“Captivated” is up! The Improv Movie finally has a name! « 12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer.

“Captivated” is up! The Improv Movie finally has a name!

July 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm | In Keith Boynton | 6 Comments
Tags: dubbed movies, exhaustion, film premiere, filmmaking, Final Cut Pro, improvisation, unveiling

Update: the “weird splotches of color” (see below) are gone! All it took was removing the color-correction from the affected clips. Anyone have any idea why this might have happened? Besides that the universe hates me, I mean.

At last! Our much-trumpeted improvised film is online and awaiting your kind indulgence. This has been one of the most draining weeks of my life — and now I have something to show for it! Please please please enjoy.

Also available on YouTube: Part 1. Part 2

It’s hard for me to disassociate this movie from the comprehensively nightmarish post-production experience that I’ve been plowing through all week. Everything that could go wrong, did, and some things that couldn’t did anyway. On the plus side, I did get the chance to witness some real heroism; DP Giuseppe Pugliese and sound man Kevin Adams put in hours and hours of their time to help me get the movie done — and they did it out of sheer kindness and professional pride. Good people make bad situations far more bearable, and I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by them. Let’s not forget Mike Lavoie, who made me gallons of tea and tended to my precarious sanity. If I’m a mensch, Mike is das Übermensch. But not in a “crush you under his heel” kind of way.

I don’t know what to make of this movie we’ve made. It’s very strange, in any number of ways. Despite my best efforts, it still has some technical flaws (including a brand-new one: those weird splotches of bright color — mostly blue — tarnishing the image). The most surreal part of this whole process was going through the movie, line by line, and painstakingly recreating dialogue that had been made up on the spot a few days before. It’s probably one of the most perverse endeavors I’ve ever been a part of, but it was necessary. At least I think it was. But then, I sort of have to think that.

I’m rambling. Forgive me. I’m going to bed. Enjoy the film.

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Ooo, a Mike in the basement in fluffy handcuffs! I know what I want for Christmas!! Good job once again, guys! I really look forward to these every week. Thanks! Tiffany

Comment by tifsmith — July 3, 2009 #

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I thought it was great. I loved the story, dialogue, acting, the whole fajita. Well done. Just a suggestion, but maybe call your next film ‘Mike Shaves’

Comment by Ephie — July 3, 2009 #

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Thanks, Ephie! I’m glad you liked it. Unfortunately, Mike grows a beard in about 3 hours (record time: 48 minutes), so “Mike Shaves” would be problematic in terms of continuity. Unless we just shoot the back of his head the whole time. Which, in truth, is what I’ve been wanting to do all along.

Comment by Keith Boynton — July 3, 2009 #

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Tiffany:

Check your basement on Christmas morning.

You’re welcome.

-Keith

Comment by Keith Boynton — July 3, 2009 #

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Fantastic! I really liked the storyline, very fun. My kind of movie! I was a little worried when I hit Play, but it turned out great.

Comment by Banjo — July 3, 2009 #

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[...] that reminds me — Dylan (Sublet, Moving Pictures) and Mike (Captivated, The Proposal, etc.) are in this one! We haven’t gotten around to a formal cast [...]

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