Added: 4 years ago
From: jackpaccionejr
Views: 35,948
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:

All Comments (109)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Just finished this book.... Kept me interested from start to finish!!! My second D Koontz book.. first one was "Your heart belongs to me"... IT SUCKED!! was very please with this one!! My next book is Horns By Joe Hill :)

  • Good book! I enjoyed it.

  • You can buy "The Husband" by Dean Koontz on ebay at code: 250771554964. It's a great read! I'll give you the book for 3.00!

  • The Good Guy was the second Dean Koontz book I read. I love'd it! Krait was a sick mofo! ;)

  • @DjHamHam411 The Good Guy was also my second book .. the first was your heart belongs to me... and I .. didnt care for it.... LOVED THIS BOOK!!

  • Nicely done!

  • wow 38 thumbs down... were they jealous of your winning? This video is amazing, you did an awesome job, from visual and music, all is excellent, perfect and great effects too :)))

  • This is so great. I've been a Dean Koontz fan since the early eighties, and LOVE these little web synopsis! I also grew up on Staten Island, Midland beach, actually, and its great to see someone from my hometown involved in his books this way. Amazing! Beautiful job!

    I particularly love the Odd Thomas Webisodes, beautifully done.

  • Just finished the book today took me about 3 days and I have to say it really grabs you so it was a very good read!!

    looking forward to other book by Koontz this one was my first btw.

  • just finished this book today it was great

    the killer krait is one sick motherfucker

  • Krait is nothing compared to Edgler Vess in Intensity.

    Those two are the most twisted killers Koontz has ever made!!

  • haha, his name has all these weird ass words in it. Intensity was great.

  • edgler vess, the man with the blue lips from the husband are my favourite characters

  • My girlfriend's name is Linda Paquette... creepy

  • Loved the book, great job on the video :)

  • Super duper duper genius vid! haha, besides being atmospheric in its 30 seconds; I loved the graphic match and morphing from the post it on the table, to the actual book cover.

  • Thanks for all the great comments!!

    For anyone who comes across this, be on the look out for the HD version of this commercial completely reshot. Oh and something else... something big. Based on Dean Koont'z Best selling series "Odd Thomas". More to come!

  • This is your most cinematic looking video (although I haven't watched all of them yet)! Do you have a crew? Who does your lighting, editing and writing?

  • That's really cool...I'm about to finish reading the book and enjoy it a great deal. I'm actually listening to the audio version. The guy who reads it really makes it creepy...but in a good way. Cool vid..

  • nice job. awesome book

  • I love Dean Koontz this is a good preview! Its a great book too!

  • very very nice job. do more if you could

  • I never even read Dean Koontz books, but by seeing this commercial, which I didn't know was a 'book' commercial til the very end..I thought it I was going to see a short youtube video and looks like a very good movie trailer...BRAVO!!! This makes me want to buy the book....lol. I have seen your other videos that you made and added them to my 'favorite' video collection and hope your videos get into the Tribeca and Sundance film festivals...that would be AWESOME.

    jojocinema

  • Wow. I never really liked DK all that much, but this makes me want to pick up his novels again.

  • Very well done.  I've featured this trailer on the Dean Koontz Myspace Fanpage, credited to you of course. :) Good job.

  • Wow AWESOME!!! I have a myspace account too!! Can you send me a friend request? just search for Escape Goat Pictures and you will find my profile! Thanks soooo much!!!!

  • Awesome!

  • Holy crap. this could be the best 'book' commercial I've ever seen. most of them suck.  This trailer actually feels more like a 'movie' trailer. Why is that crappy trailer still on dean's website. Your tralier is way better. I will read the book anyway, but if I wasn't, this trailer would do the trick. congratulations!

  • Great job, Jack, surely all of us Koontz fans will be very happy that you were chosen. Who knows - maybe you're the next Spielberg? (Don't laugh; have you ever seen his early home movies?!)

