Description
Can a new Thing movie work without MacReady, Outpost 31, or the snow? In this video, I try to find out by building a full Thing movie treatment act by act, using the creature as a story engine for paranoia, deduction, and containment. The story moves between a Pacific island in 1944 to a damaged American submarine, as sailors, Japanese survivors, and some Things try to outthink each other before a rescue ship arrives.
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0:00 - Intro
2:28 - What is Carpenter's Act 1 Doing?
3:23 - Location
5:35 - Characters
5:56 - Rules
7:14 - Story (Act 1)
11:36 - Debrief (Act 1)
14:45 - Job (Act 2A)
16:47 - Story (Act 2A)
24:27 - Debrief (Act 2A)
27:06 - Job (Act 2B)
29:12 - Story (Act 2B)
37:53 - Debrief (Act 2B)
39:45 - Job (Act 3)
41:36 - Story (Act 3)
46:42 - Debrief (Act3)
48:46 - This Video Made Me Insane
51:38 - Bonus Material
Sources:
Huge collection of resources on The THING: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-carpenters-thing-story-sf-horror-game-changer/
Free assets I used to create my debrief/job backgrounds.
https://resourceboy.com/
https://texturelabs.org/
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/darter-i.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/united-states-submarine-losses/flier-ss-250.html
Photos:
Ko_Kra_and_Hin_Sung_Island - Marwan Mohamad.jpg
Century_Old_Balete_Tree_of_Nogas_Island - Jsinglador.jpg
Jungle_on_Denis_Island_(5086396095) - Adrian Scottow.jpg
Mt._Harriet_National_Park - Harikrishnan S.jpg
Lord_Howe_Island_forest - Fanny Schertzer.jpg
Beach_Qeshm_Island - ninara.jpg
Glorioso_Islands_06 - TAAF.jpeg
Flare Gun - Flare Gun - Flygvapenmuseum.png
Music:
Epidemic Sound