Blinded (2008) User Reviews

The Suspense Delivers.

[cschenkemeyer · 9/10 · 13 November 2015]

This is a short that goes for the delivery. It is a suspenseful tale of cheating and deception. A prime example to convey what is most meaningful for me in a film, short or feature, and that is the story.

Sure, we can look at this film and be critical on how technically well made this film is, you can point out the audio if you'd like, but that, for me, does not that away from the short. If anything, I am even more engrossed and drawn into the film because of it's story.

I love how this really plays on our own fears that we may have in our own lives (Join the Dark Side!!). I say 'Bravo' to this short, because I noticed how I was on the end of my seat, caught up in the suspense. Most of all this filmmaker stuck to what really matters most: the story.

Simple and Effective

[brookecolor · 7/10 · 3 April 2016]

For the time this film was conceived in, Blinded is a very well paced and very well executed short. It fit perfectly for what the filmmaker was attempting to accomplish; a short written, filmed, and edited in 24 hours. On the technical aspect of things, there was a consciousness of transitions in audio. You can visualize where the cuts were because of the difference in background noise. This is to be expected in a short done in such a small amount of time, however it is still noticeable. Where the short lacked in technicalities, it made up for in pure idea. The notion of a woman hiring a PI to spy on her husband seems so simple and overdone, yet here it is with a fresh feel and an engaging timeline. It switched seamlessly between the investigation and the conclusion, bringing the short to a level of creative professionalism. Blinded is a wonderful example young filmmakers should look to; small budget, small crew, small cast, and still entirely well-done and successful.