For this year's edition of
SPN_Cinema I picked the first film I ever saw in the cinema: Grease! An ode to the fifties yet definitely a timeless musical. Back in 1978 I had no idea how dirty the lyrics were, I just phonetically sang along;) It's still one of my favorite films. To keep with the tradition of actors who were too old to play highschoolstudents, I ignored the actual age difference between Jeff & Jensen and I also included a Chevy Impala, which hadn't even been born in this era. It's an Alternate Universe after all. :-p
Title: You're The One That I Want
Medium: Photoshop, marker and papercuttings
Film:
Grease (1978)
Pairing: Jensen/JDM
Rating: G(!)
Concept: Highschool AU. Bad boy Jeff falls in love with young, clean cut Jensen; they struggle with their romance amongst social expectations and high school politics.
Note: Made for 2015 edition of
SPN_Cinema and dedicated to
tmn1966: happy birthday, T.! The Ohio numberplate of the Impala is especially for you;)
In the art-section below you'll find manips, collages and more papercutting. I was inspired to put young Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the role of John Travolta (Danny) after seeing screenshots of Jeff in his first film Uncaged; he was such a bad boy in that. For his love interest I of course had to cast Jensen Ackles, because I adore the two of them together. :-p
My imagination went wilder than I was able to capture in art, but I did hint at my ideas (Jeff and his friends Danneel and Hillarie call themselves the J-birds; Jensen is an athlete and hangs with the Padalecki Posse...see if you can spot Jared and Chad in supporting parts)
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Movie poster. I am aware the manips are a bit wonkey, but this is me having fun *grins*
There is a bigger version of the dance-scene below
Oh, to imagine Jeff and Jensen making out in the car. This scene at the drive in also features the 1967 Impala (I'm not only mixing media but also Supernatural canon with Real Person Slash, just because)
Dance scene. \o/
A bit of a making of
Numberplate: sketch and cutting
Cutout before and after fine tuning
Sources:
Young Jeff:
Fanparty.RUInspiration for bad boy Jeff thanks to gifset by
Sombergrace of Uncaged (1991)
Young Jensen:
Supernaturalfansonline.COMDancing Jensen is actually Cliff Richard at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012 by Ian Jones
Impala references: photos by
JoeyDC of rebuilt Chevy Impala by Jason & Jeff Gross
Screencaps of Grease (1978) from my DVD (1998 anniversary edition),
Additional Images from
ImgKid.COMI also used photos of my roadtrip with
tmn1966: Route 66 Drive In, Giant pencil in Casey IL
I love comments, no matter how short or long, feel free to point out mistakes or ask for clarification:)
J.
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