|
|
 Posted - September 17 2019 : 12:35:10 AM
|
|
https://youtu.be/VjoiTTszNYI
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 11501 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: April 04 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - September 17 2019 : 10:34:32 AM
|
LOL, great video, Chops!
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 5:16
Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/rpmodelrailroads
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rp_model_railroads/
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 4669 ~
Member Since: August 11 2017 ~
Last Visit: July 20 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - September 17 2019 : 11:47:42 AM
|
Thanks, RP, 
I did receive some feed back on another Forum, perhaps people here are too polite
to tell me, but they were confused as to the plot line. Let me kind of spell it out;
my sense of humor is a bit complicated, often.
In the earlier days of going to the movies, one would see a news reel, often by a
company like Pathe, before the movie. Or you would see a cartoon short, like
Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny. This predated television. This pretty much stopped by the
1970's, but was a staple future in the first fifty years of movie going.
This vignette is a parody of what a news reel in or about 1927 might have looked like.
The plot is essentially a tourist promotion to see Britain by train. It opens with a
British subway advertisement from that period of time.
The satire is regarding that England, more so than than many nations, has a historical
depth of a profound variety. The humor was to satirize a sort of tedium that one sometimes
finds in these sorts of travelogs.
The background music, by the British Punk group, The Flying Lizards, is also a
satire of mindless repetition, and contains a brief rift of rag time that relates to
the era of 1927 England. The music and lyrics is in itself satire, if a bit cynical.
The punchline is an absurdist variation of mythologies, such as the Loch Ness Monster,
which is briefly seen knocking over sarsens in the Stone Henge exhibit. That particular
LNM was a gift from Micro Busss, one of several. I use it often as a photo bomb, it is
perfect. The punchline is the gigantic house fly, much imaginary as the LNM, of which
there is virtually not [u]one shred of scientific proof.[u]
(In fact, identical LNM sightings have been scientifically attributed to floating driftwood
that bobs in a manner that looks like something alive in the thermal cross currents
of the land locked lake).
When doing these films, I rarely have an idea what I am doing when I start. The ideas, and my
odd ball humor, develops organically as I film. I often have no idea what the end product will
become when I start.
I try to limit these videos to two and one half minutes to a maximum of four minutes to a. force
myself to stick to one theme, and b. avoid boring my audience.
Edited by - Chops124 on September 17 2019 11:56:38 AM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 11501 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: April 04 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
 Posted - September 20 2019 : 7:42:03 PM
|
Never a bore. Always highly appreciated and entertaining videos you produce Jeff.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 7052 ~
Member Since: February 12 2014 ~
Last Visit: May 04 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
