"Two Wrongs" - Short Film 

Simon, really good film man. But please add subtitles. I just cant understand a thing. Only Fuck and m8.

Congrats Simon. #Booya!

I loved the atmosphere of this film. Really well directed, shot and edited. I think it was too short. We needed more scenes, like when the gun dealer tells the guy not to use the gun, we needed to see at least one scene of him thinking about it, wondering if he should go ahead or not, you know? But this is a good start. I want to see another one.

I didnt understand jack shit of what they say, just "fock" and "mate"

Not sure if you are looking for constructive criticism, but here are my thoughts on your film. 1. Great locations and tone. I like how each location feels like its own character. The sound design and color grade go a long way in this piece. The accents seem authentic too. 2. Great reveals. I like how you didn't show him get stabbed, but had the audience figure it out from the dialogue. It kept it more engaging by not knowing everything. 3. Great use of wide shots. I like how you are using the blocking of the characters to tell the story rather than cutting around a bunch, 4. Writing is rushed/confusing. This short feels like a short film trying to be a feature film. The character say and do things that are hard to buy. Why does smoking weed cause you to get pushed off the bike? Why did Connor push him off the bike? Why would Mark find out about his brother being stabbed from two random people? Why would he need to right down "Connor" to remember it? 5. Awkward scene entrances. It feels like the shots cut in right when you call action. Like the actors are waiting around for something to happen, or sitting on their first mark. I'm not sure why. 0:07 Same at 2:00 6. Little Things. 1:21 When it cuts to Mark, his. face is hidden. This confuses the geometry, because we lost his eyes. At first I thought he was in a different part of the room, because I didn't notice him in the first wide shot. This shot seems like a bunch of unnecessary dead space with the main focus point being obscured. Not sure what that conveys that merits hanging on that shot. 3:03 The slow motion feels jumpy. Was that intentional? 3:27 The Jib up doesn't seem to convey any more information since they are out of focus. I think it would have kept a better pace to cut away when to gun was grabbed. Hope these help! For being such a young filmmaker, Great Job! I always look forward to your uploads, and I'm excited to see what you do with your career!

Anyone else think the whole film looks just a bit out of focus. I am watching in 1080p.

Well the story doesn't fit for such a short film. 4 minutes is not enough for audience to be emotionally attached to any of those characters. So from technical point of view, the shots and editing was okay, but the story was dull.

The cinematography in the last scene was great- brilliant, actually, but as a lot of people have already said- the film lacked story. It lacked soul- the dialogue seemed forced and staged. The actors put in a good effort- but with only a couple of lines each and barely 4 minutes, there wasn't a lot they could do with what they were given.

As it turned out, I don't understand english after all :/

You could say his plan backFIRED on him... heheh I'll let myself out.

After watching all the behind the scenes videos on dslrguide, I decided to rewatch this movie to understand why it's not as good as it should have been. And I think the main reason is that it's too short. Things happen far too quickly. There could have been at least a few more scenes there. We needed at least one scene confirming that his brother was dead. The knife scene was good but it wasn't clear that his brother was killed. Then in the next scene when the two guys were talking about the kid who was stabbed 19 times, it's not clear how long it has been. His reactions seemed unnatural for someone whose brother had just died. Confronting Connor was a good scene but it should have been cut much sooner. The way they all walk out of the frame together seemed a bit odd. He should have just stayed there leaning against the wall maybe. The scene with the dealer was good too. The starting of the music at that point emphasizes the dealer's warning and it feels really good. Maybe there could have been a scene showing him contemplating the warning. I know Simon says in the BTS videos that he wanted it to be punchy as someone who slows down to contemplate about revenge won't do it. Maybe that's a shallow understanding of revenge and maybe that was the problem. Or maybe the movie was already punchy enough and a slowing down of pace before the ending would have made it better. Just a short scene with him and the gun, contemplating what he's gonna do next. And making the viewer contemplate as well. The last problem with the movie was that it wasn't clear that he killed someone else and Connor didn't die. At first viewing it seemed to me that Connor was killed by him and then he was killed by Connor's mate. Now that I know what happened, on this viewing in the last scene you kind of can tell that it's Connor. But in a 4 minute movie, there's not enough time for the viewer to really recognize all the characters. Again, a scene with Connor's closeup just after he killed the wrong guy, would have made things clearer. I guess the way things unfolded after the gunshot was also a problem. It seemed forced. It's acceptable to think that he's in shock. If it had been made clearer that he killed the wrong guy, his shock would have been more understandable. And then he drops his gun? That just didn't feel right. That's the kind of thing side characters do. Viewers like the main characters to be smarter than that. A drawn out chase scene where he runs away and hides and throws the gun away realizing how stupid he had been to seek revenge would have made much more sense. And then after realizing his mistake he is found by them and they have their own gun or maybe they knife him to death as well. The last scene is a good scene and that could have been kept with these additional scenes as well. That's just my two cents.

