Chapter 3 - "Hold On, April!"
KC and Ryan run from the bomb, and April's along for the ride of her life.
Credits
- Ryan Brown - Adam Cross
- KC Jones - AJ Pinkerton
- April O'Neal - Aubrey Glave
- ??? - Nathan Morse
Scoring
Weighted Community Vote
Weighted Judges' Vote
Total Score
32.8%
+
30.0%
=
62.8%
Judges' Votes
Usually not a fan of the quirky, but of the three this one keeps me wanting more. It's ridiculous and funny at the same time and it makes for a good watch. Some of the shots a little jarring...but overall good stuff.
It's hard to make a great musical. Busby Berklee would have loved this.
I'm a big fan of musicals and I like the fact that this built so well from the previous clip. Quirky, funny, and little bit rude (drunken Santas are not usually a recipe for success) this clip is my winner for the week. I look forward to the next installment!
Comments
Been watching Dr. Horrible lately? Kudos, because this is even better.
"Owwww, owwww, ow my spleen!"
Fantastic! David Moon finally has his musical.
I LOVE IT!!! WHEN CAN I VOTE!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
I'M STILL LAUGHING!!!
Now seemed like the right time to finally pitch in a musical number. Thanks for letting us know you appreciated it! :>
And, few things are finer than Dr. Horrible, and I woudn't call this one of them. But thank you for the flattering comparison! That's a phenomenon well worth aspiring to!
Fab, just Fab! : )
One word: Awesome! Great work.
genius! pure genius!
Wow, that was funny! There were some great shots in there, not an overuse of effects, great editing, and a fresh take on the chapter. I literally lol'd.
However, it does little to advance the storyline. That's my only hesitation :-)
Ryan: a full windsor knot? Nice touch!
pretty freakin funny, guys! I'm happy to see that jim has been successfully incinerated. The last thing we need is a hand or foot lying around that could make a later appearance. Although, I can think of some funny material for his disembodied liver.
Nice tight editing. I'd assume editing for a musical would be tricky.
I think it advances the storyline. April is lying in the dirt ... hurt, and the other two are just a few seconds out of frame. It basically cleans the slate to the situation at hand - a nuclear explosion.
Here is a fun fact: a day after making this, Ryan went to the hospital with a sprained knee and was unable to complete his voice over, thus causing fungusridden to scramble for someone sing his part. Apparently, skipping down the road on a sprained knee only makes it worse: who would have guessed.
Ryan is now at home with his crutches, keeping his leg elevated and currently casting his vote for this video :D
I hate musicals, therefor I am a tad biased. However, that had to be better than the johnny depp barber/ killer movie!!
"That hampster story was better than that crap!" kudos to anyone who gets the referance.
There was a good spleen joke in there too. haha. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I didn't hate it. That's coming from a guy who would rather watch paint dry than a musical by the way.
We hope Ryan gets better soon! Who knew that making a musical could be so dangerous? It was worth it.
Nice work guys, definitely put a lot of work into it and it shows! Aubrey did some crazy arrse stunts there lol That was awesome, but a bit risky there guys. I think us doing practical stunts like that might be setting a dangerous precedence. I hate to sound like some old preachy guy (guess it's too late) but we should play safe.
Back to the actual piece. Good stuff guys, the cutting was really good and y'alls can SING! However it feels to me a bit detached to the previous chapters, and more like its own individual masterpiece. Still good work guys, hope Ryan gets betta soon and best of luck!
@MovieJunkie - You'll be happy to know that I'm producing the off Broadway revival of "Paint Drying" next season. It stars Bea Arthur and Andy Dick. I'll send you some tickets.
Yes, let's all remember to 'film responsibly'.
No worries ChiriSan, our crew members are practically veterans when it comes to doing practical stuntwork. We wouldn't have done it if we felt anyone was in real danger of being hurt. ;)
I wish we would have had this chat about 'responsible stunts' before we ran over our actress in the last segment...
I think the musical idea was really creative and kudos on writing such contrapuntal songs. I would have to agree with some of the others, however, that it does little to progress the story. Out of the three, you have my vote...for now...
yeah, doesn't really progress the story. Although I couldn't stop laughing, Citrus With Attitude has my vote. However, I still don't understand that title
I think they probably used Grapefruits or something to make the brains splatter on Citrus With Attitude. That's my guess.
Too bad you guys killed Santa in this round in a ball of fire. The next round April could have woken up in the hospital with some of Santa's transplanted organs and a penchant for drinking/driving/chasing/torturing/being an alien. :-)
this was awful...way way way to cheesy. Creative? Santa was in the last contest. the story has not progressed. I don't know why everyone thinks this is funny. I would be embarrassed.
Cheesy is as cheesy does ... my Momma always say.
Excellent ... if BUFFY can kill vampires to music... why not a singing SANTA? Can't wait to see what you guys have in store for Thesis!
hahah not going to lie, that was pretty awesome! :D
Hermosos tipos del trabajo, el pedazo maravilloso. yo lo adore y esperanza para ver genious mas creador en su proximo video
My Spanish is awful rusty, but I think @jorjeelgrande left you guys a compliment. He enjoyed it and hopes to see more creative genius from you guys.
