Well, I think this proves one thing (one?! Try several!) about me... I have an incredibly over-active imagination! That and the fact that I've probably seen WAAAY too many movies!
I designed the video to (loosely) break up the basics of the Halloween party; receiving invites, RSVPing, choosing a costume, guests arriving, introductions, greetings/pleasantries, food & drinks, dancing, and guests leaving. In a nut shell, I wanted an ad to get you excited about my Halloween party!
The best part of making this (apart from having a great perve on Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones!) was the Mr Darcy (Pride & Prejudice) and Risky Business scene, it cracked me up! Also, the Love Actually dance scene -- it's the closest I've seen to me bopping around the house.
The hardest part was putting in the Titanic 'Come back' scene. It doesn't sit right with me that I seem to be taking the piss out of the greatest maritime disaster in history, but, that's not my intention at all and it is after all a line from a movie.
The worst part was going through the Poltergeist clips... my God; it was bad enough watching Henry Cain, but then I saw that bloody evil clown! God I hate that thing! I hate all clowns thanks to that horrid little thing with its grin, belled shoes, frizzy hair, laugh and extending arms...UGH! I know that I've included Pennywise in this, but to me, he shows me what all clowns are capable of -- deep down inside they're all evil, mark my words.
While I tried looking for the best quality clips, some aren't as good a quality as others and some have watermarks on them. I'm not too sure what happened to the Willy Wonka 'laugh' scene or the Tangina 'tell me what you feel' scene. The clips were fine when I downloaded them and if I played them as single clips while editing the movie, but when playing back the entire project, they went black and white and slanted. Nevertheless, I decided to leave them in all the same. The Han Solo 'gorgeous guy' scene was always black and white; I couldn't find a colour copy of it anywhere.
The scenes that don't appear to have been edited properly are; Jaws 'show me the way to go home' and Han Solo 'gorgeous guy'. Jaws has footage of the Orca (the boat) being hit by Bruce (the shark) and Han's scene has C-3PO looking at Han. I couldn't cut out the extras otherwise the audio would have been cut off prematurely.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with myself. I've managed to include clips from my most fav movies -- Star Wars and Spielberg's films (E.T, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park and Poltergeist). Also got music from John Williams (Jaws theme) and added some of my fav characters; Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Sweeney Todd and Captain Jack Sparrow. Didn't manage to get anything with Tom Hanks in though.
Finally, the list of movies and one TV show (audio & visual) included in this video are:
24
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Batman
Beetlejuice
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dirty Dancing
Dr. No
E.T -- The Extra Terrestrial
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ghostbusters (and theme)
Grease
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hocus Pocus
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
IT
Jaws (and theme)
Jurassic Park
Love Actually
Mission Impossible 2 (and audio)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poltergeist
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Pride & Prejudice
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Risky Business
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Saturday Night Fever
Silence of the Lambs
Spaceballs
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Terminator
The Full Monty
The Lost Boys
The Mask
The Nutty Professor
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Shining
The Sixth Sense
The Sound of Music
The Wedding Singer
Titanic
I'd like to thank the following people for helping me out with this project:
Dad -- For getting me to download the editing program ULead. It was so much quicker and neater using this program compared to Movie Marker.
Karolina -- For helping me find a program (Movavi) that converted MP4 files to AVI files.
Tjoppy -- For teaching me how to save any movie clips from the net. Without your help, I'd only have an idea stuck in my head.
I do not own any of the clips or music they are the rightful property of the studios/writers/directors/producers/conductors.
Author: Aryeasis
Keywords: Halloween party Star Wars Indiana Jones Batman Poltergeist Jaws Monty Python Pirates Caribbean Sweeney Todd James Bond
Added: May 2, 2008
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