I've been watching Simon Cade's DSLRguide videos for some time now and I can only stress that this bloke has a fantastic grasp of aesthetics and is constantly learning how to up his game and present his videos in a very professional manner, what let me down about this film is the fact that he overlooked a very simple thing which anyone who has ever owned or shot a gun will know (audiences outside of the UK where real guns are extremely hard to get your hands on will instantly spot it), the gun seller tells him not to load it, but he only handed him a gift wrapped (not very discreet)pistol, implying that the gun already had a loaded magazine inside (there was no second bag or magazine handed over that could contain the bullets with which to load the gun). Later when the first shot was fired and the gun fell to the floor, the slide locked back indicating that the magazine was empty, next shot the slide is once again forward indicating that it was loaded. This ruined the flow and the mood as the illusion of reality was instantly shattered. Fantastic attempt, but Mr. Cade seems to be a man with an eye for detail, which is why I'm surprised that such a glaring detail was overlooked.

My opinion: Not all that realistic. Some of the dialogue seemed forced. But, it was well-composed and beautifully shot, although some of the movement felt arbitrary.

I'm really impressed with how much of a world you have created in under 5 minutes...well done. I'll be watching out for your next work.

A little tips though, there are lots of shots still feels like a "coverage" type of shot, not of a "Film/Movie" shots..... And most of the times it kills the mood of the story itself... Put some music, or kicks, to make the audience feels the emotion of the character, like for example when he finds out that his brother were killed... Or if you want to make some "silent" type of movie, you have to make the shots "stronger"... Also the cuts between one scene to the other are a little bit raw... Make it more smoother next time.... You can do it by adding extra shots and camera movements... Other than that, I really, really, love the lighting, the grading, and the acting... :D

Great cinematography! ツ Wish it had been a bit longer though, to maybe understand some decisions of the characters or events better.

Needs more CGI

"Criticism is easy; Art is difficult." I have a ton of respect for you for starting (and finishing) such a big project, being able to collaborate with so many people, and getting such professional looking results. Definitely an inspiration to me to actually start the projects I've been thinking of. Cheers mate

Simon didn't write it guys, he just did his best to bring it to life the big screen. And he did it wonderfully. As a fellow filmmaker, you'll slowly find out along the way that there will always be someone to not like it and give it a bad review, if it were so simple everybody would do it. So you learn the hard way that you can't let critics influence how you do you. Just keep making masterpieces and live your dream.

Woah woah, slow down, wait his brother was stabbed, no emotion shown? was this after a few years or something?

This is one of the most beautifully shot short films I've seen without it eclipsing the story. Great job!

1:55 Tune from Indian song - Apni prem kahaniya...

Excellent cinematography, lighting, color grading, costume. There's just no story though. It happens way too fast and a whole lot of it doesn't make sense. And half the dialogue is just cussing. Simon, I think you're very talented and love your weekly uploads but you can do so much better than this. So much work put into a four minute film that's full of cussing. I'd like to see you write a short film and film it, I would definitley want to watch that.

