“Unprofessional” - Short Film | RED Helium 8k S35
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- Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2023
- This was a short film passion project that we shot over two days. Very grateful for all of those who helped make this project possible and props to our lead role played by Andrew Breedlove, amazing performance!! From creative ideation to completion this was a project worth the investment. Can’t wait for the next one!
Cast
Terry- Andrew Breedlove
Agent - Jason Kappus
Chip - Daryl Pryor
Kelly - Lateefah Defoe
Fred - Drew Schettler
Ted - Michael Alessi
Crew
Executive Producers: Drew Schettler & Bailey T. Miclette
Director/Writer: Drew Schettler
1st AD: Deanna Schaekel
2nd AD: Rachel Dettloff
Cinematographer: Bailey T. Miclette
1st AC: Phil McKenzie
2nd AC: Sean Farney
Gaffer: Tyler Trepod
Key Grip: Evan Rutherford
Swing: Alexander Scherer
Sound: Kathleen Elsa
BTS: Michael Alessi
Editor: Drew Schettler
Camera
RED Helium 8K S35
Lenses
Dulens APO Mini Prime
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Demo Reel: • Demo Reel 2023
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Gotta say, the fella playing the lead is ONE HELLUVAN ACTOR/PRESENCE. TOTALLY killed it. I'll be lookn' for this guy. Gonna go check IMDB after this last "EXCELLENT"!
Loved working with you on this one, Drew! Couldn't stop laughing at the final cut, Andrew was born for this role!!
Thanks for your help bro! 🤙🏽 Andrew was certainly born for the role 😏
And here I was thinking to myself…nice lighting! 😂 well what do you know.
Can't decide which shot I love the most, thanks for including me Drew!!
Yea man! Loved having you help out with this project!!
Masterfully done! Your vision and ability is undeniable. From camera movements and angles , pacing and sound design. You’re on point.
I love how simple this concept was and yet it kept me engaged the entire time. Great work!
🤙🏽💪🏼 thank you! Get ready for the BTS breakdown coming this week.
Watched it twice, and loved every second of it. For me, this short film is the prime example of "why sound design matters!". Everyone these days can nail the lighting and have got powerhouses of camera builds, but when it comes down to what separates good from the exceptional, it always ends up in "how well you've executed the basics", that is how good is the performance in front of the camera and how good is the execution of your imagination on the screen using the tools available for post-production. Top level acting from Andrew and an absolutely perfect sound design with matching cuts made this short film stand out to me. Also, that snorricam shot at 04:32 is just chef's kiss.
I couldn’t agree more. All of the pieces coming together in utmost synchronicity make everything come together. Above all though, STORY is KING!
@@drew.schettler Absolutely! Story is the foundation on which your entire project has to be built on. I’m currently in process of writing the storyline of my first ever short film and while finding ideas and inspiration on the internet, especially on ShotDeck, Vimeo and RUclips, I stumbled across this one. Actually RUclips algorithm recommended this short film to me since I’ve been searching for more of the short films created by smaller crews or just by one man banding (which I think my route would be).
Amazing, enjoyed every second of it! Talent is also phenomenal.
I usually don't comment, but this one was one of the best shorts I've seen in a long time. The production, camera work, script, acting.. all top notch. Wonderful job
Wow! Thank you so much.
loved it! everyone knows, you got to wear gloves! 🤣
This is awesome all around 👌 script, frames, lighting, audio, acting etc. top notch man
You bet! 🤙🏽 the team pulled off a spectacular! Couldn’t have done it without them.
this was so amazing
This one was amazing better than now days movies ❤❤❤❤❤
This looks so good! Great job from idea to final film! Thanks for letting all of us be a part!
Loved the film Andrew, looked very high end. And the acting was as great as the man playing it 😂 love ya man - the Dominican
Yeah man. You did a fantastic job! Absolute gold! You were born to act. 😎🤙🏽
This is goated🔥🔥🔥
Wow, this looks so good, Drew. It has this dark comedy quality, man out of his depth, and I really wanted more of him trying to do all this illegal stuff in the moment in a desperate attempt to earn a living. I wanted to viscerally see him do what was asked and have it escalate, like was mentioned by getting into the pentagon. Obviously, I'm not suggesting you should of done that, but, in some way, had we of seen him struggle in the job would of not only made for comedy but also made him earn the ending, even though he fails.
There are no real, powerful stakes if he doesn't get a job. I know, I know, it's implied via that fact he has a car and an apartment that both, likely, are on loan and need to be payed for. Look, we all need a job, but for this guy, why's it so important to make money? What will happen if he doesn't make money, he will lose his apartment? okay, why's that so bad? maybe it's the apartment he earned his way up to via his investment job, he has fallen in love with it. That's getting somewhere. Maybe it's the apartment he and his partner moved in with and she died, in that apartment, or she's dying, and this is the only physical connection he has to her, all he has left to feel her presence, that could be something potentially powerful. Keep asking "why?" "so what?" "why does that matter?"
