A
AvP
by SeeNoEvil
DISC FORMATS: Double-layer DVD-R / NTSC / 4:3 / Dolby Digital 2.0
This disc is the third & final release of 'The Evil Dead - The Treasures Collection' DVD, unless any improved quality bootleg video material becomes available in the future.
This is also the third release of this Evil Dead DVD-ROM folder. Having added so much new material, the DVD-ROM folder project has now become too big to fit with everything else on the 'Evil Dead - The Treasures Collection' DVD. Rather than remove some of the less important/rare items, and continue trying to fit everything onto one disc, all future DVD-ROM folder releases will be as a standalone DVD DATA disc.
If you have any rare material or higher quality versions of any exisiting items you'd like to conribute to this project and share with other evil dead fans, I'd really like to hear from you. You can PM (private message) me as user 'SeeNoEvil' on the DeaditesOnline.net or realmofhorror.co.uk message boards, or user 'See No Evil' on the OriginalTrilogy.com or horrordvds.com forums.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PLEASE NOTE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
A NUMBER OF EVIL DEAD FANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR OWN ORIGINAL MATERIAL TO THIS DVD PROJECT ON THE STRICT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT, AND ESPECIALLY THEIR PART OF IT, WHILE BEING COPIED & SHARED FREELY AS PART OF THIS DVD, WILL NOT BE SOLD FOR PERSONAL GAIN OR PUBLISHED ON THE INTERNET OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM OUTSIDE OF THIS DVD.
ASSEMBLING PROJECTS LIKE THIS, RELIES ON THE GOODWILL OF OTHER EVIL DEAD FANS SHARING THEIR MATERIAL. THEY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO FUTURE PROJECTS IF YOU IGNORE THIS.
REMEMBER; IF YOU PERSONALLY IGNORE THIS WARNING, YOU PERSONALLY SCREW UP FUTURE PROJECTS FOR ME, AND EVERYONE ELSE.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= INTRODUCTION -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I Have produced alot of Evil Dead trilogy related creative material over the last 15 years, as it had a big impression on me when I first saw them when I was 13. I decided to compile it all in one place and release it as a preservarion project in a DVD-ROM folder, Everything in the 'My Pet Projects folder was either entirely my own original work, or modified my me (except where specifically stated). The other root folder; 'Misc Sourced Stuff' is made from various sources; items I have found on random sites present & past, magazines, DVDs, etc, and of course traded for & donated by other die hard Evil Dead fans for this preservation project.
All my work presented here, is for informational purposes only, while I still retain full copyright specifically over my own work. I would kindly ask that people respect the notice above, and also that this DVD-ROM folder remain intact & complete should you want to share it with other people.
Each folder has its own title below, explaining what it is, giving any technical information needed as well as a bit of background about it. The numbers in the title give the date or the period over which the project was made.
A number of my personal projects were designed using Adobe Photoshop in PSD format. This program is expensive, so if you can't get access to it, I would highly recommend GIMP, a freeware OpenSource image editing alternative. Recently I have started using GIMP instead of Photoshop as in many respects it is just a much better application. Gimp can open & edit PSD files but bear in mind they are two separate applications and some specific layer & text effects don't translate exactly, so I have included images in both a PSD, and a 'fixed' XCF file format where this would matter (XCF is to GIMP as PSD is to Photoshop). you can get the GIMP program here; http://www.gimp.org/
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MISC SOURCED STUFF ROOT FOLDER =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Misc Files & Downloads
----------------------
Here you'll find a number of misc files and downloads made available over the internet in the past. One internal folder contains all the specifically evil dead related fonts around on the internet as of 2008. Although not at all rare, they're all collected together in this folder for future preservation. Inside this, there is also another folder with details of further (purchase only) fonts. Other items include the old C64 Palace Evil Dead game along with an emulator, among other things.
Offline Sites & Forums
----------------------
This contains backup of some Evil Dead individual forum threads & webspages of note as well as an entire forums and some whole site preservations.
In 1990's when the forums for Ode To Ash started up, it became the most popular place for Evil Dead fans and many people contributed bits of information making a massive database, then this forum disappeared from the scene. To a lesser extent DeaditesOnline.net later rekindled the online interest, but again after afew years this forum too went down and everything again was lost. Although DeaditesOnline is presently back up after starting from scratch, its not what it was. I decided to create an offline backup of all the useful forums & threads of note currently around (as of 2008) to preserve what collected information there is out there for years to come. I also contacted the webmaster and managed to get various backups of the entire Ode To Ash website. You can find out more on this preservation project in the ReadMe of the RAR file
Photos, Pictures & Artwork
--------------------------
In here you'll find many of the rarer internet sourced images & artwork I have built up over the years from various websites, as well as alot of random images too. All the images are seperated out into relevant folders and properly named & sorted.
Rare Magazine PDFs
------------------
This folder contains a number of files;
Cinefantastique - Volume 23 Number 1 (August 1992)
Fangoria #23 (November 1982)
Fangoria #27 (April 1983)
GASP #2 Fanzine (Mike Baronas)
The Evil Dead - Japanese Movie Programme (1985)
Video Watchdog - No 46 (1998)
Each magazine has been scanned in at a high resolution and converted into a PDF file. You'll need Adobe Acrobat 5+ or equivalent to read. This is far from an exaustive list of Evil Dead related magazines & articles, but it will give you a chance to look at some of the rarer items, and I have also included a broader text file list of further evil dead related reading material.
Text Files
----------
This contains a number of evil dead trilogy related text files sourced from various places.
