'Love Grinds'

Good film. Clear story that made sense and was enjoyable. Well shot. Audio was clear, and the subtle background music in the cafe was great. The various lovers were all over the show. The "horse lover" was hilarious and horrible. The second guy was funny, too, without being quite so "what the heck", while the third (the hunter) was even more awkward than the first. Things to work on: Dialogue was only out of the left channel, which was weird. Otherwise it was a great showing. Very nice overall. That's a great cafe that makes a mean eggs benedict! ;-)

Funny film! I particularly enjoyed he flashbacks to the ex lovers, and the acting and dialogue was superb. However, it was all rather cut and dry, with no real unique flair to it, all and all, quite clichè. Still definitely one of the most enjoyable and polished films of the night! Great stuff :)

Well written, well shot, well edited, and well directed. A very professional looking movie. Faultless!

This was a gentle Rom Com, and relatively earnest with its approach to the romance side of things rather than just taking the piss out of it (as is often the 48hours way), but it still found time to have a lot of fun. Basically your classic “unlucky in love” story, with the narrative essaying our protagonist’s past misadventures with men: the fetishist, the slob, the gun enthusiast. But it turns out all she really wanted was a guy who knew how to make a good cup of coffee. The conversation between the two women over coffee was intercut with comedy flashbacks to the men being discussed, and this was done pretty well, although after the second time the sequence began to feel a bit samey. Moreover, the dialogue and the flashbacks seemed to be doing the same job of giving us this information, so maybe less talky more showy would have helped here. Perhaps also these coffee meetings might have worked better as catch-ups after each boyfriend, so we got to see the character changing over time, and also note the one constant of the barista. Nevertheless, the performances held their own, and it gave us a sweet note to end on.

Chromatic Abberation always create a quality short! This one was their best shot wise so far but the script did slightly let this down. The flashbacks got very old very quickly after the 3rd character. Would have been good to try and script some other aspects of comedy in there but otherwise really well shot and great way to end!

Nicky, unlucky in love, chats over coffee with her friend about her past failed relationships. Why can't she just meet a nice, normal guy who will grind her beans? You know, maybe she can... Nicely shot with some really shallow DOFs. Good music choice and only a couple of blips let the audio side of things down a touch. The story was pretty slow and repetitive though, as were the ex-boyfriend scenes. Quite obvious who "the guy for her" was going to be - but that's OK; RomComs are notoriously obvious. An enjoyable film!

This was a gentle Rom Com, and relatively earnest with its approach to the romance side of things rather than just taking the piss out of it (as is often the 48hours way), but it still found time to have a lot of fun. Basically your classic “unlucky in love” story, with the narrative essaying our protagonist’s past misadventures with men: the fetishist, the slob, the gun enthusiast. But it turns out all she really wanted was a guy who knew how to make a good cup of coffee. The conversation between the two women over coffee was intercut with comedy flashbacks to the men being discussed, and this was done pretty well, although after the second time the sequence began to feel a bit samey. Moreover, the dialogue and the flashbacks seemed to be doing the same job of giving us this information, so maybe less talky more showy would have helped here. Perhaps also these coffee meetings might have worked better as catch-ups after each boyfriend, so we got to see the character changing over time, and also note the one constant of the barista. Nevertheless, the performances held their own, and it gave us a sweet note to end on.

Chromatic Abberation always create a quality short! This one was their best shot wise so far but the script did slightly let this down. The flashbacks got very old very quickly after the 3rd character. Would have been good to try and script some other aspects of comedy in there but otherwise really well shot and great way to end!