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Stuffed Duck Productions presents "COMIC WIT" (1998/2014)

12/6/2014

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and anything in between, we at Stuffed Duck Productions are pleased to announce the arrival of our earliest available film recording.  A film that was made in 1998 during Jared & Forbes' final year at high school (particularly the final week).

This film was originally intended to be a comedy sketch show (think shows like "Not the 9 O'Clock News", "Alas Smith & Jones", "Hale & Pace" or even "Harry Enfield & Chums".  It was written sometime in the middle of 1998, possibly August/September, and the filming took place in December.  The end result, however, was not exactly what was written on paper.  Only 2 sketches were filmed (one of which was deleted as it turned out to be crap), before the rest of the film went in a completely different direction altogether...especially when the duo were joined by their mutual friend, Warren Constable-Brown.

In 2008, Jared & Forbes decided to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the video by taking the best audio bits from the video and created an album version.  A soundtrack, if you will.  Included on this album was a commentary of the video where the duo sat and watched the video while recording themselves.


For a long time as the duo made their online presence known from 2007 onwards, this project had been mentioned many times, but due to a lack of required technology, they weren't able to produce proof that this ever existed.  The soundtrack was one thing, but actual visual proof was needed.  They didn't have this...until the 2014 teaser trailer...

The final 2014 version of this video runs for 41 minutes.  It is mostly left as it was on the videotape, but only a few changes have been made.  The outtakes are available separately.  A commentary version is also available, and uses the forementioned audio track from the album/soundtrack from 2008.

Today, nearly 16 years later, the final product is here!  So without any further delay, we bring you...

"COMIC WIT" !!!
Click Here for the "Comic Wit" Page!
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"Comic Wit" - Release Date Announcement!

31/5/2014

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12 JUNE 2014!!!
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[Jared] "Pilgrim" - A Documentary Film

24/5/2014

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Hello everyone!  Just informing you that there is a new addition to our Videos page called "Pilgrim".  This is a documentary-style feature-length film that I made in 2011, only 10 months after that fatal earthquake that hit Christchurch on February 22nd.  It follows South City Christian Centre (now known as South City C3) as they hold their church services (which were mostly made up of music performances) in the great outdoors over the space of 3 Sundays.

This film mostly covers the final 2 weeks of the 3, but you can catch a glimpse of the first week in the intro.  The quality of the intro isn't that great as I only had my mobile phone on me at the time.  But the rest of the film was done using the camcorder, so that's fine.

There are quite a few music performances, as I said before, and websites for each should be in our Links page so you can check out their recordings they've released.  A few of which actually appear in the film (but only snippets).

I hope you enjoy this film.  It is actually my first movie-length release.  I had it on Blip.tv for a while, but I'm sure you know what happened with me and that website (if not, you're welcome to ask).  This film is now on YouTube, marking its return to the Internet after a bit of an absence.

Please note that the website mentioned in the end credits is no longer valid.  There is a YouTube annotation placed over it with a link to this site, however.

To view the film, please go to our Videos page and click on "Pilgrim".  Alternatively, you can click on the button at the bottom of this blog entry.


Enjoy!

"Pilgrim"
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"Comic Wit" Official Trailer

18/5/2014

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Want a sneak peek at the upcoming "Comic Wit" video?
Need some proof that it actually exists (as if the album wasn't enough)?
Of course you do...BOOM! TRAILER!

P.S. Jared apologises for the hair...
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New Additions to the Website

7/4/2014

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A couple new additions to the website have appeared.  You won't want to miss them!

The first can be found in the Videos section under "Misc. Videos" - a "Downfall" parody made by Gary Fox.

And the second is on the Links page under our network links - Gary's comic, "No World Order".

Enjoy!
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[Jared] "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" (2014) Review

1/4/2014

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I rarely get a chance to go to the cinema these days.  That's what you get when the average price for a ticket (depending where you go) is close to $25, and that's before you even get to the snack bar.  But last Sunday I had the opportunity to go at a lower cost than usual, which is always a bonus.

The choice of film was the CGI movie adaption by DreamWorks, of the 1960's "Rocky & Bullwinkle Show" segment, "Peabody's Improbably History", simply titled "Mr. Peabody & Sherman".  I went with Aliesha and Gary, not only because we like animated films, but also because it would look weird seeing a 32-going-on-33-year-old man sitting there alone in a theatre when there's kids around, not to mention kinda creepy.

I will avoid any spoilers the best I can, especially seeing as it's still only a recent release at this time.  But for the record, if I ever do a film review that contains spoilers, it will be in video form and talking about a film I don't like, because why spoil something good?  If I can help people save their money, so be it.

This film starts of with Mr. Peabody's back story, including his origins, how far his smart brain has taken him, and how he got to meet Sherman.  All of this is covered within the first 5-to-10-or-so minutes of the film.  We are soon taken to a couple scenes at Sherman's school where he gets into an incident involving a girl named Penny.  This incident, of course, leads to an attempt to resolve the dispute via her parents, and a rather disgruntled child & family services agent who claims that it is unfit for a dog to be a legal guardian of a human child.  During all of this, while trying to resolve things between each other in another room, Sherman & Penny find themselves going on a bit of a time travel adventure after he let it slip about Mr. Peabody's invention, the WABAC.  Their time travelling escapade, as you would imagine, leads to a few changes in the present day, which requires some assistance from Mr. Peabody to try and fix the problem...which is not an easy task.

By the end of this film, I felt that I had been fully entertained by it.  I'm big on comedy, science (certain aspects of it anyway), history (and there's plenty of that in this), and puns (if you don't like these, you may groan a fair bit).  I feel that with this film, I could both laugh and learn at the same time.  This is what I expect from a film for kids.  If your brain can't get fed and stimulated from it, then it's probably not a good idea.  "Mr. Peabody & Sherman", however, delivers the goods.

This movie gets a 10/10 from me.  Highly recommended.


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