Oooooo, High School films. I miss those days. Me and my friends were quite infamous for our films. Such as:
The Life of Mrs. DuboseObviously, to some, a film tied into
To Kill a Mockingbird. Three of my friends and I made a film about the parts containing Mrs. Dubose. The film itself wasn't anything special: myself dressed as Scout (heh -_-
, tallest also in overalls as Jem, other guy in a rocking chair with two red braided ropes under a babushka as Mrs. Dubose, and the last in a suit as Atticus.
Scene 1 - (Black and white) All of us walk past 'Mrs. Dubose' and 'Atticus' tells me and 'Jem' to ignore her words.
Scene 2 - Me and 'Jem' walked past my front porch, and 'Mrs Dubose' shouted down the part from saying we should be in school to our father being no better than the niggers and trash he works for. (read the book, you'll find it)
Scene 3 - 'Jem' attacks her bushes (or, in this case, a big bush with no leaves while
snow was on the ground. Out-of-season filming ;D)
The next few scenes were just 'Jem' reading to her, and we had 'Mrs Dubose' groaning in bed, blowing spit bubbles, drooling (in massive amounts at once), and even squirting drool (actually water) out across the room (which, the next scene was firing a turkey baster full of water in 'Jem's' eyes). After the credits, the guy who was Dubose started dancing with a fire extinguiser to a Herp Albert song... Don't ask.
Out English teacher still shows that one to her classes every year.
Braveheart BladesA 'commercial' for my Senior-year econ class. Three guys, myself the only one who worked on the Dubose one. We were the company that made all the swords for
Braveheart, and we were now selling replicas. In convincing people why they should buy, we made mentions of slaying dragons, to which I responded there were none left. My friend, in his fake Scot accent, scoffed and said he'd be there to protect people. Next scene, I was attacked suddenly by a baby ice dragon (same friend as above, in a dragon mask) and chased it down with a sword. We also had the 'Dungeon torturer scene,' and the sizes one (We've got Wee, not-so-wee, and
FRIGGEN HUGEEEEE!) Fun film. Ended post-commercial with the third guy chasing down the ice dragon with a guitar trying to kill it.
OedipusProbably one my best effect films. Story of Oedipus is that he was told by the Greek gods that he'd kill his father and sleep with his mother. Long story short, it comes true, he finds out he did so (after trying to not do so), and stabs his eyes out for being so blind to it. We filmed from where his mother/wife hanged herself to his little dialog on why he stabbed his eyes. For him stabbing them, we had it set up perfectly: two mixtures, one of olive oil, flour, and milk, and the other oil, flour, and red food coloring, twisted up in small squares of plastic wrap. After stabbing at his eyes for a few seconds with weaving needles, we had him turn and drop them, cut quick to put the packets in his hands, and then started up the film as he burst the white pack, then red. The 'puss' and 'blood' spewed down his face perfectly. Gorey, fun, and worthy of a cheap, home-made film.
I should try to find some way to make avi's out of them and post them up sometime. Maybe this could be the "official home-made movie" thread.
Trailer looks pretty good, too. And don't worry about cheesy. It's the best way to make high school movies. I'd not see it any other way.
, tallest also in overalls as Jem, other guy in a rocking chair with two red braided ropes under a babushka as Mrs. Dubose, and the last in a suit as Atticus.
Meow!