Mörkret faller

Shot in three days with a crew of two by writer, producer, director and cinematographer Jarno Lee Vinsencius, the short film Darkness Falls, (Morkret Faller) takes us to places even the most avid science fiction fan could not have imagined. Winner of the award for "Best Cinematography" at Roswell Film Festival and "Best Sci-Fi Short" at the Outlanta Con Film Fest," the film opens in a gorgeously filmed snow-covered forest. A young woman, Melissa (Joanna Haggblom), wakes up in a snow-covered forest with no recollection of how she got there. After running from the scene and checking into a remote motel, she receives an urgent note from someone named David (Demis Tzivis) who she doesn't know telling her that he knows exactly what is happening and asks her to meet him in a furtive location.

As Melissa slowly begins to remember who and where she is, the tension completely grips the viewer and doesn't let go until the final reveal. Though the acting can be wooden and some of the dialogue (especially that of the motel caretaker) does not fit into the mood of the film, the experience is so engrossing and well put together that the objections become irrelevant and the film stands as a first-rate thriller and hopefully a career boost for the first-time director.

Well where can i begin with Darkness Falls, this short science-fiction thriller movie has some of the most gorgeous opening credits i have ever seen in an opening of a movie, with wonderfully shot beautiful snowy locations.

There is some excellent camera work in Darkness Falls, some strong cinematography and clear visuals. That it is hard to believe it was filmed by two crew people including the director.

The film starts off with a young woman called Melissa waking up in a forest; unaware of how she got there or who she even is. Is this real or a nightmare, or is she in another world? You have to watch the film to decide for yourself.

Some of the things that happen are never fully explained but the performances are very good and the film moves along at a steady pace. There is some fantastic camera work in Darkness Falls, and some great cinematography with great visuals.

This short movie is better than some of the Hollywood films that are out there. I would love to see what the director could do with a large budget and make this film into a feature length movie.

Darkness Falls is a great little film that is worth watching and Jarno Lee Vinsencius not only directed this great short film, but he produced it, edited and wrote it, and was also the cinematographer. Jarno Lee you should be in Hollywood, you are a genius in making films..

Darkness Falls, the new short film by Jarno Lee Vinsencius, is pretty good. It's never easy to be critical of a short film because there's so many things to do in such a short period of time. Darkness Falls is beautifully shot, and is well crafted, but suffers from some weak writing. The major compliment of this film is that it looks gorgeous, and that Vinsencius did an amazing job lighting, and shooting this film. When addressing a short film, it's often easy to point out the bad audio, or the cheap effects, etc but this film, for the most part, avoids those mistakes and looks, sounds, and feels very clean. The only problem for me was the writing. The story does have a good amount of intrigue, but it ends up being a little too confusing at times, and flat at other times. That being said, the look of this film alone deserves recognition.

I didn't know what to expect during my viewing of this short film. Darkness Falls is an interesting short film about something mysterious.

Once the opening credits appeared, I was hooked. The music and the cinematography in this film is fantastic.

The plot is mysterious. I had no idea where the story was going to go, but I did take a guess about six minutes into the film, and my guess was current.

I thought the performances from the actors were okay (believable). Joanna Häggblom's and Demis Tzivis's characters seemed a little dead- faced to me, I didn't know if they were supposed to portray emotions or not, but they didn't, and so they looked dead to me.

Overall, I enjoyed this film for the most part. Darkness Falls is an interesting film that has great cinematography and a mysterious plot. Darkness Falls will hold your attention till the very end.

Final Grade: B

Trying to tell the full arc of a story within fifteen minutes is a real challenge when it comes to film. It is best accomplished by way of showing, with little telling. The director/writer might be tempted to use dialogue to compress plenty of exposition into a small time window, but it's a solution that will usually fail.

"Darkness Falls" overcomes some of its reliance on dialogue with some beautiful and haunting imagery. In the first scene it establishes a moody atmosphere that lends itself perfectly to telling a story through visuals, but the mood is dampened by the expository dialogue. The story itself is a combination of familiar sci-fi tales, with an ending that some viewers may see coming. Nevertheless, this is the work of a competent director who has real skills as a cinematographer.

I have to say I found the English subtitles annoying, because there were numerous errors in spelling and grammar, which take the viewer our of the film. Correcting them would really help for English-speaking viewers.