The idea is good but it falls short with sub-par cinematography, a dull script, and too many high shots. But the director is truly amazing and the location is beautiful.
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I'm not quite sure I understand the ending either. I don't know if the ending is an allegory of how his decision was irreversible after he left Katherine, or if the ending was intended to convey reversing his decision to leave Katherine. Beautiful film, though.
It is his subconsciousness speaking or expressing the inner most feelings but the ego is preventing them to surface. It felt like a huge balloon that was just about to explode and when it did, did he realize the reality that a part of him still loves her.
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he misses her, goes to that place, which has some connection with her, may be he proposed her there,and he thinks to himself, what might have gone wrong.why she left.then he looks at the person who was responsible that is him, who wrote that letter, but did not send it, that balloon is him, the old him.. he opens that letter , only to realize, the woman read it,he screwd his own life and now he has nothing and that fact made him explode.
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this is fucking horrible and pretentious. it won a film racing competition, sure... but simply because of production value . it would never win anything else ANYWHERE
@IbeJigsaw and this comment isn't pretentious? If you have to deal with your jealousy, deal with it off youtube, where people should be able to enjoy and post what they want, without people like you trolling around making idiotic comments meant only to piss people off.
@ThePanstory It's not meant only to piss people off.. why are you taking this comment so seriously? Not liking something = trolling? Are you kidding me? You know, for an impartial party, you're getting pretty personal. I'm assuming you were involved in the making of this. This is absolutely awful. Anything that calls so much attention to a metaphor is amateur hour at its finest. Honest opinion.
so u bought a heli and slapped ur 5D on it. and to make ur investment worthwhile you shot with it half of your movie in a never ending 2min sequence. that iss poor movie making dude. and you really needed that balloon ? comon.
Wow. I think you are all reading into this too much. This short tells a joke that is played on the viewer. We are only lead to believe, by the visuals and by convention, that the words are the man's. But they're not. They are all the balloon's. Listen to the text again from this perspective. Listen to the choice of words. It will make a lot of sense.
@EzeeMinecraft some lens have active stabilization, i'm not sure about the 5D (if thats what he is using), otherwise in post some programs such as vegas, after effects, and final cut can stabilize the footage as well.
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and very innovative and smart to use a toy helicopter to do the birds eye point of view. no crane needed :)
The bursting of the yellow balloon signifies that the chance is taken from him. It's too late for him to make it all right. He had got a lot of chances that he'd blown before, why didn't he grab it? It's very unfortunate and sad that we always realize things when it's already too late.
@babysummergirl10 I think you miss the innocent humor of this story. The man is just an avenue for the balloon's suicide. The story, the letter, the narrative, has nothing really to do with the man.
well I knew that the narrator is the letter that the balloon brought but I didnt understand some words in it. did that tell us about why their relationship won't work? and the balloon showing how their relationship going? is that all? what string attached means actually? kinda chemistry? haha my brain is going so slowly while watching this, but I'm sure this is a great film. anyway, at least i love all the angles and the way you shoot it.
Ever write a hate note? Now make it a hate note to a girl you used to love? The fact that you write one implies you still care about her. And the person in this film still cares about Kathryn. He cares enough to be shocked that she did not receive his message.
WoW! That was Great. I'm doing something similar in style to this, and I'm just wondering what you did to get the color grade,(such as bring down the saturation, Gamma ,etc?). Thanks, and again, great short film. You deserved to win.
I have a vague interpretation about ... By writing the letter he was letting go of stuff building up .. which burst the balloon. And him scrunching up the letter is him changing his mind. He just needed to get out for a bit.
But its all kind of hazy to me. But i don't think that's really important.
I think good art makes you think alot. This is the 6th or 7th time I edited my posts because I think about more things everytime I watch the film. It still keeps me interested after the 8th watch. But I cant feeling that what I spelled out is stupid and redundant because it must have been many others that noticed it to (if my interpretation is close to the creators idea) since it didnt win prizes for no reason. In any case it's a beautiful work and will follow the film maker with interest.
The only option he has if he and Catherine will ever be together is to burst the balloon and let whatever kept inside him out. And when doing so the farewell letter no longer tied to the state he was in (the inflated balloon) makes no sense to him anymore making him think someone else wrote it. Severing the "strings attached" metaphorically and visually between the inflated him and their relationship/breakup letter.
