Dear Festividder 2015
Oct. 16th, 2015 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jetpack_monkeyHello!
Thank you so much for being part of Festivids! We're going to have so much fun this year! This year's theme is apparently "classic horror movies with a dash of action and puppet shows."
Music-wise, I am easy-going. The right song is the right song for a vid. I do have a bulletproof musical kink for Celtic-infused folk and/or rock music, but in general, my tastes are cast far and wide -- rock, pop, folk, bluegrass, dance, alternative (whatever that means), singer-songwriter, rap, metal, emo, punk, New Wave, etc. I've found that genres I don't care for become amazing when they are the right choice for a vid, so there's nothing you should really avoid, as long as it's appropriate to whatever you're making.
Alucarda (safety)
Screaming, Satan-worshipping lesbians in a Mexican convent! What's not to love? When I was given the opportunity to write an essay on any "hidden horror" movie for a book, I chose this film. I dig everything about it, but especially the way it refuses to make any easy delineations between good and evil, supernatural and rational, fantasy and reality.
Frankenstein (1931-1948)
Mad scientist brings life to the dead with amazing electrical gizmos! What's not to love? It occurred to me recently that one of my abiding fandoms has always been Dr. Frankenstein. Which Dr. Frankenstein, you ask? ALL OF THEM. Colin Clive, Basil Rathbone, Cedric Hardwicke, take your pick. I'm also extremely partial to Karloff's performance as The Monster, especially in the original Frankenstein and its sequel. He breaks my heart.
Hausu (1977) (safety)
This is the most fucked-up, bizarre, impossible-to-describe movie that I've ever seen. What's not to love? The threadbare description is that a bunch of Japanese schoolgirls visit a haunted house, but that hardly covers it. Hausu is director Nobuhiko Obayashi throwing everything at the screen -- every cinematic trick, every genre, every ounce of fake blood in Japan -- and it works because you feel the pulse of genius beneath each choice, even when the film makes absolutely no sense (which is frequently). There are a plethora of amazing vids waiting to be sculpted from this madness.
The Mummy (1932) (safety)
Boris Karloff as a wizened, de-bandaged Egyptian mummy in a love story 3,700 years in the making. What's not to love? Easily one of my favorite classic horror films, I carry this film around with me in the form of its poster on my keychain. Karloff gives an amazing performance as Imhotep/Ardeth Bey, who returns from the dead to seek his forbidden love, reincarnated in the modern era in the form of Zita Johann.
Mystery Science Theater 3000
A low-budget puppet show that riffs on bad movies! What's not to love? The show is adorably goofy, but beyond that, it's smart. There's a story about someone asking show creator Joel Hodgson whether anybody will get a particularly obscure reference and he answered that the right people would get it.
Tom Servo remains one of my all-time favorite characters on anything ever, a robotic avatar of chutzpah. Host-wise, I like both Joel and Mike equally. They both have different energies and overall different approaches to the same material; it makes each of their eras its own kind of special.
Spy Smasher (1942)
Costumed heroes, Nazi punching, dungeons, bondage, unexpected twins, crashes through windows, struggles at the back of trains, parachuting, roof-climbing, judo flips, gun fights, submarines, masked villains, boat chases, secret underground lairs, hidden entrances, all-out brawls, swings from the rafters, explosions, and attempts to outrun oncoming doom in a handcar. And that's just in the first episode! What's not to love?
Seriously, though, while I was making my classic Hollywood serials vid, I had to restrain myself from using too much of this one, because it's just so action-packed and FUN
I couldn't find a trailer, so have the first chapter in total:
Whatever you end up making, I'm sure I'll love it! Treats are also always welcome.
Love,
Jetpack Monkey
Thank you so much for being part of Festivids! We're going to have so much fun this year! This year's theme is apparently "classic horror movies with a dash of action and puppet shows."
Music-wise, I am easy-going. The right song is the right song for a vid. I do have a bulletproof musical kink for Celtic-infused folk and/or rock music, but in general, my tastes are cast far and wide -- rock, pop, folk, bluegrass, dance, alternative (whatever that means), singer-songwriter, rap, metal, emo, punk, New Wave, etc. I've found that genres I don't care for become amazing when they are the right choice for a vid, so there's nothing you should really avoid, as long as it's appropriate to whatever you're making.
Alucarda (safety)
Screaming, Satan-worshipping lesbians in a Mexican convent! What's not to love? When I was given the opportunity to write an essay on any "hidden horror" movie for a book, I chose this film. I dig everything about it, but especially the way it refuses to make any easy delineations between good and evil, supernatural and rational, fantasy and reality.
Frankenstein (1931-1948)
Mad scientist brings life to the dead with amazing electrical gizmos! What's not to love? It occurred to me recently that one of my abiding fandoms has always been Dr. Frankenstein. Which Dr. Frankenstein, you ask? ALL OF THEM. Colin Clive, Basil Rathbone, Cedric Hardwicke, take your pick. I'm also extremely partial to Karloff's performance as The Monster, especially in the original Frankenstein and its sequel. He breaks my heart.
Hausu (1977) (safety)
This is the most fucked-up, bizarre, impossible-to-describe movie that I've ever seen. What's not to love? The threadbare description is that a bunch of Japanese schoolgirls visit a haunted house, but that hardly covers it. Hausu is director Nobuhiko Obayashi throwing everything at the screen -- every cinematic trick, every genre, every ounce of fake blood in Japan -- and it works because you feel the pulse of genius beneath each choice, even when the film makes absolutely no sense (which is frequently). There are a plethora of amazing vids waiting to be sculpted from this madness.
The Mummy (1932) (safety)
Boris Karloff as a wizened, de-bandaged Egyptian mummy in a love story 3,700 years in the making. What's not to love? Easily one of my favorite classic horror films, I carry this film around with me in the form of its poster on my keychain. Karloff gives an amazing performance as Imhotep/Ardeth Bey, who returns from the dead to seek his forbidden love, reincarnated in the modern era in the form of Zita Johann.
Mystery Science Theater 3000
A low-budget puppet show that riffs on bad movies! What's not to love? The show is adorably goofy, but beyond that, it's smart. There's a story about someone asking show creator Joel Hodgson whether anybody will get a particularly obscure reference and he answered that the right people would get it.
Tom Servo remains one of my all-time favorite characters on anything ever, a robotic avatar of chutzpah. Host-wise, I like both Joel and Mike equally. They both have different energies and overall different approaches to the same material; it makes each of their eras its own kind of special.
Spy Smasher (1942)
Costumed heroes, Nazi punching, dungeons, bondage, unexpected twins, crashes through windows, struggles at the back of trains, parachuting, roof-climbing, judo flips, gun fights, submarines, masked villains, boat chases, secret underground lairs, hidden entrances, all-out brawls, swings from the rafters, explosions, and attempts to outrun oncoming doom in a handcar. And that's just in the first episode! What's not to love?
Seriously, though, while I was making my classic Hollywood serials vid, I had to restrain myself from using too much of this one, because it's just so action-packed and FUN
I couldn't find a trailer, so have the first chapter in total:
Whatever you end up making, I'm sure I'll love it! Treats are also always welcome.
Love,
Jetpack Monkey
