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{{short description|2001 Star Wars fan film}} |
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| name = Duality |
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| image = Duality-title.jpg |
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| director = Mark Thomas<br>Dave Macomber |
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| starring = Dave Macomber<br>Mark Thomas<br>Stephen Muraoka |
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| music = Alan Derian |
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stunt Coordinator = Dave Macomber | |
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| cinematography = Kevin Jones |
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| studio = Crew of Two |
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| distributor = [[TheForce.net]] |
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| released = {{Film date|2001|2|10}} |
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| runtime = 6 minutes |
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| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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'''''Duality''''' is a ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[fan film]] created by Mark Thomas and Dave Macomber that made its debut on the [[internet]] on February 10, 2001. It is one of the first fan films to exclusively use bluescreen footage composited onto virtual backgrounds.<ref name=Apple>{{Cite web | last = Eaton | first = Nancy | title = "Duality": A Home-made Sci-fi Epic Film | publisher = [[Apple Inc.|Apple.com]] | date = June 2001 | url = https://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/duality/ | accessdate = March 8, 2011 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20011217112524/http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/duality/ | archivedate = December 17, 2001}}</ref> |
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'''''Duality''''' is a [[fanfilm]] created by Mark Thomas and Dave Macomber. It was released early in [[2001]]. This cut used music from the [[Star Wars]] films. A re-scored version was later made available. In addition, there is a behind-the-scenes split-screen comparing the [[storyboards]], [[bluescreen]] footage, and final film. |
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It is one of the first fan films to exclusively use bluescreen footage composited onto virtual backgrounds. The cast consists only of three actors, two of which are the creators. ''Duality'' is also the only fanfilm to get its own [[parody]] (see below). |
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The film was originally hosted at TheForce.Net but was pulled upon request when there was a falling out between Mark Thomas and the Star Wars fan film community. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| ⚫ | [[Sith]] apprentice Lord Rive (Dave Macomber), is tasked by his master, [[Darth]] Oz (Mark Thomas), to battle another apprentice, Darth Blight (Stephem Muraoka), as a final test determining who would serve by Oz’s side. The two would-be Sith clash violently with their double-bladed lightsabers while Oz watches via hologram. After a long and vicious lightsaber duel, Rive's weapon is severed in two and Blight loses his saber. A quick brawl later and the two engage in a final bout with the two halves of Rive's saber. It ends with Rive impaled and Blight bisected through the waist. After they die, Darth Oz appears in the flesh. Consumed with fury and wrath at his failure to procure a permanent apprentice, he electrocutes the bodies of the two failed apprentices with Force Lightning. |
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[[File:DualityJustaposition.jpg|thumb|right|A comparison of the storyboards, raw footage, and final frames]] |
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| ⚫ | [[Sith]] apprentice Lord Rive (Macomber), is tasked by his master, [[Darth]] Oz (Thomas), to battle another apprentice, Darth Blight (Muraoka), as a final test determining who would serve by Oz’s side. The two would-be Sith clash violently with their double-bladed lightsabers while Oz watches via hologram. After a long and vicious lightsaber duel, Rive's weapon is severed in two and Blight loses his saber. A quick brawl later and the two engage in a final bout with the two halves of Rive's saber. It ends with |
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==Behind the Scenes== |
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*Darth [[Blight]]'s name, apt for a would-be Dark Lord of the Sith, probably speaks for itself. |
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*Darth Oz's name is likely inspired by "King Osric of Shadizar," a character from the world of ''[[Conan the Barbarian]].'' Or, it may be taken from the movie ''[[Zardoz]],'' which in turn was taken from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)|The Wizard of Oz]].'' Oz also means "big nose" in the Wookie language and talentless hack in Huttese. |
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*Lord Rive's name also speaks for itself.[http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=rive] |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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Macomber and Thomas originally produced ''Duel'' as an acting/choreography demo for an actor, but felt they could make a better film with CG stages, as opposed to the location work on the original.<ref name=Apple/> The cast consists of three actors, two of whom are the creators. |
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The script was first written by Mark Thomas, with Dave Macomber devising the fight. Filming took place at [[Alamo Studios]] in Santa Barbara, California in September of [[2000]]. A teaser trailer was released in November 2000, which featured a slightly different Sith ship and chamber entrance. |