He is the balloon. "The world as a (w)hole" part of the letter is a metaphor for him being the ballon. And everything thats happened has been blown into him. And instead of letting "the air" out bit by bit he's been collecting it there. Reaching for the ballon as he tries is impossible , iow impossible to control himself while being in the state he's in.
I think he's trying to say that in a relationship if you keep things inside you and not speak out about them they will cause you to makebad decisions you would not have if you had been honest about them."It was rough Catherine and I never wanted to lie to you. This letter serves to tell you that I cant lie anymore."By now your probably confused as to why im writing you such a vague intention. But the world as a whole has inflated me to this state. Sometimes i feel like I can just explode
i agree with cardfreak25. none of you are short story writers. your all just a bunch of eccentric, pretentious pricks. in my opinion every single short story film writer, (98 percent of em) should just go get a job in a camera store and stop kiddin themselves. if Bukowski was still alive he'd make a mockery of the lot of you.... and then make a short story from it that's more accessible. in terms of content this is a simple balloon = relationship and male put in awkward position.
@laserboy1995 Are you telling me that that one, long incredibly clear and high-quality shot in the air chasing the car is from strapping a 5d to an RC helicoptor? but.... how?
the balloon are his thoughts of what he should say to Katherine... reality hits him the moment the balloon explodes!...he shreds the letter(his thoughts which suddenly materialized)...meaning they'll always remain his thoughts ....simple and beautiful metaphor...great cinematography!
yes the narrator is the balloon, and the balloon is an image of relationships in general. How fast they can end, how they start out with no strings attached, then you're attached etc..
I imagine, everything that was being said was what he was actually thinking to himself, and while out on a walk, when the balloon appears with a note of everything he's just said, it freaks him out and he crushes it and puts it aside. In other words, he thinks it, but when it's out loud, on paper, in front of his eyes, he can't handle it, so pushes/screws it up and puts it to the back of his mind. That's just what I got from it. It's a metaphorical tale rather than something actually happening.
Production value great, simple but great. Now the most important thing of all, the story, lacking. I think maybe a simple inclusion earlier on with the balloon might have helped but I'm still not sure. The narration doesn't tie in with the story. Basically the only conflict is him reaching for the balloon unable too. If you need to explain it in the end then that's not a good sign. Best of luck and keep up because you do have talent!
@cardfreak25 If you pay attention to the narration, you'll see that it ties everything together "inflated me to this state", "I feel a could just explode", "you always said no strings attached" etc. The narrator is the balloon.
@Funnylovefunnylife Now watching it again I found it more misleading then the first time, is the narrator the balloon? is it a man who wrote this letter? Is this a metaphor about his inner psyche? What is the purpose of the balloon narrating? What's the conflict? Is there actually a story in the short film? @Coisofication if what you say is true then this is not a story, it is was an alternative/artistic way to express an idea the author had rather then a story. No character, no goal.
(.......To everyone who didn't get it; the man who was the main focus of the video WAS NOT the narrator. The narrator was the balloon. ["Before birthday parties.... I was over everyone's head...])
@Coisofication Uh... I'd say the film was simply trying to show how people in general are really quite blind when it comes to "understanding" in general. You assumed the narrator was the man in the video, right? In doing so, you've made an incorrect assumption without even knowing it. I think all this film's trying to say is, think a little harder about information you're absorbing, and don't always assume the most obvious explanation is fact.
dude, i havent watch this yet,but its seen great short film.im apply to Tisch School of the Arts next year.any advises for application.Did u had any experience behind the camera before appling, like done some local school or something.thanks,
Can everyone stop talking about the helicopter, and how these shots were taken. And someone please explain thhe whole meaning of this film, because i didn't understand it. :(
This is amazing :D I am using a Kodak Zi8 until I can afford my DSLR - Probably a Canon 550D as my first, and a decent lens, such as 1.4 USM or 1.8 II.
This is seriously an amazing piece of work....I would say its better than most shit covering our "boxes of voidless shite" that we have to "entertain"....seriously impressed, keep up the good work, ive recently just bought myself a Zi8 Kodak so I can start some hi-def filmmaking (being a drama student and all) and its really inspiring....great work...
