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stuck - "guy walks into a liquor store..." (hilarious pilot)

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haha, my good friends in atlanta just came up and out with this... so funny (:
think always sunny/trailer park boys - classic comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85-bFTW7p14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9C0KllmKJo

After coming home from college, Henry tries to reconnect with his younger brother, Joey, by stopping to get alcohol for his friends. The regulars jump to the conclusion that Henry's father is an alcoholic and he's sending Henry to get his liquor for him when a priest walks in and everyone's story is further complicated. http://www.stucktheseries.com

shot on gopro3black
if you like it, share or support these fellows trying to make it :)
 
That's pretty funny. It ain't the camera, just the vision of the artist...spot on.
 
agreed (:

robert is awesome, he has so many things going on i didn't even know he was working on this, pleasant surprise

this guy is a union grip in atl - he should be a director/producer - and will be
 
I thought is was very good. Kinda reminded me of the movie Clerks. The cinematography wasn't the best, that's not to say it wasn't appropriate, I enjoyed it. I Thought is suited the movie well. Everything has it's own flavor, certain spices mix well with others. This one may of worked well with whatever the camera this was shot on, but on others it wouldn't. I think comedies are a little more forgiving when it comes to visuals. I've noticed most people wouldn't mind watching comedies on an iPad while they rather watch the visual movies on a big screen. So I think in certain circumstances, cameras do matter.
 
of course. most important in a comedy is the content and characters, not so much the audio-visual experience (although that's always important and in play), but some things transcend their frame, be it street or stage or screen, it's just about the viewer/audience's imagination and how they are impacted by the characters and comedic content.

i'm not involved in this project so i don't know for sure, but i am friends with the creator... you've got to realize this was (i'm guessing) no-budget, quite a feat for somebody struggling to make their way in the craziness that is the film industry. especially in the south. i'm really not sure that some of you guys that are a little bit older than us young-bucks and some of you guys in developed industry regions understand what we're trying to do down here and how hard it is and how important it is to the rest of the industry moving forward and our country moving forward socially and politically. the subject matter of unemployment and finding work seems to be more than a coincidence, so it's kind of hard for me to have a technical discussion about whether a better camera should have been used.

so if you really think so... send him some money so he can make this thing for real, or send him some traffic by sharing his link, or send him a message with some friendly encouragement or advice or offering of services. that's how the internet works for good.
 
Paul, I agree. Very difficult industry to break into. Your friend did an excellent job, especially under the circumstances. I've donated to many kickstarter campaigns in the past, I'd throw a little his way if he had one up.
 
oh, really? (:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/177414458/stuck-the-web-series

full disclosure: i spoke with robert on fb last night and am almost certainly (pending project funding) going to audition for the role of part-time employee (see below). super excited to give it a go, i think i could bring a lot to the table for this character. of course, i'm not really an actor but that's entirely beside the point... so if nothing else, y'all donate to this so i can audition and i'll share my tape for sure, or maybe you'll get to see me make a fool of myself forever on film (video). i absolutely guarantee it will be worth its weight in gold (:

haha, just realized last night there's a lot of even funnier stuff to read about planned episodes and characters. can't tell you how many times i laughed out loud. some selects below... enjoy (:

EPISODES
EP 101 - Reverse Intervention “Pilot”

Henry Robinson comes home after four years of college to find the town has gone to hell and his father, Mike, is out of a job. Worst of all, Mike has stopped drinking, which was the only thing Henry liked about his old man growing up. The conversations are too normal.

Henry’s younger brother Joey is too preoccupied in getting a car to care about how normal his dad is acting and so Henry takes measures to spike his father’s drinks for his own good.

Mike still thinks he’s sober, and Henry gets his father back -- everyone wins. Father and son finally have a conversation like they used to, only it turns out to be incompressible. Henry then tries to at least have a fun drunken day with his father. After running from cops, Henry and Mike meet up with Mike’s old coworkers (Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Norman) at the bar while Joey and his friends sneak out the back with Henry’s stolen car. Norman and Fitzgerald learn of Mike’s sobriety, and come to like Sober Mike after he threatens Henry with a broken bottle when he thinks he’s a cop.

It’s now clear. There was nothing worth coming back to.

This episode introduces the first bit of farce involving Mike’s alcoholism, which will grow and weave into other episodes to come.


EP 102 - “Guy Walks into a Liquor Store...”


EP 103 - “Experience Paradox”

Henry tries to find people his age. All of his old friends are across the state in universities, or drug addicts here.

