First of all, the storyline isn't the problem. But everything else is. I almost had to turn it off in the second scene of the film it was so bad.
Let's do audio first. The audio goes in and out, so you definitely need subtitles. They play the background music louder than the actors' voices. And the background music rarely matches the mood of the scene. On top of that you can literally hear the mic (picture something tapping a microphone) more than once.
Okay visual next. Y'all...it's almost comical how bad the visual is. I almost got mad. The cameraman just panned over to whatever he wants to look at at the time. One person is speaking, but you don't know who it is because they aren't on camera at the time. Weird right? Also, when someone is talking the cameraman decides it's best to cover half the screen with the back of another actor's head. Very 2006 bootleg video out the back of a truck.
Acting is subpar at best. And the editing doesn't help. There are two times in the courtroom scene where the same line was repeated twice, as if the editor just skimmed it instead of watching. Another scene in the bathroom where the actress messed up her line and then fixed it. 'It would be dishonest of me to say he's guilty. I mean it would be dishonest of me to say he's not guilty.' And they just left it in there.
Overall it just gives lazy, low budget, and rushed. If you don't have the funds for a great quality movie, at least have the passion and care to edit it into something.
The only reason I gave this two stars is because the storyline is actually pretty good. If done correctly, this could have sold out in movie theatres. But actually having to watch it is painful.
Let's do audio first. The audio goes in and out, so you definitely need subtitles. They play the background music louder than the actors' voices. And the background music rarely matches the mood of the scene. On top of that you can literally hear the mic (picture something tapping a microphone) more than once.
Okay visual next. Y'all...it's almost comical how bad the visual is. I almost got mad. The cameraman just panned over to whatever he wants to look at at the time. One person is speaking, but you don't know who it is because they aren't on camera at the time. Weird right? Also, when someone is talking the cameraman decides it's best to cover half the screen with the back of another actor's head. Very 2006 bootleg video out the back of a truck.
Acting is subpar at best. And the editing doesn't help. There are two times in the courtroom scene where the same line was repeated twice, as if the editor just skimmed it instead of watching. Another scene in the bathroom where the actress messed up her line and then fixed it. 'It would be dishonest of me to say he's guilty. I mean it would be dishonest of me to say he's not guilty.' And they just left it in there.
Overall it just gives lazy, low budget, and rushed. If you don't have the funds for a great quality movie, at least have the passion and care to edit it into something.
The only reason I gave this two stars is because the storyline is actually pretty good. If done correctly, this could have sold out in movie theatres. But actually having to watch it is painful.