  • I'm trying renatayounts, i'm trying... HAHAHA. If you want to se MY first movie check out my other movie "misfortune cookie" on youtube. It went all the way to the finals in Tribeca!! :) thanks so much renatayounts!!!

  • That's actually pretty impressive and yes, that is also a funny short! You should try Sundance, too; I have a friend who goes every year and she loves it, loves the chance to meet the directors. Just a thought.

  • Wow.. wonderful trailer, you are deserving of the win! Of course i'd read the book anyway - me being an honest to goodness true "Koontz" fan! Keep up the good work!

  • Congratz on the win! Wonderful!

  • THANKS SO MUCH!!!! WOW almost 7,000 views!!!! this is so awesome. the nice coments are all wonderful and very much appreciated. Thanks again!! :)

  • Hi Jack: Great job on the trailer for one of my favorite authors. Were you already a Koontz fan before doing the trailer?

  • That was a truley pro trailer. The audio was class A.

    Congrats.

  • Kudos and congratulations on the win... I'm really pleased your entry was chosen, if not surprised. :) Look forward to seeing more great work from you in the future!

  • nice trailer man...granted im gonna read the book regardless like a true koontz fan...but youve made me wanna read it more :)

  • Just wanted to be the first to tell you that on the deankoontz website is a professional comerical that completly sucks. I'd read the book you were selling, not the one they are. congratulations.

  • yeah, I saw it. thanks for the compliment. I talked to Bantam Dell About doing some future comericals for them. who knows, maybe if more people like you keep saying the things you do, maybe one day I will get the chance. :D It would be an awesome experience.

  • yes!! i am so glad this won!! excellent job!!

  • Thank's... but i'm more interested on how the hell you and your friend fit on those wiggle cars... hahaha

  • This one definitely deserves to be the winner... very professional!! I loved it, but I'm not sure the other two would have been my choices for runners-up, there were quite a few really good ones. Congratulations, Jack. :o)

  • I feel you, hollyridder! That was TOUGH, Jack! Congratulations!!

  • THANK YOU SO much! every single comment really means a lot to me. if you're a filmmaker come and visit me. we can trade tip on filmmaking. I can't post an address so i will try and sneak it in haha - doubleu doubleu doubleu. run goat run . (you know) hahaha hope that works. THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!

  • Damn! No wonder you won. Congratulations!

  • Congradulations!

    I'm so jealous.

  • outstanding...well deserved!

  • Congrats on Winning! The trailer is WONDERFUL! I can not wait for the book.

  • Great Job! Congrats!

  • congrats

  • Thanks everyone for the awesome emails, everybody did an awesome job. this may sound like self promotion but it's not. please email me on my website if you want to talk about filmmaking. I cant leave an email here but i will try and hide it double u double u double u run goat run dott (you know) - we're all new at this and it would be awesome to throw some tips to eachother. Thanks SOOOOOO much!!!! this contest was really cool!

  • Congratulations on winning! The best man won.

  • CONGRATULATIONS!

  • Nice and simple!

  • i think you won it=very good

  • This is awesome!!! Makes me really want to run out and buy the book-EVEN in hardcover! Something about this video is classic Humphrey Bogie-ish and retro, and yet it is VERY clever and contemporary as well. Great work!

  • I've seen every video and this is my choice for the winner.

  • considering you've watched 3,280 videos... haha... I'm going to say a very gracious and HUGE thank you!!!!

  • This is still my favorite by far. This is the one trailer that really makes me want to read this thing. The mood, the effects, the creapy guy in the background. It's all really professional.  really great. hope to see this on dean's website.

  • cool video

  • I've been getting a lot of questions from other directors about compression, filming and other stuff, please EMAIL me anytime and I will tell you what I can! Thanks AGAIN! :)

  • If i only saw your trailer i would think that tim had watched the cop leave and then torn his shirt off to reveal a suit that had GG written on it. your video work is great but this guy has not made up his mind to be anything yet. i hope you don't take this wrong I loved your art it is the interpretation i am ? good luck and wear the t-shirt proud with or without the prize!