Agreed!
@omingo the story has obviously progressed. april is no longer on the car, and the driver who hit her was revealed and simultaneously taken care of. this would leave the next video to finally begin explaining the nuclear explosion instead of still having april on a car. and why should they be embarrassed? making a musical probably takes much more work, skill, and dedication than being a lowly internet troll.
Whoaaaaaa, pulls back the dogs!
Just hopping the fence in advance, because we've now seen enough rounds to know how things ease toward the ugly in a flash.
To everyone who enjoyed the video, thank you for giving us your support and encouragement. It's great to hear when work is appreciated, and helps craft our future projects around elements that proved successful with viewers!
To those who didn't, I apologize that we didn't hold your interest level quite the way the other entries might have. Last round, we played serious; this round offered the opportunity to toy with the opposite end of the cinematic spectrum. I hope you won't hold it against us if our future offerings reflect more your tastes!
And to our critics, your points are all very valid to make and I only request that you are sure to apply them also to the other entries as well. Under my own humble observation, I think each of the videos have specific detracting flaws, and that a few are shared by multiple entries.
And @jorjeelgrande, Muchas gracias! Comprendo espanol muy mal... pero comprendo las lenguas de fotografia y musica bastante bien. :) Lo siento por mi error!
Good job dude. I have to admit man, I'm kinda jealous I didn't think of this first. Not only was the concept of a musical such a good idea, but the direction you took was hilarious! I love the quick shots for each line, excellent idea. The party dance scene with the van.....hahaha, classic. So did just one person write the music or was it a group collaboration, cuz whom ever it was props to you! If I loose, at least it's to a worth clip
Thanks for your feedback and setting a really great example of sportsmanship, Jay. Your nasty blood effect worked amazingly; I appreciate the secret, and the fact that it probably was pretty gross to do in the first place. :P
The actual core melody was written and performed by Kevin MacLeod (whom all our stock music has so far been provided by). The harmonies each character introduces were put in place by myself, as were the lyrics. So, I guess you could say Rootclip's expanding to include collaborative musicianship now. ;)
If you're looking for very good stock material, however, I highly recommend Kevin's work. His collection is found at incompetech.com/ . He also scores from the ground up, if you're willing to put out some pay.
Haha. Funny! This was great. I like that you took the opportunity to try something different.
The real question is where would you go from here?
Seriously, it does nothing for the story. But great editing!!! (throw in PC comment here...blah blah blah). Pffft! Jog-on.
SOMETHING HAS CAUSE SANTA TO BECOME A RUN-ON JOKE AND THINGS TO SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST!!! SOMEONE MAKE A CLIP TO EXPLAIN THIS DREADED MALADY!!
Oh hey lobesterdouche is a fan of Simon Pegg movies
Well, my mom can't stop laughing. That's got to mean something.
I think its witty and well made and standing on its own its a fun piece, but it doesn't do anything for the story itself, how would this be followed? You'd have to pick up again where Boom left off, in essence cutting the development of the already abbreviated story down to only 5 chapters.... so I'm a bit ad odds in this round vote-wise. Not to downplay the entertainment value of your work, you can tell you spent some time on this and I enjoyed it, even watched it a few times to catch the nuances.
I think the same thing could almost be said for all of the entries. When you think about it, the other two add a bit more depth (one to the past, one to the future), but both ultimately leave the end of the video back where "Boom" left off. This one is the only one who continues the story on from "Boom" and resolves the issue presented within it (April hit by a car).
My interpretation (wrong or right) is this:
Citrus With Attitude presents the most fleshed out additions to the narrative this far. It clears and defines the past events, including those preceding the original Root team's starter clip. In this light, it performs best as fulfilling story expansion.
Aftershock tinkers a little on the sidelines with the zap-ahead reflections on the incident from Boom, but ends with potentially the most powerful movement forward of the three entries. So, in that light, it performs best at marching forward into new terrain for future voters.
Hold On, April! makes the most forward-directed physical and chronological motion of any of the three entries, but ultimately utilizes a course of events which do little to present a clear and unique following path for future entries.
So, my perception is, if you're looking for something directional to build off of, vote for Aftershock. If you're looking for something open-ended and reset, vote for Hold On. And if you don't like any of the three entries and are ready to improve them with your own twist, vote for Citrus.
In that light, I think future-directors can win out with any of these three. ^_^
...that didn't quite come out sounding right. You can vote for Citrus if you liked it, too. :< But I meant, you'll get to start out where we did, but with new characters and details to work off of.
Sorry for the bad choice of wording. I meant that post for people determining their vote based on future filmmaking plans and script possibilities. >_<
Congrats! I was hoping this one would win, now i don't have to throw away my script =D
Thanks everyone for voting, and thanks for the tips, David and Ya'Ke! I'm glad we got a chance to participate in this round with something drastically different from our norm, because it was a very good experience!
