13 December 2015 : Official Bluray Cover artwork designed by Arkhamhaus for the Australian feature film Stalkher featuring John Jarratt and Kaarin Fairfax has started popping up across the net.
Concept Art : Post-production theatrical poster designs for John Jarratt's directorial debut; Stalkher
Fred Williamson made his name in the 1960s playing in the American Football League, where his harder than steel reputation earned him the nickname of ‘The Hammer’. In the early 70s he moved into the acting caper, and soon became the face of the Blaxploitation explosion with films like BLACK CAESAR, HELL UP IN HARLEM and BOSS NIGGER, etc. Since that time Fred has worked on over 100 films as writer, director, producer, as well as an actor – with some of the coolest, most influential names in cinema history: Robert Altman, Quentin Tarantino, Larry Cohen, George Cooney, Pam Grier, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, the list goes on. From INGLORIOUS BASTARDS to FROM DUSK TO DAWN, Fred Williamson has been involved in some of the gnarliest cult films ever committed to celluloid.
24 August 2015 : Stalkher interview on Channel Seven's Sunrise programme. Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast nationally on the Seven Network and is currently hosted by David Koch and Samantha Armytage. The program runs from 6am to 9am.
04 August 2015 : New Trasharama agogo film festival merchandise (Well my samples finally arrived anyway).
31 July 2015 : New promotional artwork designed by Arkhamhaus for Stalkher feature film directed by and starring John Jarratt makes an appearance on their official website and facebook pages. More Original Poster artwork and concepts to be posted on this site after the film's August 27th theatrical release date.
21 June 2015 : New poster art for the Trasharama agogo short film festival. Featuring the gangrenous Sindee Hughes, Cheerleader of the Living Dead, the vertebral SpineGrrl and the Reticulan SpacePilot, Captain Kang Foo-Feighta, who just doesn't give an Adamski.
... As Well as the 2015 Trasharama Teaser Trailer with introduction by Jen and Sylvia Soska aka The Soska Sisters or The Twisted Twins, Canadian siblings who collaborate as film directors, producers and screenwriters, prob best known for the horror film American Mary (2012). This Years Trasharama will Premier @ Monsterfest 2015.
05 June 2015 : The Suicide theory gets a north american theatrical release.See further down for transcription & captioning job description.
07 May 2015 : Added footage to one of the earlier pages @ arkhamhaus.com, the Super Size Me Animatronic Funnel-web Spider.
SoundTrack : "Taking the Chance" (Russell)1982 from Now & Forever, 7th studio album by inimitable OZ soft rock band - Air Supply.
02 April 2015 : Arkhamhaus Begins transcription and captioning for Seven8 Media's unusual drama the Suicide Theory (2014) after having worked previously with them on the action horror flick Sleeper (2012).
A few Notes on Transcription & Captioning (to keep the net bots happy): A subtitle file (Transcription) is usually written for people who can hear, but maybe don't speak the language, or just refuse to turn the sound up on their 50" SONY Bravia (Deb), whereas closed caption files are supposed to replace the ability to hear what's going on. That really makes a difference for sounds that happen for which there's no visual on screen, say someone off screen angrily comes into a room, the hearing person can hear a door slam, and someone start talking, even if they don't understand the words, a hearing impaired person can get a lot from text appearing on-screen like [ DOOR SLAMS ] or [ OFF-SCREEN LAUGHTER ] or the like, which wouldn't logically be found in a subtitle file.
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04 January 2015 : Promotional Posters for the 2015 Trippy Travelin' Trasharama Film Festival featuring Sindee the zombie cheerleader and other characters The poster design ties in with this years single colour Trasharama agogo T-shirt print run as well as the new animated title sequence (created by ArkhªmHªus and Aaron Wakem for the festival (see Below).
