The Odd Little House Expedition - Animated short film
Fake ad for the Los Angeles Brain Dead Studios Cinema's pre-film animation block
The Odd Little House Expedition, a Short Film by Manpaard director Vincent De Mets.
'The Odd Little House Expedition' was be part of the Popcorn time programme, organised by Hellavision Television & Brain Dead TV. It’s a pre-film animation block consisting of fictional ads, playing before Let’s Go Wongos, a romantic comedy taking cues and tropes from Y2K era high school rom-com. The original screening was at the Brain Dead Studios cinema in LA.
This animated short film is a fictional commercial for a high-risk expedition to a little, never visited before house on an extremely dangerous volcano. This will be worth it because you’ll be the only one ever to have spoken to the resident guru, massively adding to your credibility as a person who is experienced in the ways of a sophisticated society.
A film inspired by the director’s travels from Mt Fuji to the Himalayas to the tip of the mythical Mt Olympus, where he couldn’t help but notice the voyeuristic, sometimes exploitive, yet symbiotic nature of tourism, and by extend, interaction between cultures.
As for inspiration regarding the colorway, I looked at vintage outdoor catalogues & magazines such as Lowe Alpine, Camp 7, Prana, Caribou,..
Most of these were found on the beautiful instagram page of @outdoorrecarchives.
Selected screenings:
2023 Hellavision Television at Brain Dead Studios, LA
2023 Hellavision Television, Minneapolis
2023 Pictoplasma - One Bum Cinema Club, Berlin, Germany
2023 AANAA Festival, Antwerp, Belgian Premiere
