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Reviews: Super-8 Today (PDF) excerpt: "What makes this film a pleasure to watch in the first place is the script...this is a perfect example of what a short narrative film should be. " BadLit (PDF) excerpt: "An absolutely beautiful film. Doran and his cinematographer Laura Daroca use a saturated, vibrant color palette for a very rich, lush look. You can understand the main character’s obsession with the Westside when it’s as vivid looking as Daroca shoots it." Microcinemaker
"Will Lupardus does an excellent job ... as he walks a fine line between charm and cockiness... I think this film could help inspire a lot of filmmakers to move away from the desaturated and muted tones popular in indie films these days and swing them back to using the brilliant color palette found in the Technicolor films of the past." Other Articles: "On Saturation and Grain — Life as a “Westsider” -- A "Making of" Article from Super-8 Today magazine (PDF) " Living life on the Westside" -- OnSuper8.org interview with Charles Doran about "Westsider" (link to website) "Guerilla Filmmaking: Make the Film You Want to Make Without Breaking Your Budget or Wasting Your Time" -- Super-8 Today article about guerilla filmmaking with lots of info about "Westsider" thrown in (PDF). Websites referencing "Westsider": http://la.curbed.com/archives/2007/07/for_the_archite.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/07/morning_buzz_wednesday_72.php http://oneshotexhibition.org/blog/?p=51 |