Great! I didn't notice those little details I see in the comments ~ like trees not moving but wind is howling or a metal roof on a cabin! And who cares? Nit pickers & complainers only ones who just looking for stuff like that. Main stuff is the heart of any story & this had a great heart!
Thank you so much! It’s been hard to keep motivated during this pandemic. Comments like this definitely help us remember why we do what we do! Happy holidays!
Nothing to do with that,Like walking around with red hair and your a bloke,Blokes didn't have red hair until the 90, because if they did they would probably have been beaten for being gay,So detail is important,Don't change the roof just change the angle of the Camera
Has Clints Joses Wales feel to it. Original and very well done. I have been watching westerns since the early 1960's and EVERYTHING about this was well done. Loved the story. Then main actor did a VERY natural and convincing job.
You’re very kind! Thank you! We love what we do. And that is a very high compliment. Hopefully someday we can create something as timeless and cinematic as Jose Wales.
Very original western and a good chance for young actors to make their way. Filming first class and deserves a larger audience. Imagine the budget wasnt high but made use of every dollar. Great theme song at the end too. Well done
Thank you so much! Have a look at our newest movie that we made last year! It’s called hundred proof. It’s not perfect either but I think you can tell how much we have progressed since this one.
I've been getting my short Western binge on with this lockdown and hell, I really liked this - especially for an amateur film by 3 young crew. Soundtrack was awesome and definitely shows your maturity that you can take the criticism in these comments with good humour. Keep it up - I'll be following all the way from New Zealand :)
Constructive criticism: No smoke from any chimney in the town in mid-winter. Price label on the underside of the Dads coffee mug. Clean clothes. People just sitting outside doing nothing in mid-winter. Firearms were new. Modern red twine on the Dads cross. All would have been a easy fix.
I thumbs-upped it, now for the risky part... of you keep doing westerns, which I hope you do, consider finding someone to consult for the western era clothing, settling etc. it was cool that you used muzzleloading weapons and were consistent with it.
Thanks for your comment and critique! We have been working on new films striving always to get the look right, within a low budget. This film was done with three high school kids from Washington, who traveled by train with all their gear to shoot in the Montana winter. The film was a great learning experience and the time we had on our own away from home in Montana was such an incredible time. We still laugh about all the silly mistakes in this movie lol.
It was fun to watch. Please realize no one would be out in snow covered terrain wearing cowboy boots and a cowboy hat for long. And leaving a door open in the middle of winter is unrealistic as well as sitting outside in those conditions. If you're going to introduce high winds as the backrkound noise suggested, then one should see movement from the wind. Not to criticize, only hoping to help. Good luck.
@@Snowblindproduction I just Google it,It's called research and door have been around a minium of 4000 year's in Europe and that's where those "trappers" came from back in the 16/17 century on the galleons complete with doors or something that served the same function,Your cinematic photography is great especially the bunny,But the detail period dress with a modern polyester scarf and "pack up our shit" nobody spoke like that,Sorry to criticise just some of the details
Awesome work, a pity about the modern roofing metal on the hut that was in shot, apart from that it was fantastic, well shot and good cast. Great effort, very cool soundtrack, a new fan from down under
Great job i really enjoyed it the one thing i did notice is there was some grain in low light i mainly notice that because ive been struggling with noise in low light so i look for it intentionally but it was very cinematic looking and amazingly shot I dont know how you guys film out in the cold i was filming out in the cold for 1 day for 6 hours and my entire crew got so cold it was hard for them to push buttons and operate equipment. Also because we were picking up a scene from a warmer day we werent wearing jackets then so that day we couldnt wear jackets.
Great job! Just some small things here and there that could take it to the next level. I noticed the metal roof too. It just kind of takes the viewer out of the world you’re building a bit. Foley was a little loud sometimes... Creaking wood etc could be a little less “in your face”. Again fantastic job overall!
Pony Express advertised for young, skinny, and (the words that were hidden), “preferably orphans “ . Fit young James to a tee, at the very end. Cool little s*** kicker, thank you!
All nice, but I think there was a little glitch: the tin cups used by the father and the son to drink in their cabin seem to have a sticker on the bottom. 🤔
The original story was that James mother was killed during the summer 3 months prior to when the film starts. The shot at the end of him in the water is a flashback to James going back to find her. We are aware that this story line didn’t really shine through haha. But that shot was one of our craziest to get! Our camera man chased after our actor in the rapids (stupid I know but we was kids) and tripped on a fish (he claims) before being swept away. Don’t worry I saved him but his camera was gone for good. We still have that footage! Lol
All the trees were motionless, yet there was a howling wind?!! Open door? I didn't get any further. You have to watch the details to make it real. Keep going and learn.
