On a first viewing: The transitions and camera movements were very interesting and cool to me, it certainly kept a dialogueless film feel like a LOT less than 7 minutes long. The atmosphere (lighting, position of camera, and slowly boiling music) and location/area changes (as well as Konrad Froeschner's expressions) gave off what I imagine the film was going for. There's a dreadful feeling coming from this project with a lot of intention behind the unexplained or unexplored. To me, the changes in location and way shots were directed was disorienting in a way that a Doom mod called MyHouse.wad (which in itself is based on House of Leaves) was, and I very much appreciated seeing that sort of thing, it's among my favorite things in films and doesn't get used eenough. I don't know how intentional it was, but the creaking in the closet alongside the shaky camera movements were very synchronized and that stood out to me positively. The one piece of "criticism" I have is that of personal taste. I wasn't a huge fan of the rising laughter and would have preferred a different buildup. The one thing I could think of is a ballroom type scenario; instead of laughter it's a lot of chatter with some words able to be heard or something, and maybe it seems like the chatter is directed at our main character (talking behind his back etc), but then he enters the room and there is the figure as it is in the film. BUT again that is just a personal choice and regardless doesn't take away from the actual project itself. Very well done imo, I enjoyed watching it and will watch it again soonish.
On a first viewing:
The transitions and camera movements were very interesting and cool to me, it certainly kept a dialogueless film feel like a LOT less than 7 minutes long. The atmosphere (lighting, position of camera, and slowly boiling music) and location/area changes (as well as Konrad Froeschner's expressions) gave off what I imagine the film was going for. There's a dreadful feeling coming from this project with a lot of intention behind the unexplained or unexplored.
To me, the changes in location and way shots were directed was disorienting in a way that a Doom mod called MyHouse.wad (which in itself is based on House of Leaves) was, and I very much appreciated seeing that sort of thing, it's among my favorite things in films and doesn't get used eenough.
I don't know how intentional it was, but the creaking in the closet alongside the shaky camera movements were very synchronized and that stood out to me positively.
The one piece of "criticism" I have is that of personal taste. I wasn't a huge fan of the rising laughter and would have preferred a different buildup. The one thing I could think of is a ballroom type scenario; instead of laughter it's a lot of chatter with some words able to be heard or something, and maybe it seems like the chatter is directed at our main character (talking behind his back etc), but then he enters the room and there is the figure as it is in the film. BUT again that is just a personal choice and regardless doesn't take away from the actual project itself.
Very well done imo, I enjoyed watching it and will watch it again soonish.