Beautiful 
Much, much better with the music here. I am a fan of movies where only the actors' talents and the music tell the story alongside the camera...the suspense the score created was terrific (compliments to Mr. Srikanth). I loved the twist in the end too...really had me fooled there :)
Great work... -- By mystica, Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006


spooky stuff! 
Nice black and white photography. Very cool use of music. It worked well with the editing, to reflect the main character's thought process. Nice twist at the end. The movie felt a bit slow, but that isn't too bad a thing, as it helped to build the mood and make the impact of the twist strong. Nice use of one location to tell a whole story. Good work! -- By jrachlis, Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005


The Noose 
Nice work! This film is purely about a twist. The audience thinks at first that this guy is going to kill himself but we are then shocked to find out that he was just checking the noose to make sure it was ready for him to stage his girlfriend's or wife's (who he has already killed) suicide. You did an excellent job of conveying all this information visually. I was never confused and in a lot of silent films I am because the filmmaker doesn't know how to tell a story visually. You do.

What I think could have been better is your camera work. I think this needed a lot more close ups. The camera felt very detached and far away from what was going on because pretty much every shot was a wide or medium shot. I think that your lighting could have been better too. You needed more practicals on the set, lamps and such, to motivate where you lights were coming from. The film felt very "lit" and not natural. The music that you had written for this was perfect. Great job! I rate this a 4.8 out of 10. -- By Totoro, Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Great film for playing with perceptions... 
Great film for playing with perceptions... Several times i began to think one thing would happen, when something completely different happened. This was a very suprising little short, very fun to watch. Great ending. If i had any complaints it would be that it is too one trick pony. It would be nice to see some more aspects of film making present. -- By InfoUp, Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005


interesting 
The lack of dialogue in this short would normally be a problem for me but "The Noose" puled it off well. I really liked the music and the entire short had I really liked how it was lit. Bright in the right places and dark in the right places. I also thought the actor did a very good job - despite nothavnig any lines. All in all a pretty good short -- By holdemmrpink, Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005

Excellent! 
Wow, how often do we see a short film with so many strong elements? I love the appearance of this film and I feel the acting and story were both very strong. If I were shown this story idea before watching the film, I would not have beleived it could be done without dialogue. 

I was lured into thinking I knew the plot early on and thoroughly enjoyed where the story took me after that. A lot of 90 minute productions don't pull off what this film does in 3:31.

I never saw the first version to compare it's music to this version, but I really liked the new music. The music fit the film very well wit overpowering the visuals. The way the music changed for the second part of the film was excellent.

Well done, achalam, cast, and crew! -- By rpitcher, Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005

Noose 
I thought this was a pretty good effort. I am a big fan of the short short, and a 3 minutes short which tells an entire story is a great job. I wasnt able to open the higher quality version, so I will abstain from a shredding of the lighting since it is likely better than what I saw. The story is not the most original, but it was well constructed and well shot nonetheless. The black and white quality did add to the effect by making it a bit more disturbing so I thought that was a nice choice. -- By jm267, Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005

Interesting 
I very much enjoyed the soundtrack and how it worked with the film. Without the soundtrack I don't think the piece would be as interesting as it presently stands.

The black and white film looked good although I think more could have been done with lighting to really develop some contrast within the shots since black and white 16 can be visually powerful.

The story was cool and the pacing of the film was very good. Slow yet always moving forward. Good job. -- By conexc, Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005


framing 
Very nicely edited piece /w quality audio too. Congrats on completing this short; however, dark the piece may be.

I enjoy black & white projects, but only to the extent that the lack of color adds to a piece. In this short I didn't see any net gain using black and white, perhaps some additional intercutting would of aided in shaping the viewers thoughts.

At least this piece had visual content and helped convey a thought process of sorts. In addition the piece generated some questions by the viewer which is always nice. The audio was relatively redundant but well met as was continuity and direction.

The set seemed incomplete with the plastic lawn chair in front of a desk enriched with technology. The acting was not very well paced but at least consistant. Seemed the protagonist was eager in their scenes as evident by blowing smoke into the goblet they were drinking from which conveyed nervousness to me despite the pieces controlof tone presented by the protagonist.

With some acting and dialog this piece could rank well, that being said at least all the core required elements for a production piece were met which qualifies you to at least compete with other nominations. -- By psyguy, Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005


The Noose was Interesting 
My students turned me onto this site and this is my first review. I found this film to be surprisingly interesting. The lighting was a bit harsh for my taste, but in this case it seemed to add to the film. I liked the fact that this story was told visually, although I feel that the visuals early in the piece could have been a bit more interesting. My real complaint with this piece is the performance value of David Ellis. Although the choices he made were valid acting choices, it was a monotone performance in thefact that he didn't vary his choices. I would have liked a bit more emotion to show insight into the character. Having said that, these performance choices in context of a much larger film could be fine. But I think of films such as Leathal Weapon (that's the one that comes to mind) and we have a much more emotional interpretation of contemplating death which I personally find more interesting. For a short film, I like how Arun used the camera and how when it was edited that shots were not lingering in the final piece. Overal...very well done and I am glad to review it. -- By 4Winds, Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2005


good twist. 
Well done. Im sure I can't say anything that has not already been said. Just good storytelling in 3 minutes. Of course I thought the story was going one way and it went another. My first reaction was, "If this guy is going to kill himself, why is he so relaxed?" "why would he put out his cigarette?" But the "aha!" moment cleared that up. -- By Fitzufilms, Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005

another twist... 
but a smooth, nice one. im getting so sick of every student film having a twist ending, but i think that this one was very well done and not really an "ending". the acting was brilliant, far better than most of the stuff ive seen on TS and the lighting was beautiful. i think the music worked well also; i would love to hear it both ways. very good job. -- By wicket_saic, Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Excellent short. 
I must admit, this film got me...twice. I wasn't expecting the things that happened to happen. I don't want any spoilers in here, so let's just say, it was effective. I thought there was slightly too much space when the man was at the desk, but after that everything flowed very nicely. I read in your production notes that you re-scored the film for the members of trigger st, unfortunetly I was not able to see the original version, but, I hate to say this, I had a slight qualm with the music. I think I did because of the music and film scores I've been brought up with. Don't let this make you think I didn't like the film though, I thought it was very good. I enjoyed it, thank you. Keep it up. -- By drowningfilms, Posted on Monday, January 17, 2005

the noose 
i realy liked it everything about it worked realy well, mabey you could show us what happened befor, like how he came to kill her in the first place. or just have flashes of it at the begining, like when he oicks the picture up uyou could cut to the struggle. anyway i loved it. -- By Heartogram, Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Sets a mood 
This was pretty good. The acting in particular made the short. He came across gritty and charismatic. The story was very realistic, nothing over-the-top. I thought possibly the girl had been hung, but in the end it looked like the guy was seeking to put her head through the noose for reasons of his own. The cinematography was good and black and white was the best choice. The soundtrack was perfect. Pacing very good. All the way around this was very well done. -- By cybernaut, Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005

pretty good 
I liked the premise and the surprise, you pulled it off well. The lighting in on of the scenes was overdone, watch your shadows, overhead lighting is preferred though often not possible so I can forgive it. Also watch the lighting with black actors in dark scenes because they become almost invisible, you need to have a soft spot on their face from and window or something that cam be believable. The soundtrack wprked with the exception of the gostlike chant, I'd pull that out. Never forget the power of silence. There might be a spot in this film for effect silence. Good job and best of luck on future projects. -- By icarus2005, Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2005