  • HAHA.... that would have been pretty funny actually. If I had an extra 5 seconds, i would have tim stand up and rip his shit open revealing a GG on his chest! hahaha... maybe i was getting ahead of myself - but I'm pretty sure Tim is going to choose to be the good guy. ;) haha

  • I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear, i meant that at the end of chapter two tim is in the tightest spot he's been in since birth and will probably be trying to figure a way out of his newly aquired mess, the assignment was to interpret the 1st 2 chapters, not the whole book. also, considering the humility of Koontz' characters, i doubt tim will ever say "I'm the good guy" as much as he will discover that despite his fears he can still be one. all that said your video still cooks

  • Ahhhh ok - got it now!! I guess nobody really know what tim is going to be like. For all i know tim could start bashing heads in chapter 3. haha...or maybe you're right too!! lol.... either way your idea about the GG shirt is AWESOME, and maybe it wouldn't have helped me win, but it sure would have been funny as hell. haha THANKS!

  • How did you compress your trailer? I had a lot of trouble compressing, without shrinking it too small. I just want to know for the future, it's too late for this one!

  • This is a great Trailer, good work!

  • This is great I hope we can be this good some day you are really awesome.

  • WOW!!  Always awesome hearing from other directors. So are you guy's new filmmakers? Hit me up with ANY questions at all ok? I'm no professional - but I can definitly give you guys some tricks :) Thanks Guys for the really great coment.

  • "I'm a mason not a murdarah!" That line is hilarious! A south philly mason in Laguna Beach?

  • wow... finally something decent. i'll add yours to my favorites so I can keep track of the good movies in this contest.

  • nice job, aquamafia has it though....gl

  • Awesome video. Was this all one shot?

  • Hey Sparklepants - yes it was all one take split up in post. There were whole scenes of bar patrons that were chilling in the background - but the time limit got those scenes cut. Thanks for the coment Sparklepants1313. ;)

  • Monica your Great and deserve ro WIN best wishes

    I JUST LOVE THE VIDEO You have a great future a head Good luck and with my support Love Mark/israelite

    MJKestenbaum:President/CEO IMMI-Internet Multimedia Marketing Inc.

  • Of course I hope I win but If I have to lose I would like it to be to you. Great production value. If I ever do this again I am going to invest real time and effort because from what I see here it is worth it.

  • Wow.... you guys are all really cool. I was involved in the Amazon / Tribeca online film competition and it was like a pit of fighting dogs. I have to tell you the truth... this contest for me has been BY FAR the coolest group of people and competitors. Thanks Rikblak, to hear compliments from directors and creators is truly a great compliment to get.

  • As always...quality. I really loved it.

  • 5 stars for u...i like that video

  • Well darned! I just got your message, but I wanted to let you know that I gave you a vote and not because you were just a pal..it really was great! Cheers to you Jacko!

  • Well it's 12:00am - the contest is finally over. I just wanted wish everybody goodluck , everyone had some really cool videos and ideas. Thanks to everybody who stoped by to check out my entry - it was really cool to hear compliments from the other filmmakers too. THANKS SO MUCH!!!! and GOOD LUCK SHOOTING THE GOOD GUY!!!!! :)

  • THAT is awesome. i just posted a comment on another one that i hope they win. prolly i posted that too soon. altho the other one was a little different. this is very well done.

  • WOW!!! That was awesome! By far the best of all the videos I have seen. Keep up the excellent work. Got any other vids I can check out?!

  • this is soo good

  • Your compression looks great. I can't match it. Can you please provide details of how you compressed it and uploaded it? Do you have a director's account? Thanks.

  • sorry brawnylads - i wrote you with my friend's account before. I use Vegas Video for everything. all my editing and compression. It's by far the best editing software I have ever used. Sory Final Cut. I sacrificed image quality for sound during the compresion, because I feel sound is the MOST important part of a film. For some reason people can forgive poor image quality more quickly then poor sound.