I loved the first half. Wonderful camera work, steady, great angles and closeup on the bunny. Music was good. Actors great A+. Settings were all great. But after the bar scene the story just dropped off. Seems no plot to come full circle to a finale. Quite boring and pointless in the 2nd half. But, the first half was Hollywood all the way.
What happened? I fell a sleep on the way to town. I believe the big film makers have dropped the words from the songs, just did not work. Work on the details, that cold, needs smoke coming from the stove pipes.
Hey Allen! Thank you for your comment :) You are totally right about all of the above. This is an older movie we made on a trip to Montana and we still like to giggle at the mistakes lol. Also the music is incredible we have to thank Matt Osowski for that!
David Keitel it’s called “Bannack, MT” and is now a state park. It was the largest city in Montana during the gold rush and there is some amazing history that goes with the rise and fall of the town!
Production values are good but I totally failed to understand the storyline. Maybe a longer 'resumé' would help rather than " _A young trapper must come to terms with his father's failing health, they can't stay, but everything he loves is here_"? When is this set, the hotel is brick built so fairly late in the 'Gun Law' of the 'Wild West'.
@@Snowblindproduction That's hilarious! Still a good video though. If anything, knowing that makes it more charming. And it's great that you can laugh at yourself.
@@RUclipsallowedmynametobestolen me and two of my best high school friends went out for the first time on our own to make this in Montana (my home state, we took the train 14 hours with our gear from seattle) and had one of the most amazing trips ever. Almost crashed my grandmas truck off of a cliff because none of us knew how to drive on ice lol. I love the mistakes in this movie because it was such an unforgetable growing up trip for all of us. Als my grandfather and grandmother make an appearence as the town drunk and the scowling lady, recently my grandpa passed away so you can imagine how special it is that I got to involve him in my movie and now forever I get to watch him in my movie.
Great effort, just need to add more cowbell, alien contact and some softcore erotica. I kid of course. I was very impressed with the story. My only question is, the stranger at the end, was he telling the truth about being friends with his father?
Ahaha we should bring you in on the writing team! Aliens would have taken it to another level 😂. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it! There’s no way of knowing if the stranger was being truthful, but someone who was an “old friend” to someone else might consider a giving them a proper burial.
Like to say it was good but I cant. Need to consult a trapper next time. Also how do you lose a guy in the snow with a red coat on when you were 5 feet behind him. Never saw a wolf trap but hardly doubt it would hold a man. Trapping should have been excellent with hardly any snow on the ground. Sorry!
Thanks for your feedback James! We actually made this as high schoolers with a 3 man crew so im not too worried about the mistakes. We did have a real trapper helping us, but the film isn't supposed to be historically accurate. Also that's a bear trap not a wolf trap lol
@@Snowblindproduction Oops! That said, you notice how many westerns shorts there are where the bad guys WALK into town and no horses are tied up outside the bar? I suppose it's budgets and none of the actors have 6 weeks to learn to ride. It's a shame. Cordially...
@@weissrw1 yeah no worries we know it’s got a lot of issues. In the drinking scene you can still see the stickers on the cups they drink out of lol. We were in high school when we made it and packed all out gear into a train. 3 man crew. It was one of the most fun films we ever shot regardless of its mistakes
@@Snowblindproduction Well then, given that, this was not a bad start. Your fundamentals aren't bad and your music and sound balance are excellent (which can't be said for a lot of the westerns of the 1940s and 50s). Practice makes perfect. Keep at it. I wish you well.
Rolling Review. Looks GREAT so far! SLOW the Acting down. Make every moment count. 8 minutes into this.. and you could have stretched it out into 25 minutes easily.... by slowing the Cadence. "I know... shut up and press PLAY. ;) ... At 9 min. Dude Holstered his weapon like he never even seen a gun before. Camera dude. Zoom in on the faces more during intimate conversation. Final: Excellent Across The Board! Well Done! PS. This could have easily been a 60 to 90 minute full length movie if it was played out properly. There was plenty of substance and character to this film to make it play out to its fullest extent possible.
