Short Films Development (1) / 'Man's Best Friend'
'Man's Best Friend' a 4-5 minute student horror . The main focus being on the usage of homemade practical effects having been inspired by sources such as 'The Thing 1982' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Bottin ), 'Evil Dead 2' (which in turn spawned the now popular series known 'Ash vs the Evil Dead' ) and 'An American Werewolf in London'. I feel as though making a modern-day homage to these cult classics will serve as a testament to the cinematographic art form that is practical effects production. For my short film I have planned to limit myself to a 5 second limit on the use of animated practical effects as I feel as though attempting to make anything longer than that would be either unrealistic from a production standpoint, or a waste of time relative to the amount of usable footage gained. Though the overall plot of my film is relativistically speaking, very basic, however I believe that my focus on practical ef...