Oh dear. The filmmakers claim they have recorded live events for the past 10 years. That does not show in the film.
Throughout the film we are subjected to horrible compression artifacts. I can live with a few artifacts here and there, and perhaps some slightly dodgy deinterlacing but this is terrible. The artifacts are always on the shots taken from quite far behind at the venue. The ones at the front are OK.
The grading seems to be non-existent and if each shot was graded, well it is at best inconsistent.
The editing takes me back to the 80s (maybe that is the
point?) where budding filmmakers used various effects in just about every shot. Not because it looked good, but because they suddenly could due to technological advances. Thankfully this production uses this sparingly (slow-motion for example) but it still looks rather out of place.
Even worse, the direction and editing is monotonous, repeating the same sequence of cameras over and over again. Add to this very frequent camera changes, which is probably meant to give it a dynamic and fast look but is just tiring in the end and adds no value.
The audio was probably not half bad; the credits mention 5.1 but there was certainly no 5.1 at this screening. Shame as it would have made the whole experience better.
The short preceding this film is probably interesting for the most ardent fans but suffers from poor production values. Audio is terrible, and crew/mike are in sight in many shots. An end-of-year film school student would have done better.
Oh dear. The filmmakers claim they have recorded live events for the past 10 years. That does not show in the film.
Throughout the film we are subjected to horrible compression artifacts. I can live with a few artifacts here and there, and perhaps some slightly dodgy deinterlacing but this is terrible. The artifacts are always on the shots taken from quite far behind at the venue. The ones at the front are OK.
The grading seems to be non-existent and if each shot was graded, well it is at best inconsistent.
The editing takes me back to the 80s (maybe that is the
point?) where budding filmmakers used various effects in just about every shot. Not because it looked good, but because they suddenly could due to technological advances. Thankfully this production uses this sparingly (slow-motion for example) but it still looks rather out of place.
Even worse, the direction and editing is monotonous, repeating the same sequence of cameras over and over again. Add to this very frequent camera changes, which is probably meant to give it a dynamic and fast look but is just tiring in the end and adds no value.
The audio was probably not half bad; the credits mention 5.1 but there was certainly no 5.1 at this screening. Shame as it would have made the whole experience better.
The short preceding this film is probably interesting for the most ardent fans but suffers from poor production values. Audio is terrible, and crew/mike are in sight in many shots. An end-of-year film school student would have done better.