Thank you so much for your in depth review! We still come back to this project being that it was our first and think of all the ways we could have made it better. Actually the point of the gun scene was to show that he wants to be a “cowboy” but he Isn’t really prepared for the real world. With all the stuff we learned on this shoot and the ones after, I honestly want to remake this.
@@Snowblindproduction Wow, when I read this it sent shivers down my spine, I loved this so much you have no idea, it was the first good thing from a lottt of bad things hanging around lately. I'm no film critic so I can't talk from that perspective, but the whole movie, backgrounds, the city, the pony express, that moved me and gave me a perspective from those times, how hard real life was for young and old people back then. Do you know any other short movies with the 2 father and son actors ? Mr. Colton and the dad, I really want to see more of both. Thank you stay safe !
@@Mamuttum thank you so very much for your kind words. It’s still one of our favorite projects of al time. Many memories were made. My grandfather is in this movie as the drunk man on the porch, he passed away recently so the movie holds a lot of value to us. Currently we don’t have any more movies with Stan Smith (father) but Colton Cummins is in nearly every one of our other movies haha he’s great!! And also one of our co-founders lol
@@Snowblindproduction My condolences, my grandfather is also very old and now that you mentioned this I treasure this movie even more thinking about our "old timers" and the rough time they grew up in and all the happy times they had with us their children and grandchildren. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for replying, I found this movie of yours in some rough times that I have and it really makes the day better. Each weekend when I'm off work I start my morning with this movie, I cannot express the words how this little piece made me feel, especially the intro song, damn that hits hard. Sorry for my long comment, I wish you and your loved ones all the best, stay safe in these troubled times and thank you showing us what people are capable of if they set their mind to it.
@@Mamuttum thank you. It’s why we do what we do. We know our movies aren’t perfect but somewhere its perfect for someone. That’s the hope anyways. Comments like yours remind us why we make movies.
Please forgive me. I will pick it to death first. Many of these things really do not matter but I am just that way. 1. Tin roof on cabin. Cabin not made for weather. If they had been there three years, the cracks would have been filled, windows covered. 2. No path to town. Dodging branches for a regular trip? 3. On the way into town, a man made earth dam. 4. Miners "screw up" town??? 5. Modern suspenders 6. Ragtime music was not yet invented. 7. Flint pistol so out of date. Disruptive. 8. Trap on daddy s foot but no yell of pain? A trapper would have been able to release a wolf trap. 9. 7 (?) shots from the pistol? 10. Plastic baler twine for the cross. (That is really the worst one!!) O.K. Enough nitpicking. Loved daddy's hat, the speckled horses, Thought the young man did a good job. Not a bad story. Could of built up the struggle about leaving and going in his mind more. Saw some great camera angles and work. Grew up in Bozeman and visited Virginia City and Nevada City often. Loved the setting. Most of my nitpicking didn't really matter. Overall I would give it a strong B. Keep at it!!
Hey Jon! Thanks for your comment! Actually, the reason why the father's hat looked so real was that he was the only real cowboy we had in the movie, and that was his real sweat! XD. We definitely cut a lot of corners but what can I say, there were only 3 of us on the crew and the 3rd crew member was the lead actor lol! If you watch the scene of them drinking in the cabin, you'll see red stickers on the bottoms of the cups from the store haha. We are so much more focused on getting our accuracy down for these period pieces now (which can be tricky on a low budget). Unfortunately, we have yet to upload these newer films due to this Caronavirus shutting down our premiere. We are aiming for summer and hope you'll watch those movies as well!
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Great! I didn't notice those little details I see in the comments ~ like trees not moving but wind is howling or a metal roof on a cabin! And who cares? Nit pickers & complainers only ones who just looking for stuff like that. Main stuff is the heart of any story & this had a great heart!
Thank you so much! It’s been hard to keep motivated during this pandemic. Comments like this definitely help us remember why we do what we do! Happy holidays!
Nothing to do with that,Like walking around with red hair and your a bloke,Blokes didn't have red hair until the 90, because if they did they would probably have been beaten for being gay,So detail is important,Don't change the roof just change the angle of the Camera
Has Clints Joses Wales feel to it. Original and very well done. I have been watching westerns since the early 1960's and EVERYTHING about this was well done. Loved the story. Then main actor did a VERY natural and convincing job.
You’re very kind! Thank you! We love what we do. And that is a very high compliment. Hopefully someday we can create something as timeless and cinematic as Jose Wales.
