Bonnie Gross: The short film “The United Monster’s Talent Agency,” was fascinating. I thought that the concept behind the film was very creative. The short had some funny moments, but it was not laugh out loud hilarious. The entire short was running on one joke for the whole seven minutes, but all of the little side stories and featured monsters helped.
I really enjoyed the nostalgic aspect to the film, including the black and white, 1950s style damsel in distress and girls switching cords on the phone. Also, the fact that they put almost every movie monster within the seven minute short was impressive. At first I really felt as if I was watching a horror film from the 1950s, which was interesting.
On that note, the makeup and costumes were amazing, especially seeing how many characters they created. This also is true for the special effects. This must have taken a long time and was done very well. The cinematography was nothing special, but overall it was shot very well. I enjoyed it.
Calvin Ross "The United Monster's Talent Agency" was alright. It kept my attention the whole time, but after it cut off, I did not think much about it. It was there, then it was not. It seems to be more appropriate for Halloween.
It did a fantastic job of replicating the old black and white film style of the 50's horror movies. I did not like the green chromatic colors, I would have prefer just black and white.
The concept of the film is original and each character was recognizable, which made it much easier to watch. All in all, it was cool. Didn't really laugh out loud, but I did think, "What if real monsters are really cast into these horror movies?" Who will ever know????
Kaitlin: I believe, The United Monster Talent Agency, was a great short film that really captured my attention, due to its subject, creativity/originality, and special effects.
This film focused around “monsters” in the movie business, which I thought was a very unique idea. It included characters like, Frankenstein and the Phantom, at the studios waiting to film a picture or be casted in one. I thought the monsters make-up and costumes were well done, because it definitely seemed like we were in the 40’s or 50’s.
The special effects in this film really interested me because this film came out in 2010 and the director Greg Nicotero made this short film seem like it was shot in the 1940’s or 50’s. He used black and white film instead of color to get that effect. He made sure everything including props seem like “Old Hollywood.” So, for audiences we feel like we are back in the 1940’s. Especially, the monster costumes, very simple and nothing too complex, something “Old Hollywood” would be like, since they didn’t have CGI back then.
This film was very captivating due to its nature and storyline.
Nia Barnes "The United Monster Talent Agency" was a very cute and fun short to watch. I loved that the director and writer created this, this agency makes a lot of sense, especially with the amount of monsters in films, they need to be represented in the correct way. I loved that the movie was set in the black and white era of film; because the monsters were more authentic and less made with electronics and special effects during this time. Mr. Nicotero did a great job with depicting the movie to be made back in that era. Even though I could see the HD quality of the film in some parts, it was executed very well. The narrator's voice also added to the setting of this movie being back in the black and white era. I did not need to hear any dialogue because the narrator explained everything. The scene in the beginning of the short was a little confusing because I did not know what I was about to watch but as the narrator began to talk, he cleared my confusion.
I enjoyed this short very much. I liked the little bits of comedy that was incorporated in the short. The jokes and puns were correctly placed and it did not seem forced. Also, the best scene was the change of the man into the werewolf. I like how they used the cross dissolved to transition in between all of the changes from man to werewolf. It was also kind of funny at the end when they guy from the agency shot the werefwolf with the tranquilizer. Overall, this was a nice, fun piece.
THis short made me think of "A Cabin In the Woods". How the agency would keep there monsters in storage for film use but in a cabin's case it was for a ritual to save humanity. I liked how this was filmed in black and white to help bring the viewer into that time period when "monsters" in hollywood still looked like that. Having the intro also made it seem liked it belonged in that little news bit that movie theaters use to play. Overall I enjoyed this clever short.
I thought the concept of the film "The United Monster Talent Agency" was very creative, clever, and interesting. The cinematography used was very cliche but in a purposeful way, adding to the cheesy commentary and oversimplified characters in the story. I thought the short was just the right length and there was a variety of shots. I liked how it seemed to be old hollywood being described, and all the characters on and off the set were very in tune with that. All in all, I thought the short was very well done and got its point across it just wasn't necessarily my taste.
I didn’t quite see the point behind United Monster’s Talent Agency. It was basically a fictional advertisement for a company that deals with classical Hollywood monsters. The black and white film quality and music was done well, and it did look like it was made in the thirties.
They also found some pretty decent props to use for the film, which added to its old timey feel. The acting was intentionally exaggerated to match the acting for old films.
The various homages to old horror films and classical Hollywood were also pretty nice, but otherwise I didn’t really care about the film one way or another.
