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View Askew Productions
Compiled by Adam P., Nicholas Aczel, Matt Williams, Kris Starring, & others
Pictures by Eric S. and others
Editions by V of Doom, TVBRobotnik and mr3urious
Background: View Askew Productions is the independent production company of Kevin Smith.
1st Logo
(1994)
Nicknames: "Clown from Hell", "That Dirty Clown!", "Pedophile Clown", "Perverted Clown", "The reason I don't want to see the beginning of Clerks", "Vulgar the Clown", "Can't sleep, clown will eat me", "Creepy Clown"
Logo: On a grayish-white background, we see a crudely drawn, very fat, and very ugly clown walk across the screen in a cheap manner, encounter a small boy playing with a ball throughout the animation, pats him on his head, and then enters one of those cartoon dressing curtain thingies. After a few seconds in there, as the music builds up, he steps out-- clad in only pantyhose and a black thong. His body, of course, is not a good sight to behold. He turns around (still has the clown hat and makeup on), and is holding a clapperboard, and is standing next to the boy, perhaps too close (the boy is looking at him strangely throughout the logo). The dressing thingamabob abruptly falls downward to reveal "View Askew Productions", arranged quite weirdly on a filmstrip.
Trivia: The clown in the logo was used as a trademark for Kevin Smith's business at viewaskew.com for several years and the clown is named Vulgar. He even had his own movie in 2002.
FX: The animation in the logo.
Cheesy Factor: Really BAD animation; the whole thing is black and white (like the movie it's in front of), animated crudely (though this was most likely done deliberately), and the music is low-to-no-budget.
Music/Sounds: Low-budget music that ranges from weird happy-go-lucky calliope, to vaguely sexy Dixieland-style jazz (when we see thong-clad Clown), to this rather weird brass fanfare with a tympani roll and a cymbal clash at the end.
Availability: It's only on one film, and only one film, and I MEAN one film, thank god, Clerks. Later films up to 2004 favor an in-credit "A View Askew Production". Despite it's subject matter, it was still kept (suprisingly) on FX's print of Clerks.
Scare Factor: Median to high; usually depends on your point of view, but the bad low-budget animation, scratchy film, weird music (especially the "happy-go-lucky" calliope at the beginning), the butt-ugly clown, and generally bizarre and very, very weird subject matter may very well make this one of the scariest recent logos. It's not as bad as the the "S From Hell" or the "V of Doom", even the "Neon Mickey", but it WILL definitely scare quite a few people; if not, it will still turn off people to its rather weird and disgusting subject matter. Thank god this was used on only one film.
2nd Logo
(2004- )
Nicknames: "CGI Jay and Silent Bob", "Snooch to the Nooch!"
Logo: On a gray background, a hole made of filmstrip is shown with the words "VIEW ASKEW PRODUCTIONS" arranged to fit the circle. All of a sudden, a CGI version of Silent Bob appears from the bottom of the circle with an old handheld camera, while Jay jumps out from the left, with a beret on his head and holding a clapboard. Both are in their forms from the short-lived "Clerks" TV series. Silent Bob leans over and looks into the scope on the camera, while Jay prepares to clap the clapboard and yells "Snooch to the nooch!" Unfortunately, Jay winds up accidentially cataching Silent Bob's necklace in the clapboard, and after he claps the clapboard, he pulls it back, flashing the "devil horns" sign with his hand. Since the neckalce is caught on the clapboard, he accidentally strangles Silent Bob, causing him to fall out of the circle, either dead or unconscious, and hit the floor. Jay looks down, sees what's happened, and steps out of the circle, a camera scope falling out of his pocket as he does so. He then starts to walk away, whistling nonchalantly, but then zooms off-screen cartoon-style, leaving the clapboard, which falls to the ground as we fade out.
Variant: In Jersey Girl, the text "TEN YEARS OF MAKE BELIEVE 1994-2004" appears below.
FX: INCREDIBLE CGI all the way. In fact, this animation is WAY better than the 1994 logo.
Music/Sounds: Music consisting of two stings for when Bob and Jay show up, along with a funky little tune as the rest of the logo goes on. Also, all of the expected sound effects are there. And yes, Jason Mewes does Jay's voice.
Availability: Seen on Jersey Girl and Clerks II.
Scare Factor: None; a very funny logo, compared with the 1994 logo.
Pictures by Eric S. and others
Editions by V of Doom, TVBRobotnik and mr3urious
Background: View Askew Productions is the independent production company of Kevin Smith.
