"GeekED" - a mentatDUKE joint

Micheal, thanks for the feedback. I'm going to do a remix on the sound if it kills me... :(
Im glad you liked the acting and writing. I think we got really lucky with casting. Also glad you liked the music. Our composer, Steve is really talented, so we got lucky there also.

Blaine, glad you liked it. I know you're a tough date, so thanks for letting us get to 1st base. Zing. :D

wcs, thanks for the feedback. Are you telling me you've never had a life-chaning encounter with a random girl!? Yeah... me neither. :)

Gohanto, glad you liked it. I agree with your comments on the coverage for the couch scene. Same for the rim light for the two-shot. Will definitely step the game up in the future.
Glad you liked the bar. You wouldn't believe the stories we have about fighting to get the bar. It was worth it though.
Thanks for the kudos regarding the actress playing the talky nerdy chick at the end. I was really nervous about that potential pitfall. She did outstanding. The entire film would have fallen apart if she didn't nail the scene. She's really great if I may say.
 
That pheromone-sack friend had all the best lines. For me, he kept stealing the scene. I'd like to see his character play a larger part in a subsequent short. Funny stuff.
 
This was interesting. I thought both the actresses were very good.

Technically, a lot of the shots were nice, but the sound was very echo-ey throughout.

I love the name "Mr. Muggles".
 
This film is 99.95% to awesome. I really love your comedy(the girl breaking the guy's neck is priceless), and your actors seemed loose enough with each other so as to appear like real friends.

The only real complaint is the audio, which felt over-noise-reduced. Often that's what produces that tin-can echo sound.

And at times, the image looked pretty adapter-y. I tend to lean toward naked lens on comedies.

But great work and fun fun stuff.
 
. . ., . . .what, and I'm a geek, . . . , nvm, . . . , . . ., what, . . , sorry this reminds of the fakeness of a "He went to jared commercial"
 
To be honest, this one didn't really grab me... and I take no pleasure in saying that. Your HallowsFest entry was in my top three, so I had high expectations. There was nothing really wrong with it, it just left me feeling... ambivalent. :undecided

Having said that, I'm still really looking forward to your next film!

BTW, your composer rocks! I love his scores.
 
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Appreciate your watching.

Promo spots now added. Thanks again.
 
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I like the story. I think the acting was not strong for the most part. I didn’t believe some of the characters. The girlfriend in the beginning was good and the girl at the bar at the end was as well, but for everybody else the acting seemed a little inconsistent. It was good in spots. Like I said, the story was good, there were good shots and there was some funny stuff in here. If the acting was more consistent it would have brought the story out a little better.
 
Really enjoyed your film Duke. It rolled along at a good pace, had good writing and characters as well as casting and just felt right. Any technical issues, of which there weren't many, have already been adressed so that's all I got. Great job man.
 
Hey, just caught it. Really enjoyed it. Really quite funny, which is a testament to the actors and the script. Looked fantastic (good light and camera). The colors were just phenomenal so I applaud the set design/decorator/direction. Thought the ending lacked a little of the strength of the beginning. Didn't really enjoy the bar scene or the last scene too much because the beginning was so strong. But overall, really enjoyed. Can't wait to see more from you.
 
Well it seems to me others have mentioned sound, but I argue for your cause that all you had was production sound which had alot of natural reverb. And ultimately there is no cure for unwanted production reverb, it's just undesired production sound. So I'll let that slide.

But yeah, I have a cousin who falls into this catagory. =)
 
Hey Champloo, glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate your thoughts on the casting. It was a tough process, so I'm glad the ensemble we assembled worked for you.

Jason we used the Redrock M2 adapter with Nikon lenses + the DVX100A. Glad you liked the look.

Danielleus, thanks for the kind words and critical feedback.

Ken, thanks again for your comments. Do you feel ADR is pretty typical for a project such as this? I may have to consider budgeting some days for looping on my future projects. Do Hollywood films loop every bit of dialogue during post just in case?
Also, are you saying your cousin goes through an endless cycle of romantic fiascos? Yeah... that's a shame. :)
 
Duke

My friend was over and he loved this, Watched it twice. I thought it was a very funny movie also, probably the funniest of the fest. It was shot nice and the actors did a nice job. I haven’t seen anything else you’ve done but you might have found your niche. Well done.
 
lol! Nice!! This was funny dude, I really enjoyed it. Biggest problem was technical, the audio sucked. But hey, good to have tech problems and not creative ones! "Facebook bitches!" Lol, good one. Also loved the plan at the bar, adoption and tours in iraq, nice!

I'd love to see more from ya!
 
mentatDUKE, I watched your film again and had a different reaction this time. It wasn't so much the acting as I'm thinking it was the audio in some spots. (Or maybe it was just my download). It sounded far away and digital in a couple of spots. Oh, I forgot to mention before that I really like some of the shots in the bar, especially when the guy and the girl are sitting there talking. Did you have a lens adapter? Again, a funny movie.
 
Shawn, thanks for the feedback. Glad some of the comedy worked for you. Looking forward to that project you're working on with the Red by the way.

Marlon, thanks for the update. We used the Redrock M2 adapter.

Regarding the sound, I think I'll have remix done by this weekend.

Thanks again.
 
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