Pros: Fantastic Cinematography, locations, dramatic, gun effect, decent acting, realistic choreography, and good music score. Cons: Cliche ending, Terrible Dialogue, incomprehensible accent, lack of character connection.

This is awesome! Love the Cinematography!

Maybe it's just me but I'm finding myself more and more preferring the look of older camera's like the t3i and even t2i, maybe I'm crazy but I feel like it actually looks more filmic (when it's done right, like this) I enjoy the look of it and I often find the look of some of the newer 4k mirrorless cameras quite distracting and unrealistic. Great work Simon!

God, I remember when this first came out and you were posting the behind the scenes videos. I always thought the critics were wrong and still come back here every so often. Still love the film. Great work!

#hecouldofjusttoldthepolice

Someone explain to me why that kid didn't shoot the kid he was supposed to shoot. His brothers killer ends up shooting him and ... wasn't the whole point to shoot the brothers killer? So he walks up to the group, shoots the wrong guy once and panic dashes. I'm the moderator of /r/gunandrun and I can say for a fact I would have executed this much better if I were the dude who lost his brother, but no pun intended for 'executed'. Well, I am the moderator for /r/gunandrun so I guess there was pun intended. Let's get a chain going like this is reddit guys please leave puns lol! Great take care, stay euphoric.

Frickin hell, the cinematography in this short film is brilliant. As said before the story is kind of to big for a 4 minute film, but wow, great film.

This is now probably one of my favorite short films

Well done Cade. Same to the rest of your team. Costume designer did a great job.

Story Synopsis: protagonist brother is stabbed to death, he plans to avenge his brother's death. He buys gun for cash on the street. Then confronts the killer taking a shoot at him falling and dropping the gun on the ground. The killer picks up the same gun, chases after the protagonist and shoots him. Did the protagonist die? It appears he must have died. Realistic plot follows Robert McKee's classic design in the book titled Story. Have you read it?

Great color grading, acting and I liked the camera angles. But I just found it a bit funny that the bad guy says "say fuck off again I dare you" then the other guy says "I don't want any trouble" and they end up KILLING him anyway. Like wtf.

watching Simon talk about this video and then watching it....I would love to work with such an open and creative young artist. This was dope

Hi Simon, Great film!! I am making a film myself too, and I have had some problem with sound recordings. Did you record the sound on location or afterwards? Also, Do you have any resource or advice on film sound? Thank you so much!! How long did it take you to complete the project from A to Z?

nice work man! the dolly/stabiliser shots look unreal and awesome acting and locations!

I recently shot my short film MARIE on my channel using some cheap gear, big thanks to you Simon, helped me out a lot.

you could have had Chinese actors and called it "Two Wongs"

Damn I wish this was a full production. Like an hour plus man it would be really good

I expected a little bit more tbh. Seems like Johann Farhan wasn't able to take his time in creating the story.

Damn! Didn't expect that end. This short film engaged me. Nice work!

Excellent cinematography, lighting, color grading, costume.

The colouring is actually insane!!!! 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

I love the tone of this film, the dark feel of the whole thing works great to get the message across but on the other had there were some parts in the story that had me going "wtf why did he do that?" 1) Writing the name "Conor" on the paper, what's the point? its obvious that the main character knows who Conor is since he goes straight to him to confront him and me as an audience didn't even catch the part where Conor name was mentioned before that scene. (maybe I missed it I'm not sure) 2) The Conor confront scene. Conor and his boys beat the brothers ass and stabbed him to death... the main character went in there and said "I'm going to kill you" and Conor goes ahead and says "go ahead and try" and let's him go?! why isn't the main character dead right there and then? in a real life situation he would be dead on the spot easy 3) The shooting scene. The main character comes in and shoots that one guy, has a gun in his had and doesnt use it to defend himself?! so he has the balls to confront Conor with death threats in front of all his boys and can't finish up the job with the people attacking him? that's just sad... ok well that's the three scenes that bugged me but my favorite scene is when the main character (sorry don't remember his name) goes to buy the gun. I really like how the salesman tells him how there are no refunds but offers him advice, that to me was a great piece to the story. Anyway love your work Simon hope to see more :)

So sad film =( But very nice work! Cool!

