Chasing Moonlight

A bit on the simple side, but there's nothing wrong with that. A great little story from a fantastic film. My roommate had never seen "Field of Dreams" (shame on him) and I had to pause it and explain things a bit, so if you haven't seen the source you may not enjoy this as much.

A common concept in time travel stories is the prospect of meeting famous historical figures or personal heroes. But history often boils down the sum total of these individuals to single sentence synopses. Single achievements remembered out of entire lifetimes. Perhaps the real benefit of such interactions wouldn’t be the chance to witness what history already recorded – but the opportunity to see what was not. The real human drama, the day to day heroism that’s often lost amidst the bullet points.

Audio/Video Quality: 9
It looked very nice on the technical side.

Visual Editing: 10
The edits were all perfectly executed, at least I assume there were edits because I didn't notice any.

Audio Editing: 10
Again it was all note perfect on the audio front.

Narrative: 7
I didn't really know what was going, being less than familiar with the source and the sport in question. I guessed that the characters in it were supposed to be famous names from the little stings of music when they were introduced but they meant nothing to me. I also felt that I was boarding an "emotional-rollercoaster" when it was already at full speed, to some extent. I'm sure those who know Baseball and the source would have a different reaction.

Enjoyment: 7
It made me want to check out the source film because it looked decent.

This short didn’t do much for me. I suppose I’ve never been a big fan of Field of Dreams, I’m not super into baseball or Kevin Costner. This was a nice way to highlight a small, self contained little plot (have to love Burt Lancaster). Unfortunately, due to the source material, it’s obvious that this was part of a larger plot. Not a whole lot of momentum here, but there’s nothing the editor could do about that.