Great job Marcelo,
I agree about the lighting comments posted by another member it could be a little better, but wasn't too bad I liked the way you told the story, the slow motion, and multiple shots of the forms hitting the desk were pretty cool. Personally I thought the pace was appropriate, it matches the actual pace of the health care process; languid, and dreamy, as anyone who has actually had to go thru the process can attest. God forbid you have something like cancer and have to deal with the system, it would be positively surreal. I liked your use of titles, although you might have been able to combine 2 of the 'chapters'. The attitudes of the receptionist and the nurse were pretty accurate, lol. The actors were good. I enjoyed the humour, and the sudden seriousness at the end blindsided me, as intended, I assume. It effectively punctuated your point. I was saddened greatly by the dedication at the end. I really liked the piece, and I agree with your point of view regarding HMO's. I practised nursing for more than 10 yrs, and have worked in settings from psychiatry to ICU, to pediatrics, to home care, etc. Just about any setting you can imagine in health care. Someone of the people I have worked with are very insensitive, and condescending to the people they were being paid to take care of. HMO's have made healthcare very inpersonal, and you depicted that well. My mother has quite a few health problems. I go with her when I can for her doctor visits, as I have seen many people treated dismissively by everyone in the process; just as you show in your movie. Its very sad, but you have to stay on top of your own health care these days, and I found myself having to advocate for more in depth testing for my mother, just as I had to do too many times as a nurse with doctors. Thank God I know the language and the process of the practise of medicine in this country. >From being on the other side, I should add that providing healthcare is very difficult for the providers, in this system. There are too many patients to be taken care of at a time, for doctors and nurses. For every form that the patient in your movie had to fill out, there are 10 for the providers, at least, believe me. Its very easy to confuse patients, especially for doctors who spend so little time with the patients, and who may have a patient list of hundreds in their care, especially those that don't work in hospitals. Nurses get burned out with the stress and if you have a bad day at work, someone could die. Healthcare wasn't always administered like it is now. HMO's haven't been around that long, but I understand how some could see your movie as a comment on 'health care', and not see how it speaks to HMO's. It began to change during the Clinton administration. But don't worry, we all get old, and will all eventually see it ourselves in practise. I am still amazed that there aren't many more mistakes and oversights in the practise of medicine here in this country. Maybe you should do one one on how health care is practised in the hospital setting. It could be a tragic comedy of errors, as it sometimes is, just like the HMO setting. But as flawed as it is, its the best on the planet. Welcome to Premiere, it appears you have migrated successfully, congrats, and welcome. BTW, why the migration, and what do you think of premiere vs. vegas? --- In [email protected], "Marcelo Lewin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm new to this group. I wanted to introduce myself. I'm a complete > beginner with in Adobe Premiere. I'm migrating from Vegas 5. I shot a > short flick and I'm looking for feedback on the editing techniques and > overall any other comments you may have. I hope this is ok to post here in > the group. It's called Patient 8794. It's 8 minutes long. It's about a > guy and his troubles with his HMO. > > You can check it out here: http://patient8794.thedailyfarce.com/ > > I'm looking forward to your feedback and to learning as much as possible > from all of you re: Premiere. > > My next short will be edited in Premiere Pro, so I can't wait to learn more! > > Cheers! > - Marcelo > > > ================================================ > > The Daily Farce News > A satirical and distorted look at the news > http://www.thedailyfarce.com/ > > TDF Films > Low Budget Independent Films > http://movies.thedailyfarce.com/ > > Level 2 Labs Media Services > Web - Photo Montages - SFX - Animation > http://www.level2labs.com/ > > ================================================ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
