Today the 100 Hr Board had a question about a student film.I'm pretty sure their answer is wrong.
I remember the film itself . . . but since my memory is absolutely awful, I can't do anything to answer the question. I think it played at Final Cut my freshman year (2003). But there's the unfortunate possibility that it played at FC Retro in winter semester 2004, which means that it could be from any previous year.
I remember having a conversation with someone about the film, who knew the filmmaker and said it was inspired by the works of Edward Gorey (that much is obvious). I don't remember who this person was and I don't remember how they knew the filmmaker. Maybe it was Megan, Shane's wife. But I don't think I knew her back then. But if it was, that would mean that the Board's answer is correct.
Still, I have a
very hard time believe it was a 185 project, because the film was rather lengthy and 185 had pretty strict time limits on the assignments. Although it's probable that Shane had a different professor than I did for 185, and therefore different requirements in the class.
Also, I'm pretty sure that the film had a much longer title than that, and that it contained some kind of nonsense word. Reminescent of "The Gashlycrumb Tinies." In fact, even though I loved the film, I could never remember what it was called, not even right after I watched it. I think I'd remember something simple like "Woman's Tonic."
This is very frustrating. Maybe I should watch all my final cut dvds when I get home and see if that dredges up anything.
Here's the info on the film if anyone has a clue (from the question):
1-It was a film about a bunch of brothers and sisters that lived in a big house together.
2-The characters were wearing old fashioned clothes (victorian?)
3-The characters didn't talk at all and their actions were very silent-film like.
4-The narrator described one of the characters as "always getting in the way" accompanied by a shot of him lying on the floor in front of a door while another character is trying to open it.
5-It was filmed in black and white.
6-It was a comedy. The humor was based on the narrator describing the quirkiness of the family's activities.
7-I was a student from 1998-2004 so it was probably made during that time.
I would add that one of the characters was constantly making fruitcake, and she had a secret recipe box that was full of fruitcake recipes. They didn't have any parents, for no discernable reason. They liked to throw dinner parties.
Still, if Tom Russell says that it's "Women's Tonic" by Shane Atkinson, then it probably is. Tom Russell knows stuff.
It just doesn't feel right, though . . .