A few early Super 8 stop-motion claymation tests from my basement workshop.
"The Gutter Cleaner," Revisited
Scene from a Super 8 Buster Keaton-style “comedy” I made with childhood pal Chuck. (I totally stole the shtick here from The Benny Hill Show in which the “actor” is obviously replaced with a stunt dummy for the pratfall.)
"The Hickory," Revisited
Opening title sequence to a Super 8 “cabin-in-the-woods”-style horror movie I made with some friends back in the day. This footage was captured by strapping myself to the hood of my pal’s dad’s El Camino (dangerous and stupid, I know, but sometimes we must do these things for the craft). We were totally borrowing from the opening title sequence to The Shining, but this was back before drones (which would have allowed us to more closely approximate Kubrick’s aerial perspective approach), so we were relegated to the car POV.
"Massacre High," Revisited
Scene from a Super 8 summer blockbuster I made with friends senior year in High School (Not available on Blu-ray. Ever.). In this scene, the art class teacher (played by childhood friend Susan Owen) takes the life of a student in the most heinous of ways: with a spinning pottery wheel to the face. | Charlotte, NC, Circa years ago.
"Leap of Faith," Revisited
Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau Bahamas: A 60-foot near-perpendicular chute-douche that sends you hurtling at 30 mph through a clear acrylic, habitrail-like tube submerged in a man-made shark-infested lagoon. Plus one GoPro. Plus several fruity pre-leap cocktails. Plus a complete lack of age-appropriate decorum. Plus a high probability of contracting water-park chlamydia.
Storytelling vs Bite & Smile
Storytelling always wins.