There are many ways to interpret this but I think it is either two things, either what Spces8472 said about being a pipedream and never following through. Or maybe the balloon was Katherine, and maybe he feels like he killed her by writing the note, he does pop it with his stick. Or maybe "katherine" was actually him and all those things he wrote were about him.
I might be wrong, but was it him going to leave his wife via this nice, romanticized, rosy picture, then going to sit with his thoughts, only to realize it was a pipe dream, and he'll never gain the strength to follow through? Bursting his own balloon to what he really wants?
@siddharthrajsoni Stop the lens way down to have a deep focal range. You sacrifice light, but it's the only way to do it without a long range wireless focus puller which equals big bucks.
I figured it was an RC helicopter. but how did you get the camera to pivot. Was there a control or was that just from the RC angling when it moved forward?
@Session7Media I was gonna ask how you got those shots... That was really good! I'd be scared to death to send my camera up on a helicopter, a damn gust would bring it to the ground in pieces, lol. How did you get the angle to change up in the air, I mean it looked like it was angling up, down, and around as you were flying.
@Session7Media thats like a definition for havin balls.. attaching your canon 5d on a heli and make shots:P great work m8.. can you tell me more about the heli? howmuch would something like that costs? i bet it needs quite some lifting power to carry the canon?
@lifeartpixels A Trex 700 RC Helicopter would work pretty well and costs around $1,000. The RC gimbal to control the camera is about $400, plus a wireless video feed is another few hundred, so you could assemble the whole thing for under $2,000, not including your camera. Then you just have to learn to fly it without crashing :)
@Session7Media sounds awesome! a bit over budget concidering i just started getting interested in this whole thing.. but ill definately keep it in mind! thanks
@Sahilian I guess "Katherine" read the letter and then she "let him go" by tying the letter to a balloon. Now the guy can go in peace i suppose. That was my interpretation.
@MisledDeath I guess "Katherine" read the letter and then she "let him go" by tying the letter to a balloon. Now the guy can go in peace i suppose. That was my interpretation.
The idea is good but it falls short with sub-par cinematography, a dull script, and too many high shots. But the director is truly amazing and the location is beautiful.
2109917162 23 hours ago
Beautiful
somedontknow 2 days ago
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easthart 4 days ago
I can't get over how amazing I found this to be! (both before and after I knew the meaning of the narration) It's done perfectly.
EffectsMagician 4 days ago
this is amazing! My name is catherine :)
ilovephotographyx 5 days ago
This is brilliant...
kagi95 5 days ago
I'm french, I know English, I didn't understood the whole thing he said...
And i still love this... That mean, for me: this short film is awesome...
heeyJohnny 6 days ago
awesome!
corangec 6 days ago
Beautiful.
slightlybroken07 1 week ago
am a little bit not well understander of english so, did he suicide or ... ? If so, i dissagree with an idea but the quality of a movie is great.
NinoUrushadze1 1 week ago
I love the narrator's voice :)
leen2109 1 week ago 2
HELLO PEOPLE♥
Could I grab your attention for 4 minutes, please? If you enjoyed this short film, I would like you to check out my short film as well. I am a young artist from London, and my short film 'Ashes' is available to be viewed on my channel. It is the first video that comes up.
Please view it and tell me what you think - I appreciate each comment, each view, each feedback.
Thank you so much ♥
ArlaAabbaOfficial 1 week ago 2
HEY! THE SPECIAL THANKS TO GUY LIVES IN MY TOWN! SWEET!
picklesinwonderland 1 week ago
I'm not quite sure I understand the ending either. I don't know if the ending is an allegory of how his decision was irreversible after he left Katherine, or if the ending was intended to convey reversing his decision to leave Katherine. Beautiful film, though.
mymisguidedmannequin 2 weeks ago
está bueno
FiatObscuritas 2 weeks ago
good cinematography . i love the camera work . . . . . . .
tejqwerty007 2 weeks ago
It is his subconsciousness speaking or expressing the inner most feelings but the ego is preventing them to surface. It felt like a huge balloon that was just about to explode and when it did, did he realize the reality that a part of him still loves her.
mefeb10 2 weeks ago
Amazing film! So touching and love the locations!
