Recovery

I liked this film it had some great moments and the storyline worked. It had everything, from touching moments to some good comedy lines. I liked the use of your locations, good scouting. Nice bit of special effects near the end.

[Schools] Three guys get together to make a film. Upon arriving at one location they find a stoner and then decide to hit the local crack house with their camera in order to capture some of the action. Banana Pie are in their fourth year now of entering V48 Hours and thankfully produced a story (for about the first time) that suited the age of their cast. Put together as mostly a found footage film there are some nice touches – namely the on-screen camera displays and lower thirds used for the news report. Pleasingly too, there is some funny dialogue – “He was in charge of costuming; he just told us to wear our own clothes!” and some convincing acting, especially from Sam Prime as the Local Stoner. There was a little bit of rough audio, which perhaps found footage masks and an unnecessary “tell” when a “show” would have done the job during the “I’m going to put my camera up here guys” (while doing just that) sequence. The story was probably a little weak overall a reached a rather quick end until the scene with the parents, which dragged on a touch. (As touching as it was!) A likeable film, however, that had its amusing moments. I may even have voted for it!

I found this film very pleasing to watch. Banana Pie Productions have FINALLY made a great film. Good acting, good locations, good filming. I would be shocked if this film doesn't make the finals.

This film had a weak story and a dragged out ending with the parents crying over the death of their son. It had some good acting and film locations. At least this time Banana Pie has made a film that makes some sense. But overall an ok film.

This film had a really good quality to it and had nice effects on the screen, this added nicely to the genre of found footage. I injoyed the acted but the story line was weak. Well done guys

Enjoyable overall, the core idea was good and could have been exploited a lot more. It seemed to start as a 'what happened whilst filming V48' story and shaped up to be entirely told through the new camera. The introduction of the second camera was good but then we saw the action from a third point-of-view which detracted from that notion. The ending was sombre (and nicely acted) but I'm a sucker for a happier ending and would have liked to have seen the found footage used for Good and the perps caught!

[Schools] Three guys get together to make a film. Upon arriving at one location they find a stoner and then decide to hit the local crack house with their camera in order to capture some of the action. Banana Pie are in their fourth year now of entering V48 Hours and thankfully produced a story (for about the first time) that suited the age of their cast. Put together as mostly a found footage film there are some nice touches – namely the on-screen camera displays and lower thirds used for the news report. Pleasingly too, there is some funny dialogue – “He was in charge of costuming; he just told us to wear our own clothes!” and some convincing acting, especially from Sam Prime as the Local Stoner. There was a little bit of rough audio, which perhaps found footage masks and an unnecessary “tell” when a “show” would have done the job during the “I’m going to put my camera up here guys” (while doing just that) sequence. The story was probably a little weak overall a reached a rather quick end until the scene with the parents, which dragged on a touch. (As touching as it was!) A likeable film, however, that had its amusing moments. I may even have voted for it!

Enjoyable overall, the core idea was good and could have been exploited a lot more. It seemed to start as a 'what happened whilst filming V48' story and shaped up to be entirely told through the new camera. The introduction of the second camera was good but then we saw the action from a third point-of-view which detracted from that notion. The ending was sombre (and nicely acted) but I'm a sucker for a happier ending and would have liked to have seen the found footage used for Good and the perps caught!