DVC9 Feedback - "Brian Takes a Meeting"

Ronn Kilby · August 10th, 2007, 10:36 AM

Let her rip folks - whatever you think about "Brian Takes a Meeting" by Ronn Kilby.

Got lots to do this week, so had to get mine in early. It was as much fun to do as it looks - and wait til you see the out-takes!

Marco Wagner · August 14th, 2007, 09:04 PM

Can't wait to see the outtakes. Great short. I kind of had the feeling that he had a video feed going though, maybe the device itself looked advanced, lol...

Daniel Kohl · August 15th, 2007, 03:29 PM

Very Funny,

Way to improvise. The TeleCon 2000 is very nice. I'm trying to figure out what the thing that looks kind of like a light meter is, on top of the base unit. (I know, I know ... but what is it in real life).

I've got to hand it to you: it takes guts to dance around in your underpants in-front of so many virtual friends and colleagues.

I like the details like your racquetball safety goggles... the humor definitely increases the more often you watch it.

Ronn Kilby · August 16th, 2007, 07:31 AM

Thanks Daniel. The TeleCon 2000 is made from 5 items, glued together, listed here from bottom to top: BetaSP tape (base), AKG wireless receiver unit, Nikon rear lens cap, AKG 2 channel mini-mixer, diffuser dome from Sekonic light meter.

Daniel Kohl · August 16th, 2007, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronn Kilby

BetaSP tape (base), AKG wireless receiver unit, Nikon rear lens cap, AKG 2 channel mini-mixer, diffuser dome from Sekonic light meter.

Rock and Roll! I hope you used hot glue!

Randall Allen · August 20th, 2007, 11:29 AM

Very "Risky Business" feeling. Don't know if it was intentional or not but great take on a great scene.

Randy

Kris Holodak · August 20th, 2007, 11:40 AM

Actually laughed out loud. Don't let my boss see this or she'll never let me telecommute again. Loved the way he found swing for the fences.

Nice camera work in the opening. Generally good composition over all. Good tight editing. I appreciate the fact that you avoided the temptation to add 20 more seconds of him goofing off just because you could. That would have wrecked it. I think the pacing as it is is just right.

Smile,
Kris

Bruce Foreman · August 20th, 2007, 12:10 PM

Ronn,

I envy folks like you who not only have the skills I admire but also access to acting talent of the calibre of Brian Minter.

I could not fine one single thing I would dare to suggest improvement on. Lighting, camera work, editing, and the general pace was tremendous.

Having spent half of my military time in the far east and photographed several folks in martial arts disciplines, Brian cracked me up with his samurai "cameo". Facial expressions and posture/posing made that sequence.

I really liked what you did here.

Lisa Shofner · August 20th, 2007, 01:08 PM

Great short. I like the idea and execution of the story. The timing is great, I think it would have been strange to go on any longer. Just enough to get the idea of what was happening. Sound was great, lighting looked good too.

I can't think of any issues with the film at all. Overall a really good implementation of the theme.

Stacy Dudley · August 20th, 2007, 05:46 PM

Loved it. Great ending!

Stacy

Dick Mays · August 21st, 2007, 05:30 AM

Ron,

Great lighting. You have a 25W in the practical on the table? Great music.
It sounded a little llike the good, the bad, and the ugly, western theme in there at one place. Good antics from your actor. He has mad skills. Can fake or play the guitar, juggle, and make that obscene hand gesture real natural like. I call that "good use of self."

Great editing too. Technically beautiful, but I'd kind of liked to have not seen the end coming quite as soon. Maybe he starts off the meeting all serious and reporting numbers, and then gets silly. But we only have three minutes.

I use to work in videoconferencing in the early days, so maybe not everyone saw the end in advance. Our favorite gag would be to all freeze and stop moving at the same time, the other side would think they lost the connection, and then they would say the things they really thought about you behind your back.

Dick

Bruce Broussard · August 21st, 2007, 08:46 PM

Outstanding job. This was really funny. The ending was pretty easy to see, but thats one thing that made it so funny, you knew he would be found out! Sounds, lights, camera, music; all good job. By the way, how did you know how I behaved during my meetings?

Jonathan Jones · August 22nd, 2007, 12:52 AM

That was really fun to watch. Brian did a great job with his gestures and expressions. Your selection of music was spot on and matched especially well with the guitar sequence. I really liked the touch of starting with just the sound of the snore behind black screen before fade in. Nice touch.

I just wish my hair looked as good as his when I wake up (as opposed to just stumbling around the house all day in a cloud of eternal bed-head like I normally do.)

Great movie.

-Jon

Mike Teutsch · August 25th, 2007, 04:43 PM

I enjoyed it very much. Nice pace and great story, and an ending with a twist made it great! Good job Ronn!

Mike

Jesse Steele · August 26th, 2007, 03:44 PM

Excellent idea! That would work so well as one of those "gotta get away" commercials? i believe it is for some airline?...

loved the samurai scene! as well as the last crude hand gesture he throws out as his boss is thanking him! That is definitely the way i feel when my bosses are thanking me.."from the bottom of their heart!"

Great film! best of luck!

