Allen Miller: In the description, this claimed to be a comedy. But I didn't find it even kind of funny. I'm assuming the monotone voice over narration was intentional to make it feel like a historical documentary but the scenes of Burr walking the streets of New York and driving that car clash with that. And then there's the images of Burr and Hamilton texting each other. To me, this feels like a lazily made school project where the students used cell phones and modern streets because trying to keep it period would be too much work. Don't get me wrong, the idea of Burr viewing a modern New York City is probably the most interesting idea this shows, but these moments don't really fit with the tone of the rest of the short and barely seem intentional.
I really enjoyed that there was a modern day "Aaron Burr" giving a synopsis on his place in history. There were a number of quotable lines in the monologue - something I think is extremely important for a successful film. I think the modern music set a new vibe to an old story which is super cool. Visually they did a really great job with adding images that went along perfectly with the story line. I think this reimagined modern Aaron Burr story is "Winning" in ever aspect.
I thought this was a very interesting historically based narrative which I felt was done very effectively. The voice over was done very well in that it sounds muffled by a microphone which creates a feel that it was said a while ago. I thought the images and locations were well chosen and interesting mixing the past with the present. I was not a huge fan of the the segment where it flashed the images quickly fading to black because it felt like it threw off the pace of the video. I thought that overall it was a interesting crafted narrative that used historical fact mixed with his perspective.
Tucker Browning: Having very little knowledge of Aaron Burr, I found this piece to be very interesting. It did feel like it was done by a group of young adults, because it was. They produced a very interesting film, one that I'm not so sure how biased it is, but nonetheless, it is true that history has forgotten Aaron Burr, his name is only mentioned when people note that he murdered Alexander Hamilton. It's nice to see another take on it. As for the filming, I love the idea of the modernization of things- the texting thing was different, but it went with the flow of the film. Overall, I thought it was a very watchable piece, and that it achieved it's goal. Sweet ass ending too.
I liked this short. I thought it was quite funny how he was telling a story about something that happened way in the past but was using cell phones to communicate and cars to flee to Mexico. Not knowing anything about Aaron Burr, I thought the story was very interesting.
Really interesting piece. American history has always been an interest if mine, particularly the story of Arron Burr. This films strengths were the camera work, acting and writing. As for its weaknesses, the audio quality was lacking and distracted from the film. Also the balance between drama and comedy wasn't done very well and I think it would have been a more powerful piece if they had leaned more heavily in one direction or the other. Overall a really fun film with an outstanding concept.
Allen Miller: In the description, this claimed to be a comedy. But I didn't find it even kind of funny. I'm assuming the monotone voice over narration was intentional to make it feel like a historical documentary but the scenes of Burr walking the streets of New York and driving that car clash with that. And then there's the images of Burr and Hamilton texting each other. To me, this feels like a lazily made school project where the students used cell phones and modern streets because trying to keep it period would be too much work. Don't get me wrong, the idea of Burr viewing a modern New York City is probably the most interesting idea this shows, but these moments don't really fit with the tone of the rest of the short and barely seem intentional.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed that there was a modern day "Aaron Burr" giving a synopsis on his place in history. There were a number of quotable lines in the monologue - something I think is extremely important for a successful film. I think the modern music set a new vibe to an old story which is super cool. Visually they did a really great job with adding images that went along perfectly with the story line. I think this reimagined modern Aaron Burr story is "Winning" in ever aspect.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a very interesting historically based narrative which I felt was done very effectively. The voice over was done very well in that it sounds muffled by a microphone which creates a feel that it was said a while ago. I thought the images and locations were well chosen and interesting mixing the past with the present. I was not a huge fan of the the segment where it flashed the images quickly fading to black because it felt like it threw off the pace of the video. I thought that overall it was a interesting crafted narrative that used historical fact mixed with his perspective.
ReplyDeleteTucker Browning: Having very little knowledge of Aaron Burr, I found this piece to be very interesting. It did feel like it was done by a group of young adults, because it was. They produced a very interesting film, one that I'm not so sure how biased it is, but nonetheless, it is true that history has forgotten Aaron Burr, his name is only mentioned when people note that he murdered Alexander Hamilton. It's nice to see another take on it. As for the filming, I love the idea of the modernization of things- the texting thing was different, but it went with the flow of the film. Overall, I thought it was a very watchable piece, and that it achieved it's goal. Sweet ass ending too.
ReplyDeleteI liked this short. I thought it was quite funny how he was telling a story about something that happened way in the past but was using cell phones to communicate and cars to flee to Mexico. Not knowing anything about Aaron Burr, I thought the story was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting piece. American history has always been an interest if mine, particularly the story of Arron Burr. This films strengths were the camera work, acting and writing. As for its weaknesses, the audio quality was lacking and distracted from the film. Also the balance between drama and comedy wasn't done very well and I think it would have been a more powerful piece if they had leaned more heavily in one direction or the other. Overall a really fun film with an outstanding concept.
ReplyDelete