Or, you could swap it out for the car, in terms of the stakes.
The other thing is, we don't experience how what it looks like and how bad it is, that this guy lost his job, so that awful event doesn't land totally. Also, we don't experience him pursue his main goal, see how much it means to him to get this money in spite of all the potential risks, so it's hard to really root for him when all of a sudden, this investment guy pulled off a major heist. Then we don't experience any stakes as to what was set up, and as you probably know, stakes in the payoff of the story are the most important thing, story wise, for the audience, and there really isn't any to experience here.
I get that he will probably be arrested and go to jail for a long time, but those stakes aren't experienced, and I get why, for budgetary reasons, but those stakes don't really address what matters most to him, because I feel like that wasn't set up. Yes, he lost his job, but why is that job so important?
if it's simply money, why is money so meaningful to this character? That's where compelling conflict comes in, it's a great tool to organically deliver essential context like that, to make me care, really care, and that is missing here.
With this film, it was a lot of fun, looks great, but, okay, he's going to prison, so what? why is that so bad? Those stakes don't really pay off what has been set up. If this film was all about character and his freedom for some particular meaningful reason, then yeah, getting arrested would be the worst thing for them, but not for this guy.
Then there's the question of: why would a low level investment employee be hired to steal sensitive government files? That made it hard for me to buy this would ever happen. Just speaking my mind. Great idea, just needed more context and development of the plot.
Thanks for the feedback man. I get where you're coming from and all your input sounds good if I were writing a feature film, but short films are a genre in their own right. I intentionally wrote it with an ambiguous back story for the character to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks with their own perspective. That is the beauty of short films! Had I made this a feature might be a different story, literally.
The one thing I would change if I had the time would be to include an opening scene of him in his boss' office explaining why he's being let go and in that dialogue include some backstory for context. That would have been interesting. Originally I made this film for a contest that had to be 3 min so maybe subconsciously I thought of trimming out as many back story scenes to make a short cut.
Thanks for the feedback!
@@drew.schettler
An ambiguous backstory is one thing, but that is different from leaving out essential context about the character that pertains to the story we are experiencing, that's what I'm talking about. Yeah, you can omit his backstory because the film will still make sense.
Who's the main character? What is their goal? see them relentlessly pursue it, why is that their goal? what's at stake if they don't achieve their goal? ...and why? why should we care about those stakes? that last one is the one 95% of short films miss, let me know why, on an emotional level, why the stakes for this character will be so bad for them so I can really empathise, get my emotions involved with this guy's plight. The problem is, like I mentioned, you haven't set up any stakes, so there's no urgency or tension. Stakes are essential because they drive the story, it's why their doing what they're doing in the story. Implying them makes the stakes vague and lack lustre, show us the worst thing that is going to happen. Honestly, when he took the job, I just thought he was doing it out of boredom, nothing else to do. Is that more powerful than him, say, losing his apartment or his beloved car? ...be clear and specific. Vague stories bore the viewer. They'll think, "why am I supposed to care?"
You can do it in 7 minutes. Trust me, you can. I was taught how to do it in 4 for 2 years. I wrote about 200 shorts and had them reviewed by professionals (not to brag, it's not like I was discovered as this great writer, I paid to be taught, was as average as they come), where it had all the essential context I mentioned and a character that relentlessly pursued their goal on a visceral level, stakes that were meaningful and one in which the reader experienced. It’s all about scaling it down to a story that fits the time frame. It can be done.
when you write and shoot a movie, you have produced a plot through certain scenes and pieces of context. When someone watches that film, they may not necessarily experience the same film you intended, and the reason is, for one of a few reasons, you omit certain pieces of essential context and assume people will fill in the gaps.
That “fill in the gaps” can work in certain other ways, like with horror where you don’t show something and your mind can make up something much worse, or to make a character more intimidating, like with Anton Chigurh or Michael Myers, but for essential pieces of context that tell the story, it’s not going to help your film, because the viewer will just assume this character and story isn’t as thought out as others and it won’t be as impactful as it could of been, they won’t have a clear scale of how impactful that piece of context is and will just move on. Yeah, you can imply certain pieces of context, but it won’t be as impactful compared to viscerally experiencing that context.
What’s more impactful, asking you to remember when you cut your hand once, or you cutting your hand and seeing and experiencing how bad it was?
