Back Pay

A very good comedic take on the revenge genre, with a likable lead performance. The film was about a trolley operator, who got his revenge on those that used the trolleys inappropriately. The revenge was suitably low-key e.g. banging someone's car with a trolley or stealing from their grocery bag. He was shown the error of his ways by being tied up in a trolley for the night. The required elements were used to good effect, particularly the freeze-frame ending. Technically the film was solid, with decent cinematography and sound, good editing and great use of location (The Pak'n'Save on Moorhouse Ave). The Saw parody was gold, as was the voice-over. This is definitely potential finalist material, and I gave this the 3-point vote at the heat.

After a very cool rap intro, and erotic production logo, this film tells the story, voiceover style, of Trent a "Trolley-Recovery Officer" from Pak n Save. He takes us through his day, the customers he assists, his workmate and those customers who don't treat trolleys with enough respect! We see how he gets revenge on said disrespectors but unfortunately for Trent someone has also been watching him and is out for Back Pay, um, Pay Back! (Nice!) This was well shot and very well acted from the lead.Music was good and the audio was, in general, fine although I did hear wind noise behind the voice overs on occasion - huh? Some of the set-ups were a little long (mother leaving kid behind) and it went from day to night bloody quick at one point. Popular with the audience and a good chance for the finals. Great job! Runner-up for Audience Award in this Heat.

Great film, great voice over idea, some classic scenes including Saw remake. Audio may need a little work but hey its 48hours! Agree with previous comment setups took a lil long but all in all a definate contender.

Best film in the heat I think. Acting and dialogue (especially) were brilliant only dragging ever so slightly in the final tied up scene. Story line was creative and well executed. Camera work was great with only the occasional sound issue. Personally I felt the long set up to the leaving of the child behind worked. Without it the audience would not have approved of the child crying (despite the obligatory groan). I hope this film does well.

This was an excellent film. Comedic, and very engaging. Everything was perfect. I enjoyed it and was sad to see it end.

Brilliant! Personal Fav. from the heat. Not a-lot to really criticize here, camera-work was solid, acting brilliant, script hilarious! and the circular narrative paid off quite well too! So well done, hope to see you guys at the city final!

Trent is tied up. But why? He goes back to the start, explaining his job as a Trolley Recovery Officer - beating old ladies at trolley races, unwittingly assisting car thieves, washing trollies down, and rescuing accidentally abandoned children. Bobby Young is a fellow T.R.O who used to pick on Trent (with some inventive trolley-related lunch destruction methods), but seems to now accord him some respect. Trent revenges himself in small ways upon those who commit trolley crimes, thinking this goes unnoticed. But someone has been paying attention, and the revenger finds himself revenged upon. I felt the film lost its way a bit after a very strong opening that featured great characterisation of Trent and a series of his highly amusing interactions with trolley infringers - for me somehow the revenge-upon-revenge plot with Bobby was not as satisfying as this earlier stuff. Some really funny stuff here though, well put together and with great performances, especially from the lead. Every chance to see this in the final.

Confusing script, clunky editing and a little boring in places. Reminded me of the Seek trolley advertisement. Could have been much better if the film was shorter.

A very good comedic take on the revenge genre, with a likable lead performance. The film was about a trolley operator, who got his revenge on those that used the trolleys inappropriately. The revenge was suitably low-key e.g. banging someone's car with a trolley or stealing from their grocery bag. He was shown the error of his ways by being tied up in a trolley for the night. The required elements were used to good effect, particularly the freeze-frame ending. Technically the film was solid, with decent cinematography and sound, good editing and great use of location (The Pak'n'Save on Moorhouse Ave). The Saw parody was gold, as was the voice-over. This is definitely potential finalist material, and I gave this the 3-point vote at the heat.

Great film, great voice over idea, some classic scenes including Saw remake. Audio may need a little work but hey its 48hours! Agree with previous comment setups took a lil long but all in all a definate contender.