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The script was first written by Thomas, with Macomber devising the fight. After about 14 months of pre-planning, filming took place at [[Alamo Studios]] in Santa Barbara, California, in September 2000.<ref name=DigitalProducer>{{Cite web | last = Virata | first = John | title = The Crew of Two Creates Dueling Darths on Dual 500MHz PowerMac G4s | publisher = DigitalProducer.com | year = 2001 | url = http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM/2001/feats/duality/duality.htm | accessdate = March 8, 2011 | archive-date = March 12, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110312043037/http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM/2001/feats/duality/duality.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Post-production was split between Thomas and Macomber. Thomas primarily handled the digital backgrounds and 3D animation, while Macomber handled compositing and the lightsaber effects. The final version took four months of post-production, using off-the-shelf software from [[Electric Image Animation System|Electric Image]], [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]], and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], and about in out-of-pocket costs.<ref name=Apple/><ref>{{Cite news | title = Digital opens film doors | publisher = [[The Sacramento Bee]] | date = June 21, 2001 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ECD36F8F89345E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | accessdate = March 8, 2011}}</ref> |
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Post-production was split between Thomas and Macomber. Thomas primarily handled the digital backgrounds, 3D models animations. Compositing the footage and the lightsaber effects went to Macomber. Lastly, Thomas edited the sound and made the final cut. |
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Crew of Two's site featured extensive break-downs of the process. |
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==Soundtrack== |
==Soundtrack== |
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The first cut of the film featured music and sound effects taken from ''Star Wars'' films,<ref name=DigitalProducer/> but a later release had all-new music by Alan Derian. |
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The first cut of the film featured copyrighted [[John Williams]] music (mostly from Phantom Menace). A later release had all-new music by Alan Derian. The Juxtaposition movie features the John Williams track. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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Reaction to ''Duality'' was mostly positive, generating over a half million downloads in its first year of release.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Fan films on the Web | publisher = [[Videomaker Magazine]] | date = August 1, 2002 | url = http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1902131/Fan-films-on-the-Web.html | accessdate = March 8, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said its effects "have the impressive digital sheen of ''Episode I''",<ref name=EW>{{Cite news | last = Gaslin | first = Glenn | title = 'Star' Turns | publisher = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = June 1, 2001 | url = https://ew.com/article/2001/06/01/star-turns/ | access-date = March 8, 2011 | archive-date = September 13, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110913200714/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,256346,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref> while IFILM programming director said the film "absolutely blew me away, and a lot of people out there are saying this is the best they've ever come across."<ref name=EW/> The film showed that film-level special effects could be produced by the common fan.<ref name=Apple/> Macomber and Thomas said they had "taken a few calls" from Hollywood effects houses after the film premiered.<ref name=EW/> |
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Fan reaction to ''Duality'' was mostly positive since its release. Many fan film directors, such as [[Broken Allegiance|Nick Hallam]], have since cited it as inspiration for their own films. If nothing else, it proved that film-level special effects could be produced by the common fan. |
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Not every reaction was positive though. Various members of the Star Wars fan films community felt that it was short on story and featured dated special effects when compared to other fan films, and that the trollish behavior of Mark Thomas leading up to its release forever tainted the product.{{Citation needed|date=April 2015}} |
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''Duality'' has been featured in articles in [[Apple.com]], and [[Entertainment Weekly]]. |
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In August 2010, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's online visitors listed it at no. 7 on their list of the top 10 ''Star Wars'' fan films.<ref>{{Citation | title = The Top 10 Star Wars Fan Films | publisher = [[Time (magazine)|Time.com]] | date = August 24, 2010 | url = http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,589287877001_2012690,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100825062146/http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,589287877001_2012690,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 25, 2010 | accessdate = September 15, 2010 }}</ref> |
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Criticism has been the lack of story or plot against the flashy visuals, although a rather common element in fanfilms centered around lightsaber battles. |
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==References== |
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See [[Run Leia Run|Adam Bertocci]]'s [http://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/ ''page''] for a review. |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==Connections to other films== |
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=== ''Duel'' === |
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''Duel'' is the production predecessor to ''Duality''. Mark Thomas directed and featured Josh Waller as an [[Anakin Skywalker|Anakin]]/[[Luke Skywalker|Luke]]-esque [[Jedi]] and Dave Macomber as a Sith lord (humorously labeled Darth Hideous). As one can imagine, the crew was significantly smaller than on ''Duality''. ''Duel'' stands as one of a small number of fanfilms that strays slightly from [[The Formula (2002 film)|the Formula]] and is set in a desert (presumably [[Tatooine]]). |
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=== ''Two-ness''=== |
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Two-ness has the honor of being the one and only fanfilm parody of another fanfilm. Created by Stephen Ballew Roy Thomas, it loosely follows the same plot of Duality. It also spoofs, among other things, Saturday cartoons, [[Scooby Doo]], and the [[Jetsons]]. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* {{IMDb title|id=1741653|title=Duality}} |
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The Force.net[http://web.archive.org/web/20010813115855/www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/duality/] no longer has links to ''Duality'' and Crew of Two’s[http://web.archive.org/web/20050831061349/http://www.crewoftwo.com/] site is down. As such, using the [[Internet Archive]] is a must. |
