Results - Halloween Contest 2022

[Mark Somers]

Congrats, Derek, and thanks.

This might be my next year's short.

[bioprofessor]

Congrats, Derek, and thanks.

This might be my next year's short.

Hilarious! Your new nickname: Mark "The Dark" Somers.

[Haskell]

Hi all, I ended up pursuing "Hail to Thee, Ralph King" (my second entry from this contest) as an animated project. Finished and uploaded today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3alJnoCb0

Most of this is straight as it’s written with minor edits (generated from comments on this thread). I ended up scrubbing a bit of dialog from the end from the Mr. Montero character. It was a bit James Bond villianesque. Also wish I had expanded on the Rose character with another scene or two between her and the protagonist to better sell his plight. Hindsight.

[dpaterso]

That was pretty watchable, well done, it looked like a lot of work, when did you start it, how long did it take? Is there anywhere you can submit this, fun contest wise? Win a trip to Hollywood, sponsorship for your next movie? etc.

[Haskell]

Hey Derrick, thanks a lot for watching and commenting. It’s probably about 80 hours of work over five months (hobby hours). There’s a few options to promote such as small film festivals that have a short animation category or getting picked by a curated collection but generally I just release it, promote it for a week as best I can and then move in to the next project.

[bioprofessor]

Congrats! Great work! Something tells me you're a Severance fan, .

[Haskell]

Congrats! Great work! Something tells me you're a Severance fan, .

I watched and enjoyed the first episode when it came out but haven't seen the rest (no apple tv). You post freaked me out a bit and I had to hurry over to the Wikipedia episode synopsis to see just how similar the ideas are. Seems a similar vibe but not too much on the content (I hope) beyond workplace weirdness. Thanks a lot for taking the time to watch and comment!