The Fetch of Hobblers Trench TRAILER 2 Peters Story

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This is the release trailer for my microbudget feature film made with my son and some friends. "The Fetch of Hobbler's Trench" is a supernatural drama.
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[@davidgreen424]

Hi , I watched your movie on Vimeo and I enjoyed it very much .
I thought the key was going to unlock some hidden treasure, but not so , poor Christopher.
Also, the medallions need some more narrative explanations, given they seem to have some sort of protective power .
The acting was very good by all , I just think the storyline needed tighting up to heighten the tension .
I'll go back and watch it again, you can be proud of this work.

[@MrNoctivagus]

Thank you for you comments, David :) All valid points and I will explain my side in this :) There is no right or wrong view on all this as I wish viewers to be able to imagine the bits and pieces I have left unexplained and come to their own conclusion.
Regarding explaining things, I do prefer to keep things unexplained unless the explaination is crucial to understanding the story. The key, the house key, the barred apple poster, apples - all that stuff is symbolic of how trapped Peter feels in his life :) Apples and keys pop up repeatedly and, though not clear and blink-and-you'd-miss-it - the poster on Peter's bedroom door includes both an apple and a key. The apple is half eaten and a girl is trapped inside the apple behind bars. I created the poster to hide things stuck to the door of the bedroom we used for the brief shots, but I wanted it also to be meaningful if noticed :) The key given to Peter by the fetch seems to him proof for the reward to escape the drudgery of living with his granfather - but the encounter with the fetch frees Peter in an entirely different way at the conclusion of the film.
Regarding the medallion/talisman - This is linked to the photo in Grandfather's room and Wilma's room - Grandfather, Wilma, George and toddler Peter are all featured in the photo and there is a fifth figure haunting the doorway in the photo (Peter's father). This shows that the three characters of Wilma, Grandfather and George have a connection. This connection in some way involves these talismans/medallions they all seem to recorgnise. Grandfather and Wilma both keep one each and see it as a way to delay evil whereas, George is scared to even pick up the talisman when his foot hits it. The back story behind this is that Wilma, Grandfather and Peter's father all took a medallion each and fell under a curse, whereas George refused a medallion and thus refused the curse in its fullness. Wilma and Grandfather view keeping the medallion close as a way to ward off evil and when they lose it they know evil will come for them. I keep it vague regarding Peter's father and mother in these regards. (The Viking in the flashback also wears a medallion).
One of my aims in the film, even though I have two narrators, is to not exposit through dialogue. Even in the most heavy dialogue scene in the film, the political rally, there is a visual story running at the same time. There seems more going on under the surface between the female heckler and Tweeden, and there is also the visual story involving Tweeden's Intern, Sofie. The male objective narrator just talks about things like history and mythology, whereas the female subjective narrator is more about human matters and has an opinion about some of the characters. They do some exposition but I tried to keep it exposition lite as much as possible and keep it to visuals.
There are things I would definitely do differently if I was able to shoot things again. Instead of only having one day shooting with Helen (Wilma), I wish I had had more time. I also wish I'd cast some shadow design upon the rather blank white wall behind her much of the time. I wish I filmed her hands more also and perhaps some POV shots. When Peter is reaching for the apple he dropped - I don't like the close-up shot of the apple at the end and I wish I had a shot of blurry Peter reaching out with his hand and the hand is in clear focus - a much more interesting shot had I thought of it at the time rather than holding on the rather dull apple shot for a little too long. Another thing I'd change is have the fetch and Peter more often in the same shot during the chase when possible - for instance Fetch feet gliding into frame as Peter turns and runs away at the very start of the chase. I think failing to have the fetch and Peter share more shots at the start of the chase rather separates them and reduces the urgency of the scene. These are some things I'd change if the film hadn't wrapped already.
I would have aproached the storyline very differently had my initial intention been to do a feature-length. Truth be told, right up until late in the day, I thought I was filming a long short of around 40 minutes. Three things lengthened the running time... 1 - finding myself with more actors wanting to be in the film than I had originally thought would be interested and so writing meaningful parts for them. 2 - a couple of actors dropped out and left space for some more involved and longer scenes than previously intended. 3 - my decision to extensively storyboard the entire film thus expanding the visual aspects of the film.
I am so pleased you enjoyed the film David, and I hope the second viewing is just as enjoyable. Thank you also for letting me know you enjoyed it, the constructive criticism, and the kind words. If you are into spotting film-related 'Easter-eggs' the film is full of them - my only rules were that I would use references to other films meaningfully within the film and have a new twist done on them or new reason; or in the case of names using references to past film-makers' and story-tellers' names to pepper the vicinity of Hobbler's Trench. For instance, the name in the wallet Peter picks up of the ground is: Alfred Tourneur (named for Alfred Hitchcock "Psycho"/"The Birds", and Jacques Tourneur "Cat People"/"Night of the Demon").
Here's wishing you happy viewing for your second journey to Hobbler's Trench :)