Filed under: adventure | Tags: dinosaurs, films, jurassic park, movies, push it films, slime effect, spoof, sweded, visual effects
There is actually a few imitations of Jurassic Park, but, aesthetically speaking, this one has made the most effort. Made by Push It films, another small and young production company, with some pretty innovative ideas.
Look out for the raptors who can open doors. It looks like the two boys have rolled round in mud and then been wrapped in plastic.
If anyone can tell me how they really made them look so slimy and shiny at the same time, I would be much obliged.
Filed under: Comedy, Drama | Tags: dex films, edward scissorhands, swede, tim burton
This rare gem is a great example of what a swede should be. Edward Scissorhands is short and sweet, well thought out and an authentic imitation of a great film. They have the poor man’s locations; they hum the theme tune over the short and Edward Scissorhand’s makeup makes him difficult to tell apart from the real one (ok, perhaps I go too far on that comment).
But often, you will find swedes that just don’t make the grade because their makers don’t care about their audience. Where as this, dare I say, masterpiece has all you’d want.
Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands is a fairytale with a fat typical slash of macabre. A suburban housewife is doing her rounds as an Avon lady. She decided to try the residents at the grand but eerie house at the end of her road. Inside, she finds no one but a man with scissorhands. She brings him back to her house to help him out. He is called Edward and despite his creepy, slightly scary appearance, he ends up becoming a big part of the town. But then he falls in love with Avon lady’s daughter and then all hell breaks loose amongst the neighbours.
The swede was made by Dex Films, a very young production company with a lot of potential. They came second (or runners up) in the Be Kind Rewind competition. It was directed by Mike Doxford and Dexter Mowatt – they’re not on imdb.com yet but watch that space, for the future. As well as producing films, they also rent out equipment.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: background, be kind rewind, copy, definition, films, imitation, Jack Black, making movies, Michael Gondry, Mos Def, rendition, research, swede, sweded, sweding, sweding movies
…with the real deal – so to speak – with Be Kind Rewind!
Directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack Black and Mos Def, it’s a film about two guys living in a poor neighbourhood looking after a video store. Without going into too much detail, Jack Black manages to become magnetised and wipes all the video tapes. So to remedy that they decide to make their own versions of the films. It looks fun and is entertaining to watch the process whilst also saying to us at home, “You can do this too!”
It has set the challenge for anyone with an ounce of creativity in their nuggens to make the greatest swede, with the Be Kind Rewind Competition. Some of the entrants will be on here in the future but sometimes it’s fun to show the rubbish ones too, don’t you think? Don’t worry – I’ll give you a heads up.
Sweding is copying your favourite movie into 2 minutes or so of all the best bits. You condense it down by cutting out all the rubbish and leaving the key stuff for pure entertainment.
So to start off this blog of the good, the bad and the ugly….here is one of the master’s – Michael Gondry’s edition of the hit movie.
