My 1st film

[docstup]

Some friends and I have made a couple short films.  I was able to make one a girlfight.  This will be in 3 parts.  Here is the 1st part, the other 2 will follow shortly.  Enjoy and please let me know what you think--it should prove to be a bit different than most everything else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7GbDIkzvIE&feature=channel_video_title

[BoxerPA87]

hey there. good stuff! Lookin forward to seein the other parts.

[Nutmeg]

It looks well done and has dialogue better than a heck of a lot of other vids. Hopefully the fight action and the camera work (usually an issue it seems with a lot of fight videos) can keep up.

[eriefights]

"It's going to be a neat little thing"
Sure looks like it might be true to it's billing ! Good luck with the other parts, you have a good start- pretty girls and a good buildup.

[DJP60]

yes excellent vid. one question, how do u cheat in a fight? i thought the idea was to beat the crap out of the other girl. r u going to have rules? i like anything goes but no weapons as in ash trays lamps ect. clear a large room cause i can c this 1 with the girls smashing the others head against or through a wall. improve the lighting and u got it. gl
as aside i did c my X win a fight by ripping the earring out of another girls ear,remember whooped
earrings. yes my X was losing but all is fair in a fight right?

[Nutmeg]

I think the cheating thing was , well no one ever loses a fair fight they always lose because the other person cheated 

[docstup]

Hey all--thanks so much for the feedback.  I am really new at this so it did not come out perfect, but I think after you see the fight, that you will agree it is a bit different than what we normally see and not a bad 1st effort. 

I was very impressed with the girls--trust me, they really went at it.  They are not "fighters" but more actresses' playing a role.  It was my goal to make it realistic and to really feature venomous hatred. 

I decided not to script it but rather gave the actors guidelines and themes.  I thought that if they used their own words it would come off better than if they were memorizing lines.  I, too, did not like the "cheating" comment.  In this fight, there are no rules thus no cheating; but that is what she said, so I left it.  I agree that the lighting was bad, it is much better for the fight, though not perfect.  I learned a lot making this--really wish I could do it again as I am sure it would be 100 x better, but I must say that I think it is very good--the thing I would want to watch had I not made it.

I hope to have Part 2, which is the 1st half of the fight up tomorrow.  Part 3, the finish of the fight should follow sometime late next week or so. 

[HB]

Very interesting so far, the everyday-girl-next-door approach instead of just another tired girls-in-a-ring setting is what I prefer ( now watch, they'll end up in a ring      )

Great work !!

[rawhide]

Very good beginning. Looking forward to Parts 2 and 3. Hope Donya lets down her hair so that both ladies can more easily get their hands in each other's pretty tresses. To me, it's not a catfight unless there is plenty of hairpulling.

[eriefights]

Hope Donya lets down her hair so that both ladies can more easily get their hands in each other's pretty tresses. To me, it's not a catfight unless there is plenty of hairpulling.

I was thinking the same thing rawhide. Looks like the potential for some great hair pulling, let's hope it happens

[docstup]

Alright, I finally got up Part 2.  I am sure you will find some hair pulling somewhere in there! 

http://www.youtube.com/user/ACFilmzpro?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/rYO_hkIae44

Thanks for all your comments and questions.  Please keep them coming--I'll answer specifics after we have seen the whole thing (don't want to give too much away)!

Enjoy.

[HB]

Very nice...really...good stuff. Yes the lighting is ... dim... but, after all this is a do it yourself project, and not one where you might want the curtains opened    so... lets say it's a more Gordon Willis-naturalistic approach to the lighting. Could be better but doesnt hamper the video.

I was very much hoping to see the girls still in their nicer clothes from part 1 but hey that's just my thang lol.

The action is surprisingly well done. For me it is a bit too much wrestle as opposed to cat, but, hats off to the girls here....they really did go all out and got a great workout...very energetic. And THANK YOU for not having the girls talk and taunt during the fight...I've seen too many horribly lame videos that have the girls just chatting away and it is embarrassing for all.  Those giggle / tickle / spank videos are a blight.

I'm curious about the girls, how did they agree to this, their thoughts, feelings on the project. Not your typical home movie.

Looking forward to the last part. Congrats to all- what could have been a really embarrassing and stagy affair turns out to be really entertaining, with sexy ladies in some pretty energetic action.

[BoxerPA87]

part 2 is great!!!  yeah.... i'da put some sort of padding over that furniture too..... my arms and shoulder felt that when she was bucked into it.  other then that, awesome stuff so far!!  :-)

[eriefights]

Very nice! And like others have said, pass along a big thank you for a job well done to the girls. I'm with HB in that I thought we might see them in the fancier clothes, but what they have on works for me. Maybe in a future scenario have them start in the dresses and strip down to the more comfortable fighting clothes as the competition intensifies.
Again, great job to all. Part 3 will be sweet, I have no doubt 

[Nutmeg]

I enjoyed this second part. Like HB I appreciated the lack of chatter between the two. I have seen vids where I suspected the lack of action was from the fact all the girl's efforts went into talking versus fighting. Also enjoyed the fact that the two women seemed to have a contrast in fighting styles. One really did a lot of work on the arms and back and the other...well didn't lol. Also I suspect they both decided to not do a lot of punches for their own safety and risks to future acting career (broken noses and worse). I do wonder if the furniture collision was an accident or planned since it made a very nice way to get a pause in the action without the two of them just mysteriously stopping.

And give the poor cameraman a break. At least he didn't focus on well-lit shots of everything but the fight action like some other professional products I have seen. But you could always increrase the lighting for those old guys here who can't seem to see very well. 

And my compliments to the two women, they seem to put a lot more effort into this than women who allegedly get paid to do this sort of thing.