Genre Movies As Inspiration For Animations
Steve K
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The 48 Hour Film Contest (make a 5 minute movie in two days) has required elements (prop, character, line of dialogue), and more importantly a randomly selected genre (Comedy, Drama, Western, Fantasy - several dozen total) drawn from a hat at the kickoff meeting. I've got a list of my favorite movie/TV Series in each genre as a sort of inspiration for a short animation, list below. I'd be interested in any movie/TV series that others really like. Note - "Film De Femme" means a strong female character, "Music Film" is not a Musical but a movie about music).
Action / Adventure - "Master And Commander - The Far Side Of The World"
Buddy Film - "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid"
Comedy - "Noises Off"
Coming of Age - "The Last Picture Show"
Dark Comedy - "Dr. Strangelove"
Detective / Cop - "Fargo" (movie)
Drama - "Pulp Fiction"
Fish Out of Water - "Starman"
Horror - "The Exorcist"
Musical - "The Wizard Of Oz"
Road Movie - "Paul"
Romance - "Shakespeare In Love"
Silent Film - "The Artist"
Time Travel Movie - "The Terminator"
War or Anti-War Film - "M*A*S*H" (movie)
Biography - "A Beautiful Mind"
Fable - "The Big Lebowski"
Family Film - "Toy Story"
Fantasy - "The Triplets Of Belleville"
Film de Femme - "Silence Of the Lambs"
Martial Arts - "The Seven Samurai"
Mockumentary - "Spinal Tap"
Music Film - "Almost Famous"
Mystery - "Twin Peaks" (1990)
Period Piece - "Rome" (2005 - 2007)
Sci Fi - "Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope"
Slapstick - "The General" (1926)
Sports Film - "Bull Durham"
Thriller / Suspense - "Jaws"
Western - "Deadwood"
Adventure/Serial - "Mr. Robot"
Animal Film - "A Boy And His Dog"
Holiday Film - "A Christmas Story"
Superhero - "The Incredibles"
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my inspiration list is kinda short
Hunt for Red October
Black Hawk Down
Transformers 1,2, and 3
NCIS
Starship Troopers
5th Element
games:
Witcher 3
Final Fantasy 8,10,and 12
Indeed, "The Fifth Element" is an alltime favorite of mine. "It's 'Star Wars' on acid! Gary Oldman, who plays Zorg, the film's mega-hammy villain, has said about the story." Gary Oldman is one of the great alltime villains (maybe the best in "True Romance"):
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls076376449/
"Big badda-boom"
I've listed some of my inspiration in my Brash Lonergan thread. However, I thought it might be fun to just list some more movies that I like in each of these genres. I'm a big fan of older films. For most, I listed two.
Action / Adventure - "King Kong" original, and "Rocketeer"
Buddy Film - "Road to..." any of the Crosby/Hope films, and "Spies Like Us"
Comedy - "Duck Soup", and "Young Frankensein"
Coming of Age - "The Cowboys," and "Sixteen Candles"
Dark Comedy - "Dr. Strangelove" and "Little Miss Sunshine"
Detective / Cop - "Columbo" and "48 Hours"
Drama - "Casablanca" and "Terms of Endearment"
Fish Out of Water - "Splash" and "Moscow on the Hudson"
Horror - "Psycho" and "The Bad Seed"
Musical - "South Park Movie" and "Brigadoon"
Road Movie - see Hope and Crosby in buddy movies
Romance - "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Quiet Man"
Silent Film - "The Thief of Baghdad" and "Metropolis"
Time Travel Movie - "Back to the Future" and "Idiocracy"
War or Anti-War Film - "A Bridge too Far" and "Paths of Glory"
Biography - "Patton" and "Lawrence of Arabia"
Family Film - "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" and "Shrek"
Fantasy - The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Film de Femme - "Little Foxes" and "The Philadelphia Story"
Martial Arts - "Rumble in the Bronx" and "Kung Fu Hustle"
Mockumentary - "Spinal Tap" and "CSA Confederate States of America"
Music Film - "The Commitments" and "That Thing you Do"
Mystery - "Usual Suspects" and "Rear Window"
Period Piece - "Ben Hur" and "Gladiator"
Sci Fi - "Flash Gordon" and "Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope"
Slapstick - "Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," and "Airplane"
Sports Film - "The Natural" and "The Longest Yard" (Burt Reynolds version)
Thriller / Suspense - see Rear Window and Psycho above
Western - "Big Country" and "The Cowboys."
Adventure/Serial - "Raiders of the Last Ark" and Sean Connery sequal (#3?)
Animal Film - "Bringing up Baby" and ("Ben" and "Willard")
Holiday Film - "Home Alone" and "Its a Wonderful Life"
Superhero - "The Dark Knight" and "Superman" (1978)
I see a lot ot titles in there that I could have included, especially (not including the ones I already listed above):
Comedy - "Duck Soup", and "Young Frankensein" (Or any number of Marx Bros. and Mel Brooks movies)
Dark Comedy - "Little Miss Sunshine"
Detective / Cop - "Columbo" and "48 Hours"
Horror - "Psycho"
Silent Film - "Metropolis" (At least as good as my choice)
Time Travel Movie - "Idiocracy" (A great concept)
Biography - "Patton" (I originally picked this one also)
Music Film - "The Commitments" and "That Thing you Do" (Both right up there with "Almost Famous")
Mystery - "Usual Suspects"
Slapstick - "Airplane" (apparently most people include farce with slapstick, I always think of Chaplinesque physical humor)
Adventure/Serial - "Raiders of the Last Ark"
Animal Film - "Willard"
Superhero - "The Dark Knight"
I have little argument with your entire list, its just that these stand out for me.
Excellent point about slapstick vs farce. I'm a huge fan of Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd. Can't argue with your "The General" pick. I guess I will substitute...
Lucille Ball for her stomping grapes and chocolate factory skits.
Lucille Ball
Yes, those are great slapstick. This one, though ... great farce.