Очень трогательно и жизненно ! Я прожил эти минуты с героями этой истории , Всем добрым людям уважение, Привет из Эстонии (Russian community)!
Love the orange price sticky on the bottom of the shiny cup... Good place to get stuff Salvation Army or Goodwill... well done good job gents
Hahah we love making fun of the stickers. We actually borrowed all of the items from a private collector but he kept all the stickers on 😂
@@Snowblindproduction AWSOME
The story was great...Get bizzy we love it..🙏
Very original western and a good chance for young actors to make their way. Filming first class and deserves a larger audience. Imagine the budget wasnt high but made use of every dollar. Great theme song at the end too. Well done
Thank you so much! Have a look at our newest movie that we made last year! It’s called hundred proof. It’s not perfect either but I think you can tell how much we have progressed since this one.
@@Snowblindproduction will do and thanks for the super entertainment. Shame the old father stepped into that trap
Original, beautifully shot well paced,good players & at times a little mysterious ...Bravo!
You know it is good when your eyes tear up !!😭😭 Great job by all involved!!! Thoroughly enjoyed this video !!🤓🤓😁😁😭
Great Short Movie!👍👍👍
All I can say is that I really enjoyed it Thank You!!
Thank you even more!!
I've been getting my short Western binge on with this lockdown and hell, I really liked this - especially for an amateur film by 3 young crew. Soundtrack was awesome and definitely shows your maturity that you can take the criticism in these comments with good humour. Keep it up - I'll be following all the way from New Zealand :)
Thank you so much for your kind words! I can’t believe how much attention this little old short of ours has been getting lately
Excellent job. Never mind all the haters. Your either country or city folk.
@@MrKeenaz I am not a hater but amateur is right. Too lazy to take the price sticker 6:52 off of the coffee cup.
very amateurish.
Loved it. The music is awesome as well. Thank you very much
Wow!.. all respects.. MORE!!.... please? 🙏
So cool finally seeing your vision for this film, Brady! Great stuff.
Thank you! We could not have done it without the support of everyone involved, thank you!
Constructive criticism: No smoke from any chimney in the town in mid-winter. Price label on the underside of the Dads coffee mug. Clean clothes. People just sitting outside doing nothing in mid-winter. Firearms were new. Modern red twine on the Dads cross. All would have been a easy fix.
maybe you can direct our next movie!
Thanks for uploading this episode.
Episode?
I thumbs-upped it, now for the risky part... of you keep doing westerns, which I hope you do, consider finding someone to consult for the western era clothing, settling etc. it was cool that you used muzzleloading weapons and were consistent with it.
Thanks for your comment and critique! We have been working on new films striving always to get the look right, within a low budget. This film was done with three high school kids from Washington, who traveled by train with all their gear to shoot in the Montana winter. The film was a great learning experience and the time we had on our own away from home in Montana was such an incredible time. We still laugh about all the silly mistakes in this movie lol.
I love short films - total entertainment.
Wonderful movies with actions.
Great stuff man! Everything looks awesome, can't wait to see more films from you guys!
Would be warmer inside at the fire......with A door on !
It was fun to watch. Please realize no one would be out in snow covered terrain wearing cowboy boots and a cowboy hat for long. And leaving a door open in the middle of winter is unrealistic as well as sitting outside in those conditions. If you're going to introduce high winds as the backrkound noise suggested, then one should see movement from the wind. Not to criticize, only hoping to help. Good luck.
Yep, Pony Express Station back home in Northwest Arkansas, Old Missouri Road, Springdale.
Well done! Killer score!
nice film! next film: Ease up on the fake wind noise, especially when nary a leaf moves.
Clayboy210 thank you! We have learned a lot since the filming of this movie haha no more fake wind
Great camera work and the music was good. Fast forwarded a lot especially during the “travel” scenes. Very slow at times. Overall very promising
Must love being cold, because not one of them can SHUT THE DOOR.
Doors weren’t invented yet it’s the Wild West lol
@@Snowblindproduction I just Google it,It's called research and door have been around a minium of 4000 year's in Europe and that's where those "trappers" came from back in the 16/17 century on the galleons complete with doors or something that served the same function,Your cinematic photography is great especially the bunny,But the detail period dress with a modern polyester scarf and "pack up our shit" nobody spoke like that,Sorry to criticise just some of the details
@@Johnketes54 lol it’s a joke, we made this movie straight out of highschool. Thank you for the critiques and praises.