And I look forward to seeing your follow-up next round, Jakus! If your Rockstar report was any indicator, it should be pretty amazing. XD
So kiddies -- what we have learned for the future? An all lesbian musical would most likely and unanimously bank a winning clip!
Congrats man, you earned it.
Haha, I <3 you david...
@FungusRidden Yeah, I've got all but one of my actors lined up, and shooting is starting later this week. I figure someones gotta give you a run for your money in chapter 6 :)
Dave's got the Holy Grail of Rootclip formulas figured out. o_o Pray he doesn't unleash that beast the same round as we do...
Thanks, Jay, and best of luck in the coming round! Your style and technique continues to glow, even more since Archival Evidence, and I'm pretty sure you've got a strong following kicking up around the site here! I know I'll be watching for your next piece! I anticipate shooting opposite you again in Round 6. ;)
And, I feel a little badly about perhaps having mislead some of you. The Santa character ("Jim") appeared in several videos of the last Rootclip story as a mysterious drunkard who (SPOILERS) ultimately was a sober alien woman monitoring a forbidden briefcase of untold powers. As nice as it is to pretend to be original, including Jim was really more an in-joke than a stroke of creative genius. If we must determine where the idea originated from, look no further than HungryMother, who may still be lurking somewhere in the shadows of the site with an entry to submit...
Thanks to everyone who participated and voted! Having not left much of a bone for the next chapter, I'm interested to see what direction entries wind in next. :)
Ah, a lot can happen on the internets when you're busy drudging away with the rest in the rat race.
Congratulations FungusRidden. I have to confess that at times, when I be chillin, to my surprise I find myself humming to the melody of the song from Hold on April lol
Looking forward to see what's going down next chapter. Rootclip's awesome :)
Scene: flaming wreckage from an exploded car. A bright red suit lies unmanned on the side of the road. a ringing cell phone pierces the low roar of the burning car parts.
closeup on the phone that lies on the slightly singed santa hat, the shot is eclipsed by a human shadow. a hand picks up the phone, the display reads "incoming call from Scott Michaels".
A woman holds the phone to her ear. Her voice robotically shifts from female to a deep male's voice as she greets the caller.
woman: hello. You have the briefcase? I'll be right there. Hacksaw or crowbar? I'll decide when I get there.
her eyes glow green.
Return to current story.
I always sorta thought of Jim and the Alien Girl as two different people. Jim was the drunkard in the streets during "Chase," but when Scott gets ahold of Jim to come torture Tony, it ends up being the Alien Girl disguised as Jim instead. So in that respect, this story concludes the story of the real Jim! ;)
yeah man, they had to be different people. The waitress was still in the restaurant during the chase. She couldn't be the drunk santa a few alleys over.
I think she should awaken to an entire society wearing Easter Bunny suits ... an alternate reality where the protagonists are 6 foot rabbits, and antagonists are war mongering inebriated Santas. I see a lot of symbolic opportunities there -. A comment on society, prejudice, Alice and Looking Glass and such.
that would be neat. A little over the rainbow/through the looking glass dream story anyone? Perhaps Miss O'niel could come across some crazy characters named after Renaissance Painters perhaps they'll know martial arts and each have their own defining colored costume and weapons. They'll be mutant... aardvarks?
Lemurs.
coyotes
oh my!
I think mutant coyotes with Ninja powers would be a little overkill ...
Thanks, ChiriSan! I hope to see another entry from you in Chapter 4!
Good calls with Jim's phone and the alien girl. ;)
And, lastly, a piece of unsettling irony. In a creepy twist of fate, this is the second TMNT-related musical I've done; the first, which I shot over a year ago, is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In A Half Musical. Casey Jones make a surprise post-credit appearance (though oddly, April is nowhere to be found at all).
Ninja Turtles must be an excellent source of inspiration. :>
Fungus, you don't honestly think you can mention something so intriguing without supplying a link, do you?
Dammit david!! I told you not to tell anyone about my script...
=P
OK, here's another one ... April regains consciousness in a forest -- hostess to a lavish banquet in her honor. She's being celebrated by tens of thousands of chanting possums in Mardi Gras costumes, and hulu skirts. You see, Jim has been terrorizing the colony for years with his reckless and drunk driving. The leader explains to April that possums are actually very intelligent, and their possum scientists have been secretly planning for man's evident undoing for centuries. They had developed a serum that makes them impervious to nuclear fallout. As a gift for aiding in Jim's demise, they have gifted April with the serum ... When all of a sudden through the trees come ...
Rockstar Productions!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! HES BACK! DUN DUN DAAAA
but luckily close entail are his parents... attempting to change his diapers ..
I was thinking more of the lines of Doc Brown in his Delorean ... so we can put that lame plot to rest.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3889885902137030051&hl=en
Somebody else asked about it recently as well, so I decided it was overdue to be posted. It's not even linked to my site yet. Pardon some of the more tasteless jokes; my childhood was all about the Ninja Turtles, so I kinda reverted back to my immature side when I started writing it. :P
Hilarious
This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
I love the way the mini-van explodes into oblivion. Classic...
I guess the judges care nothing for story...
great times :) this is good fun right here.