Film Festival Reflection

What did you think of the film Cost of a Soul? Can you connect the film to anything we've studied in class? What improvements would you make in the film?

I really loved the movie and I think that the director has a bright future. I can not believe he wrote, cast, and directed the whole film. His dedication to his work is amazing; I hope he doesn't get lazy with his craft because his work ethic is probably what made this movie so good. I noticed the lighting was pretty phenomenal in the movie. I liked that he used the lamp swinging in a few scenes (with fighting) to give the film almost a film noir feel to it. The director also chose to use the main character's affinity for saxophone in order to convey a mood. Every time the character played, the camera would move away, off to another place. It would create a montage effect, and we saw things happening elsewhere while the character played on. It was a genius use of sound. I would have changed is the main African American actor. His performance was not very convincing, and it took me out of the film. Also, the main actor's improvisation could have been a little better. But over all, I LOVED Cost of a Soul.