B-Movie Entry: Joel Appugliese

#1

Joel Appugliese is entered in the “B-Movie” update: View Challenge Page

Latest Update: Work In Progress: Scene assembly

#2

Now I’ve got to figure out what to do…

first thought was a tribute to “Earth Girls are Easy”, but I’ll brainstorm over the next week and see what kinds of ideas my frayed neurons can conjure up in my mind’s eye.

Good luck everyone. I’m really anxious to see what you guys come up with.

-Rage

#3

Some memory somewhere buried deep down is tugging at me, begging for exposure. I can hear its distant moan.

I’ve no idea where it’s from, so excuse the pilfering if you know.

2 robots looking at a poster for the latest B movie titled “Squishy humans from the blue planet” (enter spooky noise).

I’ll work this one a little more.

-rage

#4

You won’t believe your sensory optics!

Your antennae will quiver in their ball sockets!

Your stereophonic output devices will emit high frequency static charges for days after!

Amazing Special effects show blood and gore for the first time on film. What is blood, you ask? Watch and find out!

Fleshy Monsters from the Blue Planet will follow you in your nightmares!

Behold! Director and film writer Circuit Capacitor brings you “Humans”, a race of Organic Barbarians from a far off world who drink poisonous, rust making water and whose insides can corrode metal!

-Rage

#5

2D and 3D sketches coming shortly.

For now I will describe the scene in my head.

Foreground: View from the rear of a 50’s style automobile, such as a meteor or some such.
A “male” robot in the driver’s seat, and a “female” robot in the passenger seat…
2 “child” robots (a boy and a girl) in the rear seat, clinging to eachother, and
framed by the form of the front seats and adults.

Midground: A whole bunch of cars

Background: Cinema showing “Fleshy Monsters from the Blue Planet”

I have some other concepts brewing around, but I’ll most likely stick with this one.
This challenge will be interesting, to say the least, because I have 2 scenes to create. One for the drive in, and one scene depicted on screen. For that, I’m not sure what I’ll portray, but my brain is fleshing out one character as I type this:

He will be a cheesy looking robot, dressed in cheesy looking “human” guise. He’ll be laying down, having been slain, and his “insides” will be hanging out. The insides I intend to give him are ribbed tubes (such as the ones that bridge your dryer and it’s vent), some surgical tubing, and some spare parts (nuts and bolts, wrenches, hammers, etc) all cunningly (not really) painted to look like human guts. A fountain of oil will be spewing out of him, most likely eating it’s way through nearby robots who got too close.

Cheers and more to come soon.

-Rage

#6

Cool! Reminds me of that Futurama episode on the Robot planet.

#7

Ahhh, that’s what it is. It was tickling the back of my brain and I knew it came from somewhere, but I couldn’t remember where. It’s all clear now, though. I’ll have to dust off my DVD’s for reference.

Cheers and thanks csmallfield.

-rage

#8

Oh…looks like we have some kind of similar ideas. Hmm…hope your fine with that? Did not see your post!

#9

It doesn’t matter to me. Most of us are playing on stereotypes and cliches, so similar ideas are likely to come up. Good luck with your entry duke.

-rage

#10

Cheers m8, good luck as well ! :beer:

#11

Good luck Rage, yep the gangs all here.

#12

I mocked up a scene and am unhappy with the results. It looked a lot better in my head, but right now I don’t like how the camera frames the scene. I am happy with the concept, however, so I will play with different scenarios this evening.

-rage

#13

Good luck man!!!

#14

you could move the camera inside the car and have it aimed at the screen looking through the windshield. it would use the windshield as a natural frame. I would also angle it a bit to break up the repetition of a square with in a square

#15

@Peleng. Thank you very much. good luck to you as well. I love your concept and your style has always fascinated me. I’m anxious to see your results.

@Rols. Funny I was just thinking the exact same thing. Winshield for frame and slightly angled to break it up.

-rage

#16

Nice concept, good luck !

#17

maybe a wider angle lens as well as moving it into the car, the roof of the car is not so interesting and takes up 20% of the image.

looking cool!

#18

You could use a car with no top. (i think you call that a convertible, not sure) This would give you some more interesting shape maybe and more integration. At the moment the picture is kinda cut in 2 similar halfs. The outside of the car with the screen and the car with the interior.

Another thought is to move the camera to the left of the car and position it near the windows and shift it slightly upwards to the screen.

just some thoughts

Jörg

#19

I was about to write the same. Thats why im using a convertible aswell. You seen Planet51? You remember the intro? Maybe thats something you want?

#20

Thanks a pile for the suggestions, guys. I’ve tried all of these ideas and it just isn’t working for me. No biggie, this week is concept week. I figure there’s no point in fighting it out of principal if it simply isn’t speaking to me, so on to other concepts.

I’m toying with the cliché of creatures attacking the population of earth and I’ve loosely zketched out some potential terrorizing monsters. I’ll continue to make these guys until Sunday, at least 3 per day, until I find all the elements I want, or until another concept strikes me altogether.

-rage