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An analysis of television and film training montages and parodies. Some key ideas to take into my own version.
"Spoofed in Adam Carolla's The Hammer. Jerry shuts off his alarm at 6:00 AM to the opening strains of Survivor's Eye of the Tiger. And again at 6:09. And again at 6:18, and again and again until he finally gets up around 11:00 to actually start training."
Irony and Comedy within the Project
A lot, if not all, of the work within the supermarket reflections of this project, contains a sour hint of irony or comedy. This is a very specific, profound choice in the way that a lot of the issues and problems that I have at work need belittling and made fun of, because ultimately any complaints are frankly, pretty pathetic and unjustified.
For example, I once heard a colleague complain because she was leaving work 10 minutes late. One Time. Which, on the scale of the world, is irrelevant, and, even within Jobs in England, is not unheard of by any means. This sense of bitching and whining is why I feel that the entire subject needs to be made fun of. I still feel it is an entirely worthy subject to look at and talk about in my work, and this is how I feel it should be represented.
As a result, I can only hope that people actually find my work funny.
A development of my project has been towards very specific issues that have surfaced while reflecting on my time working at a supermarket. These are times that I have suffered undue stress while working, and as such I have sought to reflect on them and present them for the viewer.
Looking to constantly experiment and try, I have chosen to write haikus, each concerning a different nook or cranny within my work. This piece concerns the day we had a shortage of plastic bags, and how it was a painful experience to try and deter customers from using too many bags, when frankly they couldn't give two shits.
This particular haiku arose from a lovely old lady who disregarded my request in double-bagging a bag of pasta. As a result, I felt it was appropriate to use such colourful language.
What a classic tune, definitely the spoof entrance theme I needed
Parody the Fight Scene, turn it into a cooking show style thing in which I actually cook the peppers.
If you wanna do scary, you wanna do Jaws Theme
"NOOOOOOOOO" a quite subtle star wars reference.
Maybe a concern of too much star wars too early on, might create a false sense of theme
Do my own version of the intro theme? Create this by just dragging paper under the camera viewfinder.
Classic Montage, This will need some serious parody to it, like pepper themed training.
Stand-Off
In order to respect the concept of Christian Marclay's work, spectators are kindly requested to play this video a 0.04 pm, local time.
When Considering Phoenix Wrong, I thought of one point I missed out, because it was more strongly displayed by Christian Marclay's The Clock. In this 24 hour long film, Marclay takes the entire history of film, and extracts every shot including a clock showing a time. With all of thses shots, he creates a 24 hour montage, which starting from 11 am, displays the time perfectly as it is in real life, within the film.
When I saw this film, what I was drawn in by, and thrilled by, was being able to identify the film, seeing Spiderman 2 and thinking "I Know this One!". This sense of awe is something that should be subtle, finding a line with your extracts between Cult Classics and Top of the Pops.
Phoenix Wrong is a Youtube Phenomenon that I have been aware of for a couple of years now, but only posthumously appeared to me as the actual stylistic inspiration for my Pepper short film.
It uses Visual Assets from Phoenix Wright, a Nintendo Lawyer video game, in which a lot of speaking occurs and a reliance on vibrant and emotional well-conveyed characters is present. As these images and sprites are easily available on the Internet, many people have created their own editions of Phoenix Wrong.
The Format, as you may have been able to tell from watching the video, is that audio tracks from other media, usually film or television, is played, with the Phoenix Wright Sprites being used to create the scene visually. The Extracts are usually comical themselves, with South Park, Family Guy, Scrubs, Bill and Ted as examples; An equally viable alternative however for the film makers is the creation of comedy to exist within the sprite usage and manipulation. An example of this kind is the last clip from the linked video, in which the almost scary figure is slowly zoomed upon in a hilarious way. A spin on this also plays with a viewer's former knowledge of Phoenix Wright, for example, within the linked Phoenix Wrong Video, Michael Jackson's "Bad", is sung by the villains of the genre.
This style of compilation is very interesting as it seeks to renew, revamp and re-appropriate media. Based on the points made, it seems that a-lot of the comedy I will have to focus around will be the second and third, that is creating a sense of trying too hard using very serious or inappropriate film clips that then contrast with the rather whimsical plot that is Pepper Fighting. There will also have to be a large consideration I give to my own performance within the piece, and how my role as actor will relate to the audience's knowledge of my role as director and editor. It may have to be a subtle blend of full focus acting and some very menial, boring expressions.
"Happy Trails Hans" Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
How to Destroy a Pepper 1
The first of my multiple links regarding source footage to the final short film I am making for this project.
David Blandy - From the Underground A very simple piece of film, Blandy looks at the introspective experience of deeply engaging with music in your headphones. The audio of the film is the sole un-edited music of Wu-Tang Clan with "Bring da Ruckus". Blandy then proceeds to mouth the entire set of rap lyrics, while traversing the London Underground to get onto a train, a very typical experience for many Londoners. What I liked about this style, which lead me to try and create a number of parodies and inspired films, is the pure simplicity. No audio editing of any form, no visual effects, 99% of the effort is within the 3 odd minutes of filming, which is a good position to be in as someone with little editing experience.
What also works in this piece is the way Blandy performs, his face devoid of any emotion, he completely captures the nerdy, half-dead look, allowing him to add the comical side of this film that already arises out of white boy Blandy miming to one of the most iconic 90's Rap Groups.
Project Direction
At this point, I am entirely using my job, working checkouts at a supermarket as my project focus. Only being there for three months, this is my first chance to really artistically explore what is actually a large significant portion of my life. For 11 hours a week, I gather experiences which are all but useless, creating an interesting parallel to a lot of artistic work that contains explorations of practicality and pure aesthetic.