Cinematic
Poster Art : Typically
posters include both textual and graphic elements,
although a poster can consist wholly of graphics
or of text. Posters are designed to be both
eye-catching and convey information. Posters may
be used for many purposes. They are a frequent
tool of advertisers (particularly of events,
musicians and films) the Content of this gallery
falls into the film category featuring theatre
release posters, pre
and post production concept posters for the German
(Aug 2012) release of
Bad Behaviour "Bösen Menschen passieren böse
Dinge", the Thai release of Bad
Behaviour (????????
?)and character
playbills.
Stalkher
(Queensland based feature film) Pre-production
Concept Posters as well as theatrical and home
entertainment (DVD cover) artwork are now
viewable.
Props
and Sculptures : The
difference between a set decoration and a prop is
use. If the item is not touched by a performer for
any reason it is simply a set decoration. If it is
touched by the actor in accordance to script
requirements or as deemed by the director, it is a
prop. Prop weapons (such
as handguns,
axes or even a fire
poker) read
well but lack the inherent danger of the 'real'
weapon and are almost always either non-operable
replicas, or have safety features to ensure they
are not dangerous. The increasing popularity of
movie memorabilia (a
broader term that now includes costumes) has added new meaning to the term
"prop," broadening its existence to include a
valuable after-life as a prized collector's item.
Typically not available until after a film's
premiere, movie props appearing on-screen are
christened "screen-used". Sculpture
involves 3-D artwork created by shaping or
combining materials such as stone,
metal, glass, or wood. Softer ("plastic")
materials can also be used, such as clay,
textiles, plastics, polymers and softer
metals.
Cartoon
Gallery : Title says it all
really. A cartoon is a form of
2D illustrated visual art. While the specific
definition has changed over time, modern usage
refers to a typically non-realistic or
semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for
satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic
style of such works. A
mobile Phone Logo, freehand promo
sketches, DIY Character designs, a drunken bear,
farm animals, fish, crustaceans, a trio of lab
rats, football club logos, and a slightly
xenoglosic pumpkin. Because of the stylistic
similarities between comic strips and early
animated movies, "cartoon" came to refer to
animation, and the word "cartoon" is currently
used to refer to both animated cartoons and gag
cartoons. While "animation" designates any style
of illustrated images seen in rapid succession
to give the impression of movement, the word
"cartoon" is most often used in reference to TV
programs and short films for children featuring
anthropomorphic animals, superheroes, the
adventures of child protagonists and related
genres..
Zombie-Town
: Many are
the darkling forgotten facets of this world and
boundless is our secret fascination with them...IT'S
Anfractuous Artwork commissioned for the
inconceivable Trasharama film
festival...Toxic
anthropomorphic sludge with audio
equipment,..Bathycolpian Babes from
beyond the grave!Werewolves!Reanimated Eyeballs! Blatant
merchandise! (not sold here) Trailers
for Sci-fi and Cthulhuin
feature films associated with the deviant
monstrosity of cinema we call Trash ... Scratch
the surface and maybe you'll find a few odd ball
illustrations done on my own time. Dig a little
Deeper and you'll find some of the true classics
from the Trash film circuit. Turn Not a blind
third eye to these twilight anomalies, but
rather draw back this digital canvas portal and
behold the wonderment ...
Fantasy
Gallery : Scythian Warriors
(pencil), Fallen Angels (pencil), Demons
(acrylic), an ancient Viking woodcut, a Dragon
pendant (Sterling Silver), the Kurgan (pencil),
the Ring Shaper and a selection of axes, swords
and shields.
Various illustration styles and photographic
manipulations of females mostly faeries, elves,
pixies... call 'em what you want, there is some
PG-13 nudity. There's a fine pencil sketch of Queen Maeb I'm proud of,
an interesting head and shoulders acrylic. Worth
a look if your a fan of fantasy or Celtic,
Scythian and Nordic mythology.
The Sketchpads :
Works in Progress .
The
Sketchpads :Following
the same format as the galleries,
these scribbles are works in progress
(remedial translation:I haven't
finished them yet), but don't
let that put you off, observing how
the designs develop has at least as
much value as say, watching paint dry
or trying to hit the arse end of a cow
with a banjo.
.jpg "the Suicide Theory (2014)")
