Haunted From Childhood: The Katie Featherston Story

[Sunarep]

yes, great idea downgrading the image quality.... it was just ridiculous how crisp videos from the 80s looked in the movie!

 

[lpd]

Just watched this, couldnt tell when any of the cuts were made (10/10) audio (10/10), making it look more like an old tape (7/10) I reckon you could of made it look a lot worse, to me it still looks much more crisp than any of our old camcorder tapes but the effect you used at the beginning and the end worked well. Actually making the film different or better I'd say 7/10 although enjoyable the ending ruins it for me, not your fault of'course just the movie but hey ho!
But overall enjoyed watching again, thanks very much for sharing your efforts FC.

 

[Frantic Canadian]

Glad you enjoyed it lpd. I wish I could take credit for the effect used at the beginning and at the end but that's how it is in the actual movie. I didn't really think about trying to degrade the picture because the movie's in anamorphic widescreen, which VHS clearly wouldn't be. It's too bad the DVD couldn't contain a fullscreen version as well because it definitely would have added to the VHS feel.

 

[juice4z0]

Just an FyI you can use Vegas to zoom a movie into full screen. Neg and i had to do that with alot of the sources we used.

 

[Frantic Canadian]

Just an FyI you can use Vegas to zoom a movie into full screen. Neg and i had to do that with alot of the sources we used.

I don't have Vegas, I used TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 to edit.

 

[Rogue-theX]

Well the film is 1:85.1. One could open it up in vlc and crop it to 4:3 to see how well it looks that way, since its 1:85.1 then it might come out okay with little pan-n-scanning required.

 

[lpd]

I wish I could take credit for the effect used at the beginning and at the end but that's how it is in the actual movie. I didn't really think about trying to degrade the picture because the movie's in anamorphic widescreen, which VHS clearly wouldn't be.

Oh I thought you had degraded it, ah well, thanks again.

 

[Neglify]

Watched it tonight, here's my review.

This is a bit of a tough one to review. I'll try.

Short version:

Frantic Canadian does a great job of trimming the fat of Paranormal Activity 3. If you wanted to see a leaner PA3 that's easier to rewatch, you'll enjoy this one.

Longer version:

This didn't quite fix this movie for me. I like PA3 a lot more than PA2. It's a much more compelling story and the pay off produces more tension than PA2.

My biggest problem with PA3 is the direction and overall look. The picture quality is crystal clear, despite this "found footage" movie being sourced from a VHS tape from the 80s and this aggravates me. GFY Catfish directors. This movie could have easily been made to look like something filmed in the 80s but it wasn't.

Doing such wasn't the intention of the editor but I would have enjoyed this a lot more if it had been.

The storyline is improved, less filler material without losing anything important.

Ratings:

A/V Quality - N/A
I decided not to give the A/V Quality a rating because I hated how high quality it was.

Visual Editing - 10
Audio Editing - 10
The editing itself was great. The original film is edited very straightforward and FC cuts the fat perfectly.

Narrative - 9
The narrative was improved, but not so much to warrant a 10/10.

Enjoyment - 7
The enjoyment factor is the biggest hit here. I liked this version better than the theatrical version but it's still a film that bugs the hell out of me when I watch it.


In conclusion... If you enjoyed PA3, you'll probably like this one. This isn't a complete overhaul of the film and I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better than the theatrical version, but it's as enjoyable (or maybe slightly more) than the original.

 

[Frantic Canadian]

Thanks for the review Neg. Glad you enjoyed it.