Goofing Around With The Evil Dead
Like i've said before "On The Devils Time" was too ambitious of a project to make. The main reason for this is because i had planned to have a fully animated "Devil" In the style of "Rubber hose Animation", however i did not realise how much of an undertaking this would be in the small amount of time. What also was bad is i had also filmed for this project, meaning i would have to stitch a new idea from what i have already
With my devil (literally) out of the picture, i did still want to make my project based on classic cartoons, so i decided to take my influence a few more decades ahead, with Goofy.
The Art of skiing(1941) and many other goofy cartoons were sort of like educational films, with a narrator instructing goofy how to properly learn how to ski (pronounced sheing). Because it goofy, its never that simple, so slapstick, falls and screams ensue throughout.
Much like The Art Of Skiing (1941) Military training films during world war two such as Private Snafu (1943–46) helped inspire Fallout 4's special video series (2015) Where Vault Tech's mascot (The Vault Boy) with his very own narrator, show off each factor of S.P.E.C.I.A.L, the games perk system, and much like goofy, things don't go well for the vault boy, as he's shot, eaten, blown up, squashed, ripped apart and even eats his own foot.
I may love cartoons, but one of my favourite genres of films is horror, so i really want to incorporate that dark horror element but still keep it somewhat comedic, and no other series of film/tv series does that like Sam Rami's Evil Dead and Ash Vs Evil Dead , as it Has the perfect balance of horror and comedy, resulting in nightmarish slapstick moments such as Ash's possessed hand beating him up in Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987) or the infamous morgue scene from Ash Vs Evil Dead (2015-Onwards) Where ash is unwillingly shoved into the chest of a corpse through the anus. The morgue scene is the perfect example of what i will be basing my new idea and morphing with Goofy Cartoons, blending fast paced camera work and surreal comedy with the stereotypical goofy setup makes a very odd but interesting video project,
My new project, Named "Make Fun Not War" Takes place in a classroom, as Adam, tries to work before "deadline day" but an obnoxious narrator (with his overly happy music) tries his best to persuade Adam to stop working and relax. The plot is very similar to "On The Devil's Time" as i didn't want to over complicate my idea with the time i have left. I'm looking forward to shooting this project and now less stressed about the deadline fastly approaching.
Resources:
Felix Studios (2017) The Art of Skiing ¦ A Classic Mickey Short ¦ Have A Laugh
[online] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSZ7qk2wO4
Bethesda Softworks (2015) Fallout 4 S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Video Series - Endurance
[online] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paYU1neP3xM
Bruno Lopes (2016) Ash vs Evil Dead s02e02 - Epic Morgue Scene
[online] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssAZDf-iPyM