You know what's worse than a poorly made movie? A poorly made movie that tries to be more than it actually is.
A friend of mine who is in into obscure works came across this and knowing my tastes in bad cinema asked me to take a look at it. The word that came to mind when seeing this was "amateurish" in every sense of the word. The camera work was amateurish. The acting was amateurish. The editing was amateurish. The sound was amateurish. I could go on but I think you get the point.
The biggest issue with this is that it's filmed as a mockumentary. So you have people "acting" when they're supposed to be acting natural. Now this could be due to bad writing. A case could be made if the portions that are filmed commercially have terrible acting but when the camera is off and only the cameraman who's filming the behind the scenes portion captures what comes off as a natural interaction between the characters. But no, it's still as painfully stilted as it was before. There's literally no difference between when the actors are "acting" and when they're not. They're playing the same people and speaking the same lines.
In the end I feel this was sunk with it's own ambition. They tried something avant garde and came up with something that even a community theatre group couldn't be proud of. Next time, maybe aim a little lower and work on making your dialogue and acting feel more natural than it did.
A friend of mine who is in into obscure works came across this and knowing my tastes in bad cinema asked me to take a look at it. The word that came to mind when seeing this was "amateurish" in every sense of the word. The camera work was amateurish. The acting was amateurish. The editing was amateurish. The sound was amateurish. I could go on but I think you get the point.
The biggest issue with this is that it's filmed as a mockumentary. So you have people "acting" when they're supposed to be acting natural. Now this could be due to bad writing. A case could be made if the portions that are filmed commercially have terrible acting but when the camera is off and only the cameraman who's filming the behind the scenes portion captures what comes off as a natural interaction between the characters. But no, it's still as painfully stilted as it was before. There's literally no difference between when the actors are "acting" and when they're not. They're playing the same people and speaking the same lines.
In the end I feel this was sunk with it's own ambition. They tried something avant garde and came up with something that even a community theatre group couldn't be proud of. Next time, maybe aim a little lower and work on making your dialogue and acting feel more natural than it did.