Video & Fan Films
-----------------
contains a couple of evil dead inspired fan made short films, along with some random video material found on the internet through the years.
Within The Woods Material
-------------------------
As Within The Woods holds a special place for me; This is a folder with material specifically related to Within The Woods, and it's subsequent bootleg release, as well as the other super 8 shots and the guys early super 8 film making days. Some of these items are duplicated in other folders, this folder just pulls everything together.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MY PET PROJECTS ROOT FOLDER -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Book Of The Dead Premiere Replicas (2009)
-----------------------------------------
These are a couple of little projects I did in some spare time. Here you'll find replicas of the Book Of The Dead premiere tickets and a replica of the Book Of The Dead Promotional Badge.
The BOTD tickets can be printed out on card. I would recommend a card weight of something between 300-400g to get the right feel, and you can look at original tickets images to colour match it. You'd need to print out the front, then run it through the printer again to do the back of the ticket. (printing again in exactly the same place on the reverse side) Then cut it out using the cropping lines in each corner as a cutting guide.
The badge template is intended to be used on a 2" button badge as per the original, but could be resized for different badges if you know what you are doing. You'll need to either own a badge press & materials or take it to a store to get it made up. I have included both a JPEG version and an XCF version. Make sure you turn off the inner design boundry guides layer, otherwise these will also print and be viewable on your finished badge. You can also see a photo of an original badge for comparison.
BOTD Sculpt (Uncompleted) Project (2006)
----------------------------------------
This was a pet project that came about because of EvilDeadChainsaws.com. My original intention with EDC was to do a different background for each saw rather than just use the workshed backdrop for all three. In the end thats what I did, but you can see the unused cellar backdrop for the 'Cabin' chainsaw in the EvilDeadChainsaws.com folder. As part of the 'Cabin' chainsaw backdrop I wanted to have the book of the dead in the background. Just before this sculpt was completed I decided to stick with the workshed background and this was never finished as I was so busy with other things, and there was little point in finishing just to sell them as it would have breached Tom Sullivan's fearcly protected copyright. The clay eventually got used for something else. If I had finished this I would have made a plaster mould of this allowing me to produce liquid latex book covers, then I would have most likely scanned, printed & aged the pages from the Evil Dead book of the dead DVD, to reproduce the inside pages.
BOTD (Uncompleted Evil Dead Re-Edit) Project Test Clips (2008)
--------------------------------------------------------------
This one was started around May of 2008, but was put on the back burner due to other commitments. The original project was to take Evil Dead and edit back in some of the raw footage found in 'Treasures From The Cutting Room Floor' (from the Anchor Bay Ultimate Edition DVD) & the raw footage from the Elite DVD. The film would also be re-titled to 'Book Of The Dead'.
Here you can see 3 test clips showing my work as far as it got. 'Matte Repair Test.mpg' was a test sequence to see if I could repair a bad/unused matte, buy matting together two seperate shots. 'Title Test.mpg' is the new title sequence, and 'Wood Chopping Scene Test Edit.mpg' shows the two shots I thought would be hardest to fit back into the film. The wood chopping shot & Ellen taunting Bruce. All these sequences are very rough cuts without colour matching or complete audio, but will give you some idea of what I wanted to do.
Cinefantastique Cover (Writing Removed) (2008)
----------------------------------------------
This is the cover of Cinefantastique magazine (Volume 23 Issue Number 1 - August 1992). I Scanned in the Magazine cover in Photoshop CS2, cleaned up the spine creases & wear and removed all the lettering leaving only the artwork. It was scanned at 300dpi so it could be printed out as a much larger poster. You'll find the full magazine in the 'Evil Dead Rare Magazine PDFs' folder.
Evil Dead 1 Lego Plans & Stop Motion Animation (2005)
-----------------------------------------------------
This was a project to make a short lego stop-motion animation version of 'Evil Dead', although this project has been long since abandoned. Firstly I designed complex plans in Microsoft Publisher to allow me to work out the exact layout of the cabin, exactly what parts I would need and how all they would all fit together, along with the locations of things like the trees, workshed, barn and the graves dug outside in respect to the position of the cabin, and their scales in relation to each other.
Then I designed & built a wooden motion control camera rig to allow the camera movements needed for the animation. With this rig the camera could track forward & backward & left & right, track up & down, and rotate 360 degrees in any direction (facing up/down & backward/forwards) With all the movement combined the camera can sit level with the ground, or upto 50cm above it. It can track 4ft forward & back, 3ft side to side. The camera mount itself can rotate horizontally or vertically 360 degrees in a full sphere. The whole lower portion of the rig can slide to either end of the table to allow shooting over the whole length of the 8ft set. You could also use any combination of the above at the same time and all moving in tiny increments via turning the various threaded bars to achieve complex camera moves. Once built the final size of the whole cabin/forest area I was building (to scale) was 8ft by 6ft, but this didn't include the bridge or most of the path to the cabin.
The project was abandoned because the wooden rig just wasn't rigid enough and even the slightest fraction of a wobble could ruin a shot. That said the basic ideas & mechanisms were all sound and I did draw up plans for a scaff-pole version which would have worked. The wood rig in total cost about £60 (+ Lego), The scaff-pole version would have worked out many times that price but I didn't have a pile of money to spend on starting from scratch so it got put on the back burner, and I moved onto other projects.
Here you can see photos covering the building process of the motion control rig, and the Publisher plans & parts lists should you want to build your own lego cabin. Although the plans are designed using lego parts, the basic layout, scale and orientation of the real cabin & surrounding area/buildings is identical, so they may be useful for other things too.