MeeraDarji 3 weeks ago
Beautiful shots!!
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Thirty090307 3 weeks ago
Nice film but dear Godddddddddd, so sappy!
AllegedlySpiffy 3 weeks ago
i don't understand the meaning of it!
BethTelevision 3 weeks ago 2
@BethTelevision you arent alone :/
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my opinion,
the woman has left him or dead.
he misses her, goes to that place, which has some connection with her, may be he proposed her there,and he thinks to himself, what might have gone wrong.why she left.then he looks at the person who was responsible that is him, who wrote that letter, but did not send it, that balloon is him, the old him.. he opens that letter , only to realize, the woman read it,he screwd his own life and now he has nothing and that fact made him explode.
hariking22 4 weeks ago
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hariking22 4 weeks ago
"sometimes i feel like i can just explode"
haha ... you clever balloon
thenerdymel 4 weeks ago
don't get the end when the guy reads the note and sort of gulps....can someone explain
EedieG 1 month ago
i couldn't understand the meaning of movie ! :D
maitarek93 1 month ago
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0marMurillo 1 month ago
Really cool movie, I enjoyed watching it!
SunfishChannel 1 month ago
LOVE IT!!!
CatarinaOliRod 1 month ago
Ohhh!!! Wow people should know these are the balloons words! Not the guys! Listen to it again and the words make so much more sense!!
NewPerspection 1 month ago 4
this is fucking horrible and pretentious. it won a film racing competition, sure... but simply because of production value . it would never win anything else ANYWHERE
IbeJigsaw 1 month ago
@IbeJigsaw and this comment isn't pretentious? If you have to deal with your jealousy, deal with it off youtube, where people should be able to enjoy and post what they want, without people like you trolling around making idiotic comments meant only to piss people off.
ThePanstory 1 month ago
@ThePanstory It's not meant only to piss people off.. why are you taking this comment so seriously? Not liking something = trolling? Are you kidding me? You know, for an impartial party, you're getting pretty personal. I'm assuming you were involved in the making of this. This is absolutely awful. Anything that calls so much attention to a metaphor is amateur hour at its finest. Honest opinion.
IbeJigsaw 1 month ago
so u bought a heli and slapped ur 5D on it. and to make ur investment worthwhile you shot with it half of your movie in a never ending 2min sequence. that iss poor movie making dude. and you really needed that balloon ? comon.
skinskope 1 month ago
But how can a balloon last for such long time ?
namtheblack 1 month ago
it makes sense.. balloons hate acupuncture..
NyshyNysh 1 month ago 9
Wow. I think you are all reading into this too much. This short tells a joke that is played on the viewer. We are only lead to believe, by the visuals and by convention, that the words are the man's. But they're not. They are all the balloon's. Listen to the text again from this perspective. Listen to the choice of words. It will make a lot of sense.
WiVaBo 1 month ago 19
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@WiVaBo cool. awesome. didn't get that! thanks.
TheCinnamonTea 2 days ago
HOW THE HELL DID U STABALISED THE FIRST SCENE..pls forgive the caps..i really wanna know!!!
EzeeMinecraft 1 month ago 5
@EzeeMinecraft some lens have active stabilization, i'm not sure about the 5D (if thats what he is using), otherwise in post some programs such as vegas, after effects, and final cut can stabilize the footage as well.
DeltaDude7996 1 month ago
that was...good
destiny428 1 month ago
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esdraspierre91 2 months ago
thumbs up~
the QUALITY..the best~
eriaken 2 months ago
brilliant.
Vnix 2 months ago
99.9% of short films are god awful. Congrats on being the .1%.
TheAjr1987 2 months ago 9
Very artistic, the balloon symbolising the rounded figure "catherine" was, perfect in form?
And the colour symbolising substance?
just a wild guess, but a really interesting vid, keep it up
14cromwell14 2 months ago
this is a very beautiful picture. nice nice work.
