Writer/Director, R. L. Scott of Los Angeles just finished producing 10 Episodes of a new action crime series entitled Touye Pwen. The name is Haitian for Kill Point.
The series is a high end series with lots of intense drama and unique action. It has the feel of Brooklyn’s Finest, The Departed and Training Day.
It stars Image Award Nominee Said Faraj (Greenzone/ Transformers Trilogy), Monyque Thompson Scott (Lie to Me) Emmy Award Nominee Orion Solarion, Amin Joseph (The Expendables), Sean Riggs (Stomp the Yard), Black Thomas (Step up 2: The Streets), Chyna Mccoy (The Matrix), Tracey Dukes (BET’s Rip the runway) and several others.
Writer/Director: R. L. Scott
Producer: Shadow Motion Pictures
Season One Premier Online: June 28, 2011
Scott is this good? There’s hope for black film.
No but adoubt that. Black cinema need some fresh minds and hands.
I think Scott is on his way to becoming a good director. The series is interesting thus far. Except I think that the dialogue scenes are too lengthy and drawn out for this kinda series. I would rather see him move his camera more often. His characters should be on the move. They should not be stuck in a car, having a conversation. I understand this may be more expensive and tedious to do, but, it makes the stuff look better.
I agree a whole lot. When I started seeing camera movement and the shots, I was like, oh meeen, gonna see something here for real. I mean the thing looked like some experienced 40 year old director from some Hollywood studio was directing it.
And then it got to the part with the guys sitting in the car have a dialogue….. quickly the pace slowed down for me. Here is the thing, keep the same beat you have with moving the camera, you do it beautifully, and maybe that’s your strength, milk it, mucho!
So having the characters move around a lot more and cutting down the dialogue would definitely do this series a mighty honor and the spectacle it deserves. But great start Scott!
Scott! Yepp, yepp!
And let us loose from the close-ups a little bit. When you close up on the faces of the two guys making the gun deal, we also need to see the like a wide shot of them standing, especially, we need to see where they are really in relation to everything else.
Same thing for the guys in the car scene. I like all the shots in there but you can add some more. I wanted to really see what was in front of the car, behind the car, where is this care parked, in an alley? a car park? where? What is the color of the car? Why are they standing there and not moving? If we saw the car in a dark alley for instance, the demeanor of the characters has to be consistent, like serious. You know what I mean?
This is really the kind of work that makes you wonna see more! So keep it up. I wait to see the next installment on FilmClique.
Nice work! Very nice!
Definitely if they keep the panning thing going slowly even during the dialogue scenes, that shizzle will be crisp, mmh mmh!
I like this. And the comments here are very useful. I am not a very big fan of the technicalities but I can see how it helps. The director has a whole host of talent rolled up his sleeves, definitely! I wonder what you guys think of the story in general?
The story has not been established yet, perhaps because it is the first episode. So far we only know that someone needs some guns. Some heavy machinery – though I wish we had a shot of what these guns looked like. And we also know that the guys in the car are trying get the guy riding shotgun to come along for a job.
I really want to see where the story is going. The establishing shots are fantastic, but when we get into the dialogue scenes, we are completely oblivious to anything else happing around. We like to see how the environment integrates into the dialogue scenes. Unless, the absence of it suggests something unique, right now the only thing I can thing of is if what they are talking abt is very very serious.
Yes, this is good. A very nice job so far. I also think the series will get better as they move along.