Cameron Stradling: Retro Future Reference

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Song Lyrics

Hey guys I'm gonna post the song lyrics on here just so we have it on hand. I also broke it up into paragraphs according to the different characters for clarity.

Cemetery Polka - Tom Waits

Uncle Vernon Uncle Vernon Independent as a Hog on ice He's a big shot down there At the slaughterhouse He plays accordion For Mr. Weiss

Uncle Biltmore and Uncle William Made a Million during World War II But they're tightwads And they're Cheap skates
And they'll never give a dime to you

Auntie Mame Has gone Insane She lives in The doorway of an old hotel And the Radio's playing opera and All she ever says Is go to Hell.

Uncle Violet Flew as pilot He said there Ain't no pretty Girls in France Now he runs a Tiny little Bookie joint they say He never Keeps it in his pants

 Uncle Bill Will never leave a will And the tumor is as Big as an egg He has a mistress She's a Puerto Rican And I heard she has A wooden leg.

Uncle Phil Can't live without his pills He has emphysema and He's almost blind And we must find out Where the money is Get it now Before he loses his mind.


-Cameron

Cameron Stradling: Reference Material

Hey guys. I already posted this on the class blog but I'll repost it here. It looks like some of us collected the same reference images so I guess that means we have a similar thing in mind.

Some stuff

These are my references. Nina I really like your idea. I actually envisioned your idea in the style of Tim Burton's 9 in the form of an fps. Not your typical looking game.

My idea was a full-scale city like new york, set in the 1950's post WWII. The streets are desolate and empty with people being controlled by a society of rulers that live in the sky in floating mini city/airships. Rich families live in the skies but the new generation are unaware of the situation. The ground is off limits. Main character is a younger male, around 18 years who was born into a family living in the skies. He takes a ship and is on his way to send a message to someone (details need to be tweaked or inserted) "he reads about the rebels in the message".

His ship crashes down into the city on the ground. Streets are empty. A factory has bright lights emanating from inside. People are working. They have little virus robot things in chipped in their brains. 

Young Male sees a robot-like creature watching over the people. Male kills it (details). People are ordered to chase after the male. Rebels come in from below and kill them all. The people are unrepairable because the robotic manipulation of the mind erases everything so the rebels have no choice but to kill them. Young Male joins the rebels and fights the sky society.

I don't know lol thats just a quick idea.