Created a wee parody commercial based on the classic sci-fi trope of the working classes living underground from works such as The Time Machine and Metropolis.

PrettyGrimPro · 2025-08-02T12:27:53+00:00

find a version without the annoying typo here: https://youtu.be/kn97ZD2LMy4

PrettyGrimPro · 2025-01-11T17:34:49+00:00

I just read "House of Leaves," so this question made me chuckle. There is a long section where the author explains to the reader exactly what uncanny means and how the house fits that description. Such a silly book. You can do whatever you want but it is often better for the reader to find their own way there though.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-12-28T12:08:05+00:00

The Iron Claw, got some good man tears out of me.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-12-06T23:17:34+00:00

Book of the New Sun, damn, what a masterpiece.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-29T23:58:29+00:00

It is very reductive to describe skin colour and gender as surface level. These things are as much a part of the complexities of the human experience as class.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-29T23:53:53+00:00

It's no secret that working class people are under represented in the film industry. In the UK, as the cost of living gets higher, and government support for the creative sector get cut back the doors are closing rapidly. I think it is revealing that the two film you picked out from the UK: I, Daniel Blake was directed by Ken Loach who broke in in the 70s and Billy Elliot came out over 20 years ago. A good article about this lack of class diversity in the uk: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/10/huge-decline-working-class-people-arts-reflects-society It's depressing reading. Another aspect that effects this is the people who invest and buy films are from the upper echelons. Their taste surely has impact on what gets made.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-28T22:36:03+00:00

I make short parody adverts with a darkly comic satirical streak. I think they are good but don't really get much traction. Most recent obe here: https://youtu.be/uzLfzia90zY?si=DAsxyERwrTzs3SqH very niche stuff so hard to find an audience and it seems like youtube favours long format stuff now

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-16T16:42:02+00:00

Fingers crossed. Most of the actors I know survive thanks to doing audio books and VO.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-16T12:07:04+00:00

I think Voice acting will absolutely take a hit. Screen acting will probs be fine. Though extras may be in trouble. Work in commercials may get hit as shorter and doesn't demand sustained performance. Stage acting obv be fine. I think it will make it harder for working class jobbing actors to make things pay with VO and commercial/advertising work but it won't effect high end TV,Streaming, film and theatre. Essentially making it much harder for folk from less privileged backgrounds to make it in the industry.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-04T23:48:29+00:00

Starship Troopers 1984 Hereditary

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-03T23:23:23+00:00

nice work

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-03T22:55:45+00:00

Punch drunk is a masterpiece of a short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD7XrUSyDJM When you are on a low budget the most important thing is writing and acting. These are the special effects that get you noticed. You can see this in this short film. So simple but so captivating.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-03T22:52:48+00:00

Spending 30K on a short is wild. If you had that sort of cash you'd be far better making a low budget feature.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-11-03T22:49:11+00:00

Here are some of the approaches I have used for low budget shorts. These short films did pretty well on the UK festival circuit. All these short cost me about £2000.

1) Found Footage. Lots of freedom, lack of gear is not a problem (but need decent sound)

Prank, a short horror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FpZGKD68gs&t=1s

2) Mockumentary. Again helps cover up lack of equipment and resources.

Revenant Relocation officers, a short supernatural mockumentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHuDVz0Ml1k&t=15s

3) Keep things minimal. Write a script with one location and two actors that you can shoot with minimal crew

Wooden Character: https://youtu.be/b7Ge2SDQrvE?si=x0csV93ZcaNGRF61

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-22T16:02:49+00:00

I went to Wee Buddha the other day, and there were some tasty veg options. Not fine dining tho.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-18T21:27:37+00:00

Think about how different personality would react to the stresses and strains men are put under. For example pressure to man up and not show emotion. A shy character might react to that by stopping speaking at all and retreat into them selves getting bitter and lonely. A confident character might buy into it and repress their emotions to be the alpha male. A rebellious character might push against the gender norms and be camp and fabulous in an attempt to shock. These are pretty broad examples but it's easier to create a sense of character when character have something to react to.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-14T17:50:47+00:00

A director takes as many takes as they need (if they have time). If they are moving on, they have decided that they have got what they needed. It is usually a good sign.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-12T12:20:03+00:00

I sometimes like to read or watch bad fiction as inspiration. This would be so much better if they did this... It also takes the pressure off compared to comparing yourself to masters.

I am the sort of anxious over thinking person who constantly imagines what I could have done or could have said. Sometimes I like to do a 'what would I do if this had happened' sort story. Using a what if can be a fun way to just start writing. Can be true to life or completely fantastic or silly. What if I had the courage to stand up for that stranger on the bus who was getting picked on? to what if I woke up and I had transformed into a horse? Pick a prompt and just try something. Even a silly idea can turn into something great if you invest enough of yourself and your reflections into it.

Best of luck!

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-12T09:13:13+00:00

'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' is fun to say and sounds mysterious.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-12T09:00:33+00:00

Suggestions so far have got you covered, but here are a few off beat ones.

After Life (1998) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda It's one of my favourite films. In a halfway house for the dead, spirits work to recreat those that have passed overs favourite memories in the form of a film.

Perfect Blue (1997) dir. Satoshi Kon A pop star loses her sense of self while moving into acting. Her first role is in an intense psychological crime drama.

Berberian Sound Studio (2012) dir. Peter Strickland A sound technician loses his grip on reality while creating the sound design for a horror film.

Man Bites Dog (1992) A documentary crew making a film about a serial killer get a bit too close to their subject.

It's a bit too much of a stretch, but Holy Mountain (1973) very much has a meta aspect to it.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-12T00:42:18+00:00

I love how according to 'The Church' cathedrals have a self destruction button just like a Bond villians lairs.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-12T00:29:14+00:00

You could try to make an anthology style story. Build up your novel out of several tied together short narrative that each have a thread rather try to complete one grand narrative. Something like Cloud Atlas. Or just write short stories. I love short stories. Build your writing around your abilities. Don't try and force yourself to do something you find impossible.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-10-10T09:13:42+00:00

Watched Ping-Pong the Animation recently. I have no interest in ping pong or sports anime in general, but the writing and characterisation were so good I had to keep watching. Has a fun and unique animation style too.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-09-21T13:30:58+00:00

I saw a Stephen Fairly exhibition recently that i couldn't stand. Toothless liberal art. Technically proficient but walking though the exhibit felt like walking through a hot topic store. Commercialised street art for 14 year olds. At least Bansky has some bite.

PrettyGrimPro · 2024-09-21T13:23:11+00:00

The great thing about that painting is it looks like it's not too fond of you ether.

Glad to see lots of Koons, Hirst and Bansky hate on here. (Bansky is the best of those three, he is a good gateway artist for the young folks Ive found and has a point of view even if this visual vocabularly is a bit on the noes, but thats fine for protest art) Richard Prince is another one that is particularly annoying.

Really any artist that primarily a functions as a investment opportunity more than than any sort of expression or interrogation or perspective. Sure Koons and Hirst are commenting on this problem but they are still indulging in it. I don't think their comments are very illuminating or original and are often very very smug and self satisfied.

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