Jester - Vancouver Film School (VFS)

Created by Vancouver Film School students through the following VFS production programs:

VFS Film Production

Director - Ken Kabatoff
Director of Photography - Mohamed A. Soliman
Writer - Ken Kabatoff
Producer - Chad Fitz
Editor - Josh Pratt
Art Director - James Fairley

VFS Sound Design for Visual Media

Sound Design - Brendan Rooney & Dixon Cohee

Category:

Film & Animation

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[starward]

I don't understand the ending.. it's pretty confusing. The film didn't show what Andrew found in the painting.

Or is that what the film is supposed to do.. Confuse the viewer?

[ASesqui]

The ambiguity is intentional I think.... The brother with the car is resentful and suddenly finds how wrong he was about their father. The jester is that he tricked both of them - the addict has to settle down and the businessman is set free financially when he thought he was cut out, probably with a few 100 million. (You don't own a 3mil house without a big bank account)

[anakin334]

wow nice story needs somework and a better ending... keep working =)

[solyjazz]

Great cinematography!

[Jaeqo]

script, needs some touching up.

the actors, good. but theres something lacking.

like you can tell there thinking there not truely in there element

not that im the expert =)

[popaddict]

It was a bit too vague. If that was a cheque than they should have shown it clearly. I didn't get what the point of the painting was and the fact it gets ruined. If that dedication note was discovered from the painting being ruined then it would be a stronger story - would show how materialistic the guy was being. Getting a cheque from it then it doesn't have the same effect. His character would naturally be happy.

The sound was off. They sound like they are in different rooms sometimes!

[tqvivaperu]

that ma kes so much sense...

[CellarDoorFilm]

the painting they had "The Jester" serves no symbolic purpose, thats why I find it odd. You could replace the painting with any other painting and the story would still be the same. If thats the case why title the film "Jester" ... why go through the trouble of picking out a painting that looks sooooo out of place? Maybe cuz ther is a symbolic purpose of the image of the "jester" ... if ther is, i sure as hell didnt understand it, sooooo someone explain

[TorThor]

I perceived an endorsement box on the back of the folded paper in the painting, so I'm guessing that it's a cheque. I'm not sure if the final note was also inside the painting for Andrew to find or if it's the title page of the story left for Jack. Unless the director intended to make the ending vague, I think more obvious images at the end would make for a more accessible film.

I hope the filmmakers consider this constructive criticism, as that is my intention.