Length: 02:27
Logline: A guy who's nasty to a dog finds out what it feels like when the shoe is on the other foot.
My initial thoughts were; good picture quality, reasonable shot composition and editing, naturalistic dialogue and performances, followed by, aw, there's a wee dog in it. I like wee dogs. But then it looks like the production falls foul of the 'don't work with animals or kids' thing as one of the characters, Joe, played by Robert Appleton, starts shouting "Don't move" to the dog who's pretty much sitting stock still. I can see how that helps portray the men as terrible cruel people, which was probably deemed necessary for the plot, but it was a tactic that doesn't really pay off as it will have audiences doubting the concept. And it goes a bit down hill from then on.
In this comeuppance story, the dog's owners pal, played by writer/director Frith, has a nasty knock on the head or something and experience a body/mind transference with said dog. I had some trouble with the whole being able to open doors and being tall enough to look into the mirror stuff as this is inconsistent with the fact that he's now supposed to be a dog.
Although it's a fairly okay concept, all these little things ruined it for me. Other than that, production is average to good, the sfx's are a bit scraggly, but both Frith and Appleton work well together on screen and the camera work does well to cope with the limited location. Possibly worth a remake after plot holes ironed out.
My initial thoughts were; good picture quality, reasonable shot composition and editing, naturalistic dialogue and performances, followed by, aw, there's a wee dog in it. I like wee dogs. But then it looks like the production falls foul of the 'don't work with animals or kids' thing as one of the characters, Joe, played by Robert Appleton, starts shouting "Don't move" to the dog who's pretty much sitting stock still. I can see how that helps portray the men as terrible cruel people, which was probably deemed necessary for the plot, but it was a tactic that doesn't really pay off as it will have audiences doubting the concept. And it goes a bit down hill from then on.
In this comeuppance story, the dog's owners pal, played by writer/director Frith, has a nasty knock on the head or something and experience a body/mind transference with said dog. I had some trouble with the whole being able to open doors and being tall enough to look into the mirror stuff as this is inconsistent with the fact that he's now supposed to be a dog.
Although it's a fairly okay concept, all these little things ruined it for me. Other than that, production is average to good, the sfx's are a bit scraggly, but both Frith and Appleton work well together on screen and the camera work does well to cope with the limited location. Possibly worth a remake after plot holes ironed out.
Best Bit: Quite like the sound effects.
Worst Bit: Inconsistencies in the fantasy sequence.
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