#Eric Kissack

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The Gunfighter from Eric Kissack on Vimeo.

Just another period western meta comedy short film. Featuring the mellifluous voice of Nick Offerman. I hope you enjoy it!

WINNER Audience Award for Best Short Film - LA Film Fest WINNER Audience Award for Best Short Film - Napa Valley Film Festival WINNER Audience Award for Best Narrative Short - Sidewalk Film Festival WINNER Jury Award for Best Short Film - Macon Film Festival WINNER Jury Award for Best Short Film - Hill Country Film Festival WINNER Jury Award for Best Comedy - LA Shorts WINNER Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Short Film - Hell's Half Mile WINNER Jury Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking - South Dakota Film Festival Best of the Fest Selection - Palm Springs Short Fest Audience Favorite - DC Shorts Honorable Mention for Best Short Films - Woods Hole Film Festival Official Selection - Cleveland International Film Fest Official Selection - Seattle International Film Fest Official Selection - Traverse City Film Festival Featured on Short of the Week - shortoftheweek.com/2014/06/23/the-gunfighter/

Go to facebook.com/thegunfighter for news about screenings in your area!

Directed by Eric Kissack (erickissack.com) Written by Kevin Tenglin (kevintenglin.com/) Produced by Sarah Platt Shot by Jon Aguirresarobe (jonaguirresarobe.com/) Edited by Libby Cuenin Costumes by Kate Mallor Art Direction by Paul McConnell Casting by Susan Deming and Dorien Davies (castingcooperative.com)

Starring Nick Offerman Shawn Parsons Scott Beehner Eileen O'Connell Timothy Brennen Jordan Black Brace Harris Circus Szalewski Travis Lincoln Cox Schoen Hodges Chet Nelson Keith Biondi

Italian Subtitles by Emanuele Falleni Russian Subtitles by Eugene Davydov Portuguese Subtitles by Ana Rita Rocha

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The Gunfighter | A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman)

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- Suck it, "Reindeer Games"! - I'm not Ben Affleck. - You white, then you Ben Affleck. - You are white. - That's true, I am white.

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The Gunfighter

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The Gunfighter 

Just another period western meta comedy short film. In the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon, but with a twist on the Western genre.

Short film directed by Eric Kissack

Featuring the mellifluous voice of Nick Offerman

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Film aspiration, 2/3

The Gunfighter, Dir. Eric Kissack.

This short definitely has a more humorous twist than I’m looking for in my project, but the visual style and narrative element are interesting to me as well as setting.

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November 22nd 2019

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The Gunfighter | A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman)

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Weekly Video Review #4

1.  VOICE OVER

https://vimeo.com/58150375

The artist shows three cases where time is urgent, making the viewer feel very tense and frustrated. Spaces and actions that transcend human limits, such as a lack of oxygen on the moon, a situation in which a leg was cut during the war, a situation in which a person fell into the water but was tied with a rope, make viewers adapt to the situation. But it was all a means to express the first kiss. The artist uses the above three situations to express the excitement of a young child before their first kiss and the heart after their first kiss. so awesome! Come to think of it, even my first kiss couldn't breathe as the artist expressed it. It will be one of the best moments of my life!

2.  The Gunfighter | A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWs4WA--eKU

Set in the Western era, a man enters a bar. The narrator tells the obvious story, but people communicate with the narrator and say they will not act as the obvious story. The story unfolds through constant communication between the narrator and people. I want this video to be subtitled Ballet of Death. People end up shooting each other and killing each other because of the narrator's words. And only women survive. It was an unnecessary gunfight because of the voice. Very fun and I recommend it to everyone!

3.  Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist

https://vimeo.com/108650530

This is a video explaining the considerations of people living in space. I was able to see artistic images of the universe and planets while watching this video. It also gave people an opportunity to think about where they came from and where they are going, why they should live, and what it means to live. The artist shows us the universe, a vast and unknown world, and defines us as wanderers. How do wanderers who live and die short lives compared to the universe live despite their short lives?

4.  Luis | Future Shorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMBIWv0ews

The technique of cleaning the room when a voice blew in the wind or cleaning the sofa when the shouting was peculiar. I felt terrified and creepy throughout watching the video. Also, it was so amazing that the picture about the story was drawn on the wall and that the artist used the stop motion technique. It really inspired me a lot. Did this video express the artist's angry inner self? It was very scary, but it was interesting!

5.  Maybe One Day | Future Shorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0lhsXHEhc

In our daily routine that repeats itself, at least once in our lives, we think of what we want to do someday. At the beginning of the video, the expressionless protagonist, who lives a repeating daily life, makes very different expressions when imagining the day he wants. The protagonist inspires himself and achieves it in his head. This video expresses a day that people want to live at least once in line with busy modern people.

