Boggy Creek (2010)
Directed by Brian T. Jaynes
Written by Brian T. Jaynes and Jennifer Minar
Meah. Meah. Just meah.
This was a semi-sasquatch tale involving hot young people and camping in the woods. That should be enough for you to decide if it's something you'd want to watch or not.
A group of young people (presumably around 22-25) are at a friend's cabin on Boggy Creek, TX. Even after a warning from the neighbor, they decide to camp in the woods anyway. The beast of Boggy Creek attacks them in the night, killing the two men, and taking the two girls to mate with. The end of the film reveals there are tons of these beasts living around the area, so they were outmatched from the beginning.
It was one of those nobody-makes-it-out movies. If you like a resolution with your films, don't watch this.
Shavon Kirksey as Maya from the film.
I associate the sub-mediocrity of the film with the fact that it looks like it's only Jayne's second time directing, and Ferrick Hallaron and Teddy Hallaron aren't that wonderful at their roles as the sound department in this film.
The music is fine (Brandon Bentli), but the audio for dialogue and ambiance is pretty bad. Tons of times in the film the environment overpowers the dialogue. I mean that as in no one was miced and for some reason there weren't dubs, or maybe not even double system sound recording when the group is sitting around the fire; instead you hear some dialogue but your ears are assaulted by the snapping and crackling of wood in the fire. The audio spikes were never taken down. I guess a -12db average was just a rule thrown out the window for this.
In honesty I'm not trying to make personal assaults on the sound folks or the editors, just making observations and putting two and two together.
Pacing was also pretty bad. It had the pacing of a sophomore or junior film student; that pacing where you don't want to cut all that beautiful footage, that pacing when you haven't learned that you cut whatever you need to cut for the sake of your vision and your story.
Editor Christian Remde had only edited for one film prior to this one. Hopefully this was a great learning experience for him. Based on his IMDB Brian T. Jaynes, the other editor, had no other professional editing experience.
Basically this is a beginner film. If that's the case, it's something to be proud of at the time. It's also something to look back on and laugh with your bros and be all like "Dude! Can you believe we did that? Can you believe we let this thing go on for an hour and a half? Can you believe we didn't bump up the dbs on some of that dialogue and lower other audio spikes? Ha!" At least they made something.
On another note, actress and main protagonist of the film Melissa Carnell, also acted in another Jaynes film, Humans VS Zombies.
On a good note, actress Shavon Kirksey, the other female lead, is very beautiful. She reminds me of Eartha Kitt, Catwoman from the 60's batman. They both have that great smile and those striking eyes.
The end.
Directed by Brian T. Jaynes
Written by Brian T. Jaynes and Jennifer Minar
Meah. Meah. Just meah.
This was a semi-sasquatch tale involving hot young people and camping in the woods. That should be enough for you to decide if it's something you'd want to watch or not.
A group of young people (presumably around 22-25) are at a friend's cabin on Boggy Creek, TX. Even after a warning from the neighbor, they decide to camp in the woods anyway. The beast of Boggy Creek attacks them in the night, killing the two men, and taking the two girls to mate with. The end of the film reveals there are tons of these beasts living around the area, so they were outmatched from the beginning.
It was one of those nobody-makes-it-out movies. If you like a resolution with your films, don't watch this.
I associate the sub-mediocrity of the film with the fact that it looks like it's only Jayne's second time directing, and Ferrick Hallaron and Teddy Hallaron aren't that wonderful at their roles as the sound department in this film.
The music is fine (Brandon Bentli), but the audio for dialogue and ambiance is pretty bad. Tons of times in the film the environment overpowers the dialogue. I mean that as in no one was miced and for some reason there weren't dubs, or maybe not even double system sound recording when the group is sitting around the fire; instead you hear some dialogue but your ears are assaulted by the snapping and crackling of wood in the fire. The audio spikes were never taken down. I guess a -12db average was just a rule thrown out the window for this.
In honesty I'm not trying to make personal assaults on the sound folks or the editors, just making observations and putting two and two together.
Pacing was also pretty bad. It had the pacing of a sophomore or junior film student; that pacing where you don't want to cut all that beautiful footage, that pacing when you haven't learned that you cut whatever you need to cut for the sake of your vision and your story.
Editor Christian Remde had only edited for one film prior to this one. Hopefully this was a great learning experience for him. Based on his IMDB Brian T. Jaynes, the other editor, had no other professional editing experience.
Basically this is a beginner film. If that's the case, it's something to be proud of at the time. It's also something to look back on and laugh with your bros and be all like "Dude! Can you believe we did that? Can you believe we let this thing go on for an hour and a half? Can you believe we didn't bump up the dbs on some of that dialogue and lower other audio spikes? Ha!" At least they made something.
On another note, actress and main protagonist of the film Melissa Carnell, also acted in another Jaynes film, Humans VS Zombies.
On a good note, actress Shavon Kirksey, the other female lead, is very beautiful. She reminds me of Eartha Kitt, Catwoman from the 60's batman. They both have that great smile and those striking eyes.
The end.
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