The folks over at OneHitMaster have cooked up this gem for your viewing pleasure. Before anyone gets all bent out of shape, the disclaimer at the beginning of this number sez that no kids were hurt during filming. That being said, prepare to laugh you lungs right out of your chest cavity. This clip goes to show you that a bit of clever editing, a pinch of vfx and whole butt load of sound effects CDs can go a long way.
LINK to mirror of 56MB movie file
Here’s the thing about going on set, it’s like going to war. Both consist of long hours of boredom punctuated by seconds of pure terror. And just like a good soldier, a good VFX Supe should never venture onto the battlefield set without the proper equipment. For your reading and viewing pleasure, I’ve put together a Flickr set that de-constructs a well put together kit bag, piece by wonderfully useful piece. Of course everyone will have their own ideas about what their own personal must-have items are, so let the commenting begin! ITMT here’s some tips on using your bag on set.
LINK to the Flick set that includes a full breakdown of kit items with notes
Is that a paramecium in your experimental animation thesis, or are you just glad to see me?
Burton tells the story of an amorphous biped floating aimlessly through the across the lens of microscope from your high school biology class. In all seriousness, this is a nice little piece of animation. I do love that gritty pond scum feel.
LINK to original web page (via Motiongrapher)
Now that all the Comi-Con hoopla has died down, I thought it would be a good idea to mention a few standouts in the field of graphic sequential art that have yet to sell their souls to the great Hollywood comic book ruining machine. So, while we’re waiting for the big two to finally scrape the bottom of the character licensing barrel (ROM Spacenight:The Movie can’t be too far off), let’s look at some yet to be defiled gems that would make great VFX flicks.
1. Ed the Happy Clown
From the pages of Chester Brown’s Yummy Fur comes the tale of a Clown whose penis tip gets replaced by the head of Ronald Reagan from an alternate universe. Interested? You should be. This one is a VFX bonanza with vampires, aliens, spaceship and Frankenstein’s monster. Rumors of an Ed movie have come and gone since it was published in 1989. I think Harry Dean Stanton would make a great Ronald Reagan penis tip.
Further Reading: Chester Brown’s autobiographic I Never Liked You (1994)
2. DMZ
Written by Brian Wood with artwork by Riccardo Burchielli, this is a modern day take on Escape From New York mixed in with a little Network to boot. Matty, a news network intern, is stranded in a Manhattan torn apart by the new American civil war. Imagine CNN footage from Iraq taking place in the good ole U S of A. Scary stuff.
Further Reading: Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, another dystopia from a fake journalist’s POV
3. Pride of Baghdad
This has got to be the easiest pitch of all these. Lion King meets Reservoir Dogs. This is the “true” story of four lions who escape the Baghdad zoo during the American invasion. Written by Brian K. Vaughan with artwork by Niko Henrichon, this is one of the best graphic novels ever and would no doubt whop Aslan’s ass all up and down the multiplex.
Further Reading: Y the Last Man, Vaughan’s ongoing series about a plague that wipes out every man on earth, except one.
4. The Walking Dead
Although the initial set-up is blatant rip of 28 Days Later, this meat opera follows a small group of people who struggle to survive the crisis of the undead day by day. The scope is personal and epic at the same time focusing on the intimate details of the “lucky” characters lives. The series, written by Robert Kirkman, contains black and white illustrations from Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard. Of course the film would have to be in black and white too. I hear Woody Allen might be available.
Further Reading: Kirkman’s Marvel Zombies gives the flesh eating treatment to the House of Ideas. Excelsior!
5. Wormwood:Gentelman Corpse
Ben Templesmith’s comic follows the adventures of an animated cadaver that is being controlled by a satanic maggot who lives in his eyeball. Oh, and there’s his sidekick the homicidal Victorian Robot too. The mood is great, dark and sticky, with enough ectoplasm to fill a giant bucket of popcorn in nearly every page.
Further Reading: The Goon is Eric Powell’s take on the loner set adrift in a paranormal town without pity
Well true believers, there you have it. I’m sure some young, hip studio exec will eventually pick these properties up and turn them into watered down, mind numbing drivel. But hey, as the guy at my local comic shop sez “At least they can’t take the comics away, we’ll always have those”.
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