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* {{youTube|rIgRbOKroTc|''Duality''}} |
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* [https://vimeo.com/14608249 ''Duality''] on [[Vimeo]] |
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* [[ifilm]] [http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/1011883 ''entry''] |
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* [http://www.pocketmovies.net/download_Duality_118.html ''MPEG and iPod MPEG-4 versions @ pocketmovies.net''] |
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* Duel and Duality can also be found [http://galactic-voyage.com/Movies-Fan%20Films.htm ''here''] |
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* Alan Derian’s [http://alanderian.com/ ''site''] |
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* [http://www.alamofilms.com/ ''Alamo Films''] |
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* Two-ness can be found on [[TheForce.net]] [http://theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/twoness/ ''here''] |
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[[Run Leia Run|Adam Bertocci]]’s reviews for |
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* [http://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/duality.html ''Duality''] |
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* [http://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/duel.html ''Duel''] |
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* [http://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/twoness.html ''Two-ness''] |
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Articles and Interviews |
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* [http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM/2001/feats/duality/duality.htm ''digitalproducer.com''] |
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* [http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=4095 ''musicdish.com''] |
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011217112524/www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/06/duality/ ''apple.com (Internet Archive)''] |
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[[Category:2001 independent films]] |
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[[Category:2000s American films]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 15 September 2024
| Duality | |
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| Directed by | Mark Thomas Dave Macomber |
| Starring | Dave Macomber Mark Thomas Stephen Muraoka |
| Cinematography | Kevin Jones |
| Music by | Alan Derian |
Production company | Crew of Two |
| Distributed by | TheForce.net |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Duality is a Star Wars fan film created by Mark Thomas and Dave Macomber that made its debut on the internet on February 10, 2001. It is one of the first fan films to exclusively use bluescreen footage composited onto virtual backgrounds.[1]
Plot
[edit]Sith apprentice Lord Rive (Dave Macomber), is tasked by his master, Darth Oz (Mark Thomas), to battle another apprentice, Darth Blight (Stephem Muraoka), as a final test determining who would serve by Oz’s side. The two would-be Sith clash violently with their double-bladed lightsabers while Oz watches via hologram. After a long and vicious lightsaber duel, Rive's weapon is severed in two and Blight loses his saber. A quick brawl later and the two engage in a final bout with the two halves of Rive's saber. It ends with Rive impaled and Blight bisected through the waist. After they die, Darth Oz appears in the flesh. Consumed with fury and wrath at his failure to procure a permanent apprentice, he electrocutes the bodies of the two failed apprentices with Force Lightning.
Production
[edit]Macomber and Thomas originally produced Duel as an acting/choreography demo for an actor, but felt they could make a better film with CG stages, as opposed to the location work on the original.[1] The cast consists of three actors, two of whom are the creators.
The script was first written by Thomas, with Macomber devising the fight. After about 14 months of pre-planning, filming took place at Alamo Studios in Santa Barbara, California, in September 2000.[2] Post-production was split between Thomas and Macomber. Thomas primarily handled the digital backgrounds and 3D animation, while Macomber handled compositing and the lightsaber effects. The final version took four months of post-production, using off-the-shelf software from Electric Image, Adobe, and Apple, and about in out-of-pocket costs.[1][3]
Soundtrack
[edit]The first cut of the film featured music and sound effects taken from Star Wars films,[2] but a later release had all-new music by Alan Derian.
Reception
[edit]Reaction to Duality was mostly positive, generating over a half million downloads in its first year of release.[4] Entertainment Weekly said its effects "have the impressive digital sheen of Episode I",[5] while IFILM programming director said the film "absolutely blew me away, and a lot of people out there are saying this is the best they've ever come across."[5] The film showed that film-level special effects could be produced by the common fan.[1] Macomber and Thomas said they had "taken a few calls" from Hollywood effects houses after the film premiered.[5]
Not every reaction was positive though. Various members of the Star Wars fan films community felt that it was short on story and featured dated special effects when compared to other fan films, and that the trollish behavior of Mark Thomas leading up to its release forever tainted the product.[citation needed]
In August 2010, Time magazine's online visitors listed it at no. 7 on their list of the top 10 Star Wars fan films.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Eaton, Nancy (June 2001). ""Duality": A Home-made Sci-fi Epic Film". Apple.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2001. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Virata, John (2001). "The Crew of Two Creates Dueling Darths on Dual 500MHz PowerMac G4s". DigitalProducer.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Digital opens film doors". The Sacramento Bee. June 21, 2001. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Fan films on the Web". Videomaker Magazine. August 1, 2002. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c Gaslin, Glenn (June 1, 2001). "'Star' Turns". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ The Top 10 Star Wars Fan Films, Time.com, August 24, 2010, archived from the original on August 25, 2010, retrieved September 15, 2010
