04-04-2014, 07:09 PM
Exactly FranEssi!
The juxtaposition of the mundane sitcom universe with some sort of existential thematic could actually be more effective than if you started with something naturally bleak and grim...
A vague example would be my favourite "fanvid" of all, Buster Keaton to Radiohead. Buster's fairly surreal and mildly terrifying (at times) to begin with, but he's essentially a comic. Once you remove the tinkly, vaudevillian music though, this deeper aspect emerges more clearly.
The juxtaposition of the mundane sitcom universe with some sort of existential thematic could actually be more effective than if you started with something naturally bleak and grim...
A vague example would be my favourite "fanvid" of all, Buster Keaton to Radiohead. Buster's fairly surreal and mildly terrifying (at times) to begin with, but he's essentially a comic. Once you remove the tinkly, vaudevillian music though, this deeper aspect emerges more clearly.
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"