My First Girlfriend

GREAT piece!

good...
you just give me an idea of what to do with some of my old footage of me being a child...
sort of a progressive thing...
nice honest selfportrait, congratulations.

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#1!

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Great video. Wow at your capability to apply that open heart to your work.

Excellent! Number 1. Get this on the telly. Now! It's a gem.

Nice piece... GL from me.

Sweet

GL

Not a huge fan.

I saw your vlog a long time ago and saw it again here, this is my first day on the site.

Anyway, good video.

Great editing of old home movies, storytelling very honest and easy to believe.

I GL'd this a while back. Congratulations on making it to #1!

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I like the openness and honesty you can feel emotion in it.

Kudos to you two. I got the chilly bumps. Love comes in some many different forms. I think it's great you didn't answer the question of true love. Who's to say they know when their in Love?

This isn't a happy-splashy pod, so obviously the topic is meaty enough to make it to #1. Congrats.

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I could not relate to it at all but it seems sincere and straight from the heart..Only a person directly going through that or have had gone through that could truly Feel it........Like the OldHome Video feel to it..

These comments have been very interesting. Thanks for the feedback.

neat idea but a little too slow for me

it's too long, there's nothing to keep me interested i had to make myself make it to the end. maybe a little more fast paced talking. she sounded stoned.

This kind of short that is able to say so much that is really important about life in such short time and with so little is a true gem. Thank for this film. I makes me want, treasure, ask for, pray for, appreciate, protect, care for, believe in love for just a moment.

very good piece. very much said in so little time. GREENLIGHT

very honest *applause*

i like this. it is honest and simple, like a photograph or home movie. it does not overly explain it's theme to the viewer.

I really like it. It's extremely touching. But I think it's unclear whether you are admitting to having a sexual relationship with her, or if she was someone you platonically loved who you now are debating being your lifemate. By the end, I couldn't tell if you were now openly in a romantic relationship with her, or not.

I dig the honesty of the narration, but it just doesn't enlighten or entertain the way that a pod usually does... maybe add some soundtrack?

delightful

I love the simplicity of this work, even though goes beyond of what the eye can met to be a beautiful insight and confession.
Nice way to prove you don't need to have and HD to do something great.

Congratulations, I really enjoy what you did.

Thank you.

I liked it, you were talkiing to me, telling me how you came to understand something you didn't understand tell you understood.

... good for you.

I can't wait to see this on air! (and it will be on air)

universal to anyone on the path to lifelong love. amazing all around from the cuts and visual aesthetic to the story...

It was short and straight forward

well editted, very heartwarming, cute girlfriend

Greenlight. I thought it was a very interesting piece. Your arriving at the realization that you were in such a relationship was beautifully articulated. A thought provoking film.
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You speak very well. Naturally the subject allured my attention right away (female voice in a pod titled, "My First Girlfriend"), but I liked listening to you.

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honesty and real. loved it. i wish it was longer.

I like the honesty. I think people appreciate honesty more than anything these days. And no need to feel ashamed, can't help who you love...

Nice honest, brave, My Aunt is gay and you made me feal a little more special something towards her...thanks

love this. absolutely love it

Great voice over. I love the comment on your brother moving to japan...i wanna go make a film using old footage now!
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Excellent use of found footage and voice-over. I'm a big fan of that.

very sweet

that was great, it put a smile on my face

I think there just needs to be a bit more emotion in the narration.

Interesting

I love the archived footage...great story.GL

Well done. It's a well-told story, and I enjoy seeing the found footage. Did you zoom in to attempt to crop out the date in the corner? I think I'd prefer to see it in its entirety or not there at all. Even if you crop the fraem so that it's smaller than the TV safe area, it would still work because then it feels almost like a projection home video. Otherwise, I wouldn't change a thing!

GL from me. Congrats on the rating.
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Good editing, good writing.

GL - Very nicely done. I suppose I agree with many of these comments here that we'd like a bit more of a substantiated story, but overall it's a very, very good piece. Great work.

The problem I have with this is that when you look at a lot of other pods they concern more than just the people making the pod or they are based on something very quirky about individuals. I just don't think the subject matter is notable or unique enough for TV. You are hardly the first person to have had a teenage sweetheart, even a same sex one. Maybe if you could better relate it to a broader human experience?

very poetic. I love this. If you like this style check out all of my pods... i've put up a lot like this.

I really like this, but I feel like it is incomplete. Are you two actually together, or just very good friends? There isn't a clear ending, other than your still in contact (which is fantastic). I really like this, but I personally think it needs a little bit more before it is ready for prime time. Certainly on the right track!!

Goof narration

I lliked the continuity bringing in the generations t a pretty personal intimae experince thta does't look like it ever got reslved. good cutting and soundtrack

this was wonderful

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i liked how it goes full circle when it comes to a close. excellent!

Totally honest and refreshing.

A very sweet testiment to the power of love.

I really love the use of the old footage. Talk about recycling! Touching, personal story. Excellent.

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Great story. It speaks volume's in minutes.

Very nice. Have you seen "Laramie Inside Out" by Beverly Seckinger? Very similar story telling style - I thought you were her at first. Congarts on the GL.
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Personal and touching.

This is a very intimate and personal story. I comend you for sharing it. With the thousands of views, it is obvious that it is relevent to the current community. Nice work. GL

powerful

Neat vignette. Great home movie footage and nice commentary. Nicely edited. A captivating little film.

My only suggestion would be the removal of the "video pancakes" screens - they seem out of place and unnecessarily promotional.

Very nice. There's a sadness about this that is haunting.

Great

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Well done

Jennadorn said the exact right word: vulnerable. Thanks for sharing this footage and a real part of yourself to the audience. You are a strong person for doing this.

I really, really love this from the old footage to the music to the pod structure. This very open, vulnerable filmmaking is still very rare on Current, so GL! Make more!

Honest. And a beautifully worded voiceover. Great work!

Nice, but I think it would feel truer if the approach was more candid, less set-up.

it'd be great to insert clips from an interview with your first girlfriend

This is great, it covers a topic that most people would never approach. I love your documenting of it. GL
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it doesn't get any better than this.

Great story, well told. I like the found footage. Made me a little sad, but sometimes that is good.

that was beautiful.

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beautiful short. it takes you on a journey then wraps itself to create a complete ending, which started so strongly at the beginning.

A very touching piece that is honest and clear. Don’t think I could put myself out there like that.

Well done.

GL from me.

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i appreciate the fact the piece is bite sized. it leaves more questions unanswered than answered. maybe this is the nature of the subject.

A lovely, touching piece. I love the deep love and insecurity expressed. This pod will stay with me. Definite GREENLIGHT.

I like this. All the old footage adds to the feel. Nice.
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It's so darling!

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It was beautifully put! This piece makes me happy. It sort of lightens my heart. I'm always Pro Love. I'm happy you've found it!

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honest

Green lit because it's very touching. I'd give it a 5/5 if I could.

this is really cute, i like it when you say "Im embarrased to have loved someone so openly and never realized it myself"

This is a really beautiful piece and it is actually very clean cut. I love the voice over it adds to the emotion that you get from the film. I hope it goes on TV it is fantastic.

I green lit this before, and now I'll green light again. This is really brilliant. I like your sort of mellow lilted voice. It adds to the sense that you're doing something stream of conscious...Good luck making it to TV.

it was good. I think you should include video of you two together just hanging out so that people will see a gay relationship that isn't immoral and is based on love.

Great stuff! Very personal and very real!

i really enjoyed it...you truley bared your soul

very cool. makes me want to bust out the old VHS tapes to see what i could make!

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Touchy, I like it!

GL

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