  • I like you graphics. I didn't know we could use that book graphic from the website though. I thought the rules said you could only use the package materials. Oh well, I didn't even finish mine for the competition. Good Luck!

  • you might win=but like i said i dont care about the money=i just think that it is great that dean is going to watch this videos that we all made=and best of luck to you :o)

  • haha... don't worry... if they are judging on only creativity... you have us all beat. haha

  • It was amazing!!!

  • excellent quality, content and message.  of 20 others i reviewed, they pale in comparison

  • A great video....i loved it!!!

  • I accidently came across this link looking for information on "the Good Guy". If this is a contest entry then I am impressed. Originally I thought this was the real deal comerical for the book, but then I saw many others. This is incredible for an amature film entry. This get's my vote for the best. I can't wait for "The Good Guy".

  • Thanks man!!!! I am hoping that this will eventually be used in some way to help promote the book. Only 3 days left and it's all over... then check back here on the 7th to see who won. Thanks!

  • This is *by far* my favorite entry I've seen. If I didn't already want to read the book, this would make me want to read it. Great job!

  • Great video, very professional. I'm really curious about the book now, but I'm glad it doesn't give too much away.

  • Hmmm...this reminds me of the time I layed down some guitar tracks and then when I listened to the final recording...hmmm wouldn't you know it...someone else was playing!! Linda Pickina??? Anyway...looks good, sounds good, hope you win!

  • really scarry. this was great!! can i buy the book in Japan? Good Luck, 5 stars

  • This one is the BEST!!! It made me want to read the book. Also, the guy's voice is really good!! GOOD LUCK!!!

  • Holy KaKa, this is the one. Sorry everyone but this one gets my vote. Everybody did a great job. Good luck people.

  • Ok video but you pretty much ripped off an earlier contestant with your last shots of the glass and postit note. boo..

  • That wuz pretty damm good...this one will win it.

  • cool video. the mood is really great. and I noticed the cop badge in the shadowy figure. nice touch. yeah... i notice weird things. lol

  • It is a compliment to be sure. This is only my third contest and it is great to see some of the other entries. Heres me looking at some of the videos; Ahem... "That sucks... not bad... I like the way that looked but mine is better... holy mother of God!! How the heck can I beat that!!?" I gave it a five as well. Great vid and good luck.

  • HAHAHAHA  Wow Nazghul... you're one hell of a competitor!!!! Thanks alot. I like your style. you rock.

  • lol that was funny. I am not a competitor, but this film seem to be pretty good. good luck, i gave it 5.

  • I'd like to lead everyone in a short prayer. "Dear Lord, please let this film be destroyed in a horribly irreversible data crash. Amen"

  • HAHAHA... I'm not sure if that was a compliment but it made me laugh HARD either way.... HAHAHA.... thanks?? LOL

  • Haha...!

    I'd like to add a short follow-up prayer for the rest of us. "Dear Lord, please let the t-shirt fit. Amen."

  • HAHA... i need to gather up a bunch of you guys and do a comedy short... we'd win everything.... hahahahahah

  • woah, that was really cool. this one is the best I think. really looks like a professional comerical.

  • By far the best trailer so far!  Engaging audio, nice motion graphics and appropriately dark. A+.

  • WOW!! This was pretty awesome. It seem a bit dark, but I suspect that was youtube, because most of the entries we all a bit dark. Anyway, this is definitly the best entry so far. It does a GREAT job making me want to read the book. I hope this wins.

  • I agree.  Best one i've seen.

  • The best yet.. you should win

  • Wow! This is my absolute favorite. It looks very professional. I wouldn't even begin to know how to do something this good. In my opinion, your the winner... so far!

  • Thanks SOOOOO much. "So far" are two very scary words... Of all the film competitions I've done, the BEST of the BEST always comes in on the last day or two of the competition. I fully expect to see some amazing entries this week. I can only hope that ours can compete in the end. Thanks again!

Loading...
Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more