I love this man. It's amazing to know how much you got packed in in those few days you used for shooting with the hired actors and team. It's a really good way to show production studios what you can accomplish with a budget and crew. It takes a lot of patience and time but it worked out. Can't for another short from simon cade!

This Short film have a clear message and I considered a master piece, have all my attention from the beginning to the final part.

You guys know this is on IMDB. That's pretty dope

Well of course this video is going to be overanalysed into smithereens.

I really liked that, have watched it twice now! I watch your weekly vids religiously and have learnt a lot from them; great to see your film work, too. You're a ballsy bloke as well as hard working and highly talented. Keep it up Simon!

Love the sound effects!! 2:32 - feels so real!! great job simon.

I want to be supportive of the filmmaker as he did a great job technically, but I also want to encourage him and young filmmakers everywhere to think more about creating non-violent films. Using violence to drive a story is an intellectually lazy theatrical device and derivative, particularly nowadays with the likes of Tarantino, etc. making careers out of violence driven story telling. I challenge you to take the same thought provoking concept, "two wrongs don't make a right" and write a story that delves into and explores the human condition around this topic without the use of any violence, but rather a story/situation that most people actually deal with in their everyday life. Depending on the script, I'll even help fund it's production.

Agree with a few of the comments about the story needing some more time to Breathe as it does feel slightly rushed. But some great shots and a really great effort! Loved it

Just to be one of the guys that doesn't complain about the accents - I can understand everything, actually loving them. Great job on the short mate, keep up the work.

It's the time for a long movie man. Cmon!

Excellent! the end..... so sad. I my country happens that every day, here die about 25.000 people per year

omg i love this omg you should make actual movies

Excellent work guys! Excellent...didn't see that ending coming at all! I got turned on to you guys on the SDLR Guide channel then watched this.....keep it up!

awesome I wonder how u got those clear ambiance and perfect voice sync for that

wow, that was just amazing. keep it up!

Absolutely great, You clearly have an understanding of camera composition, movement, and not letting your visuals over arch the story. Which is a criticism I have of many so called "Short films" on RU-vid, which mostly consist of people walking around with some pretty visuals to go with it, but no story. Now on to criticisms, while I enjoyed the story(another feat which is not often see in online indie film) finding it quick, easy to follow, and stylish. I would've liked to see the Older brother take a moment to reflect on the action he was about to commit, sort of a moment of doubt about killing those men, other then that, i think you have a lot of talent, (:

Beautiful composition, colors, and cinematography... I just feel that this should be longer

This was excellent. excellent cinematography, lighting, costumes, setting. Good story. 10/10

That scene 2:28, he should have stayed at the wall, with an angry face...That would fit more. He shouldn't had to leave the scene.

It needs subtitles. Anyone from the U.S. is going to say, "What did they just say?" (Only a small, "Ha-ha" in there...)

Well done Simon. Great work. Love all your videos.

The kid got over 300,000 people to watch his short film, and probably over half a mil at some point. Bravo. Opinions are like RU-vid commenters...everyone has one. Keep up the good work.

In the words of Connor, I tell those who are hating on Simons video to "Fuck off". Honestly the shots were amazing in this short film. So what if the story lacked in some areas it was still very entertaining. Not to mention he didn't write the story so get off his back. Wonderful work here Simon. Keep doing what you do, don't listen to the negativity and you'll go far. Godspeed to ya.