Young dude thinks he Knows better classic tale
Who buries their family right in front of their cabin?
Awesome work, a pity about the modern roofing metal on the hut that was in shot, apart from that it was fantastic, well shot and good cast. Great effort, very cool soundtrack, a new fan from down under
I liked it. It needed a little more plot and to hide some of the modern things
Excellent work, particularly for young people on a budget!
All those trees and 2 pieces of firewood for the winter...?...
Times were REALLLY tough ;)
Great Work as always bud. Hollywood soon, I feel it will happen also. Take care and say hello to the crew and cast.
Great job i really enjoyed it the one thing i did notice is there was some grain in low light i mainly notice that because ive been struggling with noise in low light so i look for it intentionally but it was very cinematic looking and amazingly shot I dont know how you guys film out in the cold i was filming out in the cold for 1 day for 6 hours and my entire crew got so cold it was hard for them to push buttons and operate equipment. Also because we were picking up a scene from a warmer day we werent wearing jackets then so that day we couldnt wear jackets.
Great job! Just some small things here and there that could take it to the next level. I noticed the metal roof too. It just kind of takes the viewer out of the world you’re building a bit. Foley was a little loud sometimes... Creaking wood etc could be a little less “in your face”. Again fantastic job overall!
Pony Express advertised for young, skinny, and (the words that were hidden), “preferably orphans “ . Fit young James to a tee, at the very end. Cool little s*** kicker, thank you!
Very nice and Subbed you also.
Well thats 35 minutes of my life i will never get back🤣
try watching it backwards!
@@Snowblindproduction i never thought of that😆
All nice, but I think there was a little glitch: the tin cups used by the father and the son to drink in their cabin seem to have a sticker on the bottom. 🤔
Good eye!!
You made this in high school? Very good!
Yes! and thank you sir! We have come a long way since and hope to release our recent films at the end of this summer
Quite well put together for a low-budget film. I just wish there was more "story" to the story.
We do too hahah, unfortunately the virus has canceled our premiere of all of our new movies so we are still sitting in 2018 lol
Yep, a followup on the Pony Express job would be fantastic.
Bom filme
i dont think a trapper would wear a spotlessly clean smooth leather jacket with fringe all over it.
I think it’s a movie made by a bunch of kids out of high school so...
@@Snowblindproduction The dads hat was the best prop, the sweat band was done great.
@@allensooter8429 Because the man who played the father was the only real cowboy we had on set and that was his real sweat hahah
What is the name of the last song?
"Pack up our shit" The modern language intervenes on what i thoughts started out well,Probably get worse from now on?
Probably lol
I will share this more for you also.
Good enough.
Thank you so much I can’t tell you how much we needed your approval. We thought about quitting but your comment saved us.
What was the significance of the brief shot towards the end of James fording a river?
The original story was that James mother was killed during the summer 3 months prior to when the film starts. The shot at the end of him in the water is a flashback to James going back to find her. We are aware that this story line didn’t really shine through haha. But that shot was one of our craziest to get! Our camera man chased after our actor in the rapids (stupid I know but we was kids) and tripped on a fish (he claims) before being swept away. Don’t worry I saved him but his camera was gone for good. We still have that footage! Lol
Unexpected events alter our paths more than plans
25:44 No door. Windows not covered. Must have spent all the money on the steel roofing. ;)
And modern braces , suspenders !
Fringed leather jacket is way too new for the flic.
All the trees were motionless, yet there was a howling wind?!! Open door? I didn't get any further. You have to watch the details to make it real. Keep going and learn.
Thank you for your feedback! We are always trying to do better
@@Snowblindproduction and you will! The path to success is paved with mistakes! Good luck!
Why is everyone sitting about outside in the freezing weather , one man with just a shirt on ,and that annoying wind spoilt a not bad job !
I loved the first half. Wonderful camera work, steady, great angles and closeup on the bunny. Music was good. Actors great A+. Settings were all great. But after the bar scene the story just dropped off. Seems no plot to come full circle to a finale. Quite boring and pointless in the 2nd half. But, the first half was Hollywood all the way.
Thank you very much!
@@Snowblindproduction thanks baby 💋 💋
thank you for a good movie
What happened? I fell a sleep on the way to town. I believe the big film makers have dropped the words from the songs, just did not work. Work on the details, that cold, needs smoke coming from the stove pipes.
