After reading several works of satire such as The Importance of Being Ernest, Rhinoceros, and Slaughterhouse-Five, it was time to create our own comedic project. With my friends Maya, Sofia, and my brother’s very handsome narration, we made a satire on our experiences as Animation students.
Script
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NOTE: Some parts of the script were cut out. We were inspired by the YouTubers JelloApocalypse and ColeyDoesThings. More specifically, we focused on JelloApocalypse’s So This Is Basically series, in which he does an overview of what happens in a show/game in an animatic-style video. His humor utilizes parody and caricature of what the show/game is about, often exaggerating the mannerisms and actions of the characters in the series, and also using verbal irony to highlight certain parts of the characters’ actions. ColeyDoesThings also uses parody and exaggeration in her videos, but she records herself instead of doing animatics. Her satirical content focuses on the tendencies of fandoms and the people within them, rather than the series itself. While a large part of the appeal in both creator’s humor is that their audience usually has some context from the actual series they’re parodying to go off of and can view the videos as kind of like an inside joke, you don’t need to know what they’re talking about to enjoy their content. In fact, sometimes it’s more fun to get out-of-context jokes, and it makes you wonder about what the actual series/fandom is like.
You can see the inspiration from both JelloApocalypse and ColeyDoesThings’s style. We made our video animatic-style like JelloApocalypse but went more with Coley’s style of exaggerating a concept rather than a series. Our project focused a lot on caricature through Timmy, including exaggeration with aspects like the computer acting up and the wrist stretching. We also used a bit of irony throughout the animatic as well, with the contrast between what is being shown and the tone set by the narration and background music. Similar to both of our inspirations, our project has a little more appeal to the Animation kids, but ultimately it’s for everyone to enjoy and hopefully get people a little interested in what it’s like to actually be an animator, (assuming watching Timmy’s struggling didn’t terrify you a little). Lastly, thanks for watching, and we hope you all have a nice day!
Process
