I saw 'The Roost' the other day and my expectations weren't too high but I thought I give it a chance anyway since I'm interested in low budget horror film-making. To say that I was disappointed but not surprised is probably an understatement. Much of what some of the others said who commented on this film I agree with.
The cinematography, sound, and acting was not very good. You never really got to care much about any of the characters or what happened to them (really not a good thing for a film). After awhile I started cheering for the bats.
The cinematography and editing looked very amateurish. There were a lot of long two-shots that lasted WAY too long and revealed very little without cutting to close-ups or medium shots. The sound was so bad it was like they just used the on-camera Mic on a pro-sumer DV camera, which they may have because it looked like it was filmed in DV.
In addition, many of the shots were jerky or out of focus even when I didn't think it was the intent. The only encouragement that I got from this film is that, if something of this quality can sell, there is hope for some of us filmmakers breaking into indie films.
The cinematography, sound, and acting was not very good. You never really got to care much about any of the characters or what happened to them (really not a good thing for a film). After awhile I started cheering for the bats.
The cinematography and editing looked very amateurish. There were a lot of long two-shots that lasted WAY too long and revealed very little without cutting to close-ups or medium shots. The sound was so bad it was like they just used the on-camera Mic on a pro-sumer DV camera, which they may have because it looked like it was filmed in DV.
In addition, many of the shots were jerky or out of focus even when I didn't think it was the intent. The only encouragement that I got from this film is that, if something of this quality can sell, there is hope for some of us filmmakers breaking into indie films.