As time dwindles on this project, things are getting cut left and right. Originally meant to be a 25 minute musical, Velvet Lace has been reduced to a 5 minute chase sequence. I'm trying to think of ways to make it more self contained in that 5 minutes, but I'll post about that some other day. Anyways, originally one of my big visions for this project was nature. A victorian England so overrun with animals and plants that the people almost looked out of place. Every square inch of the car chase was going to be exploding with wildflowers and butterflies, birds and foxes were going to be appearing and dissapearing at every given moment in the film. These elements would not stick out, but would hopefully blend into the film itself, melding with the larger than life characters and creating a unique and entertaining world.
The purpose behind this was to contrast the technology of the cars, and add a more whimsical and storybookish feel to the whole she-bang. Even the characters had natural designs. Antonius and Dracy are decorated in flowers and vines, while Bartleby gets Angels and animals. Yet this is one of those things that will get cut b/c of time constraints.
So, why does this merit a paragraph that noone will read on a site that noone visits? Simply because BurlyBUFF and Npickle are names that should be associated with imagination and quality. When coming up with the idea for this film, we strove to top Lost Springs, not just in the story department (easy), but also in imagination. Without the vast forests of Velvet Lace, I fear this picture may lose some of the magic that made it so appealing to me in the first place. I was hoping for something that people could watch and have a real opinion about, but will most likely produce a mindless fight scene. Hopefully Nick, Patrick and I will be able to cram enough fun into this thing to make it entertaining, but i'll always regret not having my flowers.