Hey Allen! Thank you for your comment :) You are totally right about all of the above. This is an older movie we made on a trip to Montana and we still like to giggle at the mistakes lol. Also the music is incredible we have to thank Matt Osowski for that!
FFS why has everyone got such clean clothes just bought out of the store
Geoff Storey well cuz the store was all out of dirt
@@Snowblindproduction Hahaha. Now I have a good answer to that question.
Bravo!
Fucking cool! Better than the pablum from hollywood! Thank you and keep up the good work!
Dam good.
Wind noise and no trees blowing . whoops
Dammit he’s on to us...
very cool!
Thanks! You should check out some of our other short movies and give us a sub if you like them!
Well, that was awkward, but a good watch.
Awkward how? Thank you for your comment! We appreciate any feedback
Fabulous music.
AWFULLY AUTHENTIC....WELL WORTH WATCHING.......
Looks like any town in Montana
David Keitel it’s called “Bannack, MT” and is now a state park. It was the largest city in Montana during the gold rush and there is some amazing history that goes with the rise and fall of the town!
Production values are good but I totally failed to understand the storyline. Maybe a longer 'resumé' would help rather than " _A young trapper must come to terms with his father's failing health, they can't stay, but everything he loves is here_"? When is this set, the hotel is brick built so fairly late in the 'Gun Law' of the 'Wild West'.
18:18 -- Isn't that a photo of Will Rogers? Born 1879, almost 20 years after the Pony Express had its day.
Oops?
Pegasus yeah and if you look at the bottom of the cups in the cabin scene you can still see the stickers from goodwill lol.
@@Snowblindproduction That's hilarious! Still a good video though. If anything, knowing that makes it more charming.
And it's great that you can laugh at yourself.
@@RUclipsallowedmynametobestolen me and two of my best high school friends went out for the first time on our own to make this in Montana (my home state, we took the train 14 hours with our gear from seattle) and had one of the most amazing trips ever. Almost crashed my grandmas truck off of a cliff because none of us knew how to drive on ice lol. I love the mistakes in this movie because it was such an unforgetable growing up trip for all of us. Als my grandfather and grandmother make an appearence as the town drunk and the scowling lady, recently my grandpa passed away so you can imagine how special it is that I got to involve him in my movie and now forever I get to watch him in my movie.
@@Snowblindproduction Sounds like an absolutely amazing experience, Doug!
Thanks for sharing that. And the video!
Great effort, just need to add more cowbell, alien contact and some softcore erotica. I kid of course. I was very impressed with the story. My only question is, the stranger at the end, was he telling the truth about being friends with his father?
Ahaha we should bring you in on the writing team! Aliens would have taken it to another level 😂. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
There’s no way of knowing if the stranger was being truthful, but someone who was an “old friend” to someone else might consider a giving them a proper burial.
pretty good
Like to say it was good but I cant. Need to consult a trapper next time. Also how do you lose a guy in the snow with a red coat on when you were 5 feet behind him. Never saw a wolf trap but hardly doubt it would hold a man. Trapping should have been excellent with hardly any snow on the ground. Sorry!
Thanks for your feedback James! We actually made this as high schoolers with a 3 man crew so im not too worried about the mistakes. We did have a real trapper helping us, but the film isn't supposed to be historically accurate. Also that's a bear trap not a wolf trap lol
very nice film
Okay, what is with the stupid wind noise??? Nothing is moving but it sounds like it's blowing at 50mph.
It’s because the trees are fake
No horse?
Who digs graves 3 meter from their house? 🤣
James Rhyder does 😂
Lazy people
people with small gardens.
🎉🍿🎊Damn good🎭🎬🎥
First four minutes and no horses??? This ain't a weatern. Next.
Correct in fact it is a “western” not a weatern lol
@@Snowblindproduction Oops! That said, you notice how many westerns shorts there are where the bad guys WALK into town and no horses are tied up outside the bar? I suppose it's budgets and none of the actors have 6 weeks to learn to ride. It's a shame. Cordially...
@@weissrw1 yeah no worries we know it’s got a lot of issues. In the drinking scene you can still see the stickers on the cups they drink out of lol. We were in high school when we made it and packed all out gear into a train. 3 man crew. It was one of the most fun films we ever shot regardless of its mistakes
@@Snowblindproduction Well then, given that, this was not a bad start. Your fundamentals aren't bad and your music and sound balance are excellent (which can't be said for a lot of the westerns of the 1940s and 50s). Practice makes perfect. Keep at it. I wish you well.