Henry runs into a girl from high school that he never paid much attention to. Henry tries to impress with his fancy college talk. Lauren is not impressed. She never left for school. She never had big dreams. She stayed right where she was to become the big fish in a little pond. She’s smart, manipulative, and has a solid philosophy on staying in a small town. Henry is in love.

Lauren asks if he’s been looking for work... which he hasn’t, but he talks up his offers and promises to send his resume when she asks. Henry has no experience. No degree in anything. Mike, still drunk off Henry’s stash of spiked beverages in the fridge, decides to make up a fake company for Henry to put on the resume. He might get a job and win the girl all at once.

Lauren gets Henry a job interview with her company and he shows up... It’s in someone’s house. The company consists of two people: Lauren and her boss Mr. Hubbard, who pretends that his home is an office complex. Henry is ready to write this off like another shitty job interview, until he hears the pay. Ultimately, Henry’s references are called and Mike’s forgotten about the fake company.

Joey’s subplot: convinced his father is getting drunk without realizing it, Joey jumps to the conclusion that the bad tap water in town is distilling straight moonshine. He bottles and sells it to friends.

The fake company has immediate effects on his interview, but seeds for later. Walton’s company, which is ambiguously legitimate, is actually a front for dealing drugs. Henry didn’t get the job because the fake company sounded like a front for police investigation.


FUTURE EPISODES
EP 105 - “A Thinly Veiled Preachy Episode About Fracking”

After addressing the dangers of fracking in their local environment and economy with Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Norman becomes very tight-lipped on the matter when everyone is starting to recognize the problem with a recent earthquake. It’s nothing serious and the only damage was a tree branch that fell, but people are outraged about this branch.

Mr. Norman stops going to the town meetings and it turns out an oil company has deemed Norman’s property valuable for fracking.

Once this gets out, Norman’s already started planning his life around this newfound fortune he’s expected to receive and he spends the little savings he had to get through unemployment on living the good life.

After nailing the coffin on his newfound local popularity and losing Fitzy’s friendship, he discovers that he never actually owned his property and that he won’t get a dime on the deal that’s now going straight to the bank. Seeing the error of his ways, he backs over to the picket line across from his own house. They accept him in the picket line.


60 SECOND SKITS
Skit 2 - “Confession Van”
In an attempt to reach out to a younger demographic and to a community too lazy to come to church, Father Doyle has the groundbreaking idea of bringing the experience to them. So, his prototype Confessional Van is put into practice in the wild. Doyle attempts to coax the high schoolers, Joey, Joann, and Craig to be the first to try it out, but they’re really uncomfortable with the idea. Convinced they’re too lost, he goes for younger kids. It doesn’t go so well.


Skit 3 - “Deferred”
This story starts with Henry describing the adventure in the big city over the previous weekend on a leather couch, embellishing just how much networking he’d done and how it’s just a matter of time before he can move on despite no job offers yet. It turns out Henry’s on the couch of his loan officer at the bank who assures him he doesn’t have to go into as much detail if he wants a loan deferment, and also asks him to stop applying for jobs at the bank...


Skit 5 - “Bingo”
Henry is playing bingo like it’s a high stakes poker game and he’s a pretty bad gambler. He plays to his last dollar while a lady next to him buys about 10 different cards, always winning. He plays it... and wins! As he excitedly throws his chips at the lady next to him, gloating, and collects the winnings, he starts to leave. Everyone is appalled. Guilt tripped into a few more games (to give back to the church hurting for money), he ends up losing it all this time. Doyle says gambling is a problem and shames him into attending mass.


Skit 7 - “Part-Time Stick Up Man”
The part-time employee who seems to work every job in town is at a convenience store getting berated by customers all day. One person comes in, trying to rob the store with a mask (Henry?). Neither seems to be good at this. When the cashier notices the stick up man doesn’t have a gun in his pocket he has the silent alarm at his fingertips, but waits. The stick up man explains his situation and the cashier sympathizes. The cashier talks him through finding the camera and knocking it out while the cashier splits the money in the register.


CHARACTERS
LAUREN - Not Cast Yet.Lauren is the only other person in Steel Valley outside of Henry that seems to recognize how desolate it’s become. The only difference is, she’s there to stay. She’s a manipulative big fish in a little pond. Henry is attracted but is convinced she’s not interested. The reality is, she’s a busy drug dealer and avoids contact with Henry because she’s pretty sure he’s a cop.

ARIANNA WILLIAMS - Not Cast Yet.
Arianna is a sassy African American loan officer with the bank overseeing Henry’s student loan. Normally her relationships with loan recipients are simple, but Henry treats her like a therapist whenever he needs to apply for another deferment. She’s not particularly sympathetic for this entitled millennial, but she sees no one else as the voice of reason to nut up and stop dreaming big. Henry usually brushes off the advice in search of encouragement.

