Douglas Horn has put out a fine piece called Back Up, Please which fulfills his desire to impart a good story, with strong characters and the pull of emotions. As a Director who shows he knows his stuff, he presents this tale of two vehicles, each with two occupants destined to meet in a crisis. Douglas delivers what we all want in film making: great collaborative effort. The writing is good; his directing excellent, great cinematography, editing, music scoring...the whole package. It is also apparent that he has the ability to pull together a great crew to deliver a quality movie...much higher in quality than what I originally expected. I keep watching it because it is good, and like any good movie, you learn more each viewing. Full of nuances.
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Lives up to its billing
wordmonk13 September 2003
Douglas Horn has put out a fine piece called Back Up, Please which fulfills his desire to impart a good story, with strong characters and the pull of emotions. As a Director who shows he knows his stuff, he presents this tale of two vehicles, each with two occupants destined to meet in a crisis. Douglas delivers what we all want in film making: great collaborative effort. The writing is good; his directing excellent, great cinematography, editing, music scoring...the whole package. It is also apparent that he has the ability to pull together a great crew to deliver a quality movie...much higher in quality than what I originally expected. I keep watching it because it is good, and like any good movie, you learn more each viewing. Full of nuances.
Excellent!
velisab30 August 2003
Back Up, Please is a very gripping short film. The pacing is great - the tension constantly building. The acting was very strong and believable. The individual stress everyone experienced was wonderfully portrayed. The director has a good eye for detail and obviously knows how to lead his cast and crew toward perfection. I love the lighting in Back up, Please - the time of day that was chosen to shoot this film. Extremely professional camera work and editing. A film that makes you think because most of us can relate to similar situations...and here is the disturbing reality as to how far it can really come. Incredible piece of work!
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