StreinjFilms 2 months ago
i make short films too. i need some constructive comments to improve. so please check out my channel. the short film is titled: Spectator of Happiness. :)
and very innovative and smart to use a toy helicopter to do the birds eye point of view. no crane needed :)
wendiwentress 2 months ago
<3
rockingharderthanyou 2 months ago
The bursting of the yellow balloon signifies that the chance is taken from him. It's too late for him to make it all right. He had got a lot of chances that he'd blown before, why didn't he grab it? It's very unfortunate and sad that we always realize things when it's already too late.
babysummergirl10 2 months ago
@babysummergirl10 I think you miss the innocent humor of this story. The man is just an avenue for the balloon's suicide. The story, the letter, the narrative, has nothing really to do with the man.
ThePanstory 1 month ago
WARP STABILIZER!!!!!
EhKOfilms 2 months ago
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TheElvinVIDEO 2 months ago
some part, i get it.some part, ...haha but nice one though! good job!
etonghanan 2 months ago
well I knew that the narrator is the letter that the balloon brought but I didnt understand some words in it. did that tell us about why their relationship won't work? and the balloon showing how their relationship going? is that all? what string attached means actually? kinda chemistry? haha my brain is going so slowly while watching this, but I'm sure this is a great film. anyway, at least i love all the angles and the way you shoot it.
e12icaphoo 3 months ago
Ever write a hate note? Now make it a hate note to a girl you used to love? The fact that you write one implies you still care about her. And the person in this film still cares about Kathryn. He cares enough to be shocked that she did not receive his message.
Justmyopinionlol 3 months ago
WoW! That was Great. I'm doing something similar in style to this, and I'm just wondering what you did to get the color grade,(such as bring down the saturation, Gamma ,etc?). Thanks, and again, great short film. You deserved to win.
animaxindustries 3 months ago
I'm thinking that the balloon represents the wife and she committed suicide. I say this because yellow = 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Idunno.... ;)
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scravers 3 months ago
I like it .. i don't get it =p.
I have a vague interpretation about ... By writing the letter he was letting go of stuff building up .. which burst the balloon. And him scrunching up the letter is him changing his mind. He just needed to get out for a bit.
But its all kind of hazy to me. But i don't think that's really important.
the letter and the visuals are both stunning.
LittleMissEvel 3 months ago
The first thing I thought after I watched this, "Words will come back to haunt you"
HugsAndPlugs 3 months ago 39
Fantastic...... Well Done
juicedupmedia1 3 months ago
the music is amazing! great job!
prepatecdanceteam 3 months ago
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prepatecdanceteam 3 months ago
How is there dislikes on this? This short honestly blew me away.
Someguy907 3 months ago
I think good art makes you think alot. This is the 6th or 7th time I edited my posts because I think about more things everytime I watch the film. It still keeps me interested after the 8th watch. But I cant feeling that what I spelled out is stupid and redundant because it must have been many others that noticed it to (if my interpretation is close to the creators idea) since it didnt win prizes for no reason. In any case it's a beautiful work and will follow the film maker with interest.
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The only option he has if he and Catherine will ever be together is to burst the balloon and let whatever kept inside him out. And when doing so the farewell letter no longer tied to the state he was in (the inflated balloon) makes no sense to him anymore making him think someone else wrote it. Severing the "strings attached" metaphorically and visually between the inflated him and their relationship/breakup letter.
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He is the balloon. "The world as a (w)hole" part of the letter is a metaphor for him being the ballon. And everything thats happened has been blown into him. And instead of letting "the air" out bit by bit he's been collecting it there. Reaching for the ballon as he tries is impossible , iow impossible to control himself while being in the state he's in.
siavashj123 3 months ago
I think he's trying to say that in a relationship if you keep things inside you and not speak out about them they will cause you to makebad decisions you would not have if you had been honest about them."It was rough Catherine and I never wanted to lie to you. This letter serves to tell you that I cant lie anymore."By now your probably confused as to why im writing you such a vague intention. But the world as a whole has inflated me to this state. Sometimes i feel like I can just explode
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siavashj123 3 months ago
you need to get famous! amazing amazing amazing film~
shunshineXOXO 4 months ago
Dang that heli-cam was awesome!
AdjachrasaurusFilms 4 months ago
I loved the story!!!!!!!!!!
