks to see you run in near the end with "hey, I just flew in from Jupiter, and boy are MY arms tired!") ("ba-da-bing!") Really impressive work, max. Now I assume you check yourself into rehab for 6 months...