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Dawning the release of his first solo venture, we met up with Chris Benisek to dicuss his latest short film, No
One Likes A Hero...

Out December the 20th, Chris as this I have been heavily influenced From seeing an advanced preview,
Benisek, co-producer of the low by various comic and the Scary Movie here at Comic Com magazine can see
budget romantic comedy short film series. As they have more or less led exactly where Benisek is coming
‘Just Another Day’. Brings the way for other from. Overall the narrative is simplis-
us his next installment, spoof productions tic, a teenage boy (played by Daniel
this time venturing in and I just think that Sullivan, who considering this is his
another direction with
No One Likes A Hero.
‘Achievable on a the idea around
them is just comedy
first role, he plays the part excel-
lently). Wakes to find the only object
Drawing influence from low budget and pro- genius. But to be of clothing he has in his wardrobe is a
childhood enjoyments fair some of today’s Spiderman costume.
and the media, Benisek
has come to produce a
vided a good laugh ’ spoofs aren’t really
worth the film that
mild comedy, that basis they are printed on.
its issues around soci- I wanted to do
ety. something about
this, breaking the cur-
Recently he was asked, certain as- rent mould. Instead of being influ-
pects of the film are obvious, but enced by current films, I wanted to
what exactly are you trying to por- go deeper and basically circulate the
tray? ‘Basically from a few seconds in narrative on how individuals can be
it is hard not to guess what that my easily influenced by others and in do-
primary influence is Spiderman, hence ing so not se how they are affecting
why the central protagonist had a others.’
poster and only owns the suit, as well

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Once he dons this he gains a fake
sense of authority and goes around
attempting to solve problems. How-
ever in doing so he escalates the
situation further. Were not going to
give away exactly what he gets him-
self into as it will defeat the point of
seeing the film for yourselves. Any-
way it results in him getting into a
spot of bother, which causes the
character to have little knowledge of
his surroundings.
Talking to Chris about it gave us here
at Comic Con an insight of how film-
maker’s minds work and in his own
opinion, Benisek is very proud of his
work as it is his first solo production
and is particularly pleased with cer-
tain aspects. This includes his narra-
tive concept as its original, is very
achievable on a low budget and pro-
vided a good laugh to watch back.
Also with the casting he was pleased
on how compliant they were and
even in awkward situations such as
suiting up in the middle of a crowded
train station, they managed to stay in
a professional state of mind and do
what was required.
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As well as this costume was another
key aspect that he felt make the short upon a screenwriter could be hired to
film work,
as without it the narrative wouldn’t
have worked. Apparently it was rather
cheap; however it did take a reason-
able amount of time to arrive so film-
ing had to be delayed. Locations were
another aspect that came out posi-
tively was locations; all were suited to
Chris’s exact vision and worked rea-
sonably well together.
However there are aspects that if
given the time and funds would go
back and improve upon. To increase
the quality of the film, he would have
preferred more time for the filming
and editing process so any shots that
didn’t work and needed to be re shot
or needed editing that was time con-
suming could be underwent.
Secondly the cast could have been
more committed, in a certain sense
one of the cast members was not
available and a last minute resort had
to be used, yet this did not tend to
affect the filming process much. Col-
laboration is another route Benisek
would have liked to have followed, as
he would be able to gain creative
comments throughout and always
gain a second opinion.
The final point is the most important
in his own mind. His production could
be more comical, this is a large issue
as its hard to appeal to a vast audi-
ence in terms of comedy.
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If this project were to be improved
achieve this.
But overall a bigger budget would
help to achieve this, yet for a small
scale project it couldn’t have gone
better.
Overall Benisek has performed again
creating another production that cap-
tivates the modern audience. With an
original story line he creates a sense
of on going comedy, with a serious
twist and overall the team here and
Comic Com gave ‘No One Likes A
Hero’ a four star rating. Overall the
concept is great and is continuously
entertaining.
However in terms of quality it could
have a more professional aesthetic
and with it being a short film it needs
to advertise itself more to gain main-
stream attention.
This short film soon to hit certain
screens is really worth a watch, espe-
cially for all you Spiderman fans out
there.
More info on this film visit its official web-
site http://benisek-chrisa2.blogspot.com/
VERDICT SUPERHERO MOVIE JUST GOT A
LOT BETTER, AND FUNNIER. THE LACK OF SCRIPT HELPS
BRING OUT THE NARRATIVE AND PROVIDE SEAMLESS
ENTERTAINMENT.
RELEASED: DECEMBER 20TH
Certificate: 12
Director: Chris Benisek
Cast: Daniel Sullivan, Helena Beeson,
Tobias Hampson and Daniel sullivan
Running Time: 5 Minutes 19 Seconds
If you liked This articles check out our
review on James Cameron's epic,Avatar
soon to hit theaters in the UK. On Page 5
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