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TheBuffNerds 4 months ago
i agree with cardfreak25. none of you are short story writers. your all just a bunch of eccentric, pretentious pricks. in my opinion every single short story film writer, (98 percent of em) should just go get a job in a camera store and stop kiddin themselves. if Bukowski was still alive he'd make a mockery of the lot of you.... and then make a short story from it that's more accessible. in terms of content this is a simple balloon = relationship and male put in awkward position.
johnpeoplefox 4 months ago
This is really well shot and the colour grading is beautiful. Good job :)
sChatterG 4 months ago
How'd you get that multiple speed option on your player?
InsanityOnABunFilms 4 months ago
man.. this guy is a real film maker.. and i admire you by putting your canon 5d on an RC heli. Bravo bravo. You got guts man.
laserboy1995 4 months ago 81
@laserboy1995 Was this video made with a Canon 5d ?
Sukantara 1 month ago
@laserboy1995 Are you telling me that that one, long incredibly clear and high-quality shot in the air chasing the car is from strapping a 5d to an RC helicoptor? but.... how?
Squadron555 1 week ago
loved that opening sequence,,using just the one shot,,nice job
munnzymovies 4 months ago
So sad.
existential 5 months ago
wwooaah what is speed option on youtube?
TastyTortilla 5 months ago 2
dude the shots were incredible good job
TheMizDog 5 months ago
This is beautiful.
wildrose100 5 months ago
nice work!
sean57 5 months ago
That is awesome
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CamaraMountClamp 5 months ago
Is the balloon from his past? This is his life now after he gave Catherine the balloon and it came back to him?
bajesus123 5 months ago
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the balloon are his thoughts of what he should say to Katherine... reality hits him the moment the balloon explodes!...he shreds the letter(his thoughts which suddenly materialized)...meaning they'll always remain his thoughts ....simple and beautiful metaphor...great cinematography!
oblivionzzzmike 5 months ago
yes the narrator is the balloon, and the balloon is an image of relationships in general. How fast they can end, how they start out with no strings attached, then you're attached etc..
ZycuinA 5 months ago
What kind of Heli did you use?
MoziIIa4000 5 months ago
Confused
beauvalient 5 months ago
Pretty much the dissapointment of a fairwell. Haha
appolyon1313 5 months ago
how did you get the camera to move at the same speed as the car?!
rapstar5845 5 months ago
Is the whole thing shot on Canon 5D? Or Panasonic?
MattJVids 5 months ago
I imagine, everything that was being said was what he was actually thinking to himself, and while out on a walk, when the balloon appears with a note of everything he's just said, it freaks him out and he crushes it and puts it aside. In other words, he thinks it, but when it's out loud, on paper, in front of his eyes, he can't handle it, so pushes/screws it up and puts it to the back of his mind. That's just what I got from it. It's a metaphorical tale rather than something actually happening.
xmaster2 5 months ago
Production value great, simple but great. Now the most important thing of all, the story, lacking. I think maybe a simple inclusion earlier on with the balloon might have helped but I'm still not sure. The narration doesn't tie in with the story. Basically the only conflict is him reaching for the balloon unable too. If you need to explain it in the end then that's not a good sign. Best of luck and keep up because you do have talent!
cardfreak25 6 months ago
@cardfreak25 If you pay attention to the narration, you'll see that it ties everything together "inflated me to this state", "I feel a could just explode", "you always said no strings attached" etc. The narrator is the balloon.
Funnylovefunnylife 5 months ago 4
@Funnylovefunnylife Now watching it again I found it more misleading then the first time, is the narrator the balloon? is it a man who wrote this letter? Is this a metaphor about his inner psyche? What is the purpose of the balloon narrating? What's the conflict? Is there actually a story in the short film? @Coisofication if what you say is true then this is not a story, it is was an alternative/artistic way to express an idea the author had rather then a story. No character, no goal.
cardfreak25 5 months ago
@cardfreak25 Minus the "was" in the second to last sentence.
cardfreak25 5 months ago
(.......To everyone who didn't get it; the man who was the main focus of the video WAS NOT the narrator. The narrator was the balloon. ["Before birthday parties.... I was over everyone's head...])
AlliKatNya 6 months ago
@AlliKatNya It totally makes sense once you said it.