When your character is caught by the police and will likely go to prison, why should that matter to me as the viewer? In a constructive tone: why should i care? That’s missing. You need that and you can do it, as I’ve said, I did it in 4 page scripts and I read other people do it and be impacted by it. You just need all that essential context for people to care. While I did enjoy your film and it was shot REALLY well, it just didn’t impact me because I wasn’t given a reason to.
You could omit the radio lottery scene, microwave scene, the burning his tongue, the hammer into the wall (even though it is interesting) and use that time to deliver and potentially show essential context. You could use a quick fb to show him and his partner’s happiness and live were in the apartment and it’s his only physical embodiment of her.
Yeah, maybe you could have shown him being fired and get some context out in that scene through a conflict, him trying to keep his job. Good idea.
@@richardadesmond Thanks for the comments, appreciate the feedback.
Well done, boys.
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A few notes from me (an absolute nobody)
The shot of the mail hitting the table, it would h ave been nice to have just a slightly longer hold to make easier that the USPS postcard advert was for a holiday.
The shots where he leaves and gets a hammer: the reveal of the hammer is great instantly raises the stakes. Great shot/edit.
The balaclava snorie cam transition is great lol
Nice short!
Love it😂
Wow I enjoyed every second of this! Short, simple, thoroughly entertaining and it looked sooooo good! Andrew was phenomenal and so was the rest of the whole team. Wonderful job everyone!!! I would love to see this turn into something bigger!
May need to make a Part 2. But be on the lookout next week for Part 1 of our BTS breakdown of this film.
this is really good
so talented! love it
Thank you so much!! 💪🏼
sound design is so good
Watched the BTS after it popped up in my recommended and had to come check out the full short. Great job all around.
Feed THE BEAST! WE WANT MORE SHORT FILMS! Great project
Passion projects are expensive to pull off lol. But with time, there’s more to come! 🤙🏽
This is honestly incredible. You had me hooked from the beginning to the end. I watch a lot of short films on youtube and this one's gotta be one of my favourites.
Wow, thank you! 🙏 🤙🏽
This was really good! Very captivating from the start!
Thanks for those kind words! 🙃
badass homie
it's fire 🔥🔥😂
So creative. This dude's a winner, so very good. Gloves. Whooda thunk it!
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An absolute masterpiece! Great casting choice snagging Andrew from CoBeAc!
Great one!! :)
Thank you! Cheers!
I love the feel of the movie, the color grading and the music nailed it
Wow…that means a lot! Thank you. 🤙🏽
Great composition & lighting. Beautiful film all-round.
Many thanks! 🤙🏽
Such a good short film. Great execution all around!
Thanks my friend! 🤙🏽
Really professional looking short. Unique concept. Loved it.
Thanks 😎🤙🏽
this was amazing!
this is awesome I love it so much❤
Thanks 🙏 🤙🏽
well done, great story, and filmed very cinematic ... would love to use the RED Helium in my short this summer....
Thanks Martin! 🤙
Loved it
Thanks my man! 🤙🏽
Great cinematography, great writing, great audio, GREAT edit. A short film well done. 👏
Thanks Tyler!
I am planning to shoot my first short film in February next year & to be honest, the amount of short films I'm consuming this one is among my top 5. Loved every bit. The phone call scene from the wall❤❤
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So good!
Thanks!
this is shot so well and it's very entertaining, congrats!🔥🙌🏽
Thanks! The team pulled off a spectacular! 😎🤙🏽
QUE, pensé que tenía mas apoyo, es una obra de arte
Great job !!! Love the real anger :D
Andrew did a phenomenal job acting!
@@drew.schettler Truly and the cinematic part is also awesome!!! It gives me kind of a Gilligan vibe :)
Amazing concept and filming!
Thanks Brian!
Hahahahahah, yes dude. I love it!
Thanks Michael! 🤙🏽
A masterpiece :D
Thanks my friend! 🤙🏽
Love the story funny ND engaging
Thanks Emmanuel! 🤙🏽
Perfection
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Revisiting this, gets me everytime! 😆
Nice!!!
Thanks!
Awesome job!
Thank you kindly! 🤙🏽
that break down of him and then the cherry of top "i didn't even work for it" was really funny
Thanks 🙏 🤙🏽
This was so good!
Thanks Tyler! 🤙🏽💪🏼
dope short film
Thanks 😎🤙🏽
this is fire!!!
Thanks 😎🤙🏽
Very well done! The story was on point!
Thanks bro! 🤙🏽
@@drew.schettler My pleasure, man! If you need help with anything like BTS, First AC, or even if I could shadow and learn your ways, I would be a happy camper. ;)
Wow this was sick!!! All around great film, had me tuned into from the start
Thanks my man! Glad you enjoyed it. 🤙🏽
This is brilliant!