Jesse

August 10th, 2007, 10:36 AM	#1
Ronn Kilby Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fletcher Hills, CA Posts: 211	DVC9 Feedback - "Brian Takes a Meeting" - Ronn Kilby Let her rip folks - whatever you think about "Brian Takes a Meeting" by Ronn Kilby. Got lots to do this week, so had to get mine in early. It was as much fun to do as it looks - and wait til you see the out-takes!

August 14th, 2007, 09:04 PM	#2
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 1,043	Can't wait to see the outtakes. Great short. I kind of had the feeling that he had a video feed going though, maybe the device itself looked advanced, lol... __________________ www.facebook.com/projectspecto

August 15th, 2007, 03:29 PM	#3
Daniel Kohl Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 571	Very Funny, Way to improvise. The TeleCon 2000 is very nice. I'm trying to figure out what the thing that looks kind of like a light meter is, on top of the base unit. (I know, I know ... but what is it in real life). I've got to hand it to you: it takes guts to dance around in your underpants in-front of so many virtual friends and colleagues. I like the details like your racquetball safety goggles... the humor definitely increases the more often you watch it. __________________ Daniel Kohl Frankenstein meets XL1

August 20th, 2007, 11:29 AM	#6
Randall Allen Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 192	Great film.... Very "Risky Business" feeling. Don't know if it was intentional or not but great take on a great scene. Randy

August 20th, 2007, 01:08 PM	#9
Lisa Shofner Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 373	Great short. I like the idea and execution of the story. The timing is great, I think it would have been strange to go on any longer. Just enough to get the idea of what was happening. Sound was great, lighting looked good too. I can't think of any issues with the film at all. Overall a really good implementation of the theme. __________________ [http://www.ljparkerphotography.com] photos [http://www.youtube.com/darkdragonvegas] videos

August 16th, 2007, 07:31 AM	#4
Ronn Kilby Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Fletcher Hills, CA Posts: 211	Thanks Daniel. The TeleCon 2000 is made from 5 items, glued together, listed here from bottom to top: BetaSP tape (base), AKG wireless receiver unit, Nikon rear lens cap, AKG 2 channel mini-mixer, diffuser dome from Sekonic light meter.

August 20th, 2007, 11:40 AM	#7
Kris Holodak Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 302	Actually laughed out loud. Don't let my boss see this or she'll never let me telecommute again. Loved the way he found swing for the fences. Nice camera work in the opening. Generally good composition over all. Good tight editing. I appreciate the fact that you avoided the temptation to add 20 more seconds of him goofing off just because you could. That would have wrecked it. I think the pacing as it is is just right. Smile, Kris

August 20th, 2007, 12:10 PM	#8
Bruce Foreman Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Angelo Texas Posts: 1,518	Ronn, I envy folks like you who not only have the skills I admire but also access to acting talent of the calibre of Brian Minter. I could not fine one single thing I would dare to suggest improvement on. Lighting, camera work, editing, and the general pace was tremendous. Having spent half of my military time in the far east and photographed several folks in martial arts disciplines, Brian cracked me up with his samurai "cameo". Facial expressions and posture/posing made that sequence. I really liked what you did here.

August 20th, 2007, 05:46 PM	#10
Stacy Dudley Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Longwood, Florida Posts: 71	Loved it. Great ending! Stacy

August 21st, 2007, 05:30 AM	#11
Dick Mays Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 690	Ron, Great lighting. You have a 25W in the practical on the table? Great music. It sounded a little llike the good, the bad, and the ugly, western theme in there at one place. Good antics from your actor. He has mad skills. Can fake or play the guitar, juggle, and make that obscene hand gesture real natural like. I call that "good use of self." Great editing too. Technically beautiful, but I'd kind of liked to have not seen the end coming quite as soon. Maybe he starts off the meeting all serious and reporting numbers, and then gets silly. But we only have three minutes. I use to work in videoconferencing in the early days, so maybe not everyone saw the end in advance. Our favorite gag would be to all freeze and stop moving at the same time, the other side would think they lost the connection, and then they would say the things they really thought about you behind your back. Dick

August 21st, 2007, 08:46 PM	#12
Bruce Broussard Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 132	Outstanding job. This was really funny. The ending was pretty easy to see, but thats one thing that made it so funny, you knew he would be found out! Sounds, lights, camera, music; all good job. By the way, how did you know how I behaved during my meetings?

August 22nd, 2007, 12:52 AM	#13
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	That was really fun to watch. Brian did a great job with his gestures and expressions. Your selection of music was spot on and matched especially well with the guitar sequence. I really liked the touch of starting with just the sound of the snore behind black screen before fade in. Nice touch. I just wish my hair looked as good as his when I wake up (as opposed to just stumbling around the house all day in a cloud of eternal bed-head like I normally do.) Great movie. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

August 25th, 2007, 04:43 PM	#14
Mike Teutsch Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 2,614	I enjoyed it very much. Nice pace and great story, and an ending with a twist made it great! Good job Ronn! Mike __________________ Chapter one, line one. The BH.

August 26th, 2007, 03:44 PM	#15
Jesse Steele Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Irvine CA Posts: 98	Excellent idea! That would work so well as one of those "gotta get away" commercials? i believe it is for some airline?... loved the samurai scene! as well as the last crude hand gesture he throws out as his boss is thanking him! That is definitely the way i feel when my bosses are thanking me.."from the bottom of their heart!" Great film! best of luck! Jesse __________________ I like movies.....