Whoa Nellie, A Silent Video Production

Whoa Nellie, A Silent Video Production

This video was produced at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1994. It was featured at the UT Video Festival the same year. It is a parody of the silent melodramas of the 1920s. I have parodied the cliches of the damsel in distress, the evil villain and the hero who can do no wrong. The titles have been reworked, as well as the music. The piano music comes from MIDI files which I created in Noteworthy Composer.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• silent
• film
• movie
• melodrama
• video
• parody
• spoof
• damsel
• in
• distress
• villain

[booksellerlady]

Thanks. It's the result of long hours of hard work. I originally had Liberace on as the score, and had to replace everything because it was copyrighted. I worked hard to keep it as true to the original as possible, including reconstructing the "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" theme (which comes from Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu) and the Beer Barrel Polka, which I was utterly unwilling to part with. It was just too perfect for the chase scene. Nothing else would do.

[JazzBabie13]

haha very good :L

[ianlorenc]

Hi. Found this whilst researching classic damsel-in-distress material for a future video project of mine.

All I can say is...utterly brilliant!

Very evocative of the golden age, yet also tongue-in-cheek.

:-)

[utashorthorn]

Great video. I especially enjoyed The Shorthorn's cameo.

[huggable267]

hahahahahhahaha thats really cute loved it ^^

[richragsdale]

very cute!

you really get the humor of the old silent slapstick flickers

the score is pretty much dead on perfect