First and foremost, I just want to start out by saying that the short film "War Photographer" was the first in this class that I spent time to watch in again during my spare time. I absolutely love it! It's just so....engaging, I don't know. The simplicity of the characters, the colors, and the whole idea of a battle between bands is my favorite. That's sort of what this whole thing reminded me of. If anyone has ever seen the movie "Drumline" you have an idea of what I'm getting at. Though Nick Cannon can't play drums worth crap in real life, the scenes of the drumline battles and intensity at the end during the "BOA", (Battle of the Bands), was absolutely captivating to me. I mean, I was part of the band and drumline during highschool, so that probably accounts for the majority of my love for bands. Seeing "War Photographer" brought all of that back, and made me actually get into the film and I found my self cheering and wondering what would be the next big instrument they would use and who would end up victorious? It was very suspenseful! It's so cool too that the title doesn't hint to a battle between bands at all. It was also fun to watch as it started out from two ships sailing on the seas to them clearly ready to start a battle, but when it was time, instead of firing cannons at each other they got out guitars and started blasting the opposing ships with their sick rifts!!
The way the author made the music line up with the film's scene changes was spot on, and the entire plot and climax toward the end where he made that one robot comeback from near defeat was stellar. This was such a cleverly written film and definitely one of my favorites so far! So ya I guess I just felt like blogging about how much I liked it. Plus, it was made in the guy's flipping basement.
-Clint Sprunger, December 5
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