Tickle Night review

[WestchesterT]

I ordered this the day I saw the post on AMT and I had it in 3 days - and they only charged $3 or so for postage! Refreshing pricing and service!
The good news: a spoof of slasher flicks, it shows a sense of cinema in it's plot set up and costumes. The graphics, titles and sound during the intro are great, and Renee, playing Jamie O'Lee (a spoof of Jamie Lee Curtis) is an attractive ticklee. (Love her feet!) And they have a sense of humor, if you read their disclaimer at the end. It has a professional feel to it, and I welcome the thought and higher production values that went into it. The video is, for the most part, quite clear (only occasional glare problems with a light facing the camera lens or reflceting off an actor). And it's nice to say the video has actors! The tickling, by the way, tranges from OK to very good, and Renee has an enjoyable laugh.
The bad news: sound problems. The Masked Tickler is virtually unintelligible throughout, as are the phone conversations. Having taking so much time to set up the situation, it's a shame to detract from the video with bad sound. That was my only complaint, though!
Overall, an excellent first effort, and I heartily recommend it. I am looking forward to their next venture, particularly The Spy and The Vampires.
- Westchester Tickler

 

[WestchesterT]

I can't wait to see The Spy, and I'm sure you worked hard to clean the audio in post production for Tickle Night, although I thought you could have simply re-recorded all of his audio. Your guy had a mask on, so you wouldn't have had to worry about matching his lip movements. (I had a similar problem on a pilot I shot on a showstring budget for HBO in the late '80s. It was one mike with horrible buzzing we didn't pick up in the dailies. He only had 6 lines, and was available to come into the studio, so we rerecorded them all in a day.)
Best of luck and keep us posted on your next video offerings. You will be setting the bar higher for these other companies, and it's a welcome change!
- Westchester Tickler

 

[WestchesterT]

Well, we appreciate your efforts and you certainly appear to be ambitious in your projects. I like your direction so far!
Once again to all: I do recommend this video and would like to see them get a lot of support as they're starting out because Tickle TV looks extremely promising.
Good luck, guys!
- Westchester Tuickler