I've been thinking of this ever since I started this blog, why is it most Bigfoot videos look fake? and how would I fake it better?.This is part one of a two part post, in this part I'll talk about what I think makes a basic fake Bigfoot video up to something genuine, part two will be about how I'd fake it better.
Usually for me what gives a fake away is the costume and obvious attempt to hide that fact. For me the the first thing I look for in any new footage is for constant head dipping, even Batman has a hard time looking through a mask, other things I like to look for are your usual costume traits, loose fitting, gloves and sleeves. When trying to hide the fact it's a costume people seem the make the footage have a long lead up with a brief glimpse of the creature, shot from far away, behind trees or whatever, it's never that clear, well unless it's just some people having loads of fun.
On a slightly smaller scale you do get footage where you can see they actually thought about making the costume look real instead of just slapping on a gorilla suit. They've filled it out so it's not so loose, they made a cool looking mask and even made proportions different than a humans, say longer arms. In the end I feel it comes off looking odd and unnatural, just a little over the top.
Then you have the footage that keeps on keeping on, this is footage that is so inconclusive that you can't tell either way if it's fake or not, but there's a great story behind it and because of this it stays around for a long time getting discussed. Most of the time the subject looks real enough, though the footage is usually blurry, brief though good enough to keep everyone wondering.
And lastly you have footage like the Patterson-Gimlin film, unsurpassed for over 40 years as being the best footage of Bigfoot ever, I feel due to it being just amazing footage, it's still discussed in both camps with passion to this day.
If you're going to fake it make it as daring and as genuine as the Patterson-Gimlin film.
End of Part 1
Stay tuned for part 2, How I'd fake it better. Ew that sounds dirty.
Can't wait to read Part 2, because I've thought the same thing myself. :o)
ReplyDeleteSome people have tried to recreate the Patterson/Gimlin film, but most of these recreations were laughable. It's not so simple as renting a suit and going outside with a camera.
ReplyDeleteI know of one fellow who wrote about his attempt to recreate the "suit". He had some limited success in getting parts that looked right, but as I understand it, never could get a whole suit working.
What will make it hardest is the arm length and the girth of the body. Past that, you have to get the muscles to shake when you walk.
I don't think it will be easy, but I'm glad to see you try it.
I'll see how it goes, I'll probably have it up next week sometime, doing some sketches for it.
ReplyDeleteI think if your serious about faking a video, you have to be bold. In my opinion a good fake can be more interesting than blob any day. The funs in the analyzing it.
With the lack of decent genuine footage, I gotta get my giggles some how, hehe.
Dang, almost forgot, should be out within the next two days.
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