Grinner Reference

Nice bit of creepy reference.

Haunted Houses & Stuck In A Loop

Haven, Season 3, Episode 6, "Real Estate" 

featuring Ian Glen, who's haunting the house and uses mirrors and speakers as his "eyes and ears". 

this is not a good episode/series but a reference nevertheless. 

!SPOILER ALERT!

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a good series with only two seasons

Dollhouse, Season 2, Episode 10, "The Attic"

people are stuck in a human mainframe called "the attic", people are stuck in a loop of a never-ending nightmare

Wormwood - Gentleman Corpse

Bringing some inspiration over tonight. 

Grinner Reference

Grinner Costume Reference

Some Grinner costume reference courtesy of Boris Karloff and some other black and white dudes:

Grinner Concept

Here is a Grinner in the Profondo Rosso style of painting with a kind of skinny suit.  I'll have a look for wardrobe references and if anyone has any suggestions for something different get 'em posted!

'Profondo Rosso'

I was watching the mad mad film which is 'Profondo Rosso' last night and thought this scene was good inspiration for the use of frames which hold mirrors and paintings and how the two can be confused.

The story is that the guy witnessed a murder and thought he saw was something of importance in a painting which later disappeared.  It turns out that what he saw was a mirror with the reflection of the murderer stood against a painting.  Sorry I should have called 'spoiler alert' by now - hah.

Also I quite like the faces as Grinner inspiration - although they ain't doing much grinning.

Pitch Materials in the past

I thought I shared how we pitched our web series to our investors at the time. Some of the materials are missing in the picture unfortunately - it's been over a year, but it included the following:

- brochure (incl. director's statement, logline, synopsis, crew/[proposed]cast, teaser poster);
- personal letter (good strong paper, inked signatures);
- print-out of the script;
- business cards (director/writer + producer);
- USB stick with a) script, b) teaser trailers, c) teaser poster + press statement;
- black bubble-wrap envelope;
- company stickers;
- halloween sweets;

what I could still find at home a year later...

It would be great to know what you have used in the past! It worked very well for us at the time and hope it will in the future once we've finished the post-production and will revive this!

Grinner Concept

I'm still working on the more advanced warping using geometry tracking but here is a little warping demo where I've grown the characters eyes for a bit of fun!

Grinner VFX Concept

I haven't managed to get a test of the warping I plan to use for the Grinners yet but here are two videos that demonstrate the techniques I'll be employing.

Geometry tracking:



Processing 3D imagery in 2D space:

Nosferatu

For entertainment purposes only...

and some more images I've come across including a classic for VtM fans

Pitch Trailers/Ripomatic

And the last post from me for today! Two pitch ripomatics for "Looper" and a "Daredevil" reboot.

If you know anymore it would be great to add more to the post of course.

It would also be great to know, what kind of material each of us has used in the past to pitch projects to potential investors.

Over n' out!

LOOPER

DAREDEVIL

Reference Movies/Clips/Stories

Hello!

I thought I'm also starting a post of reference movies/clips or stories that we know of that would be relevant for "The House That Makes Children Old" and of course for the movie night!

If you're adding your ideas as comments to this post, than I could always update it so it stays together?

PAN'S LABYRINTH

CORALINE

MIRRORMASK

SPIRITED AWAY

CITY OF LOST CHILDREN

LABYRINTH

Keep Grinning!

More reference pictures for the Grinners - that's a fun google search! Teeth/tooth creatures - tooth fairies - creepy teeth - teeth/tooth horrors! 

Just exploring different options - I can totally see, which direction you're thinking of but maybe there are some interesting bits in other approaches that could be integrated or feed new thoughts.

The Mouth of Sauron and Creepy Clowns - how large and gritty could the teeth be?

30 Days of Night - human but sharp!

Do we need lips? Is any of them ever speaking? or if they're sort of melting into the face.

Just putting it out there - more animal like than human - or a cross of the two?

I adore how they're mixing humans/animals in "Spirited Away" :]

Is one row of teeth really enough? - I would think so!

If you got prominent teeth - do you still need the eyes?

only another mask

Grinner Concept

Grinner Reference

Corridor Reference

Grinner Concept

Grinner Reference