The first film in the series for over 9 months is mostly a decent return - not to form, but at least it is another film. The sonnet text speaks about the poet not being able to enjoy spring because his partner is far away, leaving him feeling like he is stuck in winter all alone. The film delivers this fairly straightforwardly in so much as we see a man clearly lacking something, who seems uncomfortable around the light and buzz of others in the park. While we see this, the same man delivers the text directly in voiceover and in person in the park. It is not a great film in terms of concept, but at least it tries to build a narrative around the sonnet, and to have a central character.
Sound quality is okay, which is often where these films fall over - but here it is the camera work. I do not know the intent of camera operator Silas Aguilar, but the movement of the camera is distracting. It seems to lurch around without reason, and it frequently it loses the top of the head of the actor; I would say it was poor shot blocking, but it manages to do this even when the actor is standing in one spot. I assume it was an attempt to introduce something to the film by way of the delivery, but mostly it just makes it look like the camera was too heavy or cumbersome for whomever was using it. As a film otherwise, it is fine - not more than that though, and probably it benefited from me watching it not long after the very weak #12.
Sound quality is okay, which is often where these films fall over - but here it is the camera work. I do not know the intent of camera operator Silas Aguilar, but the movement of the camera is distracting. It seems to lurch around without reason, and it frequently it loses the top of the head of the actor; I would say it was poor shot blocking, but it manages to do this even when the actor is standing in one spot. I assume it was an attempt to introduce something to the film by way of the delivery, but mostly it just makes it look like the camera was too heavy or cumbersome for whomever was using it. As a film otherwise, it is fine - not more than that though, and probably it benefited from me watching it not long after the very weak #12.