2nd year collaborative project
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BTW, as far as Copyright is concerned, we could probably get away with 'fair use' if it was taken from the master copies; however, any footage will probably be ripped from whatever's on youtube, which would have been ripped from a TV showing, so it might be contentious but what can we do? We've got no original master footage.
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I'll see what I can do, give me about a week and I'll post it back on here and see what you think.
BTW I mentioned The Goodies in my last post, if you haven't seen the show before then I suggest you do because if you ever want any inspiration on how to do a parody then The Goodies is the show to watch. The show was about an agency of three men (consisting of Tim Brooke-Taylor,Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie) who do Anything, Anywhere, Anytime and it was huge in the 70's and early 80's. In the first three series the plot mainly consisted of somebody arriving at The Goodies office to give them an assignment to do, but after series 3 The Goodies started to have their own adventures, and this was when the series really took off. The Goodies was kind of a live action cartoon with speeded up footage and very funny visual slapstick gags strongly reminiscent of the silent movie era, this combined with surreal comedy plots and wiity dialogue equals some of the funniest half-hour episodes ever seen on television.
Any movie/TV show/Fad or piece of news(i.e the punk movement or the Martial Arts craze) that was popular at the time was more than likely parodied on The Goodies .
For example;
The episode "Radio Goodies" came about when pirate radio stations were all in the news.
The best known episode "Kitten Kong" came about from all of the Monster movies that were around at the time.
and the episode "Kung Fu Caper's" came from the Martial Arts Craze of the seventies.
It's inspired comedy lunacy which influenced other acts and comedies such as The League of Gentleman, Reeves and Mortimer and The Mighty Boosh.
Check out some of the clips on YouTube there's also some complete episodes on there too. The Theme Tune is very catchy and once you've heard it, it's very hard to get out of your head (well... it is for me anyway ) so you have been warned.
You could certainly get some inspiration from this Legendary Trio particularly for the visual gags.
If you could post anymore ideas then that would be great.
Cheers.
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Thanks for the suggestions BBrooks. For the moment I'm going to have to go with another project for collaboration as no one else has been forthcoming with this one thus far. I know from previous discussions with my unit co-ordinator that he would not accept the collaboration as it is right now.
However, I don't intend for this thing to just die as I think an animated Knightmare parody has real potential. Obviously, I cannot prioritise this project at the moment but I'll post back when I can with more stuff (Iand I promise to watch some of the goodies stuff).
Thanks
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Whilst I'd have loved to have been involved living on the on the 'posh side' of the River Mersey and could have fulfilled your Scousual obligations I wouldn't have been able to justify the travelling costs down to you unfortunately hence not showing interest. Sorry.
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Paul,
This is one of the first one's I've finished, there's another sketch that I've nearly completed which I will post on here in a couple more days.Please comment on what you think about it (this includes everybody else as well), so we can get a huge brainstorm going and get loads of ideas for this project.
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Paul,
This is one of the first one's I've finished, there's another sketch that I've nearly completed which I will post on here in a couple more days.Please comment on what you think about it (this includes everybody else as well), so we can get a huge brainstorm going and get loads of ideas for this project.
The Dungeoneer walks into the Bomb Room.
Dungeoneer- Where am I?
Advisor 1- You're in a brightly coloured room, the exit door is opposite you on the other side.
Advisor 2- Yeah, there's also some colourful floor-tiles (pause), Here there nice they would look brilliant on my kitchen floor they would.
Advisor 1- What them?
Advisor 2- Yeah.
Advisor 1- (pauses thoughtfully) Mmmmm you're right they are good, I wouldn't have them in my kitchen though.
Advisor 2- No.
Advisor 1- No they would be a lot better in the Bathroom, they would be a perfect match for the wallpa.....
(The fuse on the Bomb ignites, and is starting to burn down)
Treguard- Warning Teams, a hastey exit is needed if you are to survive this room.
Dungeoneer- What the hells that hissing noise?
Advisor 3- Oh don't worry that's just the huge Blackcurrant in the corner.
Dungeoneer- What!
Advisor 3- The huge Blackcurrant.
Dungeoneer- Call me Mr.Non Believer but I don't think you'd find a huge Blackcurrant in a Dungeon.
Advisor 3- I'm telling you it's a huge Blackcurrant, with a giant stalk on it, that's just caught fire.
Dungeoneer- Tell me, does this stalk look like a fuse?
Advisor 3- Well it's on the Fusey side, Yeah.
Dungeoneer- And is the flame reaching closer and closer to the Blackcurrant?
Advisor 3- Well....Yeah.
Dungeoneer- And lastly, does it have the words "BOMB" written on it in huge white letters along the side of it.
Advisor 3- Er...Yeah...How do you know that?
Dungeoneer- (sighs) Do I need to explain.
(All the Advisor's think for a second)
All Advisors- Aaaaaaahhhhh!
Advisor 1- Fucking Hell, LEG IT!
(The Dungeoneer run's across the Bomb Room and through the exit door at the opposite end, just before the Bomb Explodes).
(Treguard meanwhile has had to shove a sock down his mouth, to stop himself from laughing a lot).
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The Dungeoneer has walked into the Dungeon.
Dungeoneer-Where am I?
Advisor 1-You're in a slightly-old looking room, there's a table in the middle of it. Walk Forward.
(The Dungeoneer walks forward until he's level with the front of the table on the left hand side)
Advisor 1-Stop.
(The Advisor's whisper quietly to each other and laugh)
Dungeoneer-Hey Guys, what next?
Advisor 1-Oh sorry, turn slightly to your left.
(The Dungeoneer turns slightly to his left)
Advisor 1- (Trying hard not to laugh) Walk Forward, Quickly.
(He walks forward quickly and gets the full force of the corner of the table right in his private parts)
Dungeoneer- Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!
(All the Advisor's laugh)
Advisor 2-Sorry we couldn't resist.
Dungeoneer-You Bastards.
Treguard-Quiet Teams, Manifestation is about to occur.
(A Wall Monster appears out of the far wall at the end)
Wall Monster-I am Granitas of Legend. Turn and Face me.
Dungeoneer-You try doing that when you're in my condition at the moment.
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Hi BBrooks
Just letting ya know, I'm still here and I haven't forgotten about our unique brand of Knightmare. I'm just busy getting end of semester things done. I'd imagine I'll have a bit more time come Christmas / new year.
I'm doing my collaborative write-up on a job I did over the summer so we can pretty much go where we want with this thing. I'd still like to get on board someone with good photoshop skills to extract character stills. Or pretty much someone with a graphics tablet, coz that'll make the job a fair bit easier.
Anyway, good ideas so far. I'll be in touch.
Paul
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