PART-TIME EMPLOYEE - Not Cast Yet.
There’s a face working at just about every job in town. Either male or female. This person works just about everything from fast food to retail stores to city jobs to emergency services on weekends. The employee is not good at each job and they certainly lack enthusiasm or sleep, but they only do it for 1/10th or 1/20th of a living.
 
Paul, the plots seem to be heading in a good direction. Looking forward to my digital download and poster ;). Good luck to you and your friend.
 
I love quirky characters, your friend Robert has a bright future ahead of him. Please, please don't let funding or equipment or industry or bad economy or whatever get in the way of your friends dream. "You can make movies or excuses you can't do both".
Your web series is awesome. The lighting is decent, we can see all the characters even if a little too clearly (nothing a colorist can't fix) the sound is okay, needs some mastering, the acting will get better as the series goes on and the actors are not pushing. The lead character and dark haired guy in the back seat a great. Don't mention it was shot on a Gopro camera, viewers will spend time pixel peeping instead of enjoying the show. This is not a critique whatsoever it's to spur you on. You are doing everything right. I'll definitely donate.
 
shashbugu... not my project

also i may have misspoke or mis-implied, robert is the director, nicholas begnaud is the creator and writer - hoping to talk with him soon (:
i will pass on your encouragement or direct them here, i'm sure they'll appreciate your kind words; great advice (:
sorry for the confusion
http://stucktheseries.tumblr.com/

as i mentioned above, i'm hoping to audition for a minor recurring role and i've offered my services to help them get this thing made no matter what.

only reason i passed on what camera it was is to avoid answering questions about somebody else's setup...
lots of tech-heads here, which is awesome, but sometimes we really miss the point (:

robert just happens to be a friend that i went to school with and worked with in savannah, really good guy with good ideas, and this particular project really speaks to me and my generation and especially the small-town south... comedy has to be the best way to deal with everything we're going through, so i just really want to see this happen and support these artists, so that's why i'm sharing this, thank you for supporting 'us' (:
 
and as it were, i actually really like gopros... very revolutionary for pov/extreme sports cinematography especially
they have a good camera, good price, good philosophy. inspires artists.
it's amazing the perspective we're getting because of these little things being out and about.

and in this above case, look at the interior car shots on a no budget, you can get this thing into places like no other camera.
and it's smaller and safer than this thing... although nowhere near as badass
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http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?109551-Epic-POV-Rig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdTFuDla9uc

hehe, love the dog and the stick (:
 
Agree. The comedic timing is sweet. I tend to have an aversion to high school comedies - probably left-over damage from Porky's - but this one feels fresh. Maybe it's the camera work. I'd certainly follow the series.

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2 days 2 go... still stuck... hehe

Nick here. It's been a long month, and we set out to try crowd funding for this little web series passion project of ours. I'll be honest, I didn't know what to expect from this. I've seen a few great ideas barely get 10% of their goal and really uninspired ideas flourish through kickstarter. We went into this with a good idea of what to do and what not to do in order to reach as many people as possible. We tried the endless list of advice, we threw parts of it out, we tried our own thing. I personally bothered a few of you to share with friends or spare a dollar in some of my worst attempts at begging I've ever seen in my life.

You've pledged generously and I'm glad to see so much help spared for this project. Stuck is partially yours and for you I still hope to have the opportunity to write more episodes. I was amazed to hear the support for the story from friends who hadn't heard about it before -- people who were relating to this idea I thought was my own at one point. It's branched out over time.

Side note: I'm back in Youngstown Ohio for the holidays, which is where the series was originally set, and it's barely changed. One thing, however, has. I drove past the old liquor store the original Stuck short was based on. They turned it into this:

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Drive-thru Liquor Store

I can't say I'm surprised since there are a few other drive-thru liquor stores on this same street (one has two drive-thrus). It's kind of funny how efficient we can be when it comes to alcohol. I'm not even mad, to be honest. A little impressed, in fact. Every episode has some jokes about alcohol, but since I've picked up and moved to Los Angeles where that drinking culture is relatively subdued in comparison, I forgot how much Youngstown loves to drink. They really really do.

We're halfway to the goal now and only a matter of hours are left. As a reminder, if we don't reach the goal, you get your pledge back and we try to figure out our next step. We're not giving up, and we hope some of you aren't either. Stick with us in this final stretch, share with friends, and let them know what we're doing here. We're grateful for all the help so far. We're just asking this last favor from everyone we can reach.

Thanks,
-Nick
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/177414458/stuck-the-web-series/posts/706897
 
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