Watched it 3 times and I can say I gained more of an understanding of the plot from the second time watching. Very well done and the story was quite impacting, however I do have some comments. I found for the amount of meaning within the storyline, you quite rushed the plot. In my preference, to make the story flow seamlessly, I would have made it longer and less rushed with slower, calmer scenes in-between and after the dialogue where the audience could grasp what was happening. I found you jumped into the storyline very quickly without much backstory and the short film was just a snippet from a movie. There were many characters involved which I felt was necessary for the storyline to connect, however in such a short space of time it was hard to understand and gain a relationship with the different characters, which would make it more impacting onto the viewer. Otherwise, exceptional film with amazing cinematic shots and definitely a distinctive style!! You will go far!! Can't wait for more short films of yours!!

Wow, I am impressed of your directing skills! I was watching your tutorial and then came over this. Great work :)

Simply stunning cinematography!

So good Simon! Love it! You've put so much hard work into this! It looks so professional. :)

I think the cinematography is brilliant in this film but acting & script is poor. The story doesn't really give you chance to feel for the characters and the dialogue is pretty weak. Good job though

Just started watching your channels Simon. Fantastic work! You are very talented and inspiring! Keep up the great work!

The best advice ever given, but not taken!

Heavy but tonally good, wouldn't of minded it being a good bit longer! Show the weight of brother getting in with the wrong people, and then the time for grief. But did like it! Well done

About the film: Simon, why would he just drop the gun and leave it there so one of the bad guys could grab it and shoot him. The film was fine, well shot, but you can't force the ending like that.

Great work Simon! Really love the tone and point of it all. The acting was swell as well.

Simon all those years you've spent on DslrGuide have really paid off - you've trained yourself while helping others. You've made some very good directorial choices, the most important being your choice of cast and crew. Film is a collaborative process and selecting the right people for the job is a big part of it - and you've made some great choices. Lovely cinematography by JP Caldeano - loved that dolly shot at 1:52 - the film has a very cinematic look over all. Excellent choice of actors - I believed them completely. I loved that you took on serious adult subject matter and pulled it off - a strong story with a message that's told well - a short film with a punch! (and Kudos to Johann Farhan for the script). But above all else, the most important thing is that you moved me! I felt something! (and that's saying a lot - I'm a cynical and jaded 55 year old) How tragic and senseless these acts of violence are. This happens all too often, especially here in the US. Very sad. Well done!....Ignore the naysayers, believe in yourself and forge ahead!

Dialogues/story was a bit weak, but the rest is pretty good. You have lots of knowledge on how to do films and you can definetly do something great. Just have to work on better dialogues/story. Looking foward to see your next film!

Seemed a bit rushed, bit overall pretty good.

Just got chills man

Simon, this short film is amazing. I can tell so much hard work was put into it. You did a truly fantastic job. The cinematography and acting were top notch. Keep up the superb work.

amazing director, bad story. simon was just given a shitty script to work with, but managed to make it as good as it could be.

I'm sorry but 8000£ for this?? I don't see where

Great work, I love what you guys are doing .

I am very impressed. Liked it more then i thought i would like a short film!

I mean the editing and cinematography were cool but the story was basic and the characters were not interesting...

They spent $11000 for this above average short film

Well done Simon! Obviously a lot of work put into this film. It invokes a feeling which captures your audience and makes them want to know more! Keep working, you will be great.

You have skills. I love the use of wide and med shots. Very cinematic. Great job, Simon!

Footage seems soft...other than that, wonderful production!