MINCHOGOMEZ1 5 months ago
@AlliKatNya could you explain the meaning of the short film
Coisofication 5 months ago
@Coisofication Uh... I'd say the film was simply trying to show how people in general are really quite blind when it comes to "understanding" in general. You assumed the narrator was the man in the video, right? In doing so, you've made an incorrect assumption without even knowing it. I think all this film's trying to say is, think a little harder about information you're absorbing, and don't always assume the most obvious explanation is fact.
AlliKatNya 5 months ago 3
Great job Keith! I really enjoyed working with you on Thr33, and I'm glad to see that you're still keeping at it.
joeheuft 6 months ago
@ 3:21 you can see through the balloon..was the balloon done in post?
ARTISTICLYSTUPID 6 months ago
the ending was unclear...
m0n4c3 6 months ago
dude, i havent watch this yet,but its seen great short film.im apply to Tisch School of the Arts next year.any advises for application.Did u had any experience behind the camera before appling, like done some local school or something.thanks,
ABDIRAHMANABDI22 6 months ago
kinda reminds of of Damien Rice's song 9 Crimes
lakaygayyad 6 months ago
if you all are aspiring filmakers that need inspiration, search "The Harrison House Trailer" on youtube.
best indie horror I've ever seen, shot for only 600 bucks
ChicoBlancoFilms 6 months ago
Can everyone stop talking about the helicopter, and how these shots were taken. And someone please explain thhe whole meaning of this film, because i didn't understand it. :(
spiazo 6 months ago
wow.
Really want to have a go at filming with a 5D.. attaching it to a RC helicopter is a great idea because their light ae. Amazing shots.
UrbanFilmHippy 6 months ago
Is that Josh Hartnett I hear?
MacDaddysHotWheels 6 months ago
This is amazing :D I am using a Kodak Zi8 until I can afford my DSLR - Probably a Canon 550D as my first, and a decent lens, such as 1.4 USM or 1.8 II.
baherroth 6 months ago
@mamakunem That would've been cool, but no :)
Session7Media 6 months ago 14
You have a wireless attachment for play back for the air shots?
breakinmyballs23 6 months ago
@breakinmyballs23 Yes, wireless video rx/tx
Session7Media 6 months ago
It's not about the story. It's about the feeling the film evokes.
DanieltheDirector 6 months ago
Visually gorgeous, but I didn't quite understand the story indeed...
LilQuotez 6 months ago
brilliant camera work...amazing film...
thanx for sharing.
gravityforbidden 6 months ago
This is seriously an amazing piece of work....I would say its better than most shit covering our "boxes of voidless shite" that we have to "entertain"....seriously impressed, keep up the good work, ive recently just bought myself a Zi8 Kodak so I can start some hi-def filmmaking (being a drama student and all) and its really inspiring....great work...
baherroth 6 months ago
There are many ways to interpret this but I think it is either two things, either what Spces8472 said about being a pipedream and never following through. Or maybe the balloon was Katherine, and maybe he feels like he killed her by writing the note, he does pop it with his stick. Or maybe "katherine" was actually him and all those things he wrote were about him.
Cwasinkate21 7 months ago
Gone Goodbye.
I might be wrong, but was it him going to leave his wife via this nice, romanticized, rosy picture, then going to sit with his thoughts, only to realize it was a pipe dream, and he'll never gain the strength to follow through? Bursting his own balloon to what he really wants?
Spces8472 7 months ago
Brilliant cinematography. Story was quite difficult to understand.
krazykooky13 7 months ago
Beautiful. The cinematography is simply awesome.
cscdigitalgraphics 7 months ago
Another thing... What lens? Which location? Amazing work! :)
siddharthrajsoni 7 months ago
@siddharthrajsoni Canon 5D with several different lenses, 24-70mm L, 50mm prime, a few others. Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, WA
Session7Media 6 months ago
Okay you put a Canon 5D II on a Radio controlled helicopter. That's great... How did you maintain focus in all your amazing floating shots?
siddharthrajsoni 7 months ago
@siddharthrajsoni Stop the lens way down to have a deep focal range. You sacrifice light, but it's the only way to do it without a long range wireless focus puller which equals big bucks.
Session7Media 6 months ago
Fantastic work. Truly inspiring.
