Film #4 — “After Perfect” — is Live and Ready to Jive! « 12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer.

Film #4 — “After Perfect” — is Live and Ready to Jive!

June 26, 2009 at 7:38 am | In Keith Boynton | 6 Comments
Tags: film premiere, new movie, perfection, short films

Update: we’ve uploaded a new version of the movie, with slightly louder audio and slightly warmer images. It’s the same movie — just hopefully a little more viewer-friendly!

It’s been another long, short week here at 12in12 headquarters, but as usual, we have something to show for it. Our latest effort, “After Perfect,” is below. Enjoy!

Also available on YouTube.

In some ways, “After Perfect” is the riskiest film we’ve done so far. Because of its extreme simplicity — one location, one scene, two actors, practically all talk — it depends almost entirely on the strength of the performances. Working in our favor: Genevieve Kolve and Mike Lavoie, who are not only skilled actors, but surpassingly attractive human beings. I think most red-blooded folks could watch this movie with the sound off and still get something out of it.

With this post, we conclude the first third of our all-consuming project, and this seems as good a time as any to thank you all for your continued interest and support. Your enjoyment is the carrot we dangle before us, and your disapproval is the stick that we thrash ourselves with. Without you, there is no project, or at any rate no point. So thank you. We hope you enjoy our new film. And please, please let us know your thoughts. We’re artists! We crave attention! But we also crave honesty, so don’t spare the rod.

The Untitled Improv Project starts shooting tomorrow. Wish us luck!

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perfect!!!

Comment by nik — June 26, 2009 #

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Fantastic! (Great jam at the end too. ;])

Comment by Banjo — June 30, 2009 #

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[...] scripts have a tendency to be extremely talky (see “After Perfect”), so it was fun giving myself the challenge of telling a story without the use of words. [...]

Pingback by “Spirits” is Posted! I swear, there ain’t a damn word in it! « 12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer. — July 31, 2009 #

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[...] could film almost entirely indoors, in my friend Tawse’s apartment, where we also shot “After Perfect.” This seemed like a manageable compromise, allowing us to keep to our original schedule [...]

Pingback by It Never Rains. It Just Never Does. « 12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer. — August 23, 2009 #

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[...] didn’t physically appear in our fourth film, “After Perfect,” because we couldn’t figure out how to shoehorn him into such an intimate chamber [...]

Pingback by The Saga of Art the Jogger — and Final Film’s Title Announced! « 12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer. — August 25, 2009 #

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I’m a bit en retard in watching la Douzaine, but – lo, these months later – I’ve got to say that I can’t conceive of any actor on the planet delivering the line about the frayed thread better than “Master Mike.” Seriously, it’s a brilliant moment among many in his, uh, oeuvre. (That’s not Egg, right?) And Genevieve’s final f-xhalation is similarly deft. Easy to F it up royally, but she pulls it off perfectly. Great acting, and great editing to sssssstop the film, just like that. I hope you’re all obese with pride about the many dazzling moments you’ve created in this series.

Comment by cbell — November 25, 2009 #

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