My thoughts on your film (if you're interested): Firstly, I have to respect you for making a film in the first place. I'm a big fan of your other channel and therefore know you're only 18 (sorry if I sound condescending here). As someone who has made films, I know the enormous amount of effort, both physical and emotional, that it takes to make a movie and I have to respect you for that. Okay, now onto the actual film... I thought the cinematography, colour grading and location-scouting were all excellent. As someone else said in the comments, each place has a certain character to it. I found this really helped me follow the storyline despite the fact that it involved a lot of location changes within just four minutes. The differing colour-tones of the locations didn't only help to define different parts of the story, but they also reflected and foreshadowed the events of each scene which I liked a lot. I'll give just two examples of where I found this worked well (the are many other examples I don't have time to mention): Firstly, in the second shot (around 0:10), I thought that the contrast of light blues on the left of the screen and the darker oranges of the right-hand side may have reflected the moral debate going on within the scene. The guy on the left ("Mark", I think) was the archetypal "good" character, trying to persuade his brother away from the "bad" temptations of smoking, thus, his backdrop was a light blue. Contrastingly however, Pete's friends, who were perhaps pressuring him somewhat into smoking with them, were shown on a dark orange background, maybe to reflect the potential danger of following their influence. It was as though Pete had to choose between the light and dark side of the shot. Secondly, I love the use of such an orange colour-palette from 3:05 onwards. Not only is it very visually pleasing but, with red having such strong connotations of blood and gore, I think it foreshadows the violence that is about to occur. I don't mean to tell you about you're own film btw, I'm just commenting on what it meant to me. Moving onto the story, I thought it was an impressively good example of structure despite the very short length of the film. There's a clear inciting incident (Pete's murder), then the rising tension can be seen as Mark gets into a fight with Connor and buys a gun. The climax is reached when Connor shoots Mark, after which the descending action is almost non-existent as the film ends on the adrenaline-high of the climax (an excellent choice in my opinion). Each scene was clearly structured, often with an establishing shot followed by moving the camera further in. Each scene was also clearly distinct from the next one due to the use of short black gaps between shots. I thought the use of structure was good; it made the whole story easy to understand and follow. That said, I thought the actual content of the story was fairly dull. It was a cliche tale of revenge through violence, one that I've seen before and will see again. I understand that this is partly because the concept of revenge is an easy one to grasp and provides characters with simple, understandable goals however I feel that writing stories for a supposedly stupid audience tends to result in uninteresting stories. Having said that, I doubt much more complexity could be fitted into a four-minute film. I've only commented on two aspects of the movie here and neither in great depth. Given the time, I would happily go on to discuss your use of camera-movement, shot composition, sound-mixing, music, casting etc... However, seen as this is but a mere RU-vid comment, I'll write up a little conclusion below and leave it at this... In conclusion, I would say that this is a textbook example of a "correct" film. I can't fault it, but nor can I say there's anything novel about it. That is however, by no means a form of criticism. Not only is it very difficult to make a film as well-executed as this one, I believe that it is necessary to be able to make "correct" film before going on to make much riskier, more experimental films. As Picasso himself said, "learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist". May I also add that, for what it's worth, I'd be very happy to provide you with some free help (even just as a runner) on your next film(s). Being only 15, I am neither as experienced nor as skilled as you are, however, I have worked on professional film-sets and in production companies before and have made my own films. It's just an offer, not a request, so take it as you will. :-)

Wonderful color correction, amazing photography

My Heart is racing....Wow!!

I felt like it was rush, everything happened all too quick. Good short still!

I think some parts of this felt very real, when he shoots the dude in the alley, "You killed my mate! " felt really genuine. some of this feels a bit random though like maybe there should be some short scenes in between these to make the story have more of an impact. Why does him smoking weed cause him to be pushed off of his bike and stabbed? Seemed random like the prior scene had no cause and effect for the next scene. then he confronts the dude who killed his brother and nothing happens which now seems put off character for them since they were so ruthless before. Then he buys the gun but has no second thoughts after what the guy told him. Also why would he shoot a random member of the gang instead of the main guy he threatened? Also the ending was real looking but hardly had a meaning. It made it seem like because he second guessed himself or felt bad after killing that now he gets killed because of it. Not hating at all and the color grade, sound and most of the shots were good but the story needs to be fleshed put a bit more to get the point across.

Simon should have put it up in a Film Festival. I do feel the story can be expanded a little bit. Also it has a potential to be a feature. Well done to everyone involved in this short film!! Kudos for a brilliant job done! Sincerely Muzafar

I think a lot of people are missing the point to Simons film. He highlights how important good cinematography and mise en scene can create a world within 4 minutes and leaves you wondering all of the backstory. As he says every shot should propel the story forward and have a driving purpose.