Bonnie Gross: The short film “The United Monster’s Talent Agency,” was fascinating. I thought that the concept behind the film was very creative. The short had some funny moments, but it was not laugh out loud hilarious. The entire short was running on one joke for the whole seven minutes, but all of the little side stories and featured monsters helped.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the nostalgic aspect to the film, including the black and white, 1950s style damsel in distress and girls switching cords on the phone. Also, the fact that they put almost every movie monster within the seven minute short was impressive. At first I really felt as if I was watching a horror film from the 1950s, which was interesting.
On that note, the makeup and costumes were amazing, especially seeing how many characters they created. This also is true for the special effects. This must have taken a long time and was done very well. The cinematography was nothing special, but overall it was shot very well. I enjoyed it.
Calvin Ross
ReplyDelete"The United Monster's Talent Agency" was alright. It kept my attention the whole time, but after it cut off, I did not think much about it. It was there, then it was not. It seems to be more appropriate for Halloween.
It did a fantastic job of replicating the old black and white film style of the 50's horror movies. I did not like the green chromatic colors, I would have prefer just black and white.
The concept of the film is original and each character was recognizable, which made it much easier to watch. All in all, it was cool. Didn't really laugh out loud, but I did think, "What if real monsters are really cast into these horror movies?" Who will ever know????
Kaitlin: I believe, The United Monster Talent Agency, was a great short film that really captured my attention, due to its subject, creativity/originality, and special effects.
ReplyDeleteThis film focused around “monsters” in the movie business, which I thought was a very unique idea. It included characters like, Frankenstein and the Phantom, at the studios waiting to film a picture or be casted in one. I thought the monsters make-up and costumes were well done, because it definitely seemed like we were in the 40’s or 50’s.
The special effects in this film really interested me because this film came out in 2010 and the director Greg Nicotero made this short film seem like it was shot in the 1940’s or 50’s. He used black and white film instead of color to get that effect. He made sure everything including props seem like “Old Hollywood.” So, for audiences we feel like we are back in the 1940’s. Especially, the monster costumes, very simple and nothing too complex, something “Old Hollywood” would be like, since they didn’t have CGI back then.
This film was very captivating due to its nature and storyline.
Nia Barnes
ReplyDelete"The United Monster Talent Agency" was a very cute and fun short to watch. I loved that the director and writer created this, this agency makes a lot of sense, especially with the amount of monsters in films, they need to be represented in the correct way. I loved that the movie was set in the black and white era of film; because the monsters were more authentic and less made with electronics and special effects during this time. Mr. Nicotero did a great job with depicting the movie to be made back in that era. Even though I could see the HD quality of the film in some parts, it was executed very well. The narrator's voice also added to the setting of this movie being back in the black and white era. I did not need to hear any dialogue because the narrator explained everything. The scene in the beginning of the short was a little confusing because I did not know what I was about to watch but as the narrator began to talk, he cleared my confusion.
I enjoyed this short very much. I liked the little bits of comedy that was incorporated in the short. The jokes and puns were correctly placed and it did not seem forced. Also, the best scene was the change of the man into the werewolf. I like how they used the cross dissolved to transition in between all of the changes from man to werewolf. It was also kind of funny at the end when they guy from the agency shot the werefwolf with the tranquilizer. Overall, this was a nice, fun piece.
THis short made me think of "A Cabin In the Woods". How the agency would keep there monsters in storage for film use but in a cabin's case it was for a ritual to save humanity. I liked how this was filmed in black and white to help bring the viewer into that time period when "monsters" in hollywood still looked like that. Having the intro also made it seem liked it belonged in that little news bit that movie theaters use to play. Overall I enjoyed this clever short.
ReplyDeleteLauren Musgrove
ReplyDeleteI thought the concept of the film "The United Monster Talent Agency" was very creative, clever, and interesting. The cinematography used was very cliche but in a purposeful way, adding to the cheesy commentary and oversimplified characters in the story. I thought the short was just the right length and there was a variety of shots. I liked how it seemed to be old hollywood being described, and all the characters on and off the set were very in tune with that. All in all, I thought the short was very well done and got its point across it just wasn't necessarily my taste.
Hampton Bradshaw:
ReplyDeleteI didn’t quite see the point behind United Monster’s Talent Agency. It was basically a fictional advertisement for a company that deals with classical Hollywood monsters. The black and white film quality and music was done well, and it did look like it was made in the thirties.
They also found some pretty decent props to use for the film, which added to its old timey feel. The acting was intentionally exaggerated to match the acting for old films.
The various homages to old horror films and classical Hollywood were also pretty nice, but otherwise I didn’t really care about the film one way or another.