He had burns on his face.

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Wait what? I think you have the wrong film lol

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Oops just read your comment lol mb

@@spookiezzz-xk1rg Yeah! The American forces used the French M2 gas mask for a period of time :)

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It is never easy, but I am glad you are still here. Keep going.

Did he tell anyone in your family about his service over there. I love hearing first hand account of guys that were there. It makes it feel real

@Sequatchiemm it's real alright mate, no my grandfather and his are all sleeping forever now mate.

Did he tell u any stories about his time.... or tell any family that would pass the stories on to u.

@Sequatchiemm I just learned tonight from my brother he was on an old wooden fishing boat out in the Atlantic. They were looking for mines. When they got a newspaper after everyone read it was rolled up and burned for heat.

@Sequatchiemm My Uncle Jim was in infantry in Korea and was wounded. One time he saw an enemy soldier hide behind a bush. He loaded all tracer rounds in his rifle. Started firing at the top of the bush and worked his way down. I saw him shoot a shotgun slug and hit a 8 inch circle on the second shot. The first shot was an inch and a half high.

@@Sequatchiemm At about 30 yards.

I had 25-30 guys (reenactors) scheduled to be there. Only one single guy from their group showed up. I had to make due with what I had.

American actors playing American soldiers… what are you talking about?

I wanted to leave it ambiguous and open to interpretation whether the coordinates were correct and if it was what killed his friends or if it was the Germans. After MacDonald is hit by the artillery shell, everything after that is actually after he is dead. The ghostly German is Death/The Grim Reaper accepting him into the afterlife. I had the story told about the Huns earlier in the film foreshadow the ending.

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Wow man you're so freaking cool I want to be just like you, clown

And here I am

Oh wow then you're so cool dude, f****** clown

Thank you! Hopefully down the road when I can get the budget for it I will turn it into a feature.

@@MendelFilms 🤩😍

Thank you. I decided to leave it ambiguous if it was friendly fire or not.

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I appreciate the feedback. I think I had so many aspirations to expand the plot for a feature format, that I had a hard time fitting what I wanted into a short. If I ever make it a feature one day, I'd definitely work to make it stronger.

Thank you I appreciate that. This took about two years of pre production development and planning. Theres tons of short war films on youtube, and when I went in making this, I said to myself that I wanted it to stand out and be something special. It is understandable that having a low budget means that there is only so much you can do with a war film, but you have to be creative and find ways to make your story compelling and stand out. 99% of short war films on here are basically a couple of guys out in the woods, a lot of them being about an allied soldier running into an enemy soldier and the two find some sort of humanity together. I suggest not doing that. Its overdone and they are a dime a dozen. I raised the budget for this film through crowdfunding and made a budget that I thought would be enough to make something realistic and on a bigger scale. I suggest you do the same. But you can also be creative with spending money. Befriend reenactment groups and they have their own kits and weapons that can lower your budget significantly by you using them and their stuff instead of buying or renting it yourself. Good luck.

@@MendelFilms Wow, that helps a lot. I do see a lot of films on here that focus on the same plot, that being very generic stories about an american walking in a forest. It will take a lot, but I could definitely try to do something more large scale. I currently finished assembling my ww2 us army kit so I already am kinda getting there. I have tried planning out my film several times, and I think that I don't want to show the German forces in it, to build suspense. Do you think this is a good idea? I think it is overdone to show the Germans so much, and so I am trying to make it a bit more intense if you don't really see them but know they are near. Thank you so much for the advice. I have also tried collaborating with my friend, but it is really only me and him who collect gear. I will try to find people who share the same interest. Thank you.

Thanks so much!!

What are you talking about?