6.  Losers | Future Shorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6VE0i1Zt4

This is a video about the bullying issue. A true loser is the one who is bullied, not the one being bullied. The perpetrator hurts their hearts by saying bad things to the victim. The power of words is strong. You can completely change a person's life or take control of that person's mind. Perpetrators take the act lightly because they are only having fun or attacking a target to unleash their anger. But by doing that, you become a loser.

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Week4_Video Reviewing

Voice Over

https://vimeo.com/58150375

[Description] Three men appear in the video, and they will all die. Each person has a different situation. The first man is in the universe, the second man is in war, and the last man is in the ocean. In the end, a girl and a boy kiss. There is no voice of characters but only narration.

[Analyze] The place was described well with excellent quality. The mood is beautiful but dramatic and scary.

[Interpretation] The three serious situations express the first kiss.

[Evaluation] Personally, it was hard to sympathize.

 The Gunfighter by Eric Kissack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWs4WA--eKU

[Description] various characters are acting, and there is a narrator. The film flows through the actor’s conversations. In the end, all actors kill each other except a woman.  

[Analyze] The actors can hear what the narrator is saying. The narrative can read the actor’s mind.

[Interpretation] Because of the narrator, all secrets are revealed. They try to excuse or say that the narrator is lying. It is breaking of the original style of play.

[Evaluation] It was fun and exciting. Thet, the actors, could hear the narrator's voice immediately.  

 Wanderers by Erik Wernquist

https://vimeo.com/108650530

[Description] There is a narration without conversation. The background is the universe. The camera is moving slowly changed.

[Analyze] The video seems very real and beautiful. The background music is calm and excellent grand.

[Interpretation] The story seems essential. People who live looking for something from fall away to keep their lives and other worlds are waiting for them.

[Evaluation] I am not sure what the film tries to say.  

 Luis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMBIWv0ews

[Description] There is a narrator whose voice is creepy, and it is the voice of a young boy. There is furniture that is moving and changing. The room is pretty dirty. There are moving drawing on the wall.

[Analyze] The mood is entirely scary. I feel like a spirit in the room appears by moving furniture and is expressed by drawing on the wall.

[Interpretation] It seems like a nightmare—moreover, fear of something.

[Evaluation] This is a stop motion, which is expressed very well. However, I wouldn’t say I like the voice.  

 Maybe One Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0lhsXHEhc

[Description] The video shoots a man’s face from the bigging to the end. There is a narration and background music.

[Analyze] The color of the film seems bluish. I can see what he thinks and feels through the man's facials.

[Interpretation] The story shows showing the everyday life of the worker. Continued same life is boring, but the actor breaks the routine circle.

[Evaluation] I can understand how the worker’s life is, and it was good to see him live differently and end happily.

 Loser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6VE0i1Zt4

[Description] different people are doing various things. The first scene is typing Loser in the search brower. A girl is tearing up, and the searching browser shows again with the sentence Don’t be a bully, Loser.

[Analyze] The background music speedy up gradually. There are sounds of people too. Very short but straightforward.

[Interpretation] I guess the video tells everyone is a loser, so don’t discriminate.

[Evaluation] The video is more like an advertisement than an art video.  

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The Gunfighter (Directed by Eric Kissack)

The difference between showing and telling in a story. Brilliantly executed!

Here’s an article about the short film.

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https://youtu.be/Z4qc34kYHdM The Gunfighter - Directed by Eric Kissack, 2014.

In this post, I will be analyzing a short film, The Gunfighter (2014) directed by Eric Kissack.  I will address how the film utilizes cinematic elements to support its premise. I will discuss the premise of the film, basic dramatic structure, and production design. I will also explore the production style, which includes the cinematography, sound, and editing. Finally, I will discuss the production elements I will employ in my short film Inshallah, and it’s dramatic purpose.

After infidelity secrets of a small town were revealed by an unseen voice, a bloody gunfight ensued between a group of saloon goers and a strange gunfighter.

The basic dramatic structure though not unique, the director incorporated a voice with a decisive language mixing suspense and thriller with comedy. The setup - The Gunfighter (Kissack, 2014) is a narrative comedy western short about a gunfighter who enters a saloon to have a drink, and his actions are narrated by a voice. The unseen voice knows what all the characters are thinking, and begins to reveal their secrets. A gunfight eventually ensues as they all realized they have wronged each other and kill each other except one named Sally. The voice finally revealed that a rabid wolf would maul her the next day.