IxJasminexI 7 months ago
what kind of RC heli u used please? have ugot some making of scene ? :)
freeskierBALKINS 7 months ago
@freeskierBALKINS Custom heli designed by Tabb Firchau of Aerial Pan
Session7Media 6 months ago
beautiful......
cowboyzfrhell666 7 months ago
this es so good .. nice shot,nice apply rule of thirds...good work
Bhaichacha 7 months ago
i reallyy dont understanddd.........
maddcutie96 8 months ago
excellent camara work.
prasadmytubeself 9 months ago
I figured it was an RC helicopter. but how did you get the camera to pivot. Was there a control or was that just from the RC angling when it moved forward?
sgtppr 9 months ago
@sgtppr There was a 3 axis radio controlled gimbal attached, so one pilot for the heli, one for the camera.
Session7Media 6 months ago
@Session7Media how much does a system like that go for - gimbal and heli
terylrenee 5 months ago
cazzo....
walterin24 9 months ago
i think he nkilled himself
H3mia 9 months ago
i love the atmospheric music and then how the tension is broken by the popping of the balloon, very clever and good tone of the narrator.
woozletooz 9 months ago 3
HI, can you please type here all the dialogues? Can you please type here contents of the letter?
Rojiemathew 11 months ago
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HI, can you please type here all the dialogues? Can you please type here contents of the letter?
Rojiemathew 11 months ago
HI, can you please type here all the dialogues? Can you please type here contents of the letter?
Rojiemathew 11 months ago
Wow... good pilot!
4200four 1 year ago
Nice! What crane did you use for this and was it attacthed to a truck or?
4200four 1 year ago
@4200four We used an RC helicopter with a Canon 5D attached
Session7Media 1 year ago 28
@Session7Media how did you attach it? Weren't you scared for the life of your 5D?
neaped 11 months ago
@Session7Media What a freaking BAMF
Spces8472 7 months ago
@Session7Media I was gonna ask how you got those shots... That was really good! I'd be scared to death to send my camera up on a helicopter, a damn gust would bring it to the ground in pieces, lol. How did you get the angle to change up in the air, I mean it looked like it was angling up, down, and around as you were flying.
WiFibre 6 months ago
Now I have to add a helicopter pilot to the list of needed crew members.
WiFibre 6 months ago
@Session7Media thats like a definition for havin balls.. attaching your canon 5d on a heli and make shots:P great work m8.. can you tell me more about the heli? howmuch would something like that costs? i bet it needs quite some lifting power to carry the canon?
lifeartpixels 6 months ago
@lifeartpixels A Trex 700 RC Helicopter would work pretty well and costs around $1,000. The RC gimbal to control the camera is about $400, plus a wireless video feed is another few hundred, so you could assemble the whole thing for under $2,000, not including your camera. Then you just have to learn to fly it without crashing :)
Session7Media 6 months ago
@Session7Media sounds awesome! a bit over budget concidering i just started getting interested in this whole thing.. but ill definately keep it in mind! thanks
lifeartpixels 6 months ago
@Sahilian I guess "Katherine" read the letter and then she "let him go" by tying the letter to a balloon. Now the guy can go in peace i suppose. That was my interpretation.
PACH1TV 1 year ago
youtube.com/user/latenightlogic
MissHooky08 1 year ago
this is beautifully sad. . . i dont know if that makes sense, but to me it does </3
LoveTaylor18 1 year ago
nice work. I think, the yellow balloon, was a good idea.
maninarimani 1 year ago
question was the guy reading the letter katherine?
DaSpotStudios 1 year ago
wow :) Thank you
ulysses1026 1 year ago
No words! 10 ++++!!!!!
lacasadinuvole 1 year ago
Enjoyed...thanks
karp821 1 year ago
Frek I dont get it :( watching it again
MisledDeath 1 year ago
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@MisledDeath I guess "Katherine" read the letter and then she "let him go" by tying the letter to a balloon. Now the guy can go in peace i suppose. That was my interpretation.
PACH1TV 1 year ago
"But there are always strings attached..."
Incredibly touching film!
MrFundiver 1 year ago
Ahhh.
Nevermind.
After a second watch it all made sense.
AmazingLadyy13 1 year ago