Use of Audio
I really loved the music in this film. It was a great score that really matched well with the emotional arc of the characters. Though Bonnie and Clyde are best known for violence and robbery, the thought of them as actual people with real human emotions sometimes escapes our minds. This music added feeling to the movie that matched very well with the acting.
There were a couple instances where the dialogue seemed slightly muffled or a little too soft, but this could easily be tweaked later on in an editing program.
Use of Budget
Making a short on the hopes of parlaying success into a feature-length film is always a gamble. It’s difficult enough to cut down a completed film, let alone condense a story enough to make it understandable but also affordable enough to make on a small budget. If a short turns out well, however, the payoff can be big.
In this case, the final product is very impressive. These filmmakers clearly know what they’re doing, and have definitely done their homework when it comes to the story they are trying to tell. It’s a great indication of things to come.
Lasting Appeal
Historical films are very difficult to pull off – one can look at photographs and read witness accounts, but translating them only film is an entirely different thing. These filmmakers put a lot of work into research, not only for this short, but also for the feature-length film that is being developed. Sticking with one location kept this movie far less complicated, the 35mm format gave it a very beautiful visual look, and, perhaps the most interesting aspect, the interaction between the two outlaws and the inclusion of Bonnie’s poem made them into real people rather than just a couple of fugitives.
Overall Comment
…Someday they’ll go down together;
And they’ll bury them side by side;
To few it’ll be grief--
To the law a relief--
But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.
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Content |
8.8 |
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Visual
Look |
9.2 |
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8.9 |
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Use
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9.0 |
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Lasting
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9.0 |
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Overall
Score |
8.9
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