Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA father and son travel deep into the woods to make an offering to a mysterious force. When they realize a key element is missing, they must improvise before time runs out.A father and son travel deep into the woods to make an offering to a mysterious force. When they realize a key element is missing, they must improvise before time runs out.A father and son travel deep into the woods to make an offering to a mysterious force. When they realize a key element is missing, they must improvise before time runs out.
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the absence of details. as good and bad point, in same measure. the relation father-son. and the meat. a film impressive more for atmosphere. because, in essence, it is the only thing given by film. you do not details. only the simple story of the offering to an unknown god, the open door of car and the father in knees, behind the offering. after its end - only the image of snow flakes on the face of son remains as basic memory. so, a horror. a good one. but, maybe, with little effort, it could be more than a neutral picture of a moment.
A Father and son arrive at a specific area to leave a yearly offering of a wooden bowl containing a few bird-bones, feathers and a little meat........I first saw "The Offering" as part of a film called "All Hallows Eve 2"(2015), an anthology of related Horror shorts with Halloween as the central connecting story. The lack of background information on this and similar shorts seems to bother some people - but as those who enjoy these powerful little films will appreciate, It's the content that counts - we're left to decide for ourselves how the events came about (and what may come afterwards) and to then muse over what may have led up to these events. We, the viewers, are left to use our own imaginations to 'fill in the blanks', so to speak; that's all part of the genre! And after all, there's not much background to be included in a film lasting just a few minutes. An excellent short, well acted and with superb camera work.
Two men (father and son) drive into the darkness of the forest. When the clock turns to a certain time, the elder starts to prepare a perfectly arranged little presentation of feathers, an animal skull, a vegetable – but when it comes to it, he does not have any meat. We learn this is necessary and without there will be a problem; the two men try to figure out what to do in this situation.
Visually and technically there is a lot to like this film for. It is shot entirely at night and in snow – challenging conditions but ones that add to the atmosphere of the short. It also has a very simple situation, albeit one with supernatural elements and a horror tone. All of this works well and there is a certain level that it works, but not on all levels. Specifically it doesn't work as well as it should for a standalone film. The lack of details and the simplicity of it all does draw the viewer in to see more, but there is not much beyond what we see; this is understandable but it is still a weakness.
A second weakness is in the material and performances. While the viewer may not know what is going on, the two men do, and I though their fear should have been more real than it was. The acting is part of this; it is fine, but it needed to be better – to bring out or suggest a lot of things that the material didn't. They do enough to make the basics work and support the atmosphere, but the two actors can't bring more than that or expand on it with their performances, which is a shame because the film needed them.
The Offering still works as a basic chiller, but it plays like the opening scene of something longer – and actually viewed like this it works better. As it is though, it is a standalone film and, while the atmosphere is good and the film looks sharp, the lack of development within the characters or the material does limit it.
Visually and technically there is a lot to like this film for. It is shot entirely at night and in snow – challenging conditions but ones that add to the atmosphere of the short. It also has a very simple situation, albeit one with supernatural elements and a horror tone. All of this works well and there is a certain level that it works, but not on all levels. Specifically it doesn't work as well as it should for a standalone film. The lack of details and the simplicity of it all does draw the viewer in to see more, but there is not much beyond what we see; this is understandable but it is still a weakness.
A second weakness is in the material and performances. While the viewer may not know what is going on, the two men do, and I though their fear should have been more real than it was. The acting is part of this; it is fine, but it needed to be better – to bring out or suggest a lot of things that the material didn't. They do enough to make the basics work and support the atmosphere, but the two actors can't bring more than that or expand on it with their performances, which is a shame because the film needed them.
The Offering still works as a basic chiller, but it plays like the opening scene of something longer – and actually viewed like this it works better. As it is though, it is a standalone film and, while the atmosphere is good and the film looks sharp, the lack of development within the characters or the material does limit it.
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- ConexionesEdited into All Hallows' Eve 2 (2015)
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