Cheers Sméagol and Noodle, its great to know what you think. I can see what you mean about the contest too.
The thing that surprised me the most was the fact that it got the same overall as my 'A day for Heroes' film. I think that TMH was definitely better than that. It just depends who reviews it I suppose, so if it was re-reviewed, then I would be very grateful.

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I have an issue with our film for Avant-Garde. I understand that it wasn't recommended, but I've seen films that were much worse than ours. I also have an issue with "The Smoking Pun" and "It's a Magical World" being recommended and "The Missing Piece" being in "All Films". So, I hope there is a restructuring of some sort, because I think some films, not just ours, are being unfairly reviewed, while some not-as-good films are being rated as 6 or 7 stars.

The problem is that reviewing is subjective, and it's always going to be. We have a list of standard guidelines, but different people have different interpretations. The story was slow and hackneyed, but the dialogue wasn't bad... should the story rating be a 4 or a 6? There was light flicker, poor sets, and simple camera angles, but they were framed well... a 3 for cinematography or a 5? There's no way to quantify things like this, and making an attempt to do so would only slow the reviewing process down even further without improving anything.

I'll refrain from commenting further until I've talked with the staff. Your film will be posted in the Panel forum for possible re-review.

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EDIT: OK... If you honestly think that "The Missing Piece" is better than "The Smoking Pun," any attempt at rational discussion on my part is likely a waste of time. Every single shot in your film was from the same high angle, most of them were out of focus, the sets were minimal, the story was impossible to understand most of the time... if I'd reviewed it, the ratings might have been even lower. "The Smoking Pun" may not have been a masterpiece, but the timing was good and had a short build-up with a decent payoff. Think that's just my opinion? Check the community ratings... "Missing Piece" is a 1.86/5 with seven ratings, while "Smoking Pun" is a 3.0/5 with five ratings. Be careful what you wish for...

I have to reluctantly agree with you "Magical World" probably shouldn't have been recommended, but at this point it would be useless (and rude) to reclassify it so late after the fact.

By the way, enjoy the new friends you made by throwing them under the bus like that.

^ Was that sarcasm?

I still have to disagree, but whatever. I do have an argument that "The Smoking Pun" had some framing issues, as well as some shots out of focus as well, but since I'm the only person who thinks that our film should be rated higher, I guess I'll be quiet.

It depends on how many films are in waiting. I would say about a month at the most. Also, just to let you know, not all films will be in the recommended section, only films that the review panel think are well executed. Hope that helped

Never said it didn't. But even if we ignore the camera work (and I think SP holds a slight advantage there), in terms of the execution of the story, "Smoking Pun" wins by a landslide. Yours may have been more involved, but complexity does not equal excellence.

In reference to ZAB's question, the current wait is somewhere between 1-2 months... not ideal, I know, but we got slammed with all the THAC entries and it's going to take a while to get through the backlog, especially with college now starting up again. Like mcoov hinted at, make sure you're checking the "all films" section, as only above-average films are featured on the front page.

Never mind.  I've signed on with YouTube.

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Yes.