The Ultimatum (2011)

A good hearted but wreckless teenager is faced with an ultimatum that will decide the fate of him and his starving family.

This is my first short film, made on a budget of $300.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943011/

Directed, Produced, Edited by
Ryan Droege

Written by
Ryan Droege and
Tanner Maynard

Starring
Tristan Erwin
Nathan Shuler
David Alessi
Sydney Smoot

Casting by
Tanner Maynard

Score by
Daniel Wieselberg

2011 Lights Out Productions

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[wccrispy]

The character's motivation isn't made clear enough for me. All I heard was that they needed food, so why not steal food? Did he lose a job or couldn't find one so that they could earn money to buy food? When writing a script try to find weaknesses in your own script by asking these kinds of questions.

[Droege1001]

@wccrispy Listen to the first part again and you can hear Julie saying, "you can't stay sober enough to hold a job..." Thanks for watching :)

[NElangbam]

No additional lens on the HV40 right? (Just basing it off the tags). Great score (a little over done in some parts, but great nonetheless), good acting (even over the phone too). Only thing that's a little lacking is the audio. How was it getting the cops to be involved in it?

[Droege1001]

@NElangbam MrDavem02 was correct. there were no cops involved in this film (other than the ones that got called for us shooting blanks off outside a grocery store). Everyone in the film was actors. And no, there were no lenses used on the HV40. Thanks for watching :)

[moonrice555]

@rural1 Dude, you're simply not being rational. Seriously, is THAT how you give your input? Jesus, do you kids a favor and don't have any. I'd hate to see how you talk to them. How old are you that don't know better than to talk to people like that. You're not level-headed. If there are things that you found wrong with it, that's fine. Nobody is asking you to be phony but there is a WAY to tell people and the way you do it is on the level of an 8th-grader.

[17m13]

great job

[murdvert]

Good job. I'm impressed.

[rural1]

@moonrice555 dude relax its just youtube bro! lol this video is great i was just trollin

[rural1]

1:15 Interference FAIL!! 2:27 audio FAIL!!.... Actually EVERYTHING FAIL!!! including the cop that doesn't talk!!! But best of all showed up in 4:23 TURN AROUND TO ANSWER A PHONE WHILE HOLDING A HOSTAGE AND SHOOTING MULTIPLE TIMES AT A MUTE COP equals EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!

[MoonLiteWolfPro]

What award did you win?

[candybeard1]

FANTASTIC, FROM START TO FINISH!! GREAT JOB, RYAN.