   Production design in Gunfighter (2014) is a creative period western, set in a saloon as commonly used in westerns. The production utilized efficient camera composition and movements and sound to direct viewer attention, set decoration, wardrobe and props were used to enhance the plot of the film. The salon set features brown painted walls, bar set up with unlabeled and faded labeled bottles of alcohol, stairs that lead up to rented rooms, windows, batwing door, tables, and chairs. Complimentary set dressings like curtains, posters, pictures, whiskey bottles, old dirty lamps, towels, and napkins accessorized the set.

The casts were clad in a period western wardrobe that includes spurs cowboy boots, gun belt with holster, jacket, buckle-belt, scarves and cowboy hats. Props used were playing cards, shots of whiskey, handguns, and shotguns, napkins while the makeup made use of beauty makeup for the characters, the actors were made to look sweaty, dirty and greasy haired. Fake blood was also used.

   The director utilized artificial lighting to direct viewers to the protagonist by setting a spotlight above him, other lights used were represented with daylight as the sole source of light because the film was set at a time that there was no electricity. Camera movements and compositions included dolly tracks, pans and tilts on sticks, slow zoom and rack focus, wide shots and long shots, over the shoulder shots, medium, close and extreme close-ups were all used to initiate viewer attention to details.

Diegetic and non-diegetic sounds were used. Background sounds, footsteps, dialogues, and inaudible conversations in, and outside the set is used to complement the things the audience cannot see from their point of view. This includes the use of Foley sounds to represent footsteps, bar conversation noise. A narrative voice that breaks the fourth wall, talking to the characters and viewers of the film. The use of ominous sound shows that things are about to turn ugly in the film. The sound effect was minimal and it was used to complement a fast pan movement from one character to the other. The Editing is creative and simple. Focusing on cutting back and forth between characters and complimenting the shots so as not to distract the audience.

   The film is dialogue and narrative based. and the story is more visualized. In editing, the first scene was introduced with a fade in, and jump cuts were used in the rest of the movie to show the progression, and pace of the relationship between the two characters in a montage of events.

   I will be working on a short titled Inshallah, written by Elijah Edmunds. The film is about a young Muslim American who is absorbed into a group home after losing his parents to a road accident. The future is bleak for Syed as he faces discrimination He is bullied by roommates and was rescued by a housemate who had been through what he is going through. Learning from the cinematic storytelling of the Gunfighter (Kissack, 2014) with a $25000 budget, and comparing the production elements to that of my zero-low resource film requirement, I will utilize the use of a group-home location with all the set requirements in place. I do not have enough funds to build a spacious bedroom, mess hall set, as required for fluid cinematographic movements in my film.

   Cinematography style will consist of static slow zoom to emphasize the dialogue of some of the characters. Shaky hand-held camera close-ups will compliment the fight that took place in one of the bedrooms. I will use extreme close-ups to emphasize the unspoken emotions of the protagonist and also to highlight the physical appearance of his pain in the film. The tone of the film will be saturated and later warm, to show the growth of the protagonist towards the end because of its drama theme. It is a dialogue-based film, but music and sound effects will be used to complement the plot of the story.

   The are several props needed for this film which includes Syed’s Quran, prayer beads, praying mat, case files, pork chops, cups, and plates, but the most important prop needed is the praying mat and Quran as this helps portray Syed’s religion and he observes Salat in his dorm room. The challenges I face in working on this movie is how to choreograph the fight scene between the characters. With zero to low budget, it is hard to high a choreographer so I hope to have the cast rehearse this scene many times before the shoot. I will shoot a well-rehearsed fight scene with the use of sound effects to compliment it.

   Pre-Production has improved my knowledge a great deal about film production. And the preparation required towards it. Getting familiar with the scripts and working on a script breakdown exposes all hidden components of the film.

   In conclusion, I analyzed a short film, The Gunfighter (2014) directed by Eric Kissack.  I address the film cinematic elements and production style. I also discussed the production elements I will employ for the short Inshallah, which I will be working on next month, and it’s dramatic purpose. Finally, I had a self-reflection of the past month and my growth process in this class.

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The Gunfighter A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman).mp4 from Susan Deming on Vimeo.

Casting by Susan Deming and Dorien Davies

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September 7th 2018

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The Gunfighter | A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman)

In a small town in the old west, a lone and weary gunfighter enters a saloon. As he walks through the room surrounded by the people of the town, a voice begins narrating the scene, telling us exactly who this gunfighter is. But unlike every classic western to use the narrator trope, the characters in this film can hear the voice...