Movie: Boys of Summer

eoin's picture

Boys enjoying a summer day and considering love lost.

This one's set to Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" and features a return to innocence for two young men as they play catch, eat watermelon, and skip stones. When they're with each other, they tend to relax and forget all their worries.

Boys of Summer

Teh Black Hole's picture

Oh man, I hope you didn't

Oh man, I hope you didn't really drink from that lake. I remember when APD found a body floating in it (I am assuming it is Lake Clara Meer).

Overall I like the film. A quick tint adjustment (bump up the reds and a little on the green on the sunny shots and bump the blues on the evening shots) in post would help convey the heat/coolness in the film better IMHO.

As always, excellent subject material and excellent execution.

eoin's picture

yeah dude

color adjustment would have been cool. i haven't gotten into that yet, but it's something i definitely need to learn. thanks for the call-out on that seth, and thanks for the feedback.

Teh Black Hole's picture

Please keep making films

Please keep making films Eoin. I really enjoy the subject matter as do my co-workers/friends.

eoin's picture

glad you like it

i think you'll like this too: slow jerk

Teh Black Hole's picture

BOSSSSSS!!!!

This is one of the best pieces of sketch comedy ever. Those two other office guys got their asses handed to them.

speedfreak's picture

nice

I would have liked to see some close up shots of the watermelon eating, juice running down the chin, ect and I felt that the scenes where they looked back just at the right moment in the song was a little forced.

once again great job. this one really teetered on the edge of comfortable. nothing that screamed HOMO but at the same time a little uncomfortable. and if I did happen to get aroused while watching this I would be spending a lot more time at my therapist. well done.

durkie's picture

watermelon

watermelon

you will fall in love...

eoin's picture

oh boy

watermelon drizzle would have been great. that's the kind of stuff that slips your mind when you're shooting and you regret when editing. yeah, this one walked the line a little better. yeah the turn back is forced but i love it. my favorite line in the song. thanks for the feedback brett.

lurv it

lurv it

rachael's picture

fantastic

i enjoy your work, eoin.

X-topher's picture

worth the wait

I'm glad to see that Simon is as good as his Prince William image suggests.

kurt's picture

that was great

thanks.

franx's picture

sweetness fulfilled.

don't look back
you can never look back

Donnie D's picture

new favorite

new favorite

eoin's picture

thanks guys

for all the great feedback. on this one, i completed a challenge. the challenge was to make it tight. i had an hour of footage from a bunch of different scenes, but i had to cut a lot of them because it would have gone too long. i sacrificed playing the whole song and showing all those deleted scenes so that the movie wouldn't get too boring and long. that's a huge accomplishment for me.

franx's picture

Huge

is all I'd ever ask of you.

eoin's picture

huge and fat

i've got a huge one for you when you come back from China.