1st Logo
(1994)
Nicknames: "Clown from Hell", "That Dirty Clown!", "Pedophile Clown", "Perverted Clown", "The reason I don't want to see the beginning of Clerks", "Vulgar the Clown", "Can't sleep, clown will eat me", "Creepy Clown"
Logo: On a grayish-white background, we see a crudely drawn, very fat, and very ugly clown walk across the screen in a cheap manner, encounter a small boy playing with a ball throughout the animation, pats him on his head, and then enters one of those cartoon dressing curtain thingies. After a few seconds in there, as the music builds up, he steps out-- clad in only pantyhose and a black thong. His body, of course, is not a good sight to behold. He turns around (still has the clown hat and makeup on), and is holding a clapperboard, and is standing next to the boy, perhaps too close (the boy is looking at him strangely throughout the logo). The dressing thingamabob abruptly falls downward to reveal "View Askew Productions", arranged quite weirdly on a filmstrip.
Trivia: The clown in the logo was used as a trademark for Kevin Smith's business at viewaskew.com for several years and the clown is named Vulgar. He even had his own movie in 2002.
FX: The animation in the logo.
Cheesy Factor: Really BAD animation; the whole thing is black and white (like the movie it's in front of), animated crudely (though this was most likely done deliberately), and the music is low-to-no-budget.
Music/Sounds: Low-budget music that ranges from weird happy-go-lucky calliope, to vaguely sexy Dixieland-style jazz (when we see thong-clad Clown), to this rather weird brass fanfare with a tympani roll and a cymbal clash at the end.
Availability: It's only on one film, and only one film, and I MEAN one film, thank god, Clerks. Later films up to 2004 favor an in-credit "A View Askew Production". Despite it's subject matter, it was still kept (suprisingly) on FX's print of Clerks.
Scare Factor: Median to high; usually depends on your point of view, but the bad low-budget animation, scratchy film, weird music (especially the "happy-go-lucky" calliope at the beginning), the butt-ugly clown, and generally bizarre and very, very weird subject matter may very well make this one of the scariest recent logos. It's not as bad as the the "S From Hell" or the "V of Doom", even the "Neon Mickey", but it WILL definitely scare quite a few people; if not, it will still turn off people to its rather weird and disgusting subject matter. Thank god this was used on only one film.
2nd Logo
(2004- )
Nicknames: "CGI Jay and Silent Bob", "Snooch to the Nooch!"
Logo: On a gray background, a hole made of filmstrip is shown with the words "VIEW ASKEW PRODUCTIONS" arranged to fit the circle. All of a sudden, a CGI version of Silent Bob appears from the bottom of the circle with an old handheld camera, while Jay jumps out from the left, with a beret on his head and holding a clapboard. Both are in their forms from the short-lived "Clerks" TV series. Silent Bob leans over and looks into the scope on the camera, while Jay prepares to clap the clapboard and yells "Snooch to the nooch!" Unfortunately, Jay winds up accidentially cataching Silent Bob's necklace in the clapboard, and after he claps the clapboard, he pulls it back, flashing the "devil horns" sign with his hand. Since the neckalce is caught on the clapboard, he accidentally strangles Silent Bob, causing him to fall out of the circle, either dead or unconscious, and hit the floor. Jay looks down, sees what's happened, and steps out of the circle, a camera scope falling out of his pocket as he does so. He then starts to walk away, whistling nonchalantly, but then zooms off-screen cartoon-style, leaving the clapboard, which falls to the ground as we fade out.
Variant: In Jersey Girl, the text "TEN YEARS OF MAKE BELIEVE 1994-2004" appears below.
FX: INCREDIBLE CGI all the way. In fact, this animation is WAY better than the 1994 logo.
Music/Sounds: Music consisting of two stings for when Bob and Jay show up, along with a funky little tune as the rest of the logo goes on. Also, all of the expected sound effects are there. And yes, Jason Mewes does Jay's voice.
Availability: Seen on Jersey Girl and Clerks II.
Scare Factor: None; a very funny logo, compared with the 1994 logo.
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| birdmagic | How is this scary? | 7 | Nov 3 2009, 7:22 PM EST by TheBigTubeAnim | ||
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Okay,how is this scary?Its more stupid and funny then scary.
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| TomTornados3 | The description | 0 | May 12 2009, 3:38 PM EDT by TomTornados3 | ||
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crudely drawn, very fat, and very ugly clown. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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| TomTornados3 | The clown | 2 | May 11 2009, 5:42 PM EDT by TomTornados3 | ||
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The clown... AAAH! It's scary! not.
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