Couldnt make it past the opening music, crappy score imo
Rolling Review. Looks GREAT so far! SLOW the Acting down. Make every moment count. 8 minutes into this.. and you could have stretched it out into 25 minutes easily.... by slowing the Cadence. "I know... shut up and press PLAY. ;) ... At 9 min. Dude Holstered his weapon like he never even seen a gun before. Camera dude. Zoom in on the faces more during intimate conversation. Final: Excellent Across The Board! Well Done! PS. This could have easily been a 60 to 90 minute full length movie if it was played out properly. There was plenty of substance and character to this film to make it play out to its fullest extent possible.
Thank you so much for your in depth review! We still come back to this project being that it was our first and think of all the ways we could have made it better. Actually the point of the gun scene was to show that he wants to be a “cowboy” but he Isn’t really prepared for the real world. With all the stuff we learned on this shoot and the ones after, I honestly want to remake this.
@@Snowblindproduction Wow, when I read this it sent shivers down my spine, I loved this so much you have no idea, it was the first good thing from a lottt of bad things hanging around lately. I'm no film critic so I can't talk from that perspective, but the whole movie, backgrounds, the city, the pony express, that moved me and gave me a perspective from those times, how hard real life was for young and old people back then.
Do you know any other short movies with the 2 father and son actors ? Mr. Colton and the dad, I really want to see more of both.
Thank you stay safe !
@@Mamuttum thank you so very much for your kind words. It’s still one of our favorite projects of al time. Many memories were made. My grandfather is in this movie as the drunk man on the porch, he passed away recently so the movie holds a lot of value to us. Currently we don’t have any more movies with Stan Smith (father) but Colton Cummins is in nearly every one of our other movies haha he’s great!! And also one of our co-founders lol
@@Snowblindproduction My condolences, my grandfather is also very old and now that you mentioned this I treasure this movie even more thinking about our "old timers" and the rough time they grew up in and all the happy times they had with us their children and grandchildren. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for replying, I found this movie of yours in some rough times that I have and it really makes the day better. Each weekend when I'm off work I start my morning with this movie, I cannot express the words how this little piece made me feel, especially the intro song, damn that hits hard. Sorry for my long comment, I wish you and your loved ones all the best, stay safe in these troubled times and thank you showing us what people are capable of if they set their mind to it.
@@Mamuttum thank you. It’s why we do what we do. We know our movies aren’t perfect but somewhere its perfect for someone. That’s the hope anyways. Comments like yours remind us why we make movies.
Rubbish script, rubbish story!
Boring!
Terrible.
Thank you
Please forgive me. I will pick it to death first. Many of these things really do not matter but I am just that way. 1. Tin roof on cabin. Cabin not made for weather. If they had been there three years, the cracks would have been filled, windows covered. 2. No path to town. Dodging branches for a regular trip? 3. On the way into town, a man made earth dam. 4. Miners "screw up" town??? 5. Modern suspenders 6. Ragtime music was not yet invented. 7. Flint pistol so out of date. Disruptive. 8. Trap on daddy s foot but no yell of pain? A trapper would have been able to release a wolf trap. 9. 7 (?) shots from the pistol? 10. Plastic baler twine for the cross. (That is really the worst one!!) O.K. Enough nitpicking. Loved daddy's hat, the speckled horses, Thought the young man did a good job. Not a bad story. Could of built up the struggle about leaving and going in his mind more. Saw some great camera angles and work. Grew up in Bozeman and visited Virginia City and Nevada City often. Loved the setting. Most of my nitpicking didn't really matter. Overall I would give it a strong B. Keep at it!!
Hey Jon! Thanks for your comment!
Actually, the reason why the father's hat looked so real was that he was the only real cowboy we had in the movie, and that was his real sweat! XD.
We definitely cut a lot of corners but what can I say, there were only 3 of us on the crew and the 3rd crew member was the lead actor lol! If you watch the scene of them drinking in the cabin, you'll see red stickers on the bottoms of the cups from the store haha.
We are so much more focused on getting our accuracy down for these period pieces now (which can be tricky on a low budget). Unfortunately, we have yet to upload these newer films due to this Caronavirus shutting down our premiere. We are aiming for summer and hope you'll watch those movies as well!
Jon Erickson you got a movie I need to see
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My first wife used to wear period clothing. I think they called it a sanitary napkin belt.
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That’s a half hour I will never get back .