Thanks 🤙🏽😎
Great image! nice short
Thanks! 💪
😂Very good! I enjoyed this well done!👌
Thanks Pete! 💪🏼
Very nice work
Thanks! 💪🏼😎
Loved this
Thanks 🤙🏽
the sound is absolutely insane
Pretty intense huh? 😏😎
Amazing .. I love it
Thank you! 🤙🏽
This is super dope! Great concept, from start to finish. Great shots!
Thanks 🙏 💪🏼
Awesome short film. When I clicked on the video, i was like 7 minutes? uhhhhh idk if I wanna stay for it. But then it passed so fast. I wanted to see more! t would've been great to see how he gets out of this mess, perhaps a nice police chase. Definintely inspired me!
Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, may need to come out with Part 2
bro so amazing!!!!
Thank you so much 😀 🤙🏽
Wow this is so good!
Thank you Manuel! 🤙🏽
Brilliant work haha! This had me chuckling
Andrews performance is impeccable!
AWESOME
Thanks my man! 💪🏼
Nice one. Thank you.
Yeah man! 🤙🏽
Bro! This is so Good!
Appreciate it my man! 💪🏼
Outstanding job! Very entertaining! You've got yourself another subscriber.
Wow! That means a lot! 🤙🏽 thank you!
hopefully I can be as good as this one day, because this ROCKS
You got this 🤙🏽
tooo clean
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Brother this has got to be a masterpiece to study from! Amazing short film bro
Thanks my man! 💪🏼
Great work! “I’ve got a few protocol questions for you.”
Thanks! 💪🏼
Lmaoooo this nyc drill beat got me weak😭 I love this
Pretty sweet huh? 😎
Ooooh man!!! Hilarious 😂😂😂
Haha! Yeah, Andrews performance was phenomenal and hilarious
Nice work
Thank you! Cheers! 🤙🏽
good job man
Thanks my friend! Cheers! 🤙🏽
I enjoyed this video Very Professional 🤙🏻
Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it 🤙🏽
FIRE1
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This was great cudoes to the DP as well
Thanks my man! 🤙🏽
Drew really likes the car mental break down scenes….lol
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So good! Was the radio DJ from Missoula, MT?
BTS video coming this week of the film.
hi, very nice work, what are the two variable filters that you use in the outdoor parking lot? THANKS 😊
DREW FOR THE WIN!!
Thanks 😎🤙🏽
@@drew.schettler When I saw this a month ago I was DED. It's fantastic Drew. When Matti said you won, I was like "Oh if Drew applied with "Unprofessional" of COURSE he won." LOL.. I was too busy with the day job to get what I wanted done or even started in time, but at this point it's almost ready to go up. We shot in December, and since I've cut and color graded it, now wrapping I'm up sound design. So many new skills to learn and develop...
That's awesome man! Can't wait to see it.@@die_dunkelheit
Muy bueno!
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Lovely stuff, how were the lenses? I have a Helium as well and have a summer short film coming up.
Sooo good - everything. Lighting, Sound, composition. EXCEPT, and from a working cinematographer, you gotta, YOU JUST GOTTA edit out the pan jitter at the beginning. Literally cut it and start the film just after that - it won't change any of the narrative. Then it's pretty much perfect.
Nice! What size lens did you use
A few different focal lengths with the Dulens Apo min prime set - the 31mm, 43mm, 58mm, and 85mm
This is amazing work,came across your channel today.Subscibe ryt now.
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So funny cuz that was my old camp leader😂
The poor Guy. I Loved everything about the movie except the unhappy Ending. I hoped He would succeed or get Out of the Situation in a funny way. Hoped for a Post Credit Scene that didnt come 😭
🤔 Maybe there’s room to make it a feature in the future.
@@drew.schettler i would definetely watch it 🙂
Interesting 😊
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Great film! What was the budget for this?
Budget was… $1,500 more to come on this 😏
Hey bro, so I just re-watched "Unprofessional" again and I got a quick question (Btw I'm still a Film Student and still learning).
So, in the Opening Scene from 0:00-0:16 the 180° Line has been established, then cuts into the Medium Shot 0:17 with the boxes, however the pan begins from a different line which eventually goes back to the established line from the opening, does that count as "breaking the line" (I'm aware that the line can be broken, but I just want to know your motivation behind the pan beginning from a different angle from the established - in case I want to do something similar)?
I hope this makes sense.
Hey man, great question! I love the detail you've put into this. It actually wouldn't be breaking the 180 rule unless I had a shot on the opposite side of the car (near the driver side facing towards the passenger side). In any case the 180 line exists to help your audience orient themselves in the scene without "actually being there."
@@drew.schettler Ohhh! I see it now, it makes so much sense. Thank you.