I previously put up a short that was nothing but unedited footage with
music. Now, I’d like everyone to witness my first well-planned, written and
story-boarded short. Actually, it sucks. But I did plan it out very well. I
guess I just planned it out to suck. The option is there for anyone to write
up a review on this, just like last time.
Here is my initial reaction to IWATVM: “I know YouTube is lower quality, but
this already looks like shit. It looks like they dragged the film around
behind a horse. WTF is going on??? Why is that guy freaked out over a Pepsi
van? He’s in a cage? He’s not in a cage? Who is that bitch? Nice jump-cut.”
So, yeah… as someone who would see this for the first time, I hated it. It
had good music, though. That’s one thing I really noticed.
I did intentionally scratch up the film. And Spawn seems to have focused on
that, as there is an underlying sound in most of the short that matches the
look of the film. Again, Spawn has taken something that could be boring as
hell and made it into….well, fucking art! The visuals and music match almost
perfectly and really make it work.
I’ll admit, it is very basic. I took a plain setting and tried to jazz it up
with crazy camera moves and whatever. And have a stupid underlying meaning.
I won’t tell you what I was trying to say, just enjoy it as a goofy little
short about a guy that turns into a vending machine and spits out quarters.
Re: that part where the girl is supposed to look like she’s floating towards
our fake-ass vending machine….Damn, that didn’t come out like it should
have. Fuck! I was sprawled on the roof of a car and she sat on the hood. And
it looks like we were in a shopping cart. Dammit.
And the coca-cola logo you can barely see says Smoka-Bola. Yes. It was just
after high-school, so we thought it was funny.
I guess the main problem I have with this short is that it seems too fucking
“arty”. There’s no explanation for anything that happens and makes you
wonder if any of it is actually happening. I think there are some
interesting shots, but that the thing never really let me understand why it
existed. Thank god it’s not the original music, as that would make it seem
pompous and full of itself.
In the end, it all comes down to this: If you’re only telling a story
through visuals, the music needs to help tell the story. And Spawn really
tapped into the heart of this. I don’t know if it was because I explained
everything about the film or if he just